THE GREEN BAY MIKE & KEY CLUB
If we did not know before, we now know what a Blizzard
looks like.. New stories that start with "Back during the blizzard of
'26 ... " Actually, it helped provide the time to sit back and turn on
the radio shack and work the Wisconsin QSO Party...
Did you get on and give it a try? I did .. had a hiccup to start ..
for some reason the WI QSO Log did not want to open on my PC.. I knew it
was one revision old... so I tried to upgrade it .. but that did not
work because the original was before 2021 (at least that what popped up
on the screen) It might not have been because was running windows 7 ??
After a bunch of uninstalls and deletes and upgrade downloads, it
finally works.. just in time...
I started
out on 40 meters where the waterfall was full on my 7300... so as I
started to pick the stations up, everything smoothed out.. after two
hours I could not find a new call sign to call.. But I did enjoy the
chat with our own AB9GK, Gene on 7258. He brings out the real enjoyment
of operating the radio. It is not just an exchange of call signs and
counties. He asks how you are doing , what are you operating with or
where are you operating from.. Thanks for being out there Gene..
Well, I switched over to 20 meters where I did well last year.. ..
but not this year.. had a lot of Oklahoma QSO parties and POTA
stations.. well I should not say "a lot" .. But I did enjoy the time on
the radio even knowing I was not in the line for any awards... Sent in
my report to the host Club.. Even if you did not have a big score, turn
in your log,, together we can have a good count for our GBM&K Club;
One event that I really enjoyed was one station said. "Wow there sure
is a lot of Brown County stations calling in.. you must have a great
club to get that many participating !!!.""
As we make plans for warmer days there are few coming up faster than we may think ...
March 21.. First day of Spring !!
March 30.. Possible transferring of the .360 Repeater .. off the air..
March 31 Non paid members become in the arrears ..
April 19, Fox Hunt on the 147.120 repeater
Just so you know that the dues payment policy has changed
slightly...You can pay for the coming year in Oct through March. If you
are not paid up by then, the whole payment still is due. And you will be removed from the active list and email. There is not a partial year payment. If you make a payment between April 1st and September 30th, you will be paying for that year and not the following year...
There
will be VE testing again at the Hamfest at the end of May.... IF you
know of someone that would like to have some help with passing the Tech
Level of the License.. Our In House Professor of the Ham Cram will be
holding another session prior to that .. More information coming and it
would help if they read the instructions on what is needed to register
for the Cram.....
Thanks to everyone for their patience of not using the .120 repeater
last Saturday while the ARES group held a Simulated Emergency Test other
wise know as a S.E.T. ..The event went well.. IF you are interested in
being a part of the ARES group. feel free to contact Bill Duveneck,
KB3KYH ..
Just a
reminder that the contest for making a Kit or a "home brew" project will
conclude in August.. so there is time to begin one or the other ... For
kits, just have to mention STEM projects and up pops a pile of places
to get some.. for home brew, I went to electronic projects and got this
website with Ideas.. https://www.etechnophiles.com/100-electronics-projects-ideas/ If you need resistors, I have a bunch but not variable type..
Speaking of building projects, the club will have an antenna
building event when it gets warmer.. We have a number of insulators for
the ends of a wire dipole antenna as well as the center connection with
the SO 239 already in place.. you would just need the wire.. Wire is
not as inexpensive as it used to be.. but even the small wire used as
the "invisible dog fence" or galvanized chicken wire works ....But you
need a few feet more for when you tune the antenna( Just in case) ...
stay tuned. .
Mike,
thanks for the information about the Promotion of one of our Club
members from Chief Engineer to General Manager/CEO of Voice of The
Master Radio Network. ... Congratulations to Brett Gibson, KTØT
Stay Radio Active ...
Ben Franklin said " Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late" ...
