During their April 24, 2009 meeting of the members, the San Antonio Repeater Organization (SARO) was presented a plaque in recognition of the club’s service in support of the BikeMS Bike to the Beach event held last October.
Tony Ralf KE5ZT (National MS Society) presented the plaque to SARO club president Erik Olsen WB5ZJQ during a special presentation at Martha’s Mexican Restaurant.
Meeting has been POSTPONED – Stay Tuned for New Date. April 16th was suggested, but has not been confirmed.
The next meeting of the Guadalupe Valley Amateur Radio Club is coming up:
Thursday, April 9 @ 6:30pm
Northwoods Apartments #602 ( model apartment )
We will be planning Field Day and discussing the current projects.
W2IK of San Antonio successfully scored as the top non-New Mexico station during the New Mexico QSO Party held this past February, thereby winning a plaque for his efforts. Using experience and knowledge in propagation aspects vs frequency and distance, he outscored by over 20% his closest rival, a ham contester in California.
Operating low power (100 watts), he also beat out all of the high power and mult-op stations from outside of New Mexico.
It is with great sadness that I report that Gil Mathis AA5XH passed away this morning around 2am (03/25/2009) at a local hospital. Gil was 76, having been born on December 25, 1932. He had been admitted to the hospital on February 16th after showing signs of a stroke. He was transferred to rehab, where he suffered another stroke and was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. Cancer was found in his left lung and had spread to other parts of his body.
Gil was retired from the U. S. Army and later from a career at Industrial Communications as a service technician. He was a longtime member of the San Antonio Repeater Organization, where he was loved by all. He was a currently serving Director for the San Antonio Radio Club as well. Gil was very active in public service events such as the (formerly called) BikeMS Bike to the Beach and Tour de Cure. Gil earned his Extra Class ham license in February 1992 and his prior call was KI5MO.
Bob Hejl – W2IK World Trade Center Disaster First Responder
PTSD can happen at any time after an event. As in my case, even years after. There is usually a “trigger” (a word, smell, image, another experience, etc) which can set it off, and in my case it was just a thought that popped into my head.
Allow me to explain.
We’re proud to say that seems to be the consensus of our eighth Technician and first General crash review courses. AARO (Alamo Area Radio Organization) and SWRC ARC (Southwest Research Corporation Amateur Radio Club) again teamed up with Johnny Wallace K5POP for coordinating Tech instructors and being the liaison with the South Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC). And a new “Thanks Again!” to Bob Rodriguez K5AUW for coming up with plans for our first General Crash Review course and following it through.
Greg N5XO <n5xo@satx.rr.com>
It has been awhile since we had a Unusual Suspect Meet and Greet and with the repeater issues and many of us operating on simplex or other repeaters up in the Austin area we can not talk as often as we would all like.
So it’s TIME ONCE AGAIN TO HAVE A MEET AND GREET BREAKFAST.
WHAT: UNUSUAL SUSPECT MEET & GREET
WHEN: SUNDAY MARCH 22ND 2009 @ 9:AM
WHERE: BILL MILLERS BBQ {BREAKFAST TACO’S} AT IH-35 AND FM 3009
TOPICS:
LET’S MAKE THIS A SUPER TURN OUT AND HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!!!!!!
RSVP to Greg suggested, but not required. Dutch Treat.
N5NTG | 
AARO, ARES, Field Day, General Ham Radio, New Hams, REACT, ROOST, SARC, SARO | 
02 26th, 2009| 
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History is in the making for San Antonio Hams in 2009. All of the major Ham Clubs in San Antonio appear to be reaching agreement in coordinating a single Field Day location rather than holding a half dozen separate locations as had been done in the past.
AARO led the way, after losing their normal comfy spot over by the VA Hospital. They started the search for a new location, and thanks to our Ham Radio ties with the City of San Antonio, specifically our ties with the Fire Department, they found a new location to hold Field Day. The City Fire Department offered them the use of their Firefighters Training Academy, located west of the downtown area near Hwy 151 and Callaghan Road, as the site of their 2009 Field Day event.
W2IK | Bexar Operators Group, Field Day, General Ham Radio, New Hams, W2IK | 01 23rd, 2009| No Comments »Lost Maples SNA , in Bandera County north of Vanderpool, has been chosen as the location of the “Bexar Operators Group” (W5BOG) 2009 Field Day operation. We will be concentrating on “primitive camping techniques” along with our amateur radio operations.
Our rigs and LED lighting systems will be powered by several solar energy panels and a wind powered turbine which will charge banks of deep-cycle marine batteries, making this a 100% “Green Operation”.
I’m working on a major update to the 2009 Event Calendar for this web site, but in the meantime, here is a summary of events, as per the REACT Team’s Operation Officer Gary Tangrady, K5GST.
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||