Meetings:
New location! Beginning in January 2019, the Mason County Amateur Radio Club meets at the Mason County Department of Emergency Management (DEM) at 100 W Public Works Drive, Shelton, WA 98584. SEE THE MAP BELOW!
Net Reminder:
We still have our Chat Nets every Sunday & Wednesday evenings @ 1930 (7:30 PM) on 146.72 (- 103.5) and our 10-meter net on Tuesdays @ 1930 (still 7:30 PM) on 28.450 (USB).
NMARESC (The North Club) has a net on their new repeater every Monday at 1930 on 145.170 MHz with a negative .600 MHz offset (144.57 MHz) and a tone of 103.5.
You do not have to be a member of the club to join in! New folks are always welcome!Take The Test!
VE exams for all license levels are offered the second Saturday of each month (usually right after our meeting) at 1100 (11 A.M.) at the PUD#3, Auditorium A, 2621 Johns Prairie Rd., Shelton. For testing you will need the original and a copy of your present license (if you have your ticket already), some form of ID with YOUR picture on it and $15.
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Club members work the moon!
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico boasts “the largest and most sensitive radiotelescope.” Amateur radio operators haven’t worked EME (Earth-Moon-Earth bounce) via the Arecibo radio dish since the 1970s, so it was quite special to have some windows of time open … Continue reading
Member projects shown at January club meeting
Several very interesting ham radio projects were brought to the January 2010 club meeting by members. Need to get a wire over a tree? Marsh built a launcher to do exactly that. How about a homemade beam antenna, or an … Continue reading
My NVIS Multi-band Horizontal Loop Antenna
Last spring, I was browsing the Internet, looking for something to do with antennas. Here at the farm I had put up two Windom antennas (one works great, and the other, well, it just works). And the XYL and I … Continue reading
Strange ham radio antennas
On a windy rainy evening a few nights ago, a discussion of radio antennas occurred during a weekly radio net. That’s not unusual. What made it so interesting was the discussion revolved around this question: what is the strangest antenna … Continue reading
