- September Meeting -

Neil Addis, W7FED provided informative presentations on "Meshtastic" and "The New Mexico Frequency Coordination Committee" at the Amateur Radio Caravan Club’s September 12th meeting. Copies of his presentations are available for viewing under the “Presentations” tab on this website. Thank you, Neil.

In addition to Neil’s presentations the business portion of the meeting included a report on the recent Board of Directors meeting, an announcement of the upcoming election of officers for the October meeting, and an update on next weekend’s Duke City Hamfest. While there is a populated slate of nominees, please consider running for a position if you’re interested. Additionally, we are seriously in need of someone to complete the remaining year as a Programs Director.

We meet at the Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Rd NE (SE corner of Academy & Moon).  We start gathering about 6:00 PM, start the meeting at 6:30 and must be out of there by 8:30 so the night watchman can lock up the church.  If you have never attended before, 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 !!! Radio Fun in the Park - The Amateur Radio Caravan Club is hosting a Radio Fun in the Park activity on Saturday, September 13, 2025, in Sister Cities Park.  Club president John Mocho KC5QOC usually arrives about 8:30-ish under the trees on the north side of the park (along Harper Dr NE) and is joined by maybe a half dozen other hams. John is always willing to help other hams with programming a new radio or other issues. This also is a great opportunity to just stop by to visit and asks questions. Thanks, John, for hosting these fun activities. Come join us! For directions to Sister Cities Park Click Here.

- Duke City Hamfest -

Early registration for the Duke City Hamfest has ended. If you haven’t registered yet, you can still register as a walk-in during the event.

The presentation lineup for this year’s September 19-21 Hamfest, consists of four concurrent tracks on Saturday and Sunday morning as well as all day and half day topics on Friday. Talks were selected from submissions received earlier this year. New this year, presentations will be either 60 or 90 minutes in length. Details about each presentation track are now live on the Duke City Hamfest website. A one-page flyer is available to help advertise the Hamfest.

This year, the DCHF will be held at the five-star Embassy Suites, 1000 Woodward Pl NE in Albuquerque. For directions Click Here.

- Catching Up on the News -

• New Bosque ARC Repeater - The Bosque ARC recently purchased the 442.750 MHz repeater on Sandia Crest. (+5.000) PL 162.2 - the club call is N5BRC. Effective immediately, they will no longer be using the Upper Rio System.  Their 10 AM Saturday club nets (except for the first Saturday when they meet) will be on their new repeater.  Our thanks to Gerry Jurrens N2GJ for the info.

• ABQBBS Packet BBS is ALIVE on 145.010!!!  A note from Gerry Jurrens N2GJ, NM Section Traffic Manager, regarding the ABQBBS Packet BBS:

“As you may know, Peter Brisbine NM5PB owned and operated the packet bulletin board system ABQBBS for years on the Crest. He and his wife moved to Iowa recently and he took the system down. 

 I reached out to John KC5QOC to see if he might be willing to resurrect it on 145.010 since he's already very active in providing packet services to our community. He said he'd look into it and get back to me. This weekend he texted me to say that it was back on the air again!  I've been playing with it this morning and put together some helpful information. 

 Attached in PDF format are some notes, including a session on the bbs, HELP command results, and a Google AI description of how to send an NTS radiogram message on a packet bbs”.(Click Here)”

• 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 October 24 -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. For more information, Click Here.

• 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.net and ask to be placed on his list. For more details, Click Here.

[Note: Larry’s email was formerly listed as @arrl.com which is incorrect, his correct address is AE5CZ@arrl.net. For those who sought to upgrade but were rejected due to the above error, please apply again].

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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