ARRL West Texas Section

Welcome to the West Texas Section of the ARRL website. Our goal is to provide timely and pertinent information to amateur radio operators in the West Texas area and for anyone who may visit.

The world of amateur radio is changing and evolving, new digital modes are being developed and used for DXing, Contesting and Emergency Communications. Our frequency landscape is changing as more and more demands for use are being made. Frequencies that we have used for years are being reallocated for commercial use. Frequencies we have secondary allocations of use of are being recalled by the primary users. The ARRL is our advocate for spectrum defense to Congress and the FCC.

On this website you will find information for new hams, local ham radio club information, repeater information, training and event information, emergency communication and general information nets.

We are always open to suggestions on how to make this Section website better for you the user. Please let us know how we are doing.

West Texas Section Manager

Recent Posts

ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program to Accept Applications Starting on November 1

The ARRL Foundation will start accepting applications for its 2022 scholarship program on November 1. The submission deadline is December 31. More than 100 scholarships ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be awarded in 2022. The 2022 scholarship year totals…

SkyWarn Recognition Day

Today is SKYWARN™ Recognition Day Somebody, including myself has failed to send a notification to the membership to participate. If they have, we are having poor participation. Only 3,687 at the time of this writing….Nationwide! Please check in as requested…

Thursday Zoom Session

Hello Everyone, I trust everyone has recovered from Thanksgiving Dinner and is settled back into whatever passes for normal these days… Many of us have had to cut a new hole in our belt or just gave up and started wearing…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

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CISA Fusion Center Drill/Exercise

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3M Issues a “Stop Use and Inspection Notice” for Self-Retracting Lifeline with Anchor Hook

3M has issued a “Stop Use and Inspection Notice” for the 3M™ DBI-SALA® Nano-Lok™ Self-Retracting Lifeline with Anchor Hook. The company advises owners to remove the anchor hook product from service until an inspection is performed. The notice pertains to…

You Are Invited–RCA QSO Party Kicks off Transatlantic Centennial

Few dates are more important in ham radio than December 11, 1921. That’s when members of the Radio Club of America (RCA) and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) successfully transmitted signals that spanned the Atlantic Ocean. The 100th anniversary…