Green Bay Mike & Key Club
JULY 1, 2026
“CQ CQ CQ Field Day” .. that is still echoing in my
ears. And it takes days to remember my own call sign instead of the Club call
when on the air. The entry form to the ARRL has been put together and sent in
with just one more bonus item to get documented.
The event started well with breakfast at the Village
Grill on Hoffman Road. Then out to Osprey Point for setting up.. Thanks to the
group that came to help, it went well and all was ready in good time. We had
two OCF dipoles, a Hustler vertical, a Wolf River style vertical and an experimental
dipole with a vertical leg.
The stations operated on 40, 20 and 15 meters. The site
was ready for operating 4 A but we only had three stations operating at one
time.
It was a big year for CW with Chuck K0VSH racking up 171
contacts on Saturday. There were 119
voice contacts even with everything shut down from 10:30 Sat to 7AM Sunday. The
past couple of years we do not have the overnighters like before.
We had the traditional Pot Luck dinner with lots of food
and camaraderie. It was good to see families as well.
After breaking camp, we went to end the event with lunch
at the Graystone. %%
Looking ahead
(Mark your calendars Now)
July 8th .. Siren Test Net (if no
storms)
July 9th 6:30 Tech talk/build an
antenna
July 9th 7pm Club Meeting St Norbert
July 11th Kewaunee lighthouse
10-4 (time - not the CB OK)
July 11th Brat Barn DePere??
July 13th Club Net on .360
repeater 7:15
July 15th. Hamfest review 6PM St.
N…
July 18th FOX HUNT 5:30 147.555
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July 18th Kewuanee Lighthouse
10-4
July 21st CQ Tuesday Bay Family
Rest. 11:30
Aug. 15th Club Picnic..
Something new.. The membership said they were interested
in a Club discussion net.. talking about equipment, events, and general Ham
related items.. this will be a directed net with a net control.. This will
begin with a 4 week trial. On Mondays at
7:15 starting on the 13th.. on the new 147.360 repeater..
The Tech Talk for the July meeting will be building an antenna. You just need to bring the wire. The SO 239 and end insulators will be furnished. Be sure to have enough wire in case it has to be shortened or be longer than your original design… Members will have the testing equipment for verification which may have to be done outside of the building.
Don’t forget that in the August Tech Talk meeting, there will be
a “Show and Tell”. Please bring a project of yours whether it is a “home brew”
or a “Kit”. These are the two categories
that will be voted on to see which has the most interest to the members
present.
% There will be one more Brat Barn Fund Raiser this month.. if you can help, it will be appreciated..
% Interesting articles in the “REFLECTOR”
magazine@eastcoastreflector.com
%As we have more radio events, we find that we have not had a QSL card update. There were a number of messages sent to the Club as Bonus Points and we need to respond confirming those. The latest one still has the Red Cross address. Got a design idea?
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2026 Hamfest
was another success with a great addition
to the club’s treasury, as well as record attendance.What more could we ask?
Well, that’s what we’re goingto do.
Please join us for a post review of
Hamfest number five.
July 15 th at the St. Norbert Tower room 6:00PM (1800) to
8:00PM (2000).Looking for comments, suggestions and improvements.
Can we make it better? How? What’s on your mind? Hope to see you there.
Hamfest Co-chairs
Todd Clausen W9GRB David Ziesmer KD9HJJ