Club Picnic

Time once again for the annual club corn roast/picnic.

The annual Green Bay Mike and Key Club corn roast/picnic will be held August 10th at 11AM at the Veterans Memorial Park in Denmark WI. This park is right downtown in Denmark WI. Take the Highway 96 exit from highway 43 all the way into denmark. You will run right into the park at the T in the road. Park is located behind the bank. Look for the K9EAM sign. The club will provide corn,  and soda, please bring a dish to pass and your own utensils. Also bring any other meat you would like to cook on the grill. Lets see a huge turn out for this. If you need directions we will be listening to the 147.120 repeater the day of the event.

There will be a little foxhunt at 11:30ish with dinner around 12.

Field Day 2013

Public Demo of Emergency Communications June 22-23
In the Green Bay area, the Green Bay Mike & Key Club will be demonstrating Amateur Radio at the Sports Complex at 3385 Finger Road June 22 and 23rd.

The public is invited to come and see ham radio’s new capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the next disaster strikes.

For more info, see http://www.emergency-radio.org/
 
For any hams interested in helping set up, we plan to start with a breakfast at Aurora Hospital at 8 am with setup beginning at 10AM. There is plans for a cookout Sat evening at 6. The club will provide brats and soda. Please bring a dish to pass and any other meat you would like to burn.Also please bring your own eating utensils Any ham in the area is welcome, also feel free to bring your family. Lets try to get more participation this year. We will be running 5A this year with the callsign K9EAM.

Tower at St. Norbert

Saturday the tower a top St. Norbert college was removed. Construction on the JM Science building is in full swing. Some air handler equipment directly below the tower and next to, necessitated the temporary removal of the tower.

The renovation project will take a couple years to complete. When it's done, the building will be know as the Gehl-Mulva science building.

In the mean time, we have relocated the antennas for D-Star/ APRS and 802.11 link (to Scray's hill) on a mast pipe off one of the colleges other antennas.

The 802.11 link to the WFRV tower is used for Skywarn weather spotting.

APRS was recently used for the Lombardi middle school balloon launch.

A special thanks to St. Norbert college and Mr. Downard for their continued accommodation. Also, thanks to everyone who helped with the take-down.

Green Bay area weather balloon carrying APRS

On Monday May 6th, there will be a weather balloon launched from Lombardi middle school.  It will be carrying APRS.  If you are interested in seeing it's track you can follow it on the internet at aprs.fi/w0ctl-11  More details about the launch and the balloon itself including pictures will be posted here after the event.   

From the Green Bay Press Gazette, May 6th, 2013:

Robert Lane of the Green Bay Mike & Key Club holds a weather balloon next to Lombardi Middle School student Camden Guzman at the school Monday.

The balloon — equipped with cameras, a global positioning system tracking device, and parachute — was launched as part of a science lesson coupled with the education programs from the Civil Air Patrol.

The balloon was expected to come down somewhere near Marshfield.

Well, it didn't make it too far and quit reporting on the decent at 10,000 feet and was found between Pulaski and Navarino.