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Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club
Amateur Radio in and around the Red River Valley Area of Northeast Texas
From the Fannin County Amateur Radio Club:
Are you interested in the 7290 Traffic Net?
Join us on November 1, 2025 at 1300 (1 p.m.) at Bois D’Arc Creek Cowboy Church on SH 121 S, Bonham TX to hear Jo Ann Keith (KA5AZK) for a training session on handling radio traffic.
This has been a continuous operation for over 60 years.
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At the Club meeting Saturday, visitor and Secretary of the Fannin County Amateur Radio Club (K5FRC) Sarah Richardson (KI5PZF) told us that Jo Ann Keith (KA5AZK), net manager for the 7290 Traffic Net, is going to be the featured speaker at a special event training session Fannin County ARC meeting on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
Jo Ann manages the net which runs Monday through Saturday, from 10am to 12pm Central Time. This net is a regional traffic net for the state of Texas and from their website (https://www.7290trafficnet.org/) it has been “…in continuous operation since 1953…”
On November 23, 2016 Texas Country Reporter did a segment titled Ham Radio Couple. It featured John and Jo Ann Keith and the 7290 Traffic Net from their location in Gilmer, Texas. If you would like to watch it the link is here – Ham Radio Couple.
The date is Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 1PM. The location will be Bois D ‘Arc Creek Cowboy Church, on SH 121 S in Bonham, Texas. I am going to try and be there and maybe some of us could meet at DQ for lunch on the way there. Drop me a note (email) if that interests you.
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Phillip Beall (W5EBC)
Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club (RRVARC) is a licensed FCC radio operator (WB5RDD) and an affiliate of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) – The National Association for Amateur Radio®.
Club members – hams – are persons interested in amateur radio operations and public service. The Club and its members participate in public service events such as the Tour de Paris, Field Day and educational activities, as well as during emergency preparedness activations.
The RRVARC is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.
The Red River Valley Amateur Radio Club meets at High Cotton Kitchen (1260 Clarksville Street, Paris, TX 75460) usually on the 4th Saturday of each month. There is an optional breakfast gathering at 0830-0900 and the meeting starts at 1000. The Club meeting is conducted in the rear conference room.
Note: Special events like Field Day and some November and December meetings are excepted. Check the events calendar for special location, dates and time.