ARRL will file comments with the FCC opposing their proposal to adopt a $50 fee for each Amateur Radio License application. The fee would apply to applications for new licenses, renewal and upgrades to existing licenses, and vanity call sign requests. SARA has also filed comments directly with the FCC…
Hamfests are back! The Massillon Amateur Radio club will hold their annual hamfest on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at a brand new location. It will be located at the MAPS Air Museum in Green. The address is 5383 Massillon Road, Green, OH. Massillon Road is the same as State Route…
Ron Dellangelo KD8CVS, as many of you know, is not able to return to the air and his shack is being cleaned out. Some of his radios are being listed for sale by SARA as a courtesy to his wife to help clean out Ron’s shack. Other equipment will be…
The Silvercreek Amateur Radio Association has filed an official response to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under Docket 20-270. The FCC has proposed the new fees for licenses of all types after being required by Congress to change to a “cost-based” model of licensing fees. Part of this NPRM…
SARA is hosting and sponsoring a Q&A night with Scott Yonally N8SY. Scott is running for the Vice-Director of the ARRL Great Lakes Division. Scott is currently the ARRL Ohio Section Manager. The meeting will be held on Zoom on Thursday, September 24th at 7:00pm. URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85128665575?pwd=Zkh2REljQ2JRd1V1bWx4QXFJS2RzQT09 Meeting ID: 851…
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 ...
ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs ...
Check out SARA's area-focused, minimalist codeplug for the newly released Anytone AT-578UV radio here. Anytone AT-578UV Mobile The codeplug has most of the local Medina/Wayne/Summit/Stark county Ohio DMR systems included in it, along with most local ...
The N8XPK 53.17 MHz 6 meter repeater has 5 receiver sites in Ohio, each with their own PL frequency. The Akron location used a PL of 107.2 Hz, and was located on a tower that ...
The SARA-Wayne County codeplug for the Alinco DJ-MD5 and Anytone AT-868 radios have been updated with some recent info. Changes include: Added Wayne Events zone with channels commonly used by Wayne County ARES events (courtesy of ...
