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Hello and greetings everyone. I have been missing all of you both in person and in the air. Erin and I moved to Elgin last month, and I am excited to be setting up my shack in the next few weeks. I will be operating VHF only for a while as I try to figure out the best antenna for my lot. If I do get onto HF it’s probably going to be 20m and higher. I do plan on being at field day.

Good morning. Thank you to everyone that joined in last night. We had a few portables check in. We could definitely see the difference between being in a concrete building close to most of the group vs outside up on top of a hill 15 or so miles away! Lessens learned: You can’t beat the high ground and big buildings are hard on VHF reception. W7BL Tyson Brooks Net Control N7NSL Ted Ivester Portable KD7DB Dennis Bottorff Home KD7CEM Don Magee Home WA5EXY Joe Hedrick Home KK7BTC Alex Larson Portable W7CDL Chris Leavitt Portable Tyson W7BL -- Tyson Brooks W7BL

YOU ARE INVITED 5th Annual SSRA SWAP MEET Saturday May 10th, 2025 - 0900 - 1400 hrs. Please look at the attached flier Tyson W7BL

In case anyone is need of the Sea Pac Flyer Tyson W7BL

Good Morning, I have closed down April's net control request list. April 6 Chris W7CDL April 13 Tyson W7BL April 20 Tyson W7BL April 27 Open (If you wish to run the net this night, contact Tyson directly) Backup Tyson W7BL

We have a board meeting scheduled on 4/15/2025 at 1800 PST. This will be open to everyone that wants to participate. It will be ONLINE only. Please use the link below to join the meeting. https://meet.google.com/vfh-idwi-xry Meet Real-time meetings by Google. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers. meet.google.com Here is the agenda https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kbeeNMWyKsqCJ435zqwCjyspVUXTQYiRytW0zsl_7vo/edit?usp=sharing W7GRA Board Meeting Agenda April 2025 1. Call to Order : 2. Approval of Minutes - February 2025 (in email from W7BL on TIME/DATE) Should board meeting minutes be parallel or in series(reading and approving) 3. Treasurer’s Report - Last Reported Balance $6767.65 Financial status for ein, and 501(c)(3) New Payables New Receivables Re... docs.google.com If you see anything that should be addressed in this agenda(added, removed, corrected, or just General "KK7MA" mistakes), please send an email directly to me, and I'll update it for everyone else to see. We just don't want to burden everyone else with emails correcting my mistakes. ? Please have the agenda handy when you join the meeting. I look forward to seeing you all there. de KK7MA

Good morning everyone. Please fill this out based on your interest in building a 2 meter quad antenna. We have not set a date as of yet. We need to make sure that we have ample supplies, support personnel for this project, based on the number of people that are interested in building them. If you are just looking to learn, please fill out the form appropriately. Last time I really enjoyed this build, even though I wasn't one that was taking an antenna home. There are several steps in building this antenna, but the teams that were out there last time, made it much easier for the novice builder. Without further delay, Here is the link. https://forms.gle/TdxKCf5ug5ma773F8 W7GRA 2m Quad Antenna Build We are gathering a list of interested operators for a 2 meter Quad Antenna Build. Date is TBT based on interest. The options are: a single quad(driven and reflector, this is directional) a dual quad(2 driven and 2 reflector elements, this is highly directional and much larger, the 2 quads are side by side). forms.gle Thank you to Tyson for pointing out the needed corrections, there were major mistakes in this form on my part. If you see further mistakes on the form or improper verbiage, please email me immediately. Enjoy the sunny Sunday! de KK7MA

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Ok, so I have built a form for volunteering to be net control operator for the VHF Sunday Night Net on the W7GRA repeater. Please consider running the net. It can be a little overwhelming the first time, but it DOES get easier over time! Just click on the link below and fill out the form. If you volunteer and you have never ran a net before, we will help you get started. We have a script and other tools to help you run the net and there are usually others on the air that can help back you up if you run into a problem. Sign up form for Net Control Operator, April 2025 Tyson W7BL

Here is DX info from ARRL: SB DX @ ARL $ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news ZCZC AE13 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 13 ARLD013 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT March 27, 2025 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD013 ARLD013 DX news This week's bulletin is made possible with information provided by AA3B, The Daily DX, 425 DX News, DXNL, OPDX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. RODRIGUES ISLAND, 3B9. A group of operators are QRV as 3B9DJ until April 5. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via OK6DJ. FIJI, 3D2. Dom, 3D2USU is QRV as 3D2AJT from Nadi until the end of April. QSL via LoTW. AZERBAIJAN, 4K. A group of operators will be QRV as 4K0T as a Multi/Single/Low Power entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via LoTW. BARBADOS, 8P. Dave, G4OSY is QRV as 8P9EI until April 6. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL direct to home call. CROATIA, 9A. Special event station 9A100IARU will be QRV from April 1 to 30 to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. QSL via operators' instructions. BAHAMAS, C6. Paul, WA4PAW will be QRV as C6APS from Great Abaco, IOTA NA-080, from March 29 to April 19. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8. QSL via LoTW. URUGUAY, CX. Special event station CX100IARU will be QRV from April 1 to 30 to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. QSL via CX1AA. PHILIPPINES, DU. A large group of operators are QRV as 4I2I from Itbayat Island, IOTA OC-093, until March 31. Activity is on the HF bands. QSL via VE3GJP. THAILAND, HS. Special event station HS100IARU will be QRV from April 1 to 30 to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. Activity will be on the HF bands, 2 meters, and various Satellites. QSL via OQRS and LoTW. ST. LUCIA, J6. A group of operators will be QRV as J62K in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL direct to K9HZ. SINT MAARTEN, PJ7. Gary, KC9EE is QRV from PJ7EE until April 6. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL via LoTW. SURINAME, PZ. A group of operators will be QRV as PZ5IP from Papegaaien Island, IOTA SA-092, from April 1 to 4. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and various digital modes. QSL via operators' instructions. GREECE, SV. Special event station SZ100IARU is QRV from April 1 to 30 to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. QSL via the bureau. TURKEY, TA. Special event call sign TC0DUMLU will be QRV from April 1 to 6 to honor the 81 seamen who died when the submarine Dumlupinar sank in 1953. QSL via LoTW. BENIN, TY. Red, DL1BUG is QRV as TY5FR from Cotonou until April 9. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters, including 60 meters, using CW and SSB. QSL via LoTW. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, V2. Bud, AA3B will be QRV as V26K from Antigua, IOTA NA-100, from March 25 to April 2. Activity will be on the HF bands using mostly CW. This includes being an entry in the upcoming CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL to home call. MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7. Randall, KX4QD is QRV as V73HW for the next two years. Activity is in his spare time on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL direct to home call. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, VP2V. Some members of the Bavarian Contest Club will be QRV as VP2VI during April. Activity will be on the HF bands. QSL via DJ4MX. INDIA, VU. Special event station VU1IARU will be QRV from April 1 to June 29 to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. QSL via VU2ZH. INDONESIA, YB. Special event station 8A100IARU will be QRV from April 1 to 30 to celebrate the centenary of the International Amateur Radio Union. QSL via N2OO. VANUATU, YJ. Chris, VK2YUS is QRV as YJ0CA from Port Vila, IOTA OC-035, until April 3. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using SSB. This includes being an entry in the CQ World Wide WPX SSB contest. QSL direct to home call. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest, QRP 80-Meter CW Fox Hunt, NCCC FT4 Sprint

Looks like we have a technician candidate for this Tuesday. Who would like to be a part of the test? Tyson W7BL

I've programmed my Call Sign into the newer dot matrix displays with some horizontal and vertical scrolling Arduino Code: https://youtube.com/shorts/oeYQruw1oqw Harold KE6JMG 73

splashdown https://youtu.be/qOvFcKje7os Harold

February's meeting minutes

It appears I'm at long last on my way to learning how to use the CI-V remote control bus! https://youtube.com/shorts/1wAqrJyVbVw Harold KE6JMG 73

I made a video of the docking at the ISS : https://youtu.be/zh173VZqF8U the two announcers one from NASA and SPACEX, the SPACEX guy talked a lot about the HAM RADIO experiments that they will be doing. Harold KE6JMG 73

W7GRA, OK, finally have my CI-V programming cable working with my USB to TTL converter. The FTDI driver is rock solid, but the one I bought online was no good! I can issue commands from my VB communication terminal emulation software, but the receive secret to parse the incoming data into readable form is the only hurdle to overcome now, I made a video : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/63FE-UetKR4 Harold KE6JMG 73

here is the next launch: https://www.youtube.com/live/qkTcmQJdGKg Harold KE6JMG 73

here is the next launch: https://www.youtube.com/live/qkTcmQJdGKg Harold KE6JMG 73

We know of a few people that are in need of at least one J-Pole antenna. I've talked to Ted (N7NSL) and he is willing to do an antenna build this Saturday after the club breakfast. Is anyone in need and want to build an antenna this Saturday, say around 10:30? Tyson W7BL