In lieu of the Ohio ARES conference – which has been cancelled – Ohio ARES is putting on a series of preparedness nets. Ohio ARES leaders will be conducting a drill that would be applied during this emergency, during a blizzard, or any other widespread situation where communications have failed!…
The next meeting of the Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association will be held on Thursday, April 16th at 7pm. The meeting will be done by conference call and will be a business-only meeting. The main order of business by rule will be the election of officers. There will be no technical presentation following…
On Friday, February 7th, 2020 at 8:00pm, Jason McCormick N8EI will be running a digital messages net on the W8WKY repeater 147.390 MHz. The mode will be MT63-2K. MT63-2K is offered in the Fldigi package. Parameters of the net will be as follows: Frequency: 147.390+ PL114.8 (W8WKY SARA 2m repeater)Mode:…
Jason N8EI and John N8CD want to thank everyone for their support in the 2020 Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest. We really enjoyed the contacts with so many people. You can check out our results and a video of the operation over at https://ww8tf.club/rover
On Friday, January 10th, 2020 at 8:00pm, Jason McCormick N8EI will be running a digital messages net on the W8WKY repeater 147.390 MHz. The mode will be MT63-2K. MT63-2K is offered in the Fldigi package. Parameters of the net will be as follows: Frequency: 147.390+ PL114.8 (W8WKY SARA 2m repeater)Mode:…
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 ...
