The MSU ARC would like to send a massive congratulations to the following new hams: Rohan KF8FBHDong AD8QGLeandro KF8FHZ (Also a Brazilian ham!)Jacob KF8FCH We also don’t want to miss out on a rather late congrats to the following MSU…
Monday night was another successful MSU ARC event! The HT workshop began with unboxing the new Quansheng UV-K6 fleet of handheld radios, powering them up into firmware flashing mode, and using the “egzumer 0.22” firmware web-based flasher. From there, everybody…
With the Yagi build being such a success, I thought it might be prudent to post the inspiration for the so-called “3 Rules Yagi” by John Portune W6NBC. John is an avid ham and brilliant individual who enjoys making antenna…
Though a bit chilly, the ARC gathered for it’s October meeting at the Engineering building ready to take on a fox hunt! It took just about an hour for the first group to find Charlie KE8ZRH on campus near the…
This last week, several students including Rohan, Sawyer, and club president Charlie KE8ZRH were able to pull slow scan TV pictures from the ISS with their home-made 2 meter Yagis! If you’re interested in building antennas or contacting the International…
Thank you so much for coming to last night’s ARC meeting for the 2 meter Yagi build! A total of 10 students were in attendance plus 2 alumni and myself. About half the antennas were finished last night, with the…
Dong, student member of the MSU ARC, has written a web app for visualizing POTA (Parks On the Air) entities. It displays both hunted and activated parks plus optionally any unactivated parks as well. It’s clean, simple, and fast. Check…
Great job yesterday at Sparticipation! Excited to see what comes from the new faces we saw. We collected over 50 names on the show-of-interest form and demonstrated both digital and CW forms of communication. Ed taught a ton of Morse…
The W8MSU repeater has been professionally aligned by Jeff Broughton WB8RJY, owner of Communications Services in Mason, MI. As a result, we are able to reconnect the forward amplifier and put some power behind the system! Coverage has expanded into…
April 21st, 2025Jason Weisberger, NT0Yjason@weisb.net RE: MI QSO Party 2025 The inaugural MIQP following station renovations (or at least the majority of them) was extremely successful. Brennan KE8JVZ and Jay NT0Y started off the event, first by setting up a…
