THIS WEEK;;;
Happy New Year! I hope you and your family enjoyed the holidays. One of the highlights for me was our club Christmas Party. We had a nice crowd, good food, and lots of fun. Thanks to Sam, W9SJR and his XYL for making this event so special.
I hope you can attend the January meeting on the 8th because we’ll be discussing 2026 activities and events. Among them are the Hamfest, Field Day, VE Testing, the Multi Club Picnic at Bayshore Park, Tech Talks, Fox Hunts, Brat Barns, the Wisconsin QSO Party, and many more. We’ll also be asking for volunteers who are willing to work at and support these activities.
The Tech Talk will begin at 6:30 this month and the topic will be “Changes to VE Testing”. Todd, W9GRB will tell us about the recent changes that moved the VE program from a paper-based format to a computerized, on-line system. There are big changes that we should all know about.
Something else we’ll talk about is a small competition among members who build a kit or other home brew project. The members will vote to select the best project and the winner(s) will be awarded a small trophy or some other recognition. Another agenda item will be the discussion of hands-on, building projects that we might want to do at a meeting. Antennas, simple radios, test gear…there are a lot of potentials that we can consider.
Please attend the meeting so we can have everyone involved in setting the course for 2026.
As always, please let me know if you have suggestions or questions about our club.
73,
Bill KB3KYH
