From 10:00am to 5:00pm at the Lake Manawa State Park Craig W0NEU and participating ham operators will be activating the site for POTA Amateur Radio. This is the second tailgate radio event Craig has planned for SWIARC. Planning generally occurs on the Tuesday 8PM Net. Parks on the Air (POTA) was founded Sept. 15, 2010, […]
A great time was had by all at the 2018 Flea-Esta SW of Omaha this year. Here are some of the items featured. The annual Flea-esta hamfest is held in September each year in Springfield Nebraska, sponsored by the Aksarben Amateur Radio Club (www.aksarbenarc.org). Also in the picture standing in the middle left, green shirt, […]
Norm WA0JYD writes, “Here’s some details on those sunspot numbers.” Norm’s friend Don WB0VGB has been in contact with Australian writer Al VK4BL to glean a glimpse into sunspot impact on radio, and what it means when there’s no sunspots atall.
Dudley (KD0NMD) writes, “There is a small group of us with DStar capability that are “blowing the dust” off the repeaters in Omaha. The objective is to make the repeaters in Omaha [active again.] Currently the Omaha repeaters are available for use: 145.175 and 442.125. read more…
The SWIARC 2018 Hamfest was a Big Success! Somewhat over 97 people attended McClelland Hamfest, perhaps a few more who didn’t bother signing in. Les WB0KFK of D&L Antenna showed up from KCMO to offer assorted wares, and Greg’s wife Rhonda W0RJR along with Rich’s XYL Patsy N1CE staffed the kitchen area. At the end […]