I came across this nice manual that takes a relaxed approach to the UV-5R HT. For those that are new to the radio it will be great. For those that are familiar with the HT you might find it a little t

https://hampager.de/#/ What is it? POCSAG Paging. Remember those pager things from the 90's? Yup, hams can refurbish them to an amateur frequency or buy a new one where one can set the frequency in se

FYI ONLY ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: U.S. Department of Homeland Security <departmentofhomelandsecurity@...> Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 11:03 AM Subject: DHS Issues National Terrorism

Motivated by the Weekly Net check-in via Winlink I have been experimenting with Winlink again. In particular I was interested in what changes happen as a result of the abandoning of the Winmor connect

Here is a picture of a Morserino that can be built and used for learning Morse Code. And link to website. It seems to be all the rage among CW fans. Home - Morserino-32 - the multifunctional Morse mac

Reminder: SnoVARC Business Meeting and Elmer Session When: 02/03/2022 6:15pm to 8:00pm (UTC-08:00) America/Los Angeles Where: Zoom Meeting View Event Description: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/9

If you have any interest in taking part in Summits on the Air make sure and take part in tonight's Elmer session at 7pm on Zoom. Bruce Prior N7RR, Amateur Extra, will present “Summits on the Air doesn

​ Tickets are on sale now for the upcoming QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on March 12-13, 2022. It’s an amazing experience for anybody that wants to improve their amateur radio knowledge and get exposed t

Interesting..... Winter Field Day Is Coming For those who operate HF, note that Winter Field Day is coming up on the weekend of January 29-30, 2022. This is a great opportunity for hams around the cou

Here we are moving the Myers repeater to Rowlands house for testing. -- Thanks, Rowland

Hi all, I have been messing around with my node after some discussions on IRLP groups. I found a way to modify the custom environment to allow experimental nodes. You might ask , long story short the

FYI..... View online Dear Rowland, Our next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will be held live from March 12-13, and then on-demand for 30 days afterwards. We promise an amazing learning and networking expe

Bruce Prior will be presenting "Summits on the Air doesn't require technical climbing techniques". The Summits On The Air (SOTA) program is one popular way to focus and reward this kind of activity. T

Hello everyone: Tomorrows third Thursday mini exercise will be a 10 meter tune up. We will test out 10 meter SSB and 10 meter FM. This is what we will do. After the the check in net is concluded, I wi

Hello, I just sent out an email to 28 SnoVARC members regarding obtaining a King County Emergency Workers Badge. Of those emails I sent out I got back 7 bounces which tells me they are not functioning

Please review the email below and help if you can. Thanks, Rowland ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: David Okrent <dokrent@...> Date: Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 12:01 PM Subject: [WW7RC] Mike and

Here in Port Townsend the local repeater chatter is anticipating the waves that will begin hitting the marina and beaches in a few minutes. Advisory to avoid those areas. Not anything SnoVARC ever nee

For those that might be interested........ Emergency Communications Academy is Coming to Orlando in February! A panel of nationally recognized subject matter experts and trainers are conducting an eme

If you do not know about this site it is a handy one... https://m.alerts.city/statuses/wa/carnation Thanks, Rowland

Net control spots open for February and March (even for this month if you want). Feel free to insert your name in any spot you'd like. Reach out to me if you have any questions. https://docs.google.co