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. If you wish to sit for a license exam, please contact the PARC Testing Coordinator or one of the club officers prior to make arrangements for your test and to ensure that you bring everything necessary.

Club members hold an annual Picnic/Swapfest in May and participate in Field Day in June. Public service activities include providing race communications for the Annual MS 150 Bike Race, participation in the annual Skywarn Recognition Day, Tri-State Fair Parade and Boy Scout JOTA activities. 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.

From Dan WA8YYE:

The new W5WX UHF repeater was installed yesterday (Wednesday 11/14) at the 'West' repeater site and appears to be working great!

The repeater is on 444.475 mhz. with a positive offset and 88.5 encode and decode tones. All licensed operators are encouraged to use the machine and comment on its performance.

Many thanks to all who participated in this project...

W5CEH, N5LUL, KE5WXN, W5UGQ, WR9B, K5KBV, KC5HQY, K5WZF, WA5ETK. I sincerely apologize if I've left anyone out. Good job folks!

Congratulations to the Panhandle Amateur Radio club officers elected at the November meeting who will serve their terms during 2014.

President-Elect: Monty Denney, KC5OMK
Vice-President-Elect: John Laur, KF5SAB
Secretary: Carl Jeans N5YXN
Treasurer: Henry Janhsen N5HPJ

In lieu of a December meeting, the club is having our annual Christmas Party and Dinner on Thursday, December 5 at Dyer's BBQ. You are responsible for your own check, but please feel free to bring family or guests. Please join us for a fun evening.

For additional news, please visit the Panhandle Amateur Radio Club's Facebook Page.