The Rusk County Amateur Radio Club promotes Amateur Radio and related activities in and around Rusk County, located in East Texas, about 30 miles east of Tyler, Texas. The club is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) the national association for amateur radio. The club was formed in the Spring of 2013 with a handful of active hams who wanted to join together and encourage others to become hams.

The club operates a VHF repeater in Henderson on 146.780 MHz (2 Meters) with a -0.6 MHz offset and a 131.8 Hz PL tone. The repeater is licensed as N5RCA, the club's callsign, and is open and free to use by any licensed amateur.

The RCARC maintains a Winlink VARA/Packet Gateway in downtown Henderson, on 145.01 MHz. The gateway can be reach by calling N5RCA-10. It is located at the Rusk County OEM building (about 60 feet high), puts out about 25 watts and Packet runs at 1200 Baud.

The RCARC holds a weekly net on the club's N5RCA repeater each Thursday at 7:30 p.m., except for the second Thursday of each month (our monthly meeting nights). The net is open to any licensed amateur who would like to participate. New hams are especially encouraged to "check-in" during the net and get some practice using their radios.