What the heck is the gas burner in my furnace doing in an article about tubes? Is it a misteak? Well, if you look closely at the upper right area to the little white ceramic insulator with a wire attached to it and a corresponding black ‘stick’ protruding into the right hand burner flame, (and […]

The Saturday Noon Swap Net on .82 is perhaps the most popular net in town, begun over twenty (20) years ago on .94 by Pat KB0YEA and Bill KB0YOO. Items offered for sale are the priority traffic, but we discuss various subjects also with the result that the net often takes a full hour. . […]

Locally (Omaha, Co/Blfs, etc.) we get on 2M SSB Sunday nights at 8PM. Don WOAF is the usual NC station, but others fill in. Sunday in mid April we had fourteen (14) guys check in and the band was nice and quiet (probably due to a little rain) so everyone could hear well. . Shock! […]

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 […]