Inspired by the recent presentation on Windoms, Dave, KI4PSR with the help of Jon, KK4AIZ, Rob, KM4SOA , Paul, KM4PT and Doug, W4DML, built and tested the design during this past Tuesday’s Portable Ops. Dave said the SWR was great, just as described by Ted, W3TB. From Jon: “Station was Icom 7300, with battery and […]

Ted, W3TB gave a presentation at the March WCARES Monthly Meeting on Windom antennas. Ted discussed the use of Azimuthal Equidistant maps for antenna planning and aiming, gave a demonstration of modelling the Windom using the EZNEC demo and discussed building the Windom. Ted’s presentation files are attached: 1 – the Azmuthal-Equidistant map of the […]

WCARES members were out in force for this year’s Winter Field Day. So, a few hours before midnight; 30 degrees at best; Traffic on Moores lane is near zero; the small tent is keeping us warm; On 80 meters; Three portable antennas in the field; The operator (N4CCB) decides to run a frequency (call CQ); […]

Hunter, K3IE, did an overview of the radio, computer and software setup used to take part in a recent ARRL CW Sweepstakes. A video of the presentation is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngJ6_y5eBVQ A Flex 6500 radio was used along with a number of software packages including SmartSDR, CWSkimmer, Slice Master and DAX: SmartSDR  CWSkimmer is the software […]

To sign up for the spotter classes visit: http://weather.gov/ohx/skywarn From the National Weather Service: “Online classes offer all the information that our in-person spotter classes offer with the added convenience of attending in the comfort of your own home! Classes are FREE and open to people of all ages. Each class is hosted by a […]