SKYNET!!!!  9PM CT – 10:30PM CT

Saturday’s Topic: “The InSight Mission”  and “M77 Supernova!”

Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL

Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:

“The Adventures of Buckeroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” (1984)

2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –

Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

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Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”

Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”

Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

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The Dallas Amateur Radio Club’s annual Pizza Party will take place at our next club meeting. Don’t forget to bring your favorite pizza or side!

The DARC Winter Dinner is coming up on the 11th, too.

Don’t forget to check your email and vote for the 2018 club officers…and don’t forget to sign up to volunteer at the Dallas Marathon if you’ve forgotten to do that. The marathon is Sunday, Dec. 9th, 2018.

The contest calendar has one fun, traditional item, and one exciting new one. The ARRL 160-Meter CW Contest is keeping some hams busy, but others will be taking place in the first real FT-8 contest. As David, KG5EIU, mentioned earlier, participants must upgrade to the latest WSJT-X software (scroll way down on that page) to participate.

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There is a fifth “Release Candidate” of the popular WSJT-X software by the developer K1JT, Joe Taylor: WSJT-X 2.0-RC5.  It is available NOW for download.