EMERGENCY ALERT! Updated July 4 @ 9:00pm
The Kendall EOC was activated today due to flash flooding around the Guadalupe River. The EOC has shut down for the evening, however with another 3.5" of rain exepcted tomorrow the EOC may be re-activated.
If you would be interested in assisting the county/city with your communications skills, please send me an email to vicepresident@kb5tx.org as soon as possible. Rick intends to contact the Chief at 0845 and will let him know if we have anyone we can task with some mobile assignments. We don't know what they might be, but the Chief is going to think about it tonight and will have some ideas in the morning when Rick contacts him. Minimum equipment would be an HT that can reach the Tower Road repeater, VHF 146.64 FM. If you have a more powerful rig in your vehicle, that would allow for more distance assignments.
Click the images below to see them in full resolution.
Guadalupe River at flood stage
River Road
ARRL Field Day
ARRL Field Day was a big success! Thanks to all the prep work by Jerry (N5SGM), we were able operate 4 stations for the contest portion that made over 300 contacts on both digital and SSB Phone. We also had several visitors stop by that we expect to see at our next meeting.
KARS would like to recognize the following organizations for supporting our ARRL Field Day:
Next Meeting: August 7, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Our next meeting will be on August 7, 2025 at the Boerne Library. Check out our meetings page for more details. Prior to the meeting, KARS will hold their quarterly Board of Directors meeting at 6:30pm.
Are you a newly licensed ham or want to become one? Join us at our monthly meeting for tips and tricks on everything from antennas, radio usage, digital modes and technical presentations.
DX Corner
Several members of KARS are members or working on becoming members of the DX-100 club (Confirmed QSO with over 100 countries) There are several DX expeditions that setup temporarily in remote locations in order to obtain QSOs with sometimes uninhabited islands or other locations that normally have no radio operators. Below is a calendar of of planned expeditions from DX News.Contest Calendar
Listed here are links to contests that are currently in progress or will start within the next 7 days. These links are provided via an RSS Feed from the WA7BNM Contest Calendar. KARS is participating in contests that are in bold with blue backgroud.Contest Name
Dates
Public Events
KARS members have a history of providing assistance to Kendall County EMS, Boerne Police and Kendall County Sheriff's Office along with other organizations local to Kendall County.
KARS 2m Net
Every Tuesday at 7:00pm the KB5TX 146.640mhz repeater hosts the Kendall County 2 Meter Net. All amateur radio operators are invited to join in net activities.
ARRL Testing
We have 18 Volunteer Examiners capable of testing for technician all the way to extra class. Check out our testing schedule for new licenses and upgrades.