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This web page offers links to map locations of interest to North Texas amateurs.

The links listed below require installation of Google Earth, a free program that's available here - for Windows, MAC and Linux: Google Earth

This web page is experimental, and a part of my personal web page at www.n5gar.info. It will be updated from time to time. Please advise if you find any errors.

- Tom Blackwell, N5GAR, Dallas, Texas

ARRL, Newington, Connecticut, W1AW

FCC, Washington D.C.

FCC, Gettysburg, PA

National Weather Service, Fort Worth

FCC BPL Demonstration described at http://www.n5gar.com/BPL.htm

Conventions, Meetings and Flea Markets:

Hamcom, Plano Convention Center

Austin Summerfest (Crown Plaza / Red Lion, 2006)

Belton Hamfest, Bell County Expo Center

Irving Hamfest & Mentorfest

Texoma Hamarama (2006)

Green Country Hamfest - Claremore, OK

Paris Hamfest

North Central Texas Emergency Communicators' Hamfest, Azle (2006)

Weatherford Hamfest, Parker County - W5PC

Midland St. Patrick's Day Hamfest

First Saturday Sidewalk Sale, Dallas

Garland Skywarn School - Granville Arts Center

Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio

The Flea at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Clubs with permanent facilities:

Garland Amateur Radio Club, K5QHD

Coppell Amateur Radio Club, KD5OEW

Irving Amateur Radio Club, WA5CKF

University of Texas at Dallas Amateur Radio Club, K5UTD

University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Club, N5XU

SMU Amateur Radio Club, W5YF

DeGolyer Elementary School, Dallas, K5DES

North Garland High School, NG5HS

Additional clubs affiliated with Educational Institutions:

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, W5HAJ

East Texas State University, Commerce, WB5MQP

Collin County Community College, Frisco, K5CCC

Tarrant County Community College, Fort Worth, K5TCC

University of Texas at Tyler, W5UTT

Texas A&M - Texarkana, K5EGL

Highland Park High School, University Park, W5EUZ

In QST:

Texas Towers, Plano

Array Solutions - WX0B

Other links of interest:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., NN3SI

Frontiers of Flight Museum - Love Field, Dallas

US Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio

Tanner's Electronics, Carrollton

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston (Saturn V rocket), W5RRR

Space Shuttle launch facility - Pad 39A, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Pad 39B, Saturn V Center & VIP launch observation, KSC Visitor Center (W5LFL Owen Garriott amateur equipment exhibit is here). A total of 4 links.

Astronauts at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan (Edison Museum, Hiram Percy Maxim light bulb)

Queen Mary - W6RO

Boy Scouts of America, National Headquarters and Museum, Irving, Texas

Dealey Plaza, Dallas

State Fair of Texas, Dallas