Welcome to MARC
The McKinney Amateur Radio Club (MARC) is dedicated to serving the
amateur radio community and the general public in North Texas. The
club operates under the call sign of W5MRC.
MARC holds its regular business meeting on the second Tuesday of
each month at the American Red Cross located at 1450 North Redbud
Blvd. in McKinney (click here for maps and directions). The meeting starts promptly at 7:00 PM local time with a
business meeting followed by a program of interest to Amateur Radio
Operators.
For more information on the club send an e-mail to
Brian Belcher at WA5M@ARRL.net
Interested in becoming a Ham
Radio Operator?
Here is
some information on
Ham Radio Classes that will help you get you own ticket.
VE Testing / FCC Licensing
McKinney Tests Sessions are held at 1430 local time every first Sunday
(except July and Sept) at
the Heard Museum located at 1 Nature Place in McKinney. For a map,
click
here. Contact: John Bartlette, KM5JQ, (972) 736-1482 for more information.
ARRL Test Sessions - For ARRL sponsored test sessions in the area,
click here.
W5YI Test Sessions - For W5YI sponsored test sessions in the area,
click here.
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Collin County APRS Digipeater
MARC has established a wide-area APRS (Automatic
Position Reporting System) digipeater (digital repeater) on 144.39
MHz located on the Melissa Municipal water tower.
Its callsign is W5MRC-15. Operating at 20 watts, it reliably covers Collin
County and the southern half of Grayson County. The digipeater
utilizes a GE commercial grade transceiver and a Kantronics KPC-3+
for complete 24/7 WIDEn-n operation complimentary to digipeaters in
surrounding counties. An Internet gateway located 2 miles from the
digipeater provides all area users with 24/7 Internet connectivity.
MARC Special
Service Renewal Certificate Awarded by ARRL Representatives
The MARC Special Service Club renewal
certificate was awared by two ARRL officials. To qualify for the rare SSC
certification, an ARRL affiliated club must qualify in each of
several categories, including New Ham Development, Public
Relations, Emergency Communications, Technical Advancement,
Operating Activities, and Misc. Activities unique to the club.
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Pictured left to right are Mike Baker -W8CM club VP,
Dave Dunbar -N0RQ club president, Tom Blackwell -N5GAR ARRL
North Texas Section Manager, and Glen Warnstaff -K5CPD North
Texas Affiliated Club Liaison. |
Broadband Over Power Line (BPL)
To know more about BPL,
research the
ARRL's BPL web site. The ARRL also has a free downloadable video
demonstrating the effects of BPL. Click
here for more info and to watch it.
McKinney
Repeater Systems
146.740 (-) (pl 110.9) /
443.200 (+) (pl 100.0)
Local repeater directory for DFW
metroplex.
Click
here for the MARC Polo Shirt
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