Field Day 2019 Drawing
Author: KG5EIU
DARC 2018 Winter Dinner Drawing Winners
Festive fun was had by the 28 Members and 6 guests that attended the 2018 DARC Winter Dinner for some tasty BBQ served up by Spring Creek BBQ. Two lucky tickets were drawn for a grand prize Icom 4100 mobile radio and the runner up got a Yaesu FTM-100 mobile.
Continue readingWinter Field Day 2019
The DARC is planning a Winter Field Day 2019 outing. WFD 2019 runs for 24hrs starting 1 pm local Dallas Jan 26, 2019. Additional details and rules on Winter Field Day can be found on the Winter Field Day Association site here. This is a rain or shine event since we will operate indoors details below. Please see the link below for sign up.
Continue readingNew WSJT-X 2.0RC5
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.
Continue readingCowtown HAMFEST 2019 Info
The Cowtown Hamfest and ARRL North Texas Section Convention, the original HAMFEST in the Fort Worth Metroplex is scheduled January 18-19 2019.
Fusion Repeater Upgraded
On Nov 17, 2018 upgrades have been completed on the W5FC 442.425 Fusion repeater. The older DR-1X was upgraded and replaced with a new Yaesu DR-2X. Special thanks to K5BP for his hard work and effort on “tweeking” the controller codes to work with the new hardware. The repeater is also Wires-X attached – operators can talk around the world.
Fusion Repeater Upgrade
Some good news and bad – The Bad: AS of Nov 11, 2018 the w5fc DARC 442.425 Yaesu System Fusion Repeater will be off the air for a few days. The Good: when the repeater and controller come back on the air it will be the new Yaesu DR2X and have Wires-X connectivity (replacing the older DR1X). Stay tuned for more updates as they occur. We apologize for any inconvenience.
