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Well I wish you luck in getting your other 5. I'm sure you have quite a collection of qsl cards.

I need to get my general done so that I can start recieving some qsl cards of my own.

This Weeks Net Recap
Net Control - KC4AC

Net Summary:
Total Check-ins - 25

Announcements:


Reminder of the April meeting next Saturday, April 11th.
Which will focus on Dipoles.


Reminder that Field Day is coming up and a reminder that sign ups are happening here

Update on the '440 ...

Very cool.

Is the honour roll award for making contacts in every country in the world?

Also I imagine you have many unique QSL cards. Was there any country(s) that had the most interesting or unique cards?

Thank you for the update on this.

Hopefully it won't be too much of a pain to get back into working order.

Repeater: 440
Location: 9-Mile, near shady-vale
Signal Report: Was able to hit repeater but received a very noisy identification, barely able to hear the morse.
Radio / Antenna: Baofeng DM32UV / Stock Antenna.
Notes: I'm able to hit the 285 with the same radio at the same qth and receive a very ...

I wanted to gauge everyone's interest on a page in the forum for discussion of non-ham radios.

Things like CB, FRS, GMRS, MURS, even LoRa radios like meshtastic.

I know I for one find GMRS interesting and even got my licence for it. I also find meshtastic interesting as a non-licenced radio ...

For those who are interested in a BBS system I am currently running one at my QTH. It is running on 144.95, and to my knowledge no one has connected to it yet.

I imagine that is because many people do not use packet BBS's any more but I thought for archival purposes it would be a fun thing to do ...

This Weeks Net Recap
Net Control - KC4AC

Net Summary:
Total Check-ins - 23

Announcements:
Thanks for participating in the March 2026 Club Meeting. Which included:
Gary's presentation for SKYWARN

Completion of Club Dues

The Upcoming meeting about dipole

And a thanks to Gary for the ...

I wanted to show off my new radio and share my thoughts on it.

This radio which is extremely tiny, almost half the size of my Baofeng UV-5R, still packs a punch in usability and features.


Here is a photo of my Baofeng UV-5R Mini
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This radio that cost me $15 not ...