It is with deep sadness that the Nielsen family announces the passing of Bob Nielsen. Bob died peacefully of natural causes on Friday, October 9th, sitting in his favorite chair, at the age of 81. His family is planning a memorial service for sometime in August 2021. Bob lived an amazing life and was married to the love… Read More »
Software Defined Radio (SDR) has taken over the industry and yielded fantastic improvement to Amateur Radio rigs…but…do we know HOW to leverage these new tools? Join us at our October 13th meeting at 7pm, when ARRL Hudson Division Director Ria Jairam/N2RJ will discuss “SDR and its impact on DXing”. Ria Jairam, N2RJ started off as a shortwave listener… Read More »
The ARRL Foundation notified us and we are proud to announce the selection of the winner of the 2020 Bill Bennett/W7PHO Memorial Scholarship. Adrianne V Morrill, N7HYD, ex-KD7HYD of Spokane is this year’s selectee. She has been licensed since 2014, and is from a ham family that includes David/AE7DM and Mark/NA7AM. Adrianne has already been on a DXpedition!… Read More »
How do you play in the 7QP, New England QP, Delaware QP, and Indiana QP all at the same time and leverage our software tools? Our Tuesday evening, September 8th virtual meeting will present Brian, N9ADG, who will show us how to use N1MM+ Contest Logger with multiple, simultaneous contests. Brian is the Editor of the biweekly ARRL… Read More »
If you recently keyed the club’s 147.00 machine, you may have noticed the signal’s different. Hopefully, you’ve seen an improved RF signal. You may have also noticed the audio quality’s improved. So what’s changed? After many months of polls, debates, and plans, we’ve taken action. The old Kenwood repeater was running at 25w from a site at Maple… Read More »
August 11th, 2020 We’ll continue with online gatherings through the summer. A meeting invitation will sent out to members via email. Jim Idelson, K1IR, is the founder and president of the Zero Falls Alliance, an organization he started when he realized how excessive the number of injuries/deaths are from amateur radio tower accidents compared to all other… Read More »
July 14th, 2020 It may be a long time before we’re meeting in person again, so we’ll continue with online gatherings through the summer. A meeting invitation will sent out to members via email. The July presentation will be the on Planning & executing a DX expedition, by Brian Stucker KB2S. Details about our monthly meetings… Read More »
June 9th, 2020 The statewide Stay At Home order has not been lifted, so this will be another online meeting. An announcement will sent out to members via email. The presentation will be the VP8PJ South Orkneys DXpedition and be given by WWDXC President Rob Fanfant. Details about our monthly meetings and a catalog of past programs… Read More »
WWDXC Board meeting April 27, 2020 Present were Rob N7QT, Adam K7EDX, Kirk N7UK, Tom NU7J, Rich W6RS, John W7CD, Rusty W6OAT, Justin K5EM, and Brian N7RVD. Note: This meeting was held via teleconference using the Zoom platform due to the Corona virus pandemic. Rob opened the meeting at 7:00pm PST. Review/approve minutes * The March, 2020 minutes… Read More »
May 12th, 2020 The statewide Stay At Home order has not been lifted, so this will be another online meeting. An announcement will sent out to members via email. The presentation will be on Digital Mobile Radio/DMR, and presented by Jamie, WA7JH. Details about our monthly meetings and a catalog of past programs are available on the… Read More »