K5SAG SAGINAW AMATEUR RADIO CLUB WELCOMES YOU
Please Note:
All club meetings are cancelled until further notice.
1. Wash your hands often using Soap and Water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water is not available, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol
2. Wear a mask or face shield that covers your chin, mouth and nose and avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth
3. Put 6ft of distance between yourself and other people
K5SAG NEWS
6/29/2021: Saginaw CERT is hosting a Technician Class - Three Saturday Classes July 10, 17 & 24 from 8 AM - Noon @ Saginaw Fire Station 1
3/24/2021: When FTW OEM activates FTW RACES for severe weather, log your time in Better Impact
12/28/2020: NWS Fort Worth's 2021 SKYWARN Class Schedule is now posted on their webpage at: https://www.weather.gov/fwd/skywarnmap
Need a license to transmit?
Join Saginaw CERT at Fire Station 1 on July 10, 17 & 24 from 8 AM - Noon for classroom teaching and testing of the Technician Class License
Also, the ARRL now offers online examinations - Take An Amateur Radio License Test Online
K5SAG Leadership
President: KG5JPW David
Vice President: KB5RHE Brian
Secretary: K5MRE Michael
Treasure: N5BOZ Larry
Healthy radio clubs are vitally important to the future of Amateur Radio. It is the club that often provides the motivation and support for such fundamental activities as recruiting new hams, sponsoring radio classes and doing volunteer testing. Clubs are often the best organizers and financiers of expensive repeater systems, hamfests and emergency communication programs, as well.
Interested in joining us? Become a K5SAG member!
K5SAG 70cm/EchoLink REPEATER
Worldwide - Any Station - Anywhere
Open to all licensed amateur radio operators and their guests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
441.375 +
TONE 100.0
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ECHOLINK NODE 973404
K5SAG-R SAGINAW, TX
K5SAG REOCCURRING EVENTS
EVERY SUNDAY EVENING AT 8PM CST
K5SAG Ragchew and Information Net
Please join us on the air during our weekly ragchew and information net on our 70cm K5SAG repeater or via EchoLink Node 973404 every Sunday evening at 8pm CST. Anyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member to join in. We take all check-ins including third party! If anything, just check in for the count with no traffic. Hope to hear you on the air.
K5SAG Club Meetings are cancelled until further notice
1. Wash your hands often using Soap and Water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water is not available, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol
2. Wear a mask that covers your chin, mouth and nose and avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth
3. Put 6ft of distance between yourself and other people
K5SAG SUNDAY NIGHT RAGCHEW AND INFORMATION NET CONTROL SCHEDULE
We hold a directed net, that means that there is one person acting as net control, with whom all traffic is directed through. We encourage everyone to advance their radio skills by acting as net control for our weekly ragchew and information net. It's simple, you open the net, make and/or ask for announcements, take check-ins and ask for traffic, and then close the net. It's a great way to get to know more people in the amateur radio community. If you are interested, please email saginawarc@gmail.com so we can send you the preamble and schedule a net where you will be net control.
K5SAG SERVING OUR COMMUNITY
PUBLIC SERVICE
Public service is a cornerstone of the K5SAG Amateur Radio Club. Qualifications are a desire to serve and an Amateur Radio license.
Amateur Radio operators provide a critical public service for our community such as during parades, marathons, street festivals, community events and other various programs. This public service is easily extended during times of disaster, we are able to provide reliable communications when the normal infrastructure is offline. Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and trained in the art and science of radio communication and basic electronics theory, we own and maintain our own communications equipment and are prohibited by federal law from receiving payment for our services. The ARRL, our national organization, has built relationships with several served agencies including FEMA, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and many others.
SAGINAW CERT
Community Emergency Response Team
Saginaw CERT is an implementation of FEMA's National CERT Program, administered by the Saginaw Fire Department, which provides a standardized training and implementation framework to community members.
We are an organization of volunteer emergency workers who have received specific training in basic disaster response skills, and who agree to supplement existing emergency responders in the event of a major disaster.
For more information on Saginaw CERT and to learn how to become a member please visit Saginaw Cert online at saginawcert.org
RACES
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
RACES is a standby radio service provided for in Part 97.407 of the Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States.
When so activated, the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service will consist of only those amateur radio operators who have previously registered with State and local governments to provide emergency radio communications for them in times of emergency. Other amateur radio operations might be suspended and operations under the RACES rules might be restricted to certain frequencies within the amateur radio bands.
For more information on RACES in Fort Worth and to learn how to become a member please visit Fort Worth RACES online at fortworthraces.org
SHARC
The Saginaw Haslet Amateur Radio Club supports the community with ham radio services. For more info please visit SHARC online at w5byt.com
K5SAG SERVING OUR NATION
Amateur Radio Relay League
ARRL's Mission Statement: To advance the art, science, and enjoyment of Amateur Radio.
ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the US. Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization of radio amateurs. ARRL numbers within its ranks the vast majority of active radio amateurs in the nation and has a proud history of achievement as the standard-bearer in amateur affairs. ARRL’s underpinnings as Amateur Radio’s witness, partner and forum are defined by five pillars: Public Service, Advocacy, Education, Technology, and Membership.
Visit ARRL online at arrl.org
GET INVOLVED IN K5SAG
BECOME A MEMBER
Membership is the lifeblood of our club and we are always looking to recruit new members to our ranks. You don't need to hold an amateur radio license to join in the fun, we can help you get licensed. By becoming a member you are showing your support to our club and in turn to our community.
VOLUNTEER PRESENTERS
We need folks to volunteer to do presentations and/or teach classes at our monthly K5SAG meetings. Topics can include anything ham radio related including licensing, antenna building, operating, sharing war stories and pretty much anything else that you are interested in sharing with the group.
TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS
K5SAG needs Elmers who are proficient in the art form of amateur radio; who can take mentees under their wing to help mold them into excellent operators who will then hopefully one day become Elmers themselves and pass on the knowledge that they learned to the next generation.
DONATIONS & FUNDRAISERS
If you have any old computers or computer parts, monitors, radios, transceivers, antennas, cables or coax, or ham shack accessories that you don't want or need please consider donating to K5SAG. We are also looking for fund raising opportunities. Everything goes back into the club and is used to help foster our commitment to servicing our community.
Contesting
Volunteer your contesting time to K5SAG and use the club callsign. Great for Field Day and other contests. Speak with a club member about scheduling an event.
Contact K5SAG
441.375 + 100.0
EchoLink Node 972404
Gridsquare EM12
ITU Zone 7 / CQ Zone 4
Saginaw, TX USA