Radio Happenings May 24, 2023..

  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

 JUNE 3RD – GB M&K Hamfest

 JUNE 8TH  – GB M&K Club Meeting 

 JUNE 10TH – Burlington Freefest

 JUNE 14TH – Siren Test Net

 JUNE 17TH – Sunshine Swap Fest, Neenah

 http://www.fcarc.club/sunshineswap.php

THE BIG ONE !!   

       Yes, the Hamfest is just around the corner. Getting excited? You bet!

 Eight Club members just returned from the Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio(used to be in Dayton) My second time but I saw a lot more this visit. It is also a learning event. As we walked and talked to the vendors like Icom, Yeasu, Kenwood,etc we learned more of what they had. But was also interesting were the ones that had the accessories, like the ammo box radio setups,  the batteries, the various antennas, software, there seemed to be more miniature digital meters for those that are updating their “shacks”. 

       I had the great experience of working in the Tower Electronics booth. Met fellow Hams from all over.. Greece, Italy, U.K., Brazil, etc, and from Washington state to New Jersey, Florida, Texas.  Most said they always come to this particular booth, because they had some of the best adaptors for their set ups. Finding the antenna adaptors for the HTs seemed to be my most sales.  Surprising how many have been to Lambeau Field 

      It is still not too late to reserve your table or Trunk Sales spot for the GBM&K Fest Or volunteer to help out.. contact the Co Chairs..  Sign up –Todd W9GRB- toddclausen@yahoo.com or Dave KD9HJJ  dziesmer@wi.rr.com

LOTS OF ANTENNAS .LIC- PORQPNE

Buffalo 3rd Annual Radio Swap Meet
       Just a plug for their Swap Meet on Sept. 16th 10am to 3pm, in Belpre, Ohio. They are having free food, free admission and there will be a car show on the same grounds with free entertainment.  Door Prize is a  Yeasu  891 HF rig.  We are swaping our Hamfest notice with theirs…  But the updated flyer for ours will be attached to this and they will be sending it out to their operators.  

                           &&&&  Field Day  &&&&
     OK.. looking forward to Field Day, how about you?? June 24-25
Four Seasons Park in Hobart. 
https://www.hobart-wi.org/4-seasons-gallery

    Tech’s.. a great chance to operate on HF .. There will be a control operator that will help you operate.. 

     It really gets dark out there when the sun goes down so be sure to bring a light of some kind to see your way around and to see your radio and logging..

     Hope you can stop by and operate at least for a while. We will be there all night unless we get flashes in the sky.    Share a radio. The Club only has  two laptops for logging.. so if you are going to log your contacts, having the N3FJP Logging software will be compatible .. 

    We will be posting some schedule of events…Pre event Saturday breakfast at Bay Family restaurant… going to the park… setting up stations… linking the logging laptops..

       Potluck dinner on Saturday evening, meat furnished and some liquid refreshment, Please bring a food item to share..

GreenBay Mike&Key Club Meetings:

June 8th  –The Tower Room, 4th floor of the G-M Science Bldg. (elevator) 7PM. (sometimes a Tech Talk at 6:30)

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RADIO STUFF

 Wanted - dual band 50+ watt mobile dual band 2M/70cm vhf/uhf transceiver. Prefer traditional name brand. Walt, KE9TT email: fdpiper-at-duck-dot-com 

Shack: 

      The Shack committee (Larry,K9IQ – Gene, AB9GK) tied in a grounding system - this will ground all our equipment in the room. Antenna switches with arrestors, dummy loads and a SWR/Power meter were also installed.

     The HF system is operable. Please be sure all switches are in the proper position before keying up.   Phase two will have the antennas, coax grounded and have arrestors installed .. (unknown date at this time, but soon)  The VHF/UHF radio had the antenna switch and dummy load installed as well but the antenna is NOT hooked up to the switch because it is attached to the D Star repeater. You can familiarize yourself with the radios by using the dummy load.

73 Stay Radio Active

Radio Happenings May 8, 2023..

 

 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
 May 8^th  - Field Day Committee
  MAY 10^TH – Siren Test Net – 11:45 –Noon
 MAY 11th– M&K Club Meeting
MAY 16^TH –CQ Tueday…

**Busy Times*

   “Thanks” goes out to Robert Duescher KA9BXG and crew for assisting with the communications for the MS Walk that took place April 23^rd. Great Community involvement. 

Brat Barn Fund Raiser.. May 7^th.
  After a little “snafu” with the scheduleing, ( last minute Festy change from East GB, to DePere and from Sunday to Saturday) Keith, KS9WI pulled it out with a good set of workers that were able to make a drizzling start -  turn into a possible record breaking profit. 
 Another Thank You goes out to those of you that came out, chated  and purchased brats and burgers..
NOTE: the original schedule for the brat barns has changed.. Stay tuned…

*** ADDRESS CHANGE***

The new mailing address for the GBM&K is :  . 3004 Quarry Park Dr #10, DePere, WI  54115

                       ##   CLUB HAMFEST JUNE 3^RD       ##

  Be sure to check the K9EAM.ORG website for the flyer. This event is our big one! June 3^rd which is not that far away anymore. 

  If you are waiting for a phone call to help out, and have not received one, consider this to be that call. 

  Sign up –Todd W9GRB toddclausen@yahoo.com or Dave KD9HJJ  dziesmer@wi.rr.com

 If you cannot work the fest, come down and get some raffle tickets.. I heard that we have received prizes of $$$ value from vendors.. 

                         &&&&  Field Day  &&&&

 Another meeting of the Field Day committee is taking place on Monday(today) 

 It is good to check things out prior to an event. The antennas were over at N8KQS’s house to be checked out.. Raised the first one in the air and it was over the top of the house.. The Comet analyzer showed bad on all bands..  then all the other antennas did also… The antennas were brought to a different location (KA9BXG) and they checked good.

   Remembered the same thing  happened when checking the antenna at St. Norbert. The Comet folks said the analyzer was getting unwanted rf from the cell tower equipment on the roof. Nothing wrong with the antenna..

  At the house, since the antennas were built, new security cameras were installed .. wireless.. stray rf..

 OK.. looking forward to Field Day, how about you?? June 24-25

Four Seasons Park in Hobart.https://www.hobart-wi.org/4-seasons-gallery

 GreenBay Mike&Key Club Meetings:

May 11^th  –The Tower Room, 4^th floor of the G-M Science Bldg. (elevator) 7PM. (sometimes a Tech Talk at 6:30)

Join Zoom Meeting
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RADIO STUFF…

Ever wonder if there are any Ham radio operators that may have moved in near you?  There is a map you can bring up with that information… Usually you can see an antenna tower poke out of the trees or on top of a roof.. But there may be a Tech with a HT right now while working on their General level.  Or you may be looking for an Elmer that lives near by..

https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map

I just put my grid square (EN64al) in the box and got a pile of information … I even saw that some have moved and must not have sent in a change of address to the FCC yet.. Don’t know your grid square? It should be on your license or go to QRZ Grid Mapper.. Good to know that grid for logging purposes or other things like Winlink and APRS.

Shack

The Shack committee will be tieing in a grounding system on the 8^th in the afternoon.. this will ground all our equipment in the room. This project will also put in antenna switches with arrestors and dummy loads. Phase two will have the antennas, coax grounded and have arrestors installed .. (unknown date at this time, but soon)

Winlink P2P / or FLdigi

Ever think about sending printed message forms from one radio to another without a repeater? What if the repeaters are down and you want to contact another ham buddy and leave a message? Person to person messaging just like the old packet without the “mailbox” … perhaps a TechTalk in a month from now…

 73 Stay Radio Active

Radio Happenings April 16, 2023..

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS.. 

APRIL 17TH TAXES DUE  

APRIL 18TH CQ TUESDAY  

APRIL 23RD MS WALK De Pere-  Contact Robert KA9BXG to help

MAY 6, Spring Swapfest 2023 – Ozaukee Radio Club       

 MAY 7TH – CLUB BRAT BARN FUND RAISER

      AT FESTIVAL EAST GB..

 MAY 11TH – Siren Test Net – 11:45 –Noon

 MAY 12th – M&K Club Meeting 

**Busy Times*

 Now is the time that we can be busy using our radios to help out our communities. The requests are coming in for assistance to help provide tracking and notices for medical help. The various agencies such as the Muscular Distrophy, have walk/run events to bring attention to their needs and be a fund raiser.

    We have been assisting with keeping a watch over the participants being in a van going along the route or at a water/break station. The event does not take long and it is in W.DePere. If you want to assist, contact Robert Duescher at ka9bxg@gmail.com

   

*** ADDRESS CHANGE***

Our Treasurer reported that the US Postal Service has sent their annual bill for our PO Box.. But the price has grown beyond what is felt to be reasonable $194 per year. This was presented to the membership at the last meeting. As most of the usable mail is payments for dues, the membership voted to change the official mail address to be the same as the Treasurer’s. You will see it on the Header of the Club letter. 3004 Quarry Park Dr #10, DePere, WI  54115

        ####   CLUB HAMFEST  ###

  Be sure to check the K9EAM.ORG website for the flyer. This event is our big one! June 3^rd which is not that far away anymore.  There is still a need for more help to make this the success like it was last year and perhaps a little better. We have heard that there may be more commercial vendors this year as well as Tower Electronics.

  A lot of those that helped last year, were present at the meeting last Thursday and signed up again for this year. A lot of good comments came out. 

        

Still need some signups for different areas including setting up on Friday afternoon/evening June 2^nd and of course- taking down/clean up at the end. Sign up –Todd W9GRB toddclausen@yahoo.com or Dave KD9HJJ  dziesmer@wi.rr.com

 

&&&&  Field Day  &&&&

 A meeting took place last Monday to begin to plan the activities and setup for Field day.

  A new location for this. Four Seasons Park in Hobart. One way of getting there from the center of Green Bay, is to take West Mason Westward until you reach Overland Road. Then go North on Overland Road a few miles until you get to Four Seasons Drive on the left. Here are some pictures.

https://www.hobart-wi.org/4-seasons-gallery

 The Club EComm Trailer will be there. It has a Kenwood TS-570 HF radio. There are three 80-6 OCF antennas, rope, coax, an expandable pole, some stub filters, a vhf/hf radio. The batteries are found as DOA but have a generator. The Club has purchased two laptops last year for logging. Logging is very important for this event (contest)

    If you want to be sure you are going to be  able to operate something other than phone (voice), you may want to bring something you are familiar with. Having headphones to keep from interfering with others is important too.

    The original purpose for Field Day, is in case of an emergency, to be able to set up your equipment to pass messages from an area that has been mostly destroyed from some event. This gives you a chance to see how portable you and your equipment are. 

        Times for gathering has not been defined yet.. usually we meet for breakfast…(this year because of location changes) we might be meeting at the Bay Family Restaurant. Then heading out from there.  We usually have a Pot Luck Dinner that evening.. more on that later.. the logging will be made easier with a long distance Mesh system so stations can be tied together..

                                         GreenBay Mike&Key Club Meetings:

May 11th–The Tower Room, 4^th floor of the G-M Science Bldg. (elevator) 7PM. (sometimes a Tech Talk at 6:30)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 985 2084 1730
Passcode: 240648
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 73 Stay Radio Active

RADIO HAPPENINGS Between the lines April 9, 2023

 UP COMING EVENTS FOR APRIL

APRIL 10TH FIELD DAY COMMITTEE

APRIL 12TH SIREN TEST NET

APRIL 13TH  HAMFEST COMMITTEE

 APRIL 13TH GB MIKE&KEY CLUB MEETING 

APRIL 17TH TAXES DUE  

APRIL 18TH CQ TUESDAY  

APRIL 23RD MS WALK De Pere-  Contact Robert KA9BXG to help

May 6, 2023 – Ozaukee Radio Club Spring Swapfest 

Newsletter changes .. 

   We are still experimenting with the newsletter being posted in the Website and not being sent out separately .  There will be a notice letting you know of the site has been updated and a link to get here.  

    The usual attachments of the Minutes of the last meeting, the Siren Net list, the Financial Officer report, other Radio Club newsletters, and other short term information will be as before. 

 The Zoom link will be here as well.. as with other things in life, Zoom is not a guarantied thing. 

   ANTENNA TIME COMING

    It looks as if it will be a short Spring again this year and just jumping into Summer..  Good antenna testing time.. In preparation for Field Day, members will be testing the antennas and coaxial cables and perhaps the radio equipment sometime at the end of April and/or early May.  Stay tuned for the dates and times..  

In the U.S. and Canada, the plural of the noun antenna is antennae when the word denotes the flexible sensory appendages on insects and other animals. But when the word refers to a metallic apparatus for sending or receiving electromagnetic signals, American and Canadian writers usually use antennas. 

LEFTOVERS...

         There are still some Baofeng odds and ends such as ear buds, over-the-ear kind with built in microphone, and head sets with inline microphone, short rubber duckies for HTs, a few longer ones also, a speaker mic, back clips, +  lanyards,  a heavy duty dummy load (oil filled) , a bunch of wall warts with usb slots for charging electronics,  At this point, reasonable offers are accepted...  I will have most of the items in my van at most of the scheduled  events listed above...   All funds are still  going to the Club Treasury.. 

      Sale Corner.   If you have some items you are selling and want posted here, .. Send a file to me and I will post it here.. 

        GreenBay Mike&Key Club Meetings:

April 13th –The Tower Room, 4^th floor of the G-M Science Bldg. (elevator) 7PM. (sometimes a Tech Talk at 6:30)

   Join Zoom Meeting if everything works ok... 

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Meeting ID: 985 2084 1730
Passcode: 240648
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RADIO HAPPENINGS between the lines on April 1st

 UP COMING EVENTS FOR APRIL

APRIL 9TH EASTER  

APRIL 12TH SIREN TEST NET

 APRIL 13TH GB MIKE&KEY CLUB MEETING 

APRIL 17TH TAXES DUE  

APRIL 18TH CQ TUESDAY  

APRIL 23RD MS WALK De Pere-  Contact Robert KA9BXG to help

Hamfests:

  We were slowed down from going to the March 25th Fest in Milwaukee due  to an unexpected large amount of snow. Hope they had a good group show up . 

On the Eastern side of the state, the next one will be: 

    May 6, 2023 – Ozaukee Radio Club Spring Swapfest

Location: Cedarburg, WI

Sponsor: Ozaukee Radio Club

Website: www.ozaukeeradioclub.org 

     Just noticed there is a Tailgate Hamfest at HRO on May 18th 9 to noon.  More info @: https://www.w9rh.org/club-events/tailgate-ham-fest/      If you are not going to the Hamvention in Ohio, this may be on your short trip list... 

    Then the next one would be HERE! The GBM&K Club Hamfest on 

JUNE 3RD.  Only 64 more days !!! 2 months.. 

   There was a good turnout last year and looking forward to another one this year.. Of course, your help will be needed.." all hands on board " . I wasn't in  the Navy, but I saw a lot of movies. 

  Don't miss the Green Bay Hamfest!!  Please join the Green Bay Mike & Key Club from 8:00 AM 'til Noon on Saturday June 3, at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 120 South Henry Street in Green Bay.  We had a great event last year and this one will be even better.

The Hamfest will feature tailgating/trunk sales, commercial vendors, license testing, plenty of door prizes, refreshments, a cash raffle drawing, and lots more.  Don't miss this opportunity to meet the ARRL Wisconsin Section Manager, Jason Spetz, KC9FXE.

Tickets are $5 at the door.  Tailgate/trunk sales spaces and indoor tables are only $10.  You can pay at the door, or better yet, reserve your table or tailgate space by contacting Todd Clausen, W9GRB at toddw9grb@gmail.com or 414-455-6374. 

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GreenBay Mike&Key Club Meetings:

April 13th –The Tower Room, 4^th floor of the G-M Science Bldg. (elevator) 7PM. (sometimes a Tech Talk at 6:30)

   Join Zoom Meeting if everything works ok... 

https://zoom.us/j/98520841730?pwd=Q212bzltb2o4bitHQ3lHRnVtMy9aZz09

Meeting ID: 985 2084 1730
Passcode: 240648
One tap mobile
 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/atfy36sxq