If you’ve ever used the N8XPK 6 meter repeater’s Loudonville input and been amazed at the coverage from that input, check out this video for the reason behind the great coverage. You’ll see the antenna used for the 6 meter receiver at exactly 1:00 minute into the video. It’s on a sidearm about 20′ below […]
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To SARA members, After 5 hours of work at the desk today I completed and submitted our 2017 Field Day submittal to ARRL headquarters. Band conditions this year were probably the worst we’ve seen in more than 15 years, that is lousy at best. We worked a total of 433 contacts on 80, 40, 20,
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The Medina County Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, gave a very interesting and informative presentation at our May 18th meeting. The presentation included the mission of the Medina County EMA along with a recruiting effort for the newly formed communications unit as well as the Medina County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Presenters were Ben Nau, KE8BJA, Emergency Management Specialist
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As promised, the following links and references should get you started on exploring the topics I mentioned during my “Propagation 101” presentation at the April 20, 2017 SARA meeting.  Please let me know if you find other sites of interest. zeke, AB8OU Click here to download Propagation-101.pdf Presentation Slides. NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Space Weather Enthusiasts Dashboard
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Sunday April 9th, SARA members Del Labo N8OFP, John Wagner N8CD and Gary Shorter AA8CS assist Marty Baker N8XPK at the tower site. With an SWR of over 4 to 1 and an apparent antenna issue, N8XPK ascends the tower in an effort to ready his antenna for a new client.
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