by KI5IZR | Jun 14, 2021 | Community Service, RGV
South Texas Amateur Repeater Society History Part II — Unexpected Luck and New Directions It has been said that it is always darkest before the dawn and when one door closes another always opens. Although nice to say as both are positive statements, but I never...
by KI5IZR | May 24, 2021 | Community Service, RGV
South Texas Amateur Repeater Society History Part I — The Beginning and the Early Days STARS was founded in 1982 by three Valley amateurs who wanted to establish a Valley-wide communication system to support Emergency Communication efforts. The three pooled...
by KI5IZR | May 2, 2021 | Community Service, Local Events, RGV, Volunteers
Local Field Day in the RGV National Field Day is coming up June 26th, 2021 and we plan to coordinate our Field Day on the same day. So far we have the start time at 9:00AM at the CEED building in Mission. The address is 1201 E. 8th Street, Mission, TX 78572. More...
by KI5IZR | Apr 26, 2021 | Community Service, Local Events, NCS News, Nets, RGV
Youth Joins the Ranks of Local NCS Operators Nathaniel Pemberton (KI5IZO) has recently joined the STARS NCS ranks. The 12-year-old youth now regularly runs the Wednesday-night session of the Valley Information Net at 7pm on 444.275 on the STARS Repeater System. The...