From Zeke- AB8OU – At the November 17, 2016 meeting, Great Lakes Division Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, presented SARA with a certificate in recognition of SARA achieving Special Service Club status. IMPORTANT – IF YOU WANT TO PRINT OUT THE CERTIFICATE, DON’T RIGHT-CLICK SAVE THE PICTURE BELOW. IT’S ONLY A LOW-RESOLUTION PREVIEW. CLICK THE PICTURE […]
SARA Becomes An ARRL Special Service Club Read More »
Marty N8XPK and his assistant Joe completed replacement of the two 5.8 GHz data link dishes at Marty’s tower in a 200 foot high climb on a beautiful November 1st. These dishes were damaged in a somewhat unusual electrical storm in mid-October. The picture to the right shows one of the damaged radio units that
Permanent microwave dish replacement complete Read More »
This is a two part article – As we’ve done in the past, we have one part from the fox’s perspective (courtesy of Carol N8SIN) and another part from the perspective of the hunter (courtesy of Del N8OFP). Enjoy! From Carol N8SIN – The Fox’s Perspective This hunt was going to be something different with
September 2016 Foxhunt report Read More »
A small crew of Marty N8XPK, Del N8OFP, Gary AA8CS, and John N8CD met at N8XPK’s Doylestown tower site early Sunday morning September 11th, 2016 to replace the dual band Diamond ultra-flexible repeater antenna with a commercial folded dipole antennas for VHF and UHF bands. The small crew included a Joe and Dwayne, professional climbers
New Antennas Installed on SARA VHF and UHF Repeaters Read More »
As many of you already know, after our purchase of the Astron ASR-RM-50M power supply, we received a letter from DXE indicating the Astron Corporation announced the ASR-RM-50MÂ power supply “may pose a safety concern because the internal transformer appears to be operating at an abnormally high temperature” i.e the supply could pose a fire hazard.
Power Supply Exchange Completed Read More »
