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
November 10 - "Krewe of CW Lunch" at 11:00a at Arboleda's Mexican Grill, 1103 Ridge Rd, Rockwall, TX 75087
November 15 - "Radio in the Park" at Harry Myers Park in Rockwall. For more information go to Radio in the Park 2025
November 18 - Club Meeting at 7:00p at Soulman's BBQ, 691 East I30, Rockwall, TX 75087. Go to Monthly Club Meetings for more information.
November 20 - "The Retro Rewind Net" hosted by W5TXX on the K5RKW (Courthouse) repeater. This is a new net celebrates movies from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. For more information go to Retro Rewind Net
November 27 - Is Thanksgiving day, so "Hams for Lunch" is cancelled for November
And save the dates for these two events coming in December:
December 6 - The Kiwanis Rockwall Christmas Parade. For more information go to Rockwall Christmas Parade
December 9 - The RARC Christmas Dinner at Manny's Uptown Tex-Mex in Heath. Click on Christmas Dinner for more information.
To see all the upcoming events for 2025 go to the RARC Events Calendar.
Pass The Bill, The ARRL Grassroots Campaign
Pass The Bill, The ARRL Grassroots Campaign
The ARRL has launched a grassroots campaign to pass the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act. This legislation would grant Hams who live in HOA or other deed restricted properties the same rights to install antennas on their properties enjoyed by users of television antennas, wireless internet, and flagpoles. The ARRL has made it simple to send letters to your congressmen with a form on their website. You do not have to be a member of the ARRL to use this form.
The ARRL has launched a grassroots campaign to pass the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act. This legislation would grant Hams who live in HOA or other deed restricted properties the same rights to install antennas on their properties enjoyed by users of television antennas, wireless internet, and flagpoles. The ARRL has made it simple to send letters to your congressmen with a form on their website. You do not have to be a member of the ARRL to use this form.
School Club Roundup at the Gene Burton College & Career Academy
School Club Roundup at the Gene Burton College & Career Academy
High School students at RISDs Gene Burton College & Career Academy (GBCCA) competed in the ARRL Fall School Club Roundup (SCR). This is the second time the GBCCA school club has participated in the SCR, this time operating under the school's club call sign KR5ISD. In their first SCR outing back in the spring they operated for 2 days of the 5 day event and racked up 4k+ points to finished 6th in their class. This time they operated for 3 days and were able to more than double their previous score after 2 days of operation and finished after 3 days with a preliminary score over 14k.
High School students at RISDs Gene Burton College & Career Academy (GBCCA) competed in the ARRL Fall School Club Roundup (SCR). This is the second time the GBCCA school club has participated in the SCR, this time operating under the school's club call sign KR5ISD. In their first SCR outing back in the spring they operated for 2 days of the 5 day event and racked up 4k+ points to finished 6th in their class. This time they operated for 3 days and were able to more than double their previous score after 2 days of operation and finished after 3 days with a preliminary score over 14k.
The GBCCA teachers, club members, and the RARC club sponsors want to thank the RARC club members who took time to make hf, vhf, and uhf QSOs with the students and help make this event a success.
The GBCCA teachers, club members, and the RARC club sponsors want to thank the RARC club members who took time to make hf, vhf, and uhf QSOs with the students and help make this event a success.
And that's not all. At the end of the 3 days the students took license exams and two earn their technician's license.
And that's not all. At the end of the 3 days the students took license exams and two earn their technician's license.
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 Upda
Latest Site Upda
10/27/25 - Added Radio in the Park, Christmas Parade, Christmas party, Retro Rewind Net pages. Updated upcoming events. Added GBCCA SCR info and photos to home page
10/06/25 - Updated 6m Simplex Net page to The Simplex Net page, added write-up and photos from 10/4 Fox hunt to the website.
09/28/25 - Updated the upcoming events on the site's main page and updated the Fox Hunt page
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