SARA will be holding Field Day in 2021! As is the club practice, SARA Field Day will be held at the American Legion in Rittman at 220 E. Sunset Dr. Rittman, OH 44270. SARA will be operating a 5-Alpha setup (5 stations running on emergency power in a non-traditional setting)…
At the March business meeting, the following officers were elected for the 2021-2022 term of office: President – Jason McCormick N8EI (previously Vice President)Vice President – Stephen Kinford N8WB (previously a Trustee)Secretary – Eric Mast W8ELM (re-elected)Treasurer – Jeff Royer W8TB (re-elected) With these elections, Gary Shorter AA8CS who has…
I (Jason N8EI), like many hams, have passed around plans for “simple” antennas to new hams or for projects. However, in many instances it isn’t something we’ve built according to THOSE plans. We have something similar, we bookmarked it, etc. While posting plans for the “simple J-Pole” for the Ohio…
Many users and listeners to W8WKY 147.39 MHz have heard the Boredom Breaker Net between 1p and 3p. John Southard W2JLS provided an article from the Hamsomniacs about the origins of their group and their net. Background of the Hamsomniacs by Allen KI5DAY As far as the origins of the…
Starting on Tuesday, March 2nd, SARA’s W8WKY 147.390MHz repeater will be carrying the RCWA Boredom Breaker Net from 1pm to 2pm eastern. This is being offered on a trial basis to see how it works out with the repeater and our community. Started by the Rogers County Wireless Association in…
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 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 ...
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 conversion of SARA's 442.275 repeater to a multi-mode digital machine is complete. Barry KI8B, Marty N8XPK, Rick WB8UTW, Jason N8JDM, John N8CD, and Gary AA8CS assembled their gear for the job as planned on ...
Congratulations to the folks at the Wooster Amateur Radio Club, who have converted their UHF repeater on 443.175 to a multi-mode digital machine similar to SARA's 442.275. It's on the air running DMR, DSTAR, and ...
