Welcome to Athens Amateur Radio Club!       

Anyone interested in learning more about ham radio is invited to the AARC monthly meetings which are on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Our meeting location is The First Presbyterian Church in Athens, Texas. Their address is 405 E. Corsicana Street at their Fellowship Hall. Our fellowship starts at 8:00 AM and our meeting starts at 9:00 am followed by our monthly program.

Our recent programs have included Beacons, Software Defined Radios, PSK31, propagation, antenna’s, EMP’s, and many others to follow, see you soon!

Our repeater, K5EPH, now requires CTCSS tone access of 136.5. For those without tone generators in their radios, you may dial 11 to temporarily disable the tone access. This step was taken to reduce interference, not to exclude anyone! All licensed hams are welcome.

The radio club as a Radio Loaner Program for our active members. Please see Ron Bean (President) for details on process and availability.

UPCOMING EVENTS
TVCC Ham Radio Introduction – Technician
AARC will be hosting another Technician licensing class during the Fall Semester at TVCC.  The course will run from September 8th through December 8, 2025, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.   The course will end with testing on December 8th.  The course is free for ages 16 or older.  Younger than 16, the student must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.  Study guide will be available at the TVCC Bookstore, or the student can obtain through Amazon.  A registration link will be available from this website, or individuals may register directly with TVCC.  Questions call David Deas N0UXR at 512-577-1951.
2025 FIELD DAY AARC
The Athens Amateur Radio Club will host Field Day on June 28, 2025.  This year the Club will operate their Field Day site at Eastern Hills Church of Christ located at 1200 E. Corsicana St. Athens Texas.  Our location is air conditioned, with rest room available.  The Club encourages all members, family and/or friends to participate.  The Club will start set up beginning at 8:00 a.m. the morning of the 28th.  Field Day officially starts at 1:00 pm on Saturday.  The Club will operate for as long as we have control operators present but must close up no later than midnight.  (We have to clean up and be out by then so church can hold Sunday morning classes).  Anyone willing to help please contact David Deas N0UXR at 512-577-1951 or [email protected].  Hope to hear you on the air!
AARC Monthly Meeting

NOTE: AARC monthly meetings have been growing and going strong!
Third Saturday of each month, 9AM, at The First Presbyterian Church in Athens, TX 75751. Address is 405 E. Corsicana St. 

Come early and  and socialize with us!
Meeting topics will cover various technical and operating aspects of ham radio and emergency service. As a club member, you are welcome to present a program if you wish. Just pick a topic in which you are interested, and contact one of the officers. All hams and want-to-be-hams are welcome to attend our meetings. We hope to see you there!

We are restructuring our tech nets. The Henderson County Ham Clubs will be having their combined tech net on Monday evenings starting at 7:00 pm. The AARC and CCRC repeaters are linked, so please join us on which ever repeater provide the best coverage for your location. K5EPH 147.220 & K5CCL 146.900.

We are a 501.3(c) non profit and would appreciate your donations toward helping AARC fulfill its mission of community service. Our mailing address is

AARC                                                                                                                                            PO Box 1641, Athens, TX 75751

AARC OFFICERS 2024-2025                                                                                              Ron Bean KJ5XX – President
Douglas Earnest KI5UFQ – Vice President
Jack Stapleton KF7FVX – Secretary

Don Lambertson KI5MIR – Treasurer

Henderson County ARES

…has a facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/HendersonARES/. Please see this new site for info relevant to radio emergency preparedness and ARES operations for our Henderson County ARES group.

We’re the Henderson County Weather Spotters!     

The National Weather Service contacts AARC to activate the Weather Net. The Net is conducted on the repeater, and Storm Spotters are dispatched to remote locations. Weather information is reported to the Net, and the Net Controller sends it to the National Weather Service.