Welcome to the internet home of the North Texas HomeSchoolers ARC, NT5HS, an ARRL-affiliated Amateur Radio Club located near McKinney, TX.  NTHSARC exists for the purpose of promoting amateur radio among the many homeschoolers of our area (and other areas, too!), as well as letting the amateur community know about the existence and benefits of homeschooling.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

A Technician class was offered through MArCH (McKinney Area Christian Homeschoolers) from January through April 2005.  You can see details of demonstration day, which we had on the last day of class.  Both Technician and General classes are also offered periodically from MARC (McKinney ARC), who also provided the materials (ARRL video course) for the MARCH class.

We plan to participate in the ARRL School Club Roundup in February, work Kid's Day twice a year, and participate in ARRL November Sweepstakes and/or CQWW WPX (phone). We also have a long-term goal of applying for a scheduled school QSO with the ISS, and making contact with it.  Several members of NT5HS have had non-scheduled contacts with the ISS, and what a thrill that was!  We will also operate mobile or portable on 6 meters from various grids on occasion, trying to emphasize rare or semi-rare grids.  If you need a QSL card for a valid QSO, just send one along, and we'd be glad to respond.

If you are a homeschool parent or student, or have questions about NT5HS, please drop us an email at:   nt5hs ["at"] qsl.net  .    

A few links to local amateur radio clubs, vendor pages, general amateur information, and our contest/event partipation can be found on our links & contests page. 

 

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