The club’s 442.275 repeater began acting up this past week. At times it worked normally and at times the transmitter would suddenly drop out for a second or so, then come back to full power. KI8B did some diagnosing and narrowed the problem down to the repeater itself rather than the power amplifier or duplexer/antenna […]
442.275 Failed and Repaired Read More »
Maintenance on the cloud service used to connect some of our repeaters to various networks has been completed, and the technical team thinks we’ve found and temporarily repaired the issue that caused our Ham network to be unstable over the past week. The microwave dish that provides primary Internet access to the system has the
Ham IP Network stabilized Read More »
Check out the documentary video of the WW8TF/rover at http://ww8tf.club/ww8tf-rover-2019-video/ and also this post that has recordings of much of the activity heard in the Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest. It’s fun to find yourself and hear what your signal sounded like, and the chaos that ensued at times on the bands.
Video and full Audio recordings from 2019 OH ARES VHF Simplex contest posted Read More »
The annual Ohio ARES VHF SImplex Contest is almost here. Saturday January 12th 2019 from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM, help Ohio ARES map out simplex capabilities and have fun at the same time! Even if you’re not normally a contester, this is fun and easy event for anyone to get involved with. Anyone with
Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest January 12th 10am-4pm Read More »
If you’re a subscriber to the sara-discuss mailing list, you saw my request today to keep an eye open for a couple of high voltage relays to use as replacements in an antenna loading coil remote switch. This article is some background on what led to that request. I’ve had a 43′ vertical antenna near
RF KILLS! (relays) Read More »
