News and updates from the Superstition Amateur Radio Club, including articles featured in the monthly club “Communicator” newsletter.
In the October VE testing session Charles Keyes, KK7VEM successfully upgraded to General, while Mikhail Churyckin and Ethan Paul passed the technician test. We also had one person fail the technician test. Thank you to Wes Erickson (who makes every test session from Florence), AG7WQ; Doug Paquette, K7DCE; Michael Reed, AA0MR; Ed Taggard, K7EDT; Trevor […]
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We are at the mercy of a multitude of noise sources in and around our ham shacks these days. I built myself a very useful tool for sniffing out noise sources a few years ago. I had bought a working battery powered Heathkit preamp for a few dollars at a hamfest and hadn’t really found
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We are in the middle of our elections process. Nominations are now closed and ballots should be emailed out on the first November. To make sure you receive your ballot, log on to HamClubOnline.com to verify the email address you have registered with the Superstition Amateur Radio Club. Be advised, Do Not Publish (DNP) entries
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Co-authored by: Ed, K7EDT The Superstition Amateur Radio Club’s Tech Committee identified Saturday, October 19, 2024 as a day where, possibly, the long summer just might be behind us. As some of us woke up on that day, we were surprised to be greeted by some rain and much cooler temperatures courtesy of Mother Nature.
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The Superstition ARC VE Team held a testing session on Saturday September 28, 2024 at Mesa Fire Station 202, 830 S Stapley Dr, Mesa, AZ 85204. We had two applicants which produced a new Technician and an upgrade to General. Congratulations to all of our successful candidates. New Technician (callsign pending): Michael Adams Upgraded to
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Thank you for your past members’ support of the Radio Society of Tucson (RST) Hamfests. As you probably know, the RST radio club conducts two major hamfests a year. Our next one is on October 5th. The RST hamfests are growing both in the number of attendees and tailgating sellers. Also growing is the number
Volunteering just got a little richer! Three $100 Visa gift cards will be raffled off for the volunteers who sign up and show up for at least 1 hour of volunteering during this year’s SuperFest. To be entered, go to the Sign Up zone (link can be found at Superfest.info) and sign up by December
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We are currently accepting nominations for the Superstition Amateur Radio Club, Officer and Board of Director positions to serve in 2025. Executive and Board of Director positions should be filled by qualified, energetic club members that are willing to help the club advance with valuable, exciting activities and beneficial management. This is how and where
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Now that we are nearly at the sunspot maximum, 10m is open nearly every day for US and DX contacts. The really cool thing is that US tech license holders can operate on this band with up to 200W on SSB from 28.3 to 28.5MHz. With the very minimum of set up a new tech
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Recently I was talking to someone about a 3-D printed project I did for work. Michael, KI7LXY heard me talking about it and asked if I would like to take on a project for him. He has a Motorola CDM1250 radio that he uses as an AllStarLink simplex node at his house. During the Wednesday
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