Greeting you on arrival at the West side of Lake Manawa site were these three Amateur Radio banners plus four (4) decent size tents and a couple of generators. At the Noon safety meeting Keith KEOAEP handed out a number of items; a reprint of the safety page in QST magazine, and a large print […]

Let it be known… this was my (KONWJ) First Contest. Having only obtained my Tech license less than a year ago, I didn’t know what I was in for. . There was very clearly pent-up excitement for the ‘start’ of the contest. The local 146.52 & 446.00 freqs lit up when the clock struck 1pm… […]

This is a Direct Conversion radio. . i.e. It is not a Superheterodyne format receiver. And it does not have an RF stage of amplification. The ‘DC’ part means there is no Local Oscillator and therefore no Intermediate Frequency amp where the superhet gets most of its gain. And because there is only 1 tuned […]

Joel KEOQGD has invented a new game called SWI-Net Bingo. Here’s his pitch: . What could be more fun than playing Bingo? How about playing Bingo while you are listening to one of the many SWI nets and waiting for your turn to talk? . Look no further Gentlemen………May I present to you………SWI-NET BINGO! . […]

With the 10 meter band opening more often, owners of the Yaesu FT-991 or FT-991A can operate C4FM digital voice on 10 meters. The C4FM simplex calling frequency is 29.250 MHz. General class license (or higher) is required. . de Rob NOSNW

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 […]