Introducing The W5AUM DMR Repeater
On August 5th, 2022, members from the Washington County Amateur Radio Club deployed a DMR repeater in Brenham. The equipment deployed includes a Motorola SLR5700 repeater, Cellwave UHF duplexers, and an AT&T LTE hotspot. Digital Mobile Radio – or DMR for short – is an open standard/protocol for digital mobile radios defined by the European Read More …
Washington County Amateur Radio Club to Participate in ARRL Field Day 2022
The Washington County Amateur Radio Club will be participating in a national ham radio exercise on Saturday, June 25th and Sunday, June 26th. Organized by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), Field Day is the largest all-volunteer radio communications exercise in the world. Field Day provides an opportunity for Amateur Radio operators to establish temporary ham Read More …
Returning The 147.260 Repeater
The 147.260 repeater was returned to the Blinn Water Tower this week, bringing to an end a three-month endeavor of equipment relocations to accommodate maintenance work on the water tower. While re-installing the repeater, the original LMR-400-style coax was replaced with 1/2″ heliax, the antenna was upgraded to a new Hustler G7, and the duplexers Read More …
Amateur Radio License Exam Session: January 22nd, 2022
The Washington County Amateur Radio Club held an Amateur Radio License Exam Session (VE Test) on January 22nd, 2022. Congratulations goes out to two brand new ham’s: Philip Tappe from Del Valle, TX – No license to Extra! Jeremy Gulick from Georgetown, TX – No license to General! As always, a big Thank You to Read More …