West Fork Amateur Radio Club

08/07/2023

This website is rarely used anymore for WFARC related info. Please use the WFARC Facebook Group site at West Fork Amateur Radio Club for the latest WFARC related posts. Further info about WFARC may be obtained from www.wfarc.org.

12/12/2022

CORRECTION: Please be advised the dates for the 2023 Cowtown Hamfest are 01/20-01/21 and not 01/14-01/15 as previously posted.

10/04/2022

There will be a WFARC VE Amateur Radio test session held from 6:30pm-8:30pm on 10/11/22 at the Wise County Public Safety Fall Festival at the Wise County Fair Grounds in Decatur, TX. Interested parties please email [email protected] to register, or come to the WFARC trailer parked at the Fall Festival. Talk-in on 442.600, pl 131.8. Please see following flyer for details:

08/17/2022

8yo makes ISS contact:
http://www.southgatearc.org/.../press-coverage-of-eight...
For more info about making amateur radio satellite contacts:
https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html
https://www.amsat.org/

Contact the ISS

07/03/2022

The 13 Colonies Special Events Stations are on the air from 07/01-07/08 honoring the original 13 colonies. QSL's and a certificate are available. Details at 13colonies.us.

06/30/2022

The complete WFARC Field Day 2022 picture collection is now available for viewing on our Shutterfly site. They may be accessed by the link ntwgwfarc.shutterfly.com and using the Password ham1140. They may be also accessed by going to WFARC.org and going to the right bottom of the main page and clicking on the black house icon, and using password ham1140. Hope everyone enjoys this historical pictorial review of WFARC and will contact us at WFARC.org for more info about us and amateur radio.

06/27/2022

During ARRL Field Day 2022 on 06/25-06/26 at the Bridgeport Northwest OHV Park the members of WFARC operated using callsign K5YW in Class 3A, NTX Section, and made 981 radio contacts with 49 states and 6 foreign countries during the contest period of 24 hours. Several vistors dropped by the Hospitality table and public GOTA (Get-On-The-Air) station, and received info on becoming licensed amateur radio operators, and observed the contest stations operating, including CW and FT8 digital modes. All persons are invited to visit the WFARC.Org website for more info about WFARC and how to get involved in amateur radio.

06/01/2022

06/01/2022

Following is WFARC VE Test Session Info to be conducted on Sat 06/25 2:00-4:00pm at the WFARC Field Day 2022 site at Bridgeport Northwest OHV Park. Go to wfarc.org for details, site directions, and online test session registration:

10/25/2019

Congratulations Ken Sides, KE5BNO receives Certificate of Appreciation for years of service and founding member of WFARC.

06/24/2019

Video #3 from Saturday