[W5SFA] FW: Winter Field Day

[Roger Klein]

Fellow W5SFAers,

I received this note from the Katy Amateur Radio Club, who are doing Winter Field Day not far from Bellville.  Details below.  Looks like a great opportunity to get together with some fellow hams.

If you're interested, please respond to Brian and he will provide more details.

Thanks es 73,

Roger N5RWK

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Havran [mailto:brianhavran at att.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 6:04 PM
To: info at w5sfa.org
Cc: Robert Ballew
Subject: Winter Field Day

Greetings Stephen F Austin Amateur Radio Club,

The Katy Amateur Radio Club is planning a Winter Field Day event for Saturday January 24th at a location in Waller County.  This will be between Hempstead and FM 529 and just east of the Brazos.  We would like to invite members from your club to come out and participate in Winter Field Day activities with us.  We are planning to make it an enjoyable time, yes we will be logging contacts, but not in a fast and furious manner as we do in the summer.  Food and soft drinks/water will be on site and restrooms are available.
KARS has well over 125 members that are classified as "active" and several more who have pulled back in recent years.  We attract members from Waller County, Fort Bend County, and of course, western Harris County.  It is our intent to be laid back and have fun in the hobby of amateur radio while still being serious when we key up the mike. 
We would love to meet up with you all, our neighbors to the west!  Hopefully, many of the SFA club members will be interested and make the short drive out to our event.  If so, then please respond to this email and I will reply with address and directions.

'73,
Brian  AF5IT
KARS Vice President