The Yes or No questions at the beginning of the Wednesday net 04.20 were, ‘Do you have a dummy load’ and ‘Are you good on QRZ (is your EMail published there)?’ Then we got into comparing the Icom 7100 all band with the Yaesu 991 all band / all mode radio. . Both radios are […]

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 […]

You shoulda been there. More than 20 of us were and though the meeting went long, just over an hour, the program on the VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER was worth it. Gary K8JOK, our new club Pres for 2022, is competent, organized, and really delves into a variety of Ham issues. . The VNA has both […]

We normally get 20+ participants and half a dozen tables of stuff at these events, but this year, thanks to an overnight snowstorm that dropped 4 in plus in the area only half a dozen (7 with host) Hams showed up. Pictured are Dennis WAOVJL and Marty AEONR with their door prizes ($1 tickets), an […]

This was the 2nd year of the virus, and only a dozen people showed up for dinner which was very good indeed, wide variety, well cooked and tasty, and only $17 bucks when you got done with lemonade and tax. Up in that first pic, facing us in the far row are Rob NOSNW, Craig […]