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 […]