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Socorro Amateur Radio Association (SARA) We are a non-profit organization and local club dedicated to promoting
the exciting hobby of Amateur Radio in Socorro, New Mexico.

Amateur radio has been part of the landscape in Socorro since the 1930's. By the mid-1970's, informal meetings of members and their families were occurring and SARA made the transition to a formal association on May 1, 1976. Although participation in the association has ebbed and flowed since, SARA has remained a vital element of both the amateur radio and Socorro communities since its formation.

Although a smaller southwest community, Socorro is very high tech. The ARRL featured Socorro and SARA in the QST article, "Socorro, New Mexico -- Ham City, USA? (QST, December 1996, pp. 43-45)," an article by Dave Finley (N1IRZ) that highlighted the area's high per capita interest in amateur radio. New Mexico Tech is a high quality, Socorro-based university offering bachelors degrees through doctorates in science, mathematics and engineering disciplines. The NSF-funded National Radio Astronomy Observatory is located on the NMT campus and coordinates activities of the Very Large Array and Very Large Baseline Array. Employees from diverse research endeavors ranging from the geophysics to defense make Socorro and SARA home.

25/06/2025
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23/06/2024

Field Day has come and gone. After a break for resting the ears and some crême brulée at 3 AM, I went back to the 20 m station and picked up the earphones, and K8BF (in Ohio) was calling CQ. I made the contact and told him that when I lived in Ohio my callsign was K8BFH.

15/06/2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tess Anderson, KJ5DCM - SARA Member
575-518-8020
[email protected]
Socorro Ham Radio Operators Invite You to Join Them for ARRL Field Day.
From noon on Saturday the 22nd to noon on Sunday the 23rd of June, the Socorro Amateur Radio
Association (SARA) will participate in the most popular Ham Radio events of the year—the annual
National Association for Amateur Radio Field Day. SARA will be setting up antennas and equipment at
the San Antonio Park just off I-25 on US-380.
Field Day brings together amateur radio operators from across the US and Canada. The goal is for Hams
to operate from remote locations in non-optimal conditions using generators, solar panels, or batteries. “It
is a time when many aspects of amateur radio come together to highlight its many roles. While some will
treat it as a contest, other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities.” ~
ARRL
Field Day also provides an opportunity for non-hams to Get-On-The-Air with a “GOTA” station manned
by a newly licensed Ham. Anyone can attend and, at the GOTA station, get on the air and try their hand at
operating an amateur radio station. Information provided will include handouts on Morse Code, the
International Phonetic Alphabet, and the US Amateur Radio Bands.
Last year, over 35,000 Hams made over 1.25 million contacts between stations across the US, Canada,
and worldwide. Over the years, SARA has operated Field Day station across Socorro and Catron counties
since 1977.
For additional information on Field Day and Ham Radio, visit www.arrl.org, and for SARA, visit
www.sororrosara.org.

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01/07/2023

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11/04/2023

Know an 18-20 year old interested in amateur (ham) radio? Recruitment for the 2023-2024 Academic Year (Sept-May) cohort of the EMS Ham Radio project is now open!

Details and application: https://superknova.org/ham-application-details/

With this program, the NRAO wants to broaden the excitement of amateur radio among BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ students by offering a safe, welcoming environment to learn about the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS).

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