I Have my license, now what?
September 19, 2026 (8am to noon) JohnSon county EOC
Location: 810 E. Kilpatrick, Cleburne.
This open forum allows you to ask questions to other Amateur Radio Operators about the hobby and how to start being active in communications. This course is designed to provide you direction or opportunities from types of equipment or areas of the hobby you are interested in knowing.
The hobby has so many avenues and different options to get started and having someone sit down with you and discuss your desires in the hobby can help you with the best direction for you. We will have some equipment there to look and even operate and have several HAMs with different uses of the hobby to help you on your journey. If you would like to attend, just email K5YIV@W5JCR.com and we will send a reminder a week before the event.
Johnson County ARC Fox hunt
We will be having FOX HUNTs on the first Saturday of every other month. Starting November 7th 2026. At 9 am the transmitters will be activated and will be in operation till 2PM. The FOX will be somewhere in Johnson County and will always be in a public accessible place.
The Fox, Called Eleanor transmits on 146.565 and will transmit at 2.5watts for 30 second every 3 mins. And has a musical tune to it followed by a morse code ID. Please check this web site https://kc5jmd.net/fox-manager-log-eleanor/ on the Day of the hunt, as it will give you a Hint to where the Fox can be located in the comments when it is placed.
The 2nd Fox, called Christine will transmit on 146.400 and transmits at 0.19mw for 30 seconds every 2 mins. This is a series of tones followed by a morse code ID Christine will be within range of Eleanor. Please check this Web site https://kc5jmd.net/fox-manager-log-christine/ on the day of the Hunt and check the comments for a hint of its location
When You Find the FOX, there will be a sheet or card with a QR code, scan the code with your phone and fill out the information this will notify us that you have found the FOX and will log when you found it and gives you the opportunity to rate the Fox Hunt. Once you log your find, please move away from it as to not give away the location.
Who has hunted https://kc5jmd.net/fox-manager-leaderboard-jcarc/
Previous Hunt Locations https://kc5jmd.net/fox-manager-map-jcarc/
A simple Yagi antenna is very helpful in this event. BUT is not nessesary.
Youtube search “FOX HUNT HAM RADIO” they will give you ideas on ways to locate the FOX. Tell your friends, this is for everyone, not just club members. Since this is just “listening “ and not transmitting to find the FOX, ANYONE can do it, no license required!! ED KJ5JQD