W5ECO - Houston ECHO Society - Meetings

Because amateur radio is such a broad hobby you will find ECHO members involved with just about every aspect of it. Besides repeaters ECHO participates in various contests such as the ARRL field day and provides communications for the Tour DuRouge bike ride. Members participate in many other area public service events. As for personal hobbies, members are involved in everything from kit building to WSPR to FT8 to raspberry PI to helping (elmering) newcomers. Everyone is welcome to attend the club meetings and are encouraged to join in on the fun.

• Next club meeting -- Monday, September 14 at the American Red Cross at 7 p.m., with pre-meeting dinner at 5 p.m. at Goode Company Taqueria, Westpark at Kirby. The meeting presentation will be by Dr. Brian A Bayani, KT3X, about the Texas QSO Party. The Texas QSO Party (TQP) is an annual amateur radio contest where operators worldwide try to make as many contacts as possible with stations in Texas, with the goal of working as many of the state’s 254 counties as possible. It is sponsored by the Texas DX Society and organized by the Northwest Amateur Radio Society.
  
• September presentation - Texas QSO Party; October presentation - fox hunting; November presentation TBD; December - end of year family dinner
• ECHO is always looking for amateur radio presentations. If you have a specialty contact martingblaise at gmail dot com. Presentations can be in person or by ZOOM.