The Rockwall Amateur Radio Club
Serving the Rockwall Area Since 1999
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Welcome to the Rockwall Amateur Radio Club
Welcome to the Rockwall Amateur Radio Club
The Rockwall Amateur Radio Club (RARC) was formed in 1999 to share and promote amateur (ham) radio and to provide communications for Rockwall area public events and emergencies. The club is open to all licensed hams and to anyone interested in learning more about ham radio and getting licensed are welcome to come visit.
Check out How to Become a Ham Radio Operator
Upcoming Events
February 7 - "Fox Hunt" starting at 10:00a and ends at 11:30a. The starting point is the 1st Baptist Church Rockwall South Annex parking lot. For more information go to RARC Fox Hunts.
February 9 - "Krewe of CW Lunch" at 11:00a at Jason's Deli, 819 I-30 Frontage Rd, Ste 130, Rockwall, TX 75087
February 17 - Club Meeting at 7:00p at Soulman's BBQ, 691 East I30, Rockwall, TX 75087. Go to Monthly Club Meetings for more information.
February 26 - "Hams for Lunch" at 11:00a at Joe Willy's 2006 S. Goliad St. Rockwall, TX 75087
February 28 - "FD 2026 Antenna Testing" at RISD's Gene Burton College and Career Academy campus. Go the ARRL Field Day 2026 page for more information.
NOTE: Mark your calendars March 14, 15 the club will be operating at Wind Point Park. Go to America250 at Wind Point Park for more details.
To see all the upcoming events for 2026 go to the RARC Events Calendar.
ARRL School Club Roundup February Edition
The February edition of the ARRL School Club Roundup (SCR) was February 9 - 13 and the RISD's Gene Burton College and Career Academy Amateur Radio Club operated under their club's KR5ISD call sign for this event. In their last outing the club scored 14,208 points on 111 QSOs placing them in 6th among senior high school clubs and students participating. This year their preliminary score is 18,898 points on 156 QSOs. We will have to wait till the official results are out before we know how they ranked. The students and instructors at the GBCCA thanks the RARC for supporting and participating in making some of those QSOs.
In addition one student took and passed the technician exam, another student took and passed the general exam, and one instructor, Dr Kay K5ORR took and passed her general exam.
Tuesday Nights with RARC
Tuesday night is meeting night for RARC. Join us each Tuesday night for our on air informational net. We meet on the KK5PP repeater*; 441.525 MHz PL 141.3 at 7:00pm. The only time we do not have this is on the 3rd Tuesday of the month when we have our club meeting.
Click Here for Details of RARC Face-to-Face Meetings at Soulman's BBQ
* Note: In the event that if the above repeater is not operational on net night a backup repeater, K5RKW is available at 442.8375 MHz Narrow FM with a PL tone of 162.2.
Latest Site Update
Latest Site Update
02/24/26 - Added GBCCA SCR photos to the front page.
02/23/26 - Added America250 Special Event page to website. Added Rockman Triathlon Page. Removed WFD2026 notice page.
02/10/26 - Added Fox Hunt results and photos to the home page.
02/07/26 - Added ARRL SCR Information to the home page.
Last Updated 02/23/26 -, Webmaster
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