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Below are the on-the-air transmit times for SARA’s 147.390 repeater. Times from this time a year ago were between 2 and 4 hours typically, so this is quite an increase since 2020! Date Transmit time (HH:MM:SS.sss) 2021-04-07 10:44:43.92 2021-04-06 12:57:38.490 2021-04-05 12:46:30.941 2021-04-04 08:02:29.944 2021-04-03 10:36:29.428 2021-04-02 10:34:49.56 2021-04-01 09:57:18.844 2021-03-31 12:32:11.566 2021-03-30 11:27:00.603 2021-03-29 […]

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) on 160m to 10m. SARA

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 retired as President after seven

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 “Hamsomniacs,” one could say it