Midwinter Madness
The Maple Grove Radio Club will be presenting the Midwinter Madness Hamfest again this year. There are some changes in the works, but it should be similar to last year. Here’s a short summary:...
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SD Hams Will Participate in Centennial QSO Party
Hams in South Dakota will be participating in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party during the 3rd week in May. If you’re a Ham in South Dakota and would like to participate, please use the...
2013 ARRL Field Day Results Posted!
The results of the 2013 ARRL Field Day have been posted. Less-than-ideal conditions this past June likely accounted for a slight drop in participation from 2012. Nonetheless, there were more than 2500 entries, and...
IC-7000 – A Brief Look – YouTube
I saw this youtube video and thought it might be interesting to show on our website. He sticks to VHF/UHF, but I couldn’t find a review of the IC-7000 on HF. The filters used...
Amateur Radio Aids Post-Typhoon Rescue and Recovery Effort
Officials in the Philippines are still assessing the extent of damage wrought by Typhoon Haiyan (locally called “Yolanda”), which hit the central Philippines November 8. The death toll is at least 100, with many...
Linked Ham Radio Repeater System Instrumental in Hiker Rescue
A hiker in distress in Nevada is thankful that he had his hand-held transceiver along when he found himself stranded in the hills near Henderson. Western Intertie Network (WIN http://www.winsystem.org/) System member Jim Frederick,...
Massive solar flare detected | National Monitor
Forget the obvious reference to Star Trek’s M-class planets, solar flares just got real. Late last week, two huge solar flares erupted off the surface of the sun on Friday morning. via Massive solar...
Radio Resource Magazine: Hams Fill Communications Gaps During Colorado Floods
By Kristen Beckman, Assistant Editor Public-safety communications networks in Colorado suffered minimal damage and outages during historic flooding in early September, and amateur radio operators made considerable contributions to the disaster’s communications efforts. Read More...
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant – Special Event Station
Here’s a special event you might be interested in. I just got this in an e-mail this morning: Just wanted to send you a note about our ‘Special Event’ this weekend. If you have the...
AMSAT-LU Ham Radio High-Altitude Balloon to fly FM Repeater and SSTV | AMSAT-UK
AMSAT Argentina is pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 1400 GMT, weather permitting, it is planned to launch an amateur radio high altitude balloon FM repeater ‘Betty II’ from Victorica,...
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