Texas A&M University W5AC The Texas A&M Amateur Radio Club, College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas, U.S.A. • Brazos County • EM10to

W5AC Mailing Address

Texas A&M Amateur Radio Club
Student Organization Finance Center
Texas A&M University
125 John J Koldus Student Services Building
Mail Stop 1236
Slot #427
College Station, TX 77843-1236

W5AC Electronic Mail Resources

Below are the various e-mail contacts for W5AC. You can contact the club officers at if you need assistance or have questions.

W5AC "Listserv"

W5AC currently maintains an electronic mailing list server, or "listserv", for discussion of club and amateur radio topics. You do not have to be a member of the club nor be present at Texas A&M University to subscribe to this service.

You can contact the club officers at if you need assistance or have questions.

  • To subscribe to the W5AC mailing list, send e-mail to and in the body of the message, put the following:

    subscribe w5ac my name-mycall

    For example:
    subscribe w5ac Gary Ratterree-KI5BP

    Messages will then be sent to the address from which you sent this "subscribe" e-mail.

  • To unsubscribe from the W5AC mailing list, send e-mail to and in the body of the message, put the following:

    signoff w5ac

  • To send a message to all of the people on the list, send your e-mail to

  • To send messages to the club officers only, send your e-mail to

The administrator of the W5AC mailing list is Kevin Glueck N5TLT. You can e-mail him .

Friends of W5AC Listserv (FoW5AC)

The Friends of W5AC listserv makes it easier to keep up with the growing list of former students and other friends of the Texas A&M Amateur Radio Club. The list server was set up by N7JXO. FoW5AC is maintained by K5FX.

  • To subscribe to the Friends of W5AC mailing list, send e-mail to

    and in the body of the e-mail, put the word "subscribe" in the first line of the message. Send it. You will get an acknowledgement of the subscription by e-mail, with a help file.

    Messages will then be sent to the address from which you sent this "subscribe" e-mail.

  • To unsubscribe from the FoW5AC mailing list, send an email and you will be taken off the list. Or simply follow the instructions for subscribing, above, but use the word "unsubscribe" instead. Remember to send this from the e-mail address that you subscribed with.

  • To send a message to all of the people on the list, send your e-mail to

The only people who can post are those subscribed to the list. All attachments are downloaded to the server and scanned for viruses. The virus scanner is updated every day. If someone sends a virus in an attachment, an email is sent back to them telling them they have a virus problem, and the message is deleted. Normal turnaround for mail messages is 1-2 minutes.

Newsgroups

W5AC's newsgroups (tamu.hamradio.*) are no longer active.

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