Neighborhood Preparedness Team, Amateur Radio Subcommittee Our Monthly Meetings Will Be on the 3rd Wednesday (Next meeting 6/19) Desert Vista Room #3 @2:00 PM Coffee will be served. Sun City Radio Net Monday @ 7:00 pm. For information please contact Bruce Spitzer
Author Archives: Bob Beers
Skywarn Training in two weeks
At the present time there are only two Sun City Radio Operators signed up for the SKYWARN Training for Saturday May 11 at the Government Center, training room 3 from 9:00am to 11:00am. Mark W6MW and myself are signed up at the present time. I would like to see as many attendees as possible. This […]
My tuner can tune a bowl of custard!
Ham operator Michael Cullen had heard that tired phrase a dozen times before deciding to find out if his antenna tuner could actually tune a bowl of custard. Someone, somewhere, has probably tried this before, but now thanks to the Internet, Mr. Cullen has wove it into our permanent, collective conscious…
Happy Birthday Sam!
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Update from Ken
CQ, CQ CQ – ATTENTION SUN CITY RADIO OPERATORS: A REMINDER OF UPCOMING SUN CITY RADIO ACTIVITIES: MONDAY APRIL 22ND. AMATEUR RADIO NET AT 7pm. KJ6MW, JOHN IS NET CONTROL. THIS IS FOR ALL SUN CITY AND VISITOR HAMS, CHECK-IN. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SKYWARN TRAINING CLASS IS MAY 11TH AT THE CLARK COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING. […]
SK: First QSO From Space
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skylab-and-space-shuttle-astronaut-owen-garriott-dies-at-88-300832454.html HOUSTON, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Former astronaut and long-duration spaceflight pioneer Owen Garriott, 88, died today, April 15, at his home in Huntsville, Alabama. Garriott flew aboard the Skylab space station during the Skylab 3 mission and on the Space Shuttle Columbia for the STS-9/Spacelab-1 mission. He spent a total of 70 days in […]
Club Coffee Meeting this Wednesday
SUN CITY SUMMERLIN AMATEUR RADIO “Reminder Message” FROM Ken Johnson, W7BES- Repeater Trustee Radio Net and Coffee Meeting Schedule and events: Mark on your calendar or post Reminder Message. Sun City Repeater Net every Monday at 7pm- Sun City Repeater, Transmit Frequency 447.475 MHz, Receive Frequency 442.475 MHz, PL 110.8 Hz, Repeater Location Summerlin Pinnacle. […]
LVRAC meets next week
The Las Vegas Radio Amateur Club’s April 2019 General Meeting will be this coming Wednesday the 17th. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:00 PM, but please feel free to arrive earlier and network with your fellow hams for a social hour from 6 to 7PM. The meeting will be at our regular location, […]
More things to do with radio spectra during a solar minimum…
With computer power, you can have all sorts of fun with radio reception… https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873592
Freq-Test Friday
The ARRL will conduct a frequency test Friday. You can check the accuracy of your receivers.