Going East from I-80 exit 8 about five miles you get to a sign ‘McClelland 4’ (left – North) and at about 3 of the 4 come across the SCOLA receiving site and all these satellite dishes. Two more left turns takes you to the quonset hut Town Hall and the big show first Saturday […]

Saturday 01.14.2023 there wasn’t anything for sale on the Saturday Noon Swap Net (on .82) but we did have a good discussion on WIRES-X, sunspots, John CMC going into the hospital, getting shocked on tube equipment, and putting a C4FM Beacon on 10M. Checking in were: . Rich WAOZQG 400 cycles AC feels different Bill […]

There weren’t a whole lot of participants in Meter Calibration night, but a couple were interesting. Joel KEOQGD from W. Omaha brought his genuine SIMPSON 260 VOM, and measured all the exhibits starting with 120 VAC (digitally determined to be 124 and a few tenths). Joel’s Simpson meter (after determining you had to look at […]

Our Christmas meeting/dinner at INTERNATIONAL BUFFET, at 48th and L St in Omaha, was attended by a dozen of us (including 3 XYLs). Here’s the list: . Derek TYG and Isacc NOTYET Bill KDOFJR Rick KFOIQL and Cathy Joel KDOQGD and Bonnie Rick KAORLR Art KBOUWR Don WBOVGB Rich WAOZQG and Patsy . Beside the […]

With Keith KE0AEP in charge of SWIARC Field Day this year, we were on the South side of Council Bluffs IA in a small park adjacent to (1 mile wide) Lake Manawa. . . This was the 43 foot HF vertical put up at our FDay site. . . And this was the inside of […]

I think George KDONME (SK) would probably approve of this. He was a great Prepper. Suppose you’re on vacation and that Most Likely mini disaster occurs – the Lights Go Out. You’ve rented a boat and been out fishing, returning to find the power off – no lights, no air conditioning, no phone service for […]

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! . […]