Member List:

President:
N5TBD, Bob Sanders
Vice President:
KE5ZRT, Chris Seright
Treasurer:
N5HPJ, Henry Janhsen
Secretary/WebMaster:
N5YXN,Carl Jeans
Repeater Trustee:
WA8YYE, Dan McCabe
Contact VE:
KE5ZRU, Terra Seright

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	PANHANDLE ARES
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	TEXOMA HAMARAMA

The Panhandle Amateur Radio Club is a non-profit organization for the promotion and enjoyment of the Amateur Radio Hobby; fellowship with other panhandle operators; emergency preparedness and public service. The Club is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League, Inc.(ARRL).

The Club meets on the first Saturday of each month at 9:30 am at the Amarillo Emergency Services Building located at 1900 Line Avenue in Amarillo, TX.

All licensed Amateur Radio operators; any one interested in the radio hobby or those wanting to obtain an amateur radio license are invited to attend. License classes are held as needed and testing in held monthly following the monthly meetings. Programs are both informative and educational, presenting topics of interest to the Amateur radio community. Those wishing to sit for the license exam, should contact one of the club officers prior to the meeting to schedule the exam.

Club members hold an annual Picnic/Swapfest in May and participate in Field Day in June. Publice service activities include providing race communications for the Annual MS 150 Bike Race, participation in the annual Skywarn Recognition Day and Boy Scout JOTA activities. In 2010, members also participated in the Tri-State Fair Parade. Members interested in emergency preparedness will find enjoyment in participating in the local Panhandle ARES special interest group. For more information on Skywarn and ARES please check out the link at the bottom left corner of this page.

Picture: WA8YYE, Dan demonstrates PSK31 to Cub Scouts during the 2010 JOTA.

USS Gravely DGG-107at Commissioning

THE ship is named after Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr. She is shown here during her commissioning in November 2010 at Wilmington, NC. Signal flags have been used in maritime sevice for navigation during manuvers due to their usefulness as a silent means of communicating during times of communications blackouts. Signal flags are similar to Amateur Radio's Morse Code and Q-Signs.

Henry Janhsen, N5HPJ, served under then Captian Gravely aboard the USS Taussig DD 746in 1966. Henry, along with some of his shipmates, attended the commissioning ceremonies. Ask Henry about reading the flags or check out the following web site to decode them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags

N5HPJ shown on Board the USS Gravely at Quartermaster station, the position which he held aboard the USS Taussig DD 746.

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