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Receiving ISS SSTV with Homebrew Yagis

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…

2 Meter Yagi Build Meeting

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…

MSU ARC POTAVis Launch

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…

Sparticipation 2025

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…

W8MSU Repeater Final Alignment!

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…

Tower Work Complete!

Work to complete the MSU ARC tower project is finally complete as of 3 Starting on 3/20, the old antennas and hardware were stripped from the structure. Unfortunately, weather conditions prevented further progress and the installation had to be delayed.…

MSU Wins the MIQP!

In the category of Multi-Operator, Single Tx, MSU ARC operating as W8SH has taken the plaque! The award will be displayed in the shack at the MSU Engineering Building, Room 2121 with the other awards the club has earned in…

Park Scholarship 2024

Congrats to the recipients of the Park Amateur Radio Scholarship for 2024, Norah KF8BRM and Brennan KE8JVZ! Robert, Ed, Mrs. Park, and the recipients met up in 2121 to celebrate and thank her for her generosity in supporting both students…

Collegiate QSO Party 2024

MSU recently entered the Collegiate QSO party and finished with a claimed total of 12,792! Special operating thanks to Ed W8EO, Brennan KE8JVZ and Greg KE8ZGS. When the final placement is announced after all other logs are collected, results will…