Fall has arrived! While we’ve had a few colder days, September mostly brought warmth and sunshine. The leaves still hesitant to change, we look at our calendars as daylight shortens and we start getting everything ready before winter. First off our meeting again will be on Zoom. Gordy and Benton will be doing another round…
September is here! It was a very busy August. With Fun Runs, Antique Car Run, Ojibwe Rally and the biggest event Legion Move we have had our share of events to choose from. Please remember to get in your volunteer hours. This month’s meeting will be on zoom as we are still in the process…
I want to start things off by saying a very big Thank You! To Chris Silva, Clay Bartholow and Roy Wood for coordinating and cooking and all around keeping everything together for another fantastic Field Day. I’d also like to thank Stu Randall for the setup and Scout help, and helping others during the storm…
Here we go! June is here and it is a great time to get outdoors in ham radio. As things warm up it’s great to get outside and get on the air. We have lots of volunteer opportunities coming up. The MS 150 is June 7th and 8th. They are always looking for volunteers to…
Spring is here! With that comes many outdoor ham radio events and activities. One of which is participating as a Metro Skywarn Spotter. If you want to see what it’s like to run a net or get involved we are looking for more supervisors of the day. Please reach out at the next club meeting…
I want to start off with a big thank you to everyone who made Midwinter Madness a success this year! It ran very smoothly and everyone did a fantastic job. Thanks to the committee for setting everything up, all the hard work did not go unnoticed, and thanks to all of the volunteers who showed…
It’s March! What a warm way to end to February. Felt like spring! No snow and warm weather. As far as I know the Beargrease sled dog marathon is still on March 2nd. We will need volunteers for that. If you are volunteering you can let me know if you have any info for the…
Happy New Year! As we roll into 2025 we have many things that I’m excited about. I will be tasking those of you who coordinate and run events to put together a brief description, tools you use, contacts for setting up the events, etc. I want to make a database on our website of all…
October is here! Our club meeting presentation this month is on Youth in Amateur Radio. Our presenters will be presenting virtually via zoom. I want to thank everyone who has signed up for Twin Cities Marathon and thanks to Stephen Cullen for organizing net control. As you’ve hopefully seen in recent emails we are still…
All, While summer has not fully come to an end we have had a busy August. With Antique Car Run, Ojibwe Forests Rally, and the MN ECN exercise at Camp Ripley we sure stayed busy. Our presentation this month will be on the Emergency Radio Exercise at Camp Ripley. There are many exciting photos and…