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 -- July 13 at the American Red Cross, with pre-meeting dinner at 5 p.m. at Goode Company Taqueria, Westpark at Kirby. W2UIS, Mark Halabuda, will give a Zoom presentation on the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS). GMRS is a land-mobile FM radio service that operates on UHF frequencies near 462 and 467 MHz. It is intended for two-way voice communication and limited data applications, facilitating personal, family, and emergency communications.Zoom link will be emailed with the meeting notice
• August meeting will be on JOTA and September on the Texas QSO Party (tentative)
• 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.