The Green Bay Mike & Key Club: 2025

Friday, February 14, 2025

Radio Happenings 2.9.2025

This newsletter will start off with words of wisdom from our President, Bill KB3KYH.

Greetings,

2025, like most other years, will be a busy one for our club. We’re already working on the Hamfest set for May 31 and Field Day on the weekend of June 28/29. Both these big events seem like a long way off, but the planning starts early to make sure we see success. In fact, we’ll be talking about both these activities at the February meeting. Also on the agenda will be the Festival Grocery Store Brat Barns, which along with the Hamfest, are very important to our treasury. Other operating events to discuss will be the Foxhunts and the Wisconsin QSO Party. We’ll also be voting on a new logo for our club and deciding on the apparel items we’d like to have available for purchase.

Another important agenda item will be the Ham of the Year. This our annual opportunity to honor a member who has done the most to support and improve Amateur Radio and the Green Bay Mike & Key Club. Please send your nomination to our Vice President, Sam, W9SJR at w9sjr01@gmail.com not later than March 6. As a reminder, your nomination must include a summary of why your nominee should be our Ham of the Year.

As always, this will be a busy meeting, and we need you to be part of it. I hope to see you Thursday evening and please let me know if you have any suggestions or questions about our club.

73, Bill, KB3KYH

Thanks Bill.... Here is a short calendar for the near future.

Tues. February 11th.. ARES 2M Net 7PM
   Wed, February 12th .. Siren Test Net .. list attached..
Thurs. February 13th.. Club meeting.. If Tech Talk @ 6:30... or meeting @ 7PM St. Norbert, G.M.Science Bldg. 4th floor.
Fri. February 14th ,.. Valentine's Day...  Also National Radio Day.. To observe how much Radio has changed our lives..
Tues. February 18th .. CQ Tuesday... 11:15ish.. ordering a little after 11:30 (sometimes)
Thurs. February 20th.. ARES Meeting

Saturday February 22nd.. Kewaunee Historical Society 1PM, "What is Ham Radio?" Guest Speaker, RIck W9OBB ... and how it combines with Lighthouses .. located at 217 Ellis Street.. you should see the red canopy on the North side of the street.

March 6th Deadline for Ham of the Year (HOTY)

March 8th Young Ladies Radio League's International Women's Day YL POTA https://ylrl.net/

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Radio Happenings 1,20.2025

Have you been taking photos of your thermometer ? Just to remind you in the summer how you really don't mind the summer heat..

I have noticed that the SWR slightly changes with the temperature on my wire antenna.. must be the shrinkage factor.

A couple of new things that I have dialed in on by accident.. ever heard of Radio Garden.? On the internet, it provides a map of the world with all the locations of commercial radio stations.. You are able to find the stations that you used to listen to back when and listen again... No, it does not go back in time .. but current radio.

At least with Tube Radio.. it helped warm up the "shack".

On the ham radio side .. Many of us have tried the FT 8 digital program .. well - have you heard of "JS8Call".? It is a derivative of the WSJT-X application. Restructured for keyboard-to-keyboard message passing. IF you see a call sign that you want to "talk" with. you can pick on that call and it is like sending a notice that you are calling. then you both can "talk" via keyboard. js8call.com

On the coldest day.. is CQ Tuesday... the 21st.

Talking about cold.. Winter Field Day is coming up .. January 25th and 26th. As of now, there is not a GBM&K committee setting this up for running with this.. If you are interested, look up Winter Field Day 2025 to see what is required.. Even if it is not a Club event, you can still participate. https://winterfieldday.org/

As we try to ignore Winter, maybe by looking at the seed catalogs or travel guides. (sneak peek at other catalogs) Plans are already being made for the

Club Hamfest (see flyer on the K9EAM.org website or facebook ) and reservations for Field Day are being set ...

How good is your design talent? Suggestions were made to change the Club Logo... you can see it on the Website.. Perhaps simplify it for ease of duplicating it for shirts, jackets and caps.. have an idea? Bring a drawing of it to the Club meeting.. or send it through the Club Email address of contact@K9eam.org .

Wisconsin QSO Party is coming on Sunday, March 9th. from 1PM to 8PM. All the 2025 rules have not been finalized as of this date. I have heard that they are contemplating more award categories. You can participate from home, or mobile or set up a station in a different county for a few points more... Not on HF? Ask someone you know that has indicated they will be participating in this event and ask if you can join in with them/him/her.

Talking about March.. it so happens to be the deadline for submitting dues.

Stay Radio Active... P.S. The crank up tower has been sold.. Thanks...

Sunday, January 19, 2025

2025 HAMFEST FLYER

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Radio Happenings 1.3.2025

Christmas Party

CALENDAR:

January 8th Siren Test Net .. 11:45AM 147.120 see attached list

January 9th GBM&K Club meeting.. 7PM / 6:30PM Tech Talk- Nick Marto,KB9UAE - Flex Radio..

January 21st CQ Tuesday ..

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Greetings,

I hope you enjoyed the Holidays and had plenty of time to get on the air. I did a little DXing in early December, but the Christmas “rush” kept me pretty busy with other activities including our club Holiday/Anniversary Party. We had a lot of fun with a nice group of over fifty members and guests. Thanks to Dave, KD9HJJ for putting the whole thing together.

Please attend the January meeting where we’ll be talking about events and activities for 2025. Topics will include Field Day, the Hamfest, Brat Barns, Ham of the Year, plus others. This will be an opportunity for you to suggest club activities or initiatives you would like to see in 2025.

Our January Tech Talk will feature Nick Marto, KB9UAE who will be explaining and demonstrating the operational capabilities of his new Flex radio. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about this state-of-the-art software defined Ham radio technology.

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions about our club.

See you at the meeting…73,

Bill, KB3KYH

(302) 537-4755