Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society
Events
July 1, 2025
The Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society is an active radio club. We have many activities throughout the year related to a variety of ham radio interests.
Hams & Eggs
About 8:00 AM CT every Saturday morning, dedicated radio enthusiasts gather at our beloved Whataburger at PGBT and Old Denton for breakfast and camaraderie. All Hams or Want-to-Be-Hams are invited to drop by.
Next Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 10, 2025 • 7:00 PM CT
Jim McMasters, KM5PO, will explain the “Mysteries of the Microwave Bands” (and it doesn’t involve turkey).
Radio Play Day
Radio Play Days are the third Saturday of the month.
Saturday, July 19, 2025. • 10:00 AM – about 2:00 PM
It’s Build-A-Thon Day! Hams will work on the uSDX 5-Band multimode QRP transceiver. Order yours now to get started. Complete details are on the Build-A-Thon page.
Amateur Testing
Saturday, July 19, 2025. • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Allan Batteiger, WB5QNG, will have an in-person test session.
Allan continues remote testing on Tuesdays. Please visit https://wb5qng.org/ to learn how to sign up.
Upcoming events
ARRL Contest Calendar
ARRL Special Events
13 Colonies Special Event
July 1, 2025-1300 UTC to July 8, 2025-0400 UTC
Visit http://13colonies.us/ for complete information or just click the certificate.
How Low Can You Go
July 2, 2025 0900 UTC (1400 CDT) and 1300 UTC (1700 CDT)
The famous Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden will celebrate its 100th anniversary. One hundred years ago, the station was officially opened even though traffic started in December the previous year.
Using the unique Alexanderson alternator the station will operate under the callsign SAQ with two scheduled transmissions on 17.2 kHz (that’s KILO HERTZ) using CW. At 0830 UTC the alternator will be started. The first transmission begins at 0900 UTC. The second transmission is scheduled for 1300 UTC.
Amateur Radio Station SK6SAQ will be QRV during the day on these frequencies:
3 517.2 kHz CW
7.017.2 kHz CW
14.017.2 KHz CW
3.755 kHz SSB
7.140 kHz SSB
If you can’t tune that low, SAQ will live stream the event on their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-83S-l9JKD1iuhsXx3XQ3g.
For more information about this event and the history of this historic station, please visit https://alexander.n.se/en/celebrate-100-years-with-saq-grimeton/.
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