February 18 was Girl Scouts of America Thinking Day on the Air. In this event scouts can earn their radio merit badge. Here Dudley has organized a station in Bellevue that you can see in photos attached to this story. Amateur radio gear is used to allow these young ladies to get on the air. […]
It’s not Instagram, it’s something better. Pictures from the shacks of those participating in the new and popular 2M SSB Net held every Sunday. In his story, 2M SSB Sunday 8PM, Rich discusses the origin of the net, where it’s at, and who has been checking in. Now you can see how they’re checking in, because […]
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 […]
We would like to thank Don W0AF for hosting a successful Saturday summer picnic. There were two HF stations operating during the picnic. Hams were eating chicken and beef while the turkeys watched in relief. Although someone mentioned there were six wild turkeys before the picnic I seen only four when I arrived. Was […]
DX MAPS Web Site (clickable link) URL: http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Map=NA This site has tabs for the different continents and bands 10M – 432. It reports and maps spots from various DX clusters.. Give it a try! 73 Joel KQØJ