MIAMI VALLEY STEAM THRESHERS Show Special Event Station

KE8ANU - Wed, 07/11/2018 - 9:02am

MIAMI VALLEY STEAM THRESHERS ASSOCIATION Show Special Event Station

https://www.mvsteam.com/
The show is Thursday July 12 - Sun July 15  located at Past Time Park in Plain City, Ohio.

A Special Event QSL card is available for all contacts.  

Please include a SASE. QSL to:
Union County Amateur Radio Club, W8UCO (Club)
24581 Sandusky Rd
Richwood, OH 43344
ATTN: PAUL D FOWLER

Union County Ohio Amateur Radio Information

Welcome to the Union County Amateur Radio Club website. This site was created for other Union County/neighbouring county hams or people who are interested in Amateur Radio.

The Union County Amateur Radio Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Union County Services Building located at 940 London Ave. Marysville, Ohio 43040  unless other wise noted.

The Union County Amateur Radio Club meets for breakfast the second Saturday of each month at 8:30am at Frich's Big Boy loacted at 15700 Delaware Ave Marysville, OH 43040  
Check into the N8IG repeater in the morning between 8:00 and 8:30 to be added to the head count for seating! The breakfast is open to anyone with an interest in amateur radio, you do not have to be a club member to attend.
Some people in this club also help maintain the repeater in Marysville that is sponsored by the Union County EMA.

The N8IG repeater frequency is 145.350 (-) MHz with a Tone of 127.3 Hz It is open for use with a Technician Class or higher Amateur Radio License, you do not have to be a member of the Union County EMA to use it. There is also a weekly net that starts at 8pm on Thursdays on the repeater. Anyone is welcome to check in and take part in the net.

Grant, KE8JOU our newest NCS for the Thursday Night NET

KE8ANU - Wed, 07/11/2018 - 9:18am

Grant did a fine job running the Thursday night net on July 5th. He met Ed, KE8ANU at EMA Station 720. He already had a good topic for the net picked out and ran the net. Grant got his license April 25 of this year. He has been learning a lot about the hobby over the last 2.5 months and is very active in amateur radio.  He also brought a 2 meter antenna he made with him so we could check it out on an antenna analyzer. Click on the title or the "read more" link to view the pictures.

Space Station SSTV Images Received

KE8ANU - Fri, 06/29/2018 - 12:54pm

Ed received a couple of SSTV images from the space station this morning. Click on the title to view the images. Ed hopes to receive more images during this event and will post them here. 

Below is the information about the SSTV images.
http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-29-july-1-sstv-images-of-sat...
June 29- July 1, 2018 - SSTV images of satellites
SSTV will once again be active from ISS starting June 29 about 09:00 UTC. These images will commemorate the various satellites that were hand-deployed from the ISS. These will include the first satellite deployment from ISS: Suitsat-1/Radioskaf-1 which was  developed by ARISS and deployed in February 2006. The transmissions should continue until July 1 ending about 18:30 UTC.
**Update** July 26
Downlink frequency is expected to be 145.80 and the mode should be PD120.
** Update**
June 28Looks like there will be an award assiociated with this session. Details at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/#award_rules_en

Field Day 2018

KE8ANU - Sun, 06/24/2018 - 1:59am

We had a good Saturday for  Field Day. The weather was good, food was great, company was awesome, and we even made some contacts!

Click the title to see some pictures of Saturday's Field Day Operation.
                                    

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MIAMI VALLEY STEAM THRESHERS ASSOCIATION Show Special Event Station

KE8ANU - Fri, 06/15/2018 - 5:34pm

MIAMI VALLEY STEAM THRESHERS ASSOCIATION Show Special Event Station

https://www.mvsteam.com/
The show is Thur July 12 - Sun 15 

Past Time Park North Chillicothe St

Plain City

Admission is $5 Annual tickets $15 

 

Will has an off center fed dipole and can use his IC706/tuner/power supply on Friday evening and Saturday while he is there ( weather permitting) Will will leave the antenna and feed line when he is not there.

Date: 
Thursday, July 12, 2018 - 7:00am to Sunday, July 15, 2018 - 1:00pm

2nd Annual Ham Radio Tailgate and Trunkfest Pictures and Winners

KE8ANU - Fri, 06/15/2018 - 7:10am
We would like to thank everyone that came out to the 2nd Annual Ham Radio Tailgate and Trunkfest. We look forward to seeing you again next year. We would also like to thank the New Horizons Baptist Church for the use of their parking lot. Click on the title to view the pictures.
The Jumbo Spot winner and door prize winners are listed below:
 
Winners

Prize

 Winner
JumboSpot Rob Jostes, KD8GPG Marysville, Oh  
$100  Dx Engineering Certificate Dave Youtz, WB8UCD Rosewood, Oh
$50    ARRL Gift Certificate Dave Michel, K7DRM Dayton, Oh
$25    ARRL Gift Certificate Eric McFadden, WD8RIF Athens, Oh
$25    ARRL Gift Certificate Scott Tressler, W8ALM Toledo, Oh

                       

 
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Club Shirt Request Form

KE8ANU - Wed, 05/02/2018 - 9:59am

Request club shirts.
Please send checks to:
Dennis Lamb
175 Tallman St
North Lewisburg, Ohio 43060

Net Control Preamble

Union County Amateur Radio Club Weekly Net

  • “This is (you call sign) opening this week’s Union County Amateur Radio Club Net.”
  • “Is there any Priority, Emergency, or Time Sensitive traffic for the Net at this time? Please call Net Control now.” (YOUR CALL SIGN)

If there is traffic, allow the station to announce the traffic and see if another station is available that can
take the traffic. After the traffic is passed or if no station is available to take the traffic, resume the net.

 

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