AN EXPLANATION OF “2A MINUS B” INTERFERENCE Paul Blain WB0GXD Someone recently asked me about an intermodulation problem that had occurred from a local 2-meter net on 147.42 MHz that interfered with the operation of the local 146.82 MHz repeater. The interference would be present when some but not all operators on the simplex […]
Location change for the Saturday Morning Breakfasts in Council Bluffs The new Location is Sugar’s Diner, 2725 E Kanesville Blvd. It’s located in the same strip mall as Bomgaars. Take the Highway 6 exit from I-80 near Iowa Western Community College and turn west. Due to some recent changes in the dining area at Hy-Vee, […]
Phase 2 of the SWIARC 146.82 repeater upgrade has been completed! As of March 19th, 2020, the 82 repeater is up and running as a single site system at the Simms location. The new ARCOM RC-210 controller has been installed, the programming has been loaded, and the system is ready for traffic! The new controller […]
Greg Ross, N0GR, was presented with an award of appreciation for over 20 years as a local Volunteer Exam Coordinator (VEC) at the January 23rd SWIARC meeting. Greg is not sure when he first started as a VEC. He thinks it was “maybe 1988?” According to the ARRL website, as of February 2020, Greg has […]
On Sunday, September 14, 2019, Southwest Iowa Amateur Radio Club held the annual club fall picnic at Lake Manawa. The weather was great and the food was good and with 22 members participating. This was also a Parks on the Air (POTA) event as well. Band conditions were less than favorable and with storm activity […]
SWIARC Picnic and POTA Saturday, September 14th, 2019 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Lake Manawa State Park (Picnic Shelter #2). (see map below) Join us for a fall day of radio play and camaraderie. This will be an event for members, family and anyone who has ever (or wanted to) Ker-Chunked the club repeater Traditional […]
Darrell K. Peters AE0GU Darrell has been licensed since February 2015 when he passed both the Technician and General exams at Boone, IA. He then upgraded to Extra June 25, 2019, at Council Bluffs. Darrell’s interest in radio began as a kid with a crystal radio. He became more interested in Ham Radio when […]
Southwest Iowa Amateur Radio Club took to the field with 8 operators and 20 participants. Operations were conducted from the McClelland IA city park. Multiple antennas were used throughout the day including 80m and 40m dipoles, 20m end fed and Buddi Pole, 10m beam on 20’ trailer-mounted tower, dual-band VHF/UHF Yagis along with numerous other […]
W0NEU and KEOAEP tested a Princeton 36’ QRP end-fed spirally wound on a B&M 20 foot collapsible carbon fiber crappie pole ($22.00 on Amazon) and mounted to flag pole hitch mount. We found it to be resonant on 10, 20, 40M under 1.7 to one. First contact on 40m Omaha to Los Angeles. Antenna […]
The 2019 Celebrate CB parade this year was a great success! In continuing in its roughly 40-year history (we’re not exactly sure how long we’ve been doing this), the local amateur radio community, along with other organizations, have supported the parade organizers in their task of making sure that the parades take place as smoothly […]