Author name: N8EI

Some of the SARA Tech Committee along with a few other interested hams (notably Eric WD8KNL and Rick WB8UTW) have been continuing to pursue the noise interfering with 147.390 MHz. There has been a tremendous amount of hours put in by John N8CD doing direction-finding around the area. Thanks to John’s tireless effort the noise […]

Sign-Ups for the build will close on February 26, 2021 The SARA Spring 2021 Build Project will be a dual-band J-Pole assembled from common components. This build project is open to anyone, not just SARA members. The J-pole antenna is an end-fed omni-directional half-wave antenna that is matched to the feedline by a quarter wave

Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that Echolink connections for W8WKY 147.39 MHz, N8XPK 53.17 MHz, and N8XPK 444.2 MHz have not been working correctly. When someone tried to connect to one of those systems, they would periodically receive a strange “UNAUTHORIZED” message. This was not you or your client! At some

The COVID-19-influenced Field Day for 2020 will be something hams likely remember for the rest of their lives. However it also provided a chance for hams to experience it in a different way. The temporary rule change for 2020 to allow Class D stations to contact each other increased the ability of amateurs to participate

With Christmas behind us, it’s time for everyone to start thinking about their participation in the Ohio VHF+ Simplex Contest. Sponsored by the ARRL Ohio Section and Ohio ARES, this event is a six hour contest to inspire amateurs around Ohio to operate in simplex mode to simulate repeater-less emergency communications. 99% of the contest