We would like to invite the community to come to our meetings and any activities we have. If, after a few meetings, you feel you would like to join, the yearly dues are only $20….such a deal!! Simply go to the Membership and Dues tab and choose Join The Club / Pay Dues. You can use PayPal. Also, Depending on what month you join, your dues will be prorated based on a start month of April.
The next club meeting will be on Saturday, December 5, 2026 at 10 am. 1909 Grande Blvd SE in Rio Rancho.
December Program: Ed Poccia, KC2LM will be giving a Power Point slide show presentation on the digital keyboard to keyboard messaging mode, VarAC, at the Saturday, December 5th meeting.
VarAC is a FREE, modern HF P2P real-time chatting and emergency communication (EmComm) application for amateur radio operators, leveraging the VARA protocol.
Many stations using VarAC have connected their stations to the Internet allowing you send Emails through their stations even though there is no internet available at your location. With such connectivity, you can also have your questions answered by AI using distant stations with Internet and AI capability.
I will demonstrate these capabilities and others during the presentation.
The software developed by Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Joe Taylor is capable of error free keyboard to keyboard connections, as you would with FT8, but with a true conversational style.
VarAC is used by more than 90,000 amateur radio operators in over 100 countries.
Download the Free software at: https://www.varac-
Ed KC2LM
We have a Zoom account available for our meetings. Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81838222234?pwd=cb5Kmy8QnPFI6pbnvDLMQAaYRemg81.1 . The pass code in N5BRC
Club Repeater – Our club repeater operating on 442.750 (+) PL 162.2 Hz. located on Sandia Crest at 10,680 ft ASL, 4,874 ft above the valley. Works great even with handhelds! The repeater is a Kenwood TKR 850-1 running about 25 watts to a 4 bay folded dipole array antenna. The repeater is open for all to use.
EchoLink is now available on our repeater. You can access it from your cell phone, laptop/desktop or handheld/mobile unit. In the stations list, look for K6LIE-L. The node number is 488194, which you would touchtone if you are out of repeater range and wish to link into the system or join our Saturday net using another repeater with EchoLink capability. The disconnect code is “*73”. If you are on your cell phone or computer, simply connect to K6LIE-L.
AllStar is now available on our repeater. Linking system provided by Sean O’mara, AI5IZ. AllStar node number is 59475.
Amateur Radio News Line is now available and broadcast every Monday evening at 8 PM on our repeater.
Breakfast at Flying Star – 7 am to about 10 am every Thursday. 10700 Corrales Rd, Albuquerque, NM 87114
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