Stuart, I find our repeater to be the exception rather than the rule on repeater traffic. Most repeaters are rather quiet. I use the RepeaterBook app on my Android phone when venturing into new areas.

CQ SOTA, CQ SOTA, Dustin, W6YUE, and I are activating Sierra Buttes, W6/NS-139, this Sunday at 11:00 PDT (give or take). We will be operating FM on 146.520 MHz simplex. We will keep you all updated on

Great Job Joshua! Thanks for sharing!! 73 Orion, AI6JB

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Good morning everyone! Please join me in congratulating Shawn Burch, KN6PGK, on obtaining his Technician Class license! Congratulations Shawn!! Shawn answered 33 of the 35 questions correctly. We all

Hi Everyone! I will be activating Castle Peak, W6/SN-038, for SOTA this Sunday, June 13th. I hope to be there about 10:30 AM give or take an hour. I have set an alert for 146.535 - FM, given the VHF c

Good Afternoon Everyone! Please join me in congratulating Steve Kristoff, KN6PES, on earning his Technician Class license!! Steve is a graduate of our May 2021 Technician License Class. Congratulation

Good Afternoon Everyone, The last lab for the Technician Class we are hosting is this coming Saturday, June 12th, at Recreation Park, in Auburn. We have two sessions scheduled, one at 10:30 AM and ano

Eric, Here is a plan for a 64-1 Unun or transformer that we use for the General License Exam on our 40m End-Fed antennas. It uses a FT-240 toroid. It will give you the turns you are asking about. http

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Hi Eric, You said “… trimming, folding back wire, …”. Does that mean you trimmed the length of you wire by just folding back the wire without cutting wire off the end? If so, “folding back the wire” w

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My Fellow Hams, I have great news! Please help me congratulate Carrie Gillette on passing the Technician Class License Exam this morning! Carrie is currently in a student our Technician Class and appa

Ding Ding Ding! We have another graduate from the Winter Extra Class who earned their Extra Class rating!! Please help me congratulate Marty Gunn, KM6MFI, on passing his Extra Class VE Exam! Congratul

Jon, Dumb question. I noticed the circuit board wasn’t on the parts list. Did you make it yourself? If so, how did you do it? 73 Orion, AI6JB

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DING, DING, DING goes the Bell! We have another new Extra Class operator in the Club!! Please join me in CONGRATULATING Phil, KM6NFS/AE, on passing his EXTRA Class exam! Way to go Phil!! 73 Orion, AI6

Ding Ding Ding of the Bell! We have a new extra in the Club! Please join me and congratulating Rob, KM6YKX/AE, as our newest Extra Class Ham!! Awesome job Rob. 73 Orion, AI6JB

Smitty, I use this MFJ magmount https://mfjenterprises.com/collections/mfj/products/mfj-336s?_pos=2&_sid=58ff309ab&_ss=r on the roof of my Tundra Double Cab using the very same antenna. I do have a sh

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Excellent Choice! However, snow may be an issue. On a heavy year, I hiked through the campground. There was still 8 feet of snow on July 16th! All we saw was the top of the outhouse. Currently the For

Good Point Greg! I am thinking PSK31, RTTY, or other keyboard type digital mode where the students can converse. We will already have two other HF digital stations on site running PSK31 & FT8. 73 Orio

Good Morning Everyone! The Extra Class will have it's first Lab on Saturday, 3/6/21, roughly between 10:00 - 14:00 at Recreation Park in Auburn. The focus will be digital communications. If at all pos