Southwest Iowa Amateur Radio Club took to the field with 8 operators and 20 participants. Operations were conducted from the McClelland IA city park. Multiple antennas were used throughout the day including 80m and 40m dipoles, 20m end fed and Buddi Pole, 10m beam on 20’ trailer-mounted tower, dual-band VHF/UHF Yagis along with numerous other […]
W0NEU and KEOAEP tested a Princeton 36’ QRP end-fed spirally wound on a B&M 20 foot collapsible carbon fiber crappie pole ($22.00 on Amazon) and mounted to flag pole hitch mount. We found it to be resonant on 10, 20, 40M under 1.7 to one. First contact on 40m Omaha to Los Angeles. Antenna […]
The 2019 Celebrate CB parade this year was a great success! In continuing in its roughly 40-year history (we’re not exactly sure how long we’ve been doing this), the local amateur radio community, along with other organizations, have supported the parade organizers in their task of making sure that the parades take place as smoothly […]
On the weekend of May 3rd– May 5th SWIARC and Heartland Hams headed to the woods to camp and play radio. It was an awesome spring weekend for the 20 attendees who gathered at Arrowhead Park. Many arrived on Friday securing the camping spots and picnic shelter. Mike KC0FAN and Ronnie WD0GCN anchored the RV […]
Amateur Radio Operator Campout / Parks on the Air May 4-5, 2019 Arrowhead County Park, Neola IA. 29357 310th Street Neola, IA 51559 This first weekend in May a group of Ham Radio / Outdoor Enthusiasts will get together to enjoy the great outdoors This is an informal social event invitation and not club sponsored. […]
This year is shaping up to be a banner year at SWIARC as we take on the great outdoors and as always, play lots of radio. It’s time to sign up as a SWIARC Member and join in the fun. SWIARC club dues are $15/year. (Dues for students are half price, $7.50 per year). Additional […]
From 10:00am to 5:00pm at the Lake Manawa State Park Craig W0NEU and participating ham operators will be activating the site for POTA Amateur Radio. This is the second tailgate radio event Craig has planned for SWIARC. Planning generally occurs on the Tuesday 8PM Net. Parks on the Air (POTA) was founded Sept. 15, 2010, […]
Received a letter of thanks today from the commander at Offutt AFB, Colonel Michael H. Manion. It is events like this that SWIARC is able to promote Amateur Radio and Science Math and Technology. Looking to the future SWIARC now has the leadership to take us forward in a positive way and showcase everything Amateur […]
A great time was had by all at the 2018 Flea-Esta SW of Omaha this year. Here are some of the items featured. The annual Flea-esta hamfest is held in September each year in Springfield Nebraska, sponsored by the Aksarben Amateur Radio Club (www.aksarbenarc.org). Also in the picture standing in the middle left, green shirt, […]
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.