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 […]
USB or AM listen on 11435khz for the mysterious Spy Numbers from Cuba. Transmissions this morning remain active at 10:10am. Why is Cuba still using cold war era spy numbers stations and what is today’s secret message?
Paul WB0GXD writes, “There were some near-catastrophe problems […] to overcome at the antenna party on Saturday November.” In this story you will learn from valuable experience as the volunteer crew refurbish an aging 75-meter horizontal loop antenna. Their work in a contribution not only to Paul’s antenna, but sharing their experience helps the rest […]
For $70 you can by a Baofeng DMR HT that will not work on our local DMR repeaters. Many sellers don’t bother disclosing this to buyers. Make sure your new DMR HT supports Tier 2 (TDMA) or you’ll be left out of the Omaha DMR scene.
Leonard (KD0QFE) writes, “Our Technician License Class is starting October 7th, 2017. It will run over three Saturdays; October 7th, 14th & 28th from 8:30am to 4:30pm. All three sessions will be held in a conference room at Bellevue Medical Center, located at 25th street & Highway 370.”
Saturday (9/23) SWIARC regulars took time to chat with kids calling from Camp Wakonda as part of a Radio Scouting event. Dudley, KDØNMD offers his thanks to those operators as well as the SWIARC club for the use of the repeater. HF contacts were also made including a 15-year old girl with Voice of America.