by Dr. Radut

MUD QSO PARTY Saturday March 7th 12pm-3pm

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All Union County Members:
I hope you will participate in our fifth annual MUD (Madison, Union, Delaware county) QSO Party on Saturday March 7th, from Noon to 3 pm.  

This will be a fun 'VHF and up' contact event to meet our neighboring club members on the air.  In this event, you can...
  • Work from home, or go mobile / portable if you like.
  • Contact anyone in any location (including within DELARA) but the main goal is to meet members of the Madison and Union county clubs.
  • Make contacts via FM Simplex on various bands - so see how far out you can reach with your station.
  • Use any of our 3 club repeaters to make contacts (work the same station again, and log another contact)
  • Try any simplex mode - FM, SSB, AM or digital voice modes (DMR, DSTAR, Fusion).
  • Any mode or band 6m and up is allowed, but the suggested frequencies / modes should help improve your chances of making a contact.

  • Submit a log, and compete on points for awards (optional, but encouraged).

    MUD Log Excel file
MUD Log Pdf file
We are working on minor rule changes and a simplified log form.  Look for those details to follow in the coming days. 
Here are the updated rules for the 2026 MUD QSO party 
 
I hope you will mark this on your calendar and join the fun.
 
- Mike W8MDC


 

Club meeting tonight, 3/3 at 7PM

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We will be meeting at Station 720 at 6:30 PM tonight, Ed will be bringing some pizza. The meeting will start at 7 PM.

 

We have a presentation from Bud Kline on WSPR:

  • Brief introduction to WSPR 
  • Use in accessing propagation and antenna efficiency 
  • How to WSPR: equipment and/or software 
  • Web resources for WSPR 
  • Bud's experience with WSPR

 

Will have a discussion on the CQ160 contest that we participated in last weekend.

 

Talks on upcoming contests that the club and/or members can participate in:

MUD contest, Summer Field Day 26, and more!

 

Location: 

Marvin C. Gilbert EMA Operations Building - EMA Station 720 
20900 Northwest Parkway 
Marysville, OH 43040 

Google Maps Link: https://goo.gl/maps/9hT7PZfubpR2

Zoom meeting link for the meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84134070807?pwd=vWiDBb3oc2jXQa299xsJ0D9thQtMq…

 73's

Josh - KB8YVC

CQ 160M SSB Contest THIS WEEKEND!

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The club will be competing in the CQ160M contest this weekend. We repaired the loop last weekend and should be ready to compete! 

We will be at Station 720 Friday evening starting at 7PM until we all get tired and go home! :) We will likely reconvene around dusk Saturday evening as 160 comes back to life for another go!

 

Location: 

Union County EMA Station 720

20900 North West Parkway

Marysville OH 43040

 

73, Josh - KB8YVC

Recommendations for meeting topics/presentations for this year

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Hello all,
I'm looking for YOUR thoughts on topics for talks/presentations for the club meetings this year.

So far I've gotten recommendations for:
1) Portable ops (equipment, power, antennas, logging software like POLO, etc) (Taping Bud for this :) )
2) 3-D printing for amateur radio (I can take this, anyone else want to help?)
3) Antenna Theory (SWR, Resonance, Efficiency, Propagation) (Thinking Ron, Paul, Frank, and Dean for this?)
4) Testing Equipment (NanoVNA, Dummy Loads, Antenna Analyzers, etc) I can cover part of this, need help)
5) Baluns, Chokes, Filters, Arrestors, etc (Thinking Ron, Paul, Frank, and Dean for this?)
6) A “project-building” night…simple project, simple soldering, heat-shrinking… something like constructing a balun or similar
7) Useful simple Ham Software

Please email me at KB8YVC at gmail.com with YOUR recommendations, as the club is for everyone and I want everyone to feel motivated, involved, engaged, and educated!

73,
Josh - KB8YVC
KB8YVC at gmail.com
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Winter Field Day 2026 - Saturday 1/24-25th

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We will meet at Station 720 at 10:30AM Saturday 1/24 for Winter Field Day. We will likely be getting pizza for supper, please arrive fed as we aren't planning on having anything for lunch. With the expected weather, we will decide what to do Sunday while at the event.

Winterfiledday.org

Operational Period: Winter Field Day is held the last full weekend in January. For 2026, it will be held on January 24th and 25th.
The 30-hour operational period starts at 1600 UTC on Saturday (11 am EST), the 24th, and ends at 21:59 UTC on Sunday, the 25th (4:59 pm EST). Stations may begin setting up no earlier than 16:00 UTC (11 am EST) on the Friday before. However, cumulative set-up time shall not exceed 12 hours.

73,
Josh - KB8YVC

2026 Club President

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The 2026 Union County Amateur Radio Club President is Josh Ormeroid KB8YVC Josh accepted the nomination at the December meeting and ran unopposed.

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