Educational articles by SWIARC club members to help amateur radio operators everywhere.
Norm WA0JYD writes, “Here’s some details on those sunspot numbers.” Norm’s friend Don WB0VGB has been in contact with Australian writer Al VK4BL to glean a glimpse into sunspot impact on radio, and what it means when there’s no sunspots atall.
Paul WB0GXD writes, “There were some near-catastrophe problems […] to overcome at the antenna party on Saturday November.” In this story you will learn from valuable experience as the volunteer crew refurbish an aging 75-meter horizontal loop antenna. Their work in a contribution not only to Paul’s antenna, but sharing their experience helps the rest […]
Jake (ke0nkc) in South Dakota was one of several distant hams on the SWIARC 82 repeater Saturday night (7/22/17) talking with Albert (ke0lol) and some other locals. They were also making the trip from northern and eastern Iowa to north Nebraska. Stations 200 miles away were talking on the club repeater, some full quieting.
Kit building has become very popular among local hams. Our club President, Russ, has provided us with a follow-up shopping list of supplies the kit builder will surely need as illustrated during his presentation at the January club meeting. Whether you made the meeting or not, you will undoubtedly find his Amazon shopping list useful. […]
If you are going to connect two or more transceivers to a single antenna using an antenna selector switch, be warned, you need to consider how much RF you are dumping into the unused transceiver. There are antenna selector switches that cannot be safely used as a transceiver selector switch. Never assume you can use […]
Mike KC0FAN, Football At Nebraska, went to the Heartland Hams sponsored Kit Building program in Glenwood IA recently, and has now built this cute little variable power supply. It’s only eighteen bucks on Amazon, and comes complete with a transparent plastic case to keep your fingers from contacting the 120VAC. He says: . It was […]