Skynet 8-29-26 “Top 10 Questions Asked of Astronomers” & Constellation “Lyra the Harp” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Top 10 Interesting Questions Asked of Astronomers” & Constellation “Lyra the Harp”
Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Relax, I’m From the Future” (2022)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Skynet 8-22-26 “The Dragonfly Mission” & Constellation “Sagittarius” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Dragonfly Mission” & Constellation “Sagittarius the Centaur”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: Robinson Crusoe (1954)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Skynet 8-15-26 “Space & Astronomy Sites You’ll Love” and Constellation “Sagittarius” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Space and Astronomy Sites Online You’ll Love” & Constellation “Sagittarius the Centaur”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: Target Earth (1954)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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August 2026 Lecture and Lab: a Low-Cost, High-Quality POTA Performer Kit
Update on 8/23/2026: only three kits are left! Please email me at nt5tm at w5fc dot org to order one. Kits will be available for pickup or purchase (with updated, illustrated instructions) at the September DARC meeting.
Last-minute update! A special backpacking version of this kit will be available for an extra $15.00.
The September, 2025 issue of QST helped to popularize the excellent “POTA Performer” antenna. With a telescoping whip and two elevated, resonant radials, the antenna covers 6 through 20 meters, and it doesn’t need a tuner once you’ve worked out the correct lengths for your whip. The QST version of the antenna suffered from one key problem: it could easily cost several hundred dollars to build! This version, designed by James Shugart, N5BKL, will cost $60.00 and is easy to put together. We’ll be building it from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 in the 3rd floor community room of the Dallas Medical Center–the same place our club meets. I’ll be updating this post with more details, including detailed construction instructions. Ten kits are reserved so far. Five are still up for grabs! If you’d like to sign up and reserve your kit, please fill out the sign up form!
Skynet 8-8-26 “News from Two Moons” & Constellation “Draco the Dragon” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “News from Beneath the Surface of Jupiter’s Two Favorite Moons” & Constellation “Draco the Dragon”
Net Control: Virginia (NV5F)
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: World Without End (1956)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Skynet 8-1-26 “Link Mission in Jeopardy” & Constellation “Ophiuchus” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Link Mission to Save Swift Gamma Ray Space Observatory in Jeopardy” & Constellation “Ophiuchus the Snake Wrangler”
Net Control: Bill N5BB
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Big Empty” (2003)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Skynet 7-25-26 “The ‘Centaur’ of Attention” & Constellation “Serpens the Snake” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The ‘Centaur’ of Attention” & Constellation “Serpens the Snake”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Skynet 7-18-26 “Strange Things Left on the Moon” & Constellation “Hercules” 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Strange Things Humans Have left on the Moon” & Constellation “Hercules the Strong Man”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: Near Dark (1987)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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