Public Service Events (PSEs) like the Houston Marathon, the Woodlands Triathlon, the Wings Over Houston Airshow, the Buffalo Bend Regatta, the BP Houston to College Station MS-150 and other bike-a-thons, walk-a-thons, parades, conventions, etc. provide Amateur Radio Operators (HAMs) with opportunities to operate in real world situations under controlled nets where the limits of their mobile equipment can be tested, where their concise and complete communications abilities can be honed and where ARRL ARES can provide valuable communications and location services to our communities and to our served agencies…and it’s fun. I hope you’ll join us at an event real soon!

Never done it? Nothing to it. Sign up with the organizer listed for the event below or at the link provided at the bottom of the page, let them know that you’re new and want to help. They’ll pair you up with an experienced operator for some quick OJT.

If you know of an event that would benefit from our volunteer event communications and location services teams, please contact your Emergency Coordinator (EC) with the event manager’s name and contact phone number or email address.

Contact Paul Smith (K5PRS) for corrections, updates or additions.

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October 2025–September 2026

  • January 11, 2026 - 2026 Houston Marathon

  • February 14, 2026 - 2026 CERT Rodeo

  • February 28, 2026 - 2026 Woodlands Marathon

  • March 8, 2026 - 2026 Baytown Gator Ride (Date TBD) and 1 other event

    March 8, 2026

    Baytown, TX

    March 8, 2026

    Downtown Houston, TX
  • April 12, 2026 - 2026 Gran Fondo

  • April 18, 2026 - 2026 Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas

  • April 25, 2026 - 2026 BP MS 150

    April 25, 2026 April 26, 2026

    Houston/Austin to College Station, TX

    Mike Hardwick, n5vcx@att.net

    Sign Up to Help
  • April 26, 2026 - 2026 BP MS 150

    April 25, 2026 April 26, 2026

    Houston/Austin to College Station, TX

    Mike Hardwick, n5vcx@att.net

    Sign Up to Help
  • May 3, 2026 - 2026 Tour du Rouge (Houston to New Orleans) (DATES TBD)

    May 3, 2026

    Houston to New Orleans

    Lee Gaspard, WA5QXE

    Sign Up to Help
  • May 10, 2026 - 2026 Woodforest Bank Triathlon (Date TBD)

  • June 1, 2026 - 2026 Extreme Weather Expo (Date TBD)

  • September 13, 2026 - 2026 Towers to Tunnels 5K (Date TBD)

    September 13, 2026

    Cypress, TX

    Scott Reeve, KT5SR