Welcome to the Deep East Texas Amateur Radio Club, W5IRP
The Deep East Texas Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Charitable Organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas and headquartered in Lufkin, Texas.
Meetings
DETARC meets on the 4th Thursday evening of each month at 6:30 pm unless otherwise noted.
Meetings are held at the Fuller Springs Volunteer Fire Department building, 4958 U.S. Highway 69, Lufkin Texas.
DETARC also offers Amateur Radio License Testing at 10:00 am on the third Saturday of each month at Keltys First Baptist Church, 2402 N. John Reddit Drive, Lufkin, Texas.
Repeaters
DETARC maintains several repeaters for use by licensed Amateur Radio operators.
NETS
The DETARC Club Net is held every Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. on the 146.94 (141.3) repeater. All Amateur Radio operators are invited to participate.
Club Information
Join the DETARC Family!
Click here for club membership information.
Minutes of Meetings, Bylaws, etc. are available.
Calendar of Events
Amateur Radio Information and Education
( Coming Soon! )
Club Officers
President
Tim Evans, KK5TE
Vice-President
Dayton Jones, KG5TKF
Secretary
Ann Reyes, KD5LH
Treasurer
Patricia Allen, K5HER
Fundraising Coordinator
Megan Glass, KB5MEG
Texas R.A.C.E.S. District 14 Officers
District Radio Officer
Mike Miles, WD5EFY
County Radio Officer
Roger Krautkremer, K0YY
DETARC Members come from wide variety of backgrounds and occupations. We share an enjoyment of Amateur Radio and a desire to provide Community Service. Many of our members participate with organizations such as the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®), the National Weather Service SKYWARN program, and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).
We assist the community by providing alternative means of communications for events such as the Neches River Rendezvous, the Pineywoods Forest Festival, and the Pineywoods Purgatory Bike Race. Communications assistance is also provided to the community during emergencies such as hurricanes, power outages, and tragedies like the Shuttle Columbia Recovery effort.
Club Members enjoy many aspects of Amateur Radio such as: FM repeater & digital repeater operations, High-Frequency voice, Morse code, digital operations, 6-meter meteor scatter & moon bounce operations, chasing DX stations around the world, contests, and hosting special event stations.
In addition to our repeater systems, emergency Amateur Radio communications equipment is also maintained at the CHI Memorial Health Systems hospital, Woodland Heights Medical Center, and the Angelina County and Cities Health District for our authorized use during emergencies.
Club Meetings
Club meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of each month and start at 6:30pm. (Exception: November & December we work around the Holidays.)
Meetings are at the Fuller Springs Volunteer Fire Department (VFD), 4958 U.S. Highway 69, Lufkin, Texas 75901. The VFD building is the new building close to the highway, past the Curiosity Store and the Metal Mart, about 2.6 miles east of the Pilot gas station on the East Loop in Lufkin.
Come early for fellowship!
Click here for directions on mobile.
Please Don’t park in front of the fire engine doors.
DETARC also offers Amateur Radio License testing at 10:00 am on the third Saturday of every month at Keltys First Baptist Church, 2402 N. John Reddit Drive, Lufkin, Texas.
Repeaters
146.940 MHz (-) 141.3 CTCSS (encode and decode)
The receive antenna is at 500 ft and the transmit antenna is at 260 ft. Output power is 40 watts. The repeater identifies as W5IRP-R. This repeater has linking capabilities for use in emergencies to connect to several regional repeaters.
147.360 MHz (+) 107.2 CTCSS encode. The antenna is at 500 ft and output power is 40 watts.
146.980 MHz (-) 141.3 CTCSS encode. This repeater is located in Alto, Texas and is linked full-time to the DETARC 146.940 MHz repeater.
145.410 MHz (-) 141.3 CTCSS encode. This repeater is located near Center in Shelby County, and is linked full-time to the DETARC 146.940 MHz repeater.
APRS Digipeater & iGate 144.390 MHz (Lufkin)
W5IRP-10 Winlink Node 145.050 MHz
K5KRK-10 Winlink Node 145.070 MHz
Mike, WD5EFY, has built an extensive network of interlinked repeater systems. Info on the NESTxlink system is available on the ↗️ NESTxLINK System Facebook Group.
Andy, KE5EXX, created a list of East Texas Amateur Radio repeaters. It is available for download here.
Club NETS
DETARC Club Nets are held every Tuesday at 8:00 pm on the 146.94 (141.3) repeater. All Amateur Radio operators are invited to participate.
If you want to take a turn as a net control operator, download the DETARC Net Preamble.
There are several nets in our area. Jerry, K5JLW, put together a document that lists the nets. You can download it here.
Club Membership Information
Membership is open to anyone interested in Ham Radio.
Non-voting associate memberships are also available.
Please complete this DETARC Membership Application and bring it along with your dues to a meeting.
Yearly dues are $25 for a single member, and $35 for an entire family. Student Memberships are $10 for currently-enrolled Students.
DETARC yearly dues are payable on January 1st of each year.
Members are delinquent if dues are unpaid by the end of February. Delinquent members may be dropped from the membership roster.
Club Calendar of Events
Club events are open to the Public. Visit us!