February 25, 2021
We’ve had an ongoing discussion on our internal message board SARC-all about nixie tubes, vacuum fluorescent displays and designing circuits to drive them. One of our members, Mike AC9CG, has a long history working for a VFD manufacturer and compiled a very nice history and technical overview of the devices. His notes follow. –Ed. VFD …
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The following changes have been reported: John Zietlow K9WIC has kindly accepted the role of Club Treasurer Daryl KB9RHR has now taken on the responsibility of Membership Chair duty We congratulate and thank them both for taking on these important roles for the club.
February 15, 2021
Winter Field Day 2021 – K9KMV There was no doubt that this year’s Winter Field Day would have a winter feel to it. Winter Field Day occurs on the last full weekend of January each year, starting at 1900 UTC and finishing 24 hours later at 1900 UTC on Sunday. My plan was to operate …
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Early in December 2020, I went out to Busse Woods Forest Preserve to test out a new antenna; the AL-705 Magnetic Loop from Alpha Antenna. It is a low power (20W) very portable magnetic loop covering 40m to 10m, designed and built by Alpha Antenna and marketed by ICOM, as part of their IC-705 portable …
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On November 27th 2020, the day after Thanksgiving, I headed out to Moraine Hills State Park (K-1012) for a POTA activation. I had been there before, so I knew roughly where I wanted to setup my radio gear. My plan was to setup with my QRP radio, the IC-703 Plus, and give the Wolf River …
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