Both Bill and Bob had tree damage last night, 07.11, and both pretty much cleaned up their yards before beginning to cut away tree limbs that were still hanging. Bill used an aluminum ladder and long fiberglass tree saw pole to cut away damaged limbs, and then went over to Bob’s house to help. This […]

At the May meeting, 2 days before Field Day, Greg NOGR gave a demo of the Yaesu WIRES X system. On the table is a Yaesu radio, power supply, mag mount antenna, and Greg’s laptop computer. In PDN mode (Portable Digital Node mode) the radio does NOT transmit even though you’re pushing the PTT. It […]

So who’s the tower guy? Is it Larry WOPYA with four (4) of them in his back yard? Or Don WOAF who helps old guys restore their antenna situation? Or maybe the guy who . . . (read to the end). . Shown above are three in PYA’s back yard and on the roof. (Note […]

Creston is almost a hundred miles East of here, but several people went there over the weekend 06.10.2023 and here are the few pics we got from them. Les WBOKFK (Kansas Farm Kid) brought his D&L Antenna wares and set up inside. Expand the pic. Check out those bags of vertical antennae. . . Joel […]

You’ve probably heard the guy who said he’d bring his generator to Field Day and then at the last moment reported, ‘It won’t start.’ Likely either he left the gas in there too long and it fouled the carburetor or it’s an old one used for many years and the spark plug is dirty. Oil […]