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From John Wagner N8CD of the Technical Committee: A few people this morning noticed that SARA’s 147.39 repeater had a weaker transmitted signal than normal. After some troubleshooting this afternoon, the power amplifier was found to be defective and was attenuating the signal rather than amplifying it. The amp was…
SARA’s minimalist codeplug for the Alinco DJ-MD5 HT has been updated to include the new Wooster multi-mode digital repeater, Mansfield’s DMR machine, and various other improvements. As always, please read the page to see what you MUST change before loading the codeplug onto your radio.
At the April meeting, SARA voted to confirm the Technical Committee plan to convert W8WKY 442.275 MHz to a multi-mode digital repeater, replacing the current analog FM system. This conversion will happen the morning of Saturday, May 4th. Beginning at noon on Saturday, May 4th, 442.275 MHz will operate only…
At the 4/18/2019 SARA business meeting the membership approved a proposal to convert the club’s 442.275 repeater to a multi-mode digital repeater. Once the conversion is complete, the repeater will no longer support analog FM, but will support: DMR (on Brandmeister) YSF (Yaesu System Fusion) DSTAR P25 In addition to…
Summit County EMA is holding a Skywarn training on Tuesday, April 16th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm with registration starting at 6:00pm. The class will be taught virtually by a Cleveland NWS staff member to the audience at the American Red Cross. The address is 501 W. Market St. in Akron…
The Yaesu FT-2DR is a fantastic handheld radio that operates 2m and 70cm FM, along with Yaesu's Fusion digital mode. It has a built-in GPS receiver that is sensitive enough to operate even inside some ...
A new addition to the N8CD HT family prompted me to write another review. I wasn't planning on doing another review in the series after #8, but the radio manufacturers keep producing products that I ...
The Yaesu VX-8DR is a lot of radio in a small package. First - some background on "dual-band", or even tri-band and quad-band mean. There are 3 meanings for "dual-band" radio in amateur radio specifications, and ...
Updated: July 8, 2018 It was another great Field Day for The Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association. See John N8CD's great write-up for some details and pictures of the event! SARA operated W8WKY as a 4 Alpha station ...
Another field day is behind us, and it was a great success! 2018 was once again run at the Rittman American Legion hall. Setup was very well attended and began right after 9AM on Saturday ...
