W5SSV

JEFFERSON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

923 Boston Ave
Nederland, TX 77627 USA
Revised 05-20-2013

è Jefferson County club meeting is the second Tuesday of the month next meeting is June 11^th 2013, 7:00 pm… 216 10th St. Nederland, Tx.

è Jefferson County ARES meeting is the third Thursday of the month next meeting is June 20th 2013, 7:00 pm … 216 10^th St. Nederland, TX.

è The next Tailgate Sale has been rescheduled for July 20th 2013 July 13 conflicts with a local hamfest... click here for flyer

è Want to build a great antenna for 2 meters, here's how...

Attention:

These agencies and businesses have supported JCARC though donations, goods, repeater sites, equipment, finances and services... Thanks to each and every one of them...

Barnett Construction Inc.

Newtron Inc.

ACE House Leveling and Repair

American Legion Butler-Reed Post # 493 Nederland, Texas

V P Tree Service Port Neches, Texas

Wal-Mart Port Arthur Twin City Hwy

Christus St Mary Hospital Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur, Texas Emergency Management.

Entergy

Philpott Motors

Exxonmobil Corporation

Honeywell Corporation

Chevron Refinery

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Jefferson County Amateur Radio club is ARRL affiliated.

Click here for Map to Club House

Pictured above are the Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club houses, with small building in the foreground being the radio room. Also holds history of the club, old radios, and a library. Chevron/Phillips of Orange TX. donated a Yaesu HF rig along with a Kenwood 2 meter for club use. The building is at 923 Boston Ave. Nederland TX.

Club meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm. All that are interested please plan to attend, even if you are not licensed, you can come find out how to get licensed... A little interest can go a long way... We also have scheduled Ham Classes …. Come and find out… See ya there...

The larger Building in the background is the meeting room. Also, has a kitchen for special events and is used for VE Test sessions. Monthly Meetings are the second Tuesday of the month. VE testing is available on request. Club house meeting is at 216 10^th St., Nederland, TX 77627.

Jefferson County ARC has been affiliated with ARRL since Nov. 1941 and has over 100 members. It supports a repeater, ARES group, tailgate sales and Ham radio classes.

President: To be announced.

Vice President: Kirk Mahaney N5WKM Phone: 409 962-9375 email to: n5wkm@gt.rr.com

Secretary-Treasurer: Doug Thomas N5BST Phone: 409 344-1966 email to:n5bst@arrl.net

Mic & Key Editor: Doug Thomas N5BST Phone: 409 344-1966 email to:n5bst@arrl.net

Club Repeater and Area Frequencies

Big thanks to W5XOM for the use of their repeater.

Thanks to MERC (Mobil Emergency Radio Club) for the use of the repeater, sponsored by

Exxonmobil Beaumont.

The 145.470 is up at the Chevron Refinery at 300 ft and is doing real well on coverage, thanks to everyone that is responsible

for this great feat being accomplished.

52.525 MHz. 6 Meter Simplex

144.390 MHz. APRS

145.010 MHz. BPT (W5SSV) Packet node

* 145.210- MHz. SWLARC (pl. 103.5) (W5BII)

* 145.230- MHz. Kountze (pl.103.5) ( N5BTC)

* 145.350- MHz. Sulphur ARC (pl. 103.5) (KC5PNH)

* 145.470- MHz. Port Arthur (pl. 103.5) JCARC (W5SSV)

146.450 MHz. Mid County Simplex

146.520 MHz. National Simplex Frequency

146.580 MHz. Simplex Freq used for events

* 146.700- MHz. Beaumont ARC (pl 107.2) (W5RIN)

# 146.730- MHz. SWLARC (pl. 173.8) (W5BII)

* 146.760- MHz. SW LYNX linked repeater system (pl 107.2) (W5GNX)

* 146.860- MHz. Port Arthur (103.5 pl) (WD5GJP)

*# 146.980- MHz. Devers (pl. 103.5) (N5FJX)

*# 147.000- MHz. Jasper (pl. 118.8) (W5JAS)

* 147.060+MHz. Dupont (AA5P) (pl. 103.5)

* 147.180+MHz. Orange ARC (pl. 103.5) (W5ND)

*# 147.200+MHz. Downtown Port Arthur (pl. 118.8) (KC5YSM)

* 147.300+MHz. Mobil Oil Repeater (pl. 103.5) (W5XOM)

147.440 MHz. Simplex (Mauriceville)

223.800- MHz. Downtown Beaumont (pl.123.0) KA5QDG

224.920- MHz. Devers (KA5QDG) (pl.123.0) Limited coverage

442.575+MHz. Devers (pl 103.5) (KA5QDG) Limited coverage

444.700+MHz. Bmt Saltgrass linked repeater system (pl. 107.2) (W5RIN)

444.900+MHz. Mobil Oil (pl 103.5) (WB5HRF)

* Denotes Transmit PL

# Denotes Echolink

Jefferson County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)

Jefferson Co. ARES

Emergency Coordinator -Clarence “Tootie” Heintschel - KC5HVT - kc5hvt@gt.rr.com

ARES net is each Wednesday following the JCARC weekly 8:00 PM net on 145.470 MHz. - offset (W5SSV) (pl.103.5)

ARES meets on the third Thursday of each month at the JCARC clubhouse (216 10^th St., Nederland, TX) at 7:30 PM.

Additional ARES information to be added in the future.

CLUB ACTIVITIES

Monthly club meetings are the second Tuesday of the month at the JCARC clubhouse, 216 10^th St., Nederland, TX 77627 @ 7:00 PM.

v A weekly 2 Meter net is held each Wednesday at 8:00PM on 145.470 MHz. - offset (W5SSV)(pl.103.5) Stop by and check in!! ARES Net follow the JCARC net, ARES meeting the third Thursday of each month at JCARC club house 216 10^th St. Nederland, Tx. 77627 a 7:00 PM.

ARES meets the third Thursday of each month at the JCARC clubhouse.

Field Day – Emergency Preparedness drill each year, last full weekend in June… Make plans to attend…

Don Allen Wildwood Sports Day @ Wildwood, Texas – Provides communications as public service, here is a link to their website

March of Dimes – Walk A Thon @ Beaumont, Texas – Provides communications as public service

V.E. Testing – Available Call to find out next time and date, Mike Faucheaux N5KBW – (409) 727-1071 or email @ n5kbw@sbcglobal.net

V.E. Testing and Classes

The Jefferson County Amateur Radio Club, Volunteer Examiners (VE’s) provide testing for Amateur Radio licenses at the tailgate sales that are done quarterly....

For information about testing contact Mike Faucheaux, N5KBW @ 1-409-727-1071. Or email @ n5kbw@sbcglobal.net

Classes for Technician class licenses are held through out the year. Date and times will be announced in club newsletter, 2M nets, and local newspapers and on this webpage.