The Next Club Meeting Is Tuesday, January 7th. This Will Be A Dinner Meeting.

ARRL RF Exposure Calculator is here.

Ken Bratz provides a PDF on a 10 Step Preparedness Plan. The K0S Strange Antenna Challenge Antenna Manual

Mike Mart's presentation to the club on emergencies is available in power point and pdf

Updated Anderson County ARES Emcomm plan available here Updated ARRL ARES Manual available here

Skywarn Net Control Information PDF is available here. Skywarn Spotter Reporting Information PDF Here.

George Ure, AC7X's Emergency Power Powerpoint it here.

NBEMS resource page

George (AC7X) Ure's presentation on EMP is here. Mike (KF5HWM) Mart's Anderson County Map Direction Program is here. It's in Excel format.

Canoe Race map is here

This is the website of The Palestine/Anderson County Amateur Radio Club of Palestine, Texas. Our Club has been serving the local and Amateur Radio Community since 1979. We are an ARRL Special Service Club (our certificate) (our original ARRL Charter) and strive to be an example for Ham Radio. This site is constantly being updated, so please check back often. Your comments are appreciated.

PACARC Meetings

PACARC Meetings are on the First Tuesday of each Month, 7pm at the clubhouse on the corner of Caplin and Easy Streets in Palestine Texas. All are invited to come and join with us...we love visitors. Map

Contact PACARC@gmail.com for more information about meetings or the club itself. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 1376, Palestine, Texas 75802 This month's minutes are available here. Net Controls are here.

Monday Night Social Nets

All hams are invited to join our Monday Night Social Nets on the 147.080+(103.5) repeater, meeting at 730pm CT sharing news views, information and the ARRL audio letter every week. Net control rotates among members The preamble is here.

PACARC Repeaters

PACARC supports and maintains two VHF Repeaters in Anderson County, and both are open and available for use by all licensed amateurs. Our wide area repeater is located in Elmwood, Texas at 500'. Frequency is 147.080+(103.5) and will cover about 5 counties around Anderson County. Our local repeater is situated about 150' up a 400' tower and is located in Palestine. It covers the county. Frequency for this repeater is 147.140+(103.5). Our UHF repeater is DMR, is located in Palestine at about 300' and is 444.6+,CC9, C-Bridge. Texas Statewide 3148, Timeslot 2.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Palestine/Anderson County Amateur Radio Club is to provide emergency communications services to the community; to assist other civic organizations; to promote the technical craft of amateur radio through class training and testing; to mentor new members; and enhance fellowship among radio amateurs. Our Bylaws may be found here. A membership application may be downloaded here.

AT-A-Boy Awards

PACARC has initiated the AT-A-BOY awards for those who have gone beyond the call of duty to help others in Amateur Radio. Certificates are issued for their unselfish acts. You may view our AT-A-BOY winners here

PACARC always participates in Field Day