October 11, 1999 - LETARC COMMUNICATIONS CENTERThe Longview/East Texas Amateur Radio Club is proud to announce the completion of the LETARC COMMUNICATIONS CENTER located within the American Red Cross facility on HWY. 31 in Longview.
The purpose of the Center is to establish a club station that is equipped with all necessary avenues of amateur equipment necessary to assist with local and area emergency communications in times of disaster. The club station, under the call KI5UA (in memory of the late silent key Bill Rigsby), will also serve as a station for all LETARC members to have access to equipment for training and yearly events such as Field Day.
The recent addition of LETARC into the City of Longview Emergency Management Plan, and the establishment of the LETARC COMMUNICATIONS CENTER verifies the tradition of amateur radio emergency service is alive and well in East Texas.
Darrell Toland/N5REO/Vice President