Jason N8JDM and myself (John N8CD) operated the Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest as a rover on Saturday January 13th 2018 under the callsign WW8TF, and had a blast doing it. Both Jason and I want to thank everyone that got on the air and worked us as we made our way south. If you’ve […]
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The following comes from Fred KD8GYS, the Net Control for the unbelievably successful and growing Sunday Evening 6m Net. Thanks Fred for the information and for keeping the net going and growing! N8XPK 6 Meter System Marty setup the first version of the 53.17 MHz repeater as a single site system at the Akron Baptist
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The Barometer Net has been a tradition on SARA’s 147.39 repeater for at least 25 years, and has gone through 3 major evolutions since its start in the 1990’s. The first generation of the net got it’s start with a group of friends including Garlock K8BYR (SK), Dorothy WB8JTW (SK), Tom K8DSD (SK), and was
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Thanks to everyone that helped out and also that operated for the SARA 40th Anniversary Special Event Station! It was a great way to get on the air, have some fun, and make contacts in spite of the bands not being very cooperative. We had a total 19 of our 2-hour slots scheduled for members
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If you’ve ever used the N8XPK 6 meter repeater’s Loudonville input and been amazed at the coverage from that input, check out this video for the reason behind the great coverage. You’ll see the antenna used for the 6 meter receiver at exactly 1:00 minute into the video. It’s on a sidearm about 20′ below
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