New!!! New Start Time for Caravan Club Meetings - Begining with the July meeting we will begin our meetings at 6:30 PM. We have the room starting at 6:00, so we can continue to gather ahead of the meeting time to swap lies, conduct eyeball QSOs, watch the coffee brew, etc. We meet at the Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Rd NE (SE corner of Academy & Moon). Please park in the rear of the church, enter through the single door back there, walk all the way down the hallway and you will hear us. We hope to see you there!

New!!! Socorro Hamfest a Success– The Socorro Amateur Radio Association (SARA) hosted its 2025 Hamfest at a new date and a new location.  It was on July 11-12 at the new Socorro Convention Center, 1220 US Highway 60 just west of town. Friday offered a VLA tour or a tour of New Mexico Tech’s Mineral Museum. That evening was their traditional Hamfest Banquet with guest speaker Dave Jorgensen WD7COV describing his experience on the “2024 TS5S DXpedition to Clipperton Island”.  Saturday (8 AM to 1:30 PM) featured raffles, presentations, demonstrations, food and beverages and their traditional tailgate. Early reports from the vendors at the tailgate (indoors and outdoors) were that sales were good and the venue was topnotch. Their “food trailer” offered an impressive selection of food and drinks. Our thanks to the Socorro ARA for hosting this event and wishing them the best in future years.

Radio Fun in the Park - The Amateur Radio Caravan Club has announced that its Radio Fun in the Park activities for 2025 are again being held at Sister Cities Park. We will continue to meet under the trees on the Harper St. (north) side of the park on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays (9 AM to ~1 PM) of each month through to about September or whenever the weather gets too cold.  We look forward to being “radio active” in this beautiful park. Come join us! For directions to Sister Cities Park Click Here.

New!!! 2025 Duke City Hamfest - The 2025 Duke City Hamfest board of directors has now announced the dates and venue for this year’s Hamfest.  It will be held during September 19 -21 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton.  This 5-star venue is located at 1000 Woodward Place NE in Albuquerque (immediately west of I-25 and between Mountain Rd and Lomas Blvd). The board also announced that:

  1. Registration is now open (https://www.dukecityhamfest.org/registration/).

  2. Seeking community sponsors (clubs, businesses, etc.) to help fund the Hamfest. Your organization will be recognized in the Hamfest’ ads. If willing, please contact treasurer@dukecityhamfest.org.

New!!! 2025 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention – The HamCon Colorado board of directors has announced that it will be conducting HamCon Colorado in Grand Junction, CO during October24 -26, 2025.  It will meet at the Double Tree by Hilton Grand Junction at 743 Horizon Drive in Grand Junction. This is only a 7- hour drive from Albuquerque.  Early Bird registration ends on June 30th.  For more information, Click Here.

New!!! General Licensing Class Summary Update - Larry Goga AE5CZ, lead instructor of the Frank Warren Instructor Group, has announced that its next General licensing class summary to be over two weekends in November. They are November 15-16 and November 22-23, 2025. Classes will be held in the clubhouse of the Vineyard 55 Plus Community, 6118 Edith Blvd NE (between Montano Blvd and Osuna Rd). Larry calls the class a summary as in preparation to the class(es), students are expected to have read the manual (10th edition), study guide and taken several online practice exams. There is no charge for the class other than the cost of the two books. If you are interested in taking the class, please contact Larry now at AE5CZ@arrl.com and ask to be placed on his list. For more details, Click Here.

Getting Started in Ham Radio - A page has been added to the Become a Ham tab titled Getting Started in Ham Radio.  Thanks to Pete Stine for this write up to help those interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio Operator.

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