WxC is the special event call sign being used in all 10 call districts.. I
don't recall whether they got anything for Puerto Rico or any of the
possessions.. if they did, it should be up on their website that Lee posted the
link.. Houston and Dallas are using W5C with a /H or /D to denote Houston or
Dallas respectively.
The Wimberley Club, north of Waco, set this up. The person behind it, AA5HK, is
an old high school friend of mine, who I got into ham radio and then talked him
into changing from pre-med to electrical engineering in college. He contacted
me when he first came up with the idea of wanting to know more about the
special event call signs and I steered him to the correct information and gave
him Lee's email to contact for the Houston operation.
I also signed up to operate under the /D for Dallas but Field Day rules
prohibit more than one call sign being used at a field day location unless it's
a "get on the air VHF station" for class 2A and above. I'll only be a single
operator so I had to choose which one. Maybe for the 4th of July, I might use
the W5C/D call on the air.
Max at ARRL HQ in the contest dept. returned my call just a little while ago
and confirmed that a club cannot operate from its clubhouse as a Class A, no
matter what the situation is. It must be portable in the field to be a Class A.
So if you work W5SSV and they report a class 2 or 3A, it won't count. Oh well..
I tried to tell them but they wouldn't listen.
Now back to my SUV air conditioning work ☺️
ChrisWB5ITTW5C/H tomorrow
On Friday, June 26, 2026 at 09:43:38 AM CDT, leemanpa--- via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
It is for the World Cup FIFI Special Event Station that we are working until
July 19th.
https://wc2026ses.org
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Lee Glassman, WA5LEE ⊿
HCOHSEM AUXCOMM LIASON
STX ARES D14NW Emergency Coordinator
COML, COMT, AUXC, RADO, ITSL
TX EMT, ARRL VE
M: 570-840-2633
Email: [email protected]
Tomball, TX 77375
https://hcauxcomm.org
www.wa5lee.com
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From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Chris Medlin via BVARC
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2026 08:59
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Cc: Chris Medlin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] W5C/H Hey Chris, why the slant H?
“Enquiring minds want to know” (thats really just my mind lol)
73/Chris/AC5CM
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On Jun 26, 2026, at 08:33, Chris Boone via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
I will be on 40m SSB tomorrow at the start of field day for 4 hours operating
as W5C/H
Taking time out for 7285 and 7290 traffic Nets of course
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