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Sparticipation this year was looking bleak around 9:00am on the same day. It was pouring rain in the greater Lansing, MI area with no signs of letting up. As it turned out, the clouds parted and allowed the club to…

Spartan ARC members gathered on a rather chilly day in April to participate in the annual Michigan QSO Party, an event in which radio amateurs try to contact all 49 other states, all Canadian provinces, at least one distant contact…

For the latest MSU ARC meeting, the club dusted off a few boxes of the 4SQRP (Four States QRP Group) regenerative receivers to work on putting together. Students learned basic soldering skills, and how to wind a torroid while learning…

With the morning temperature in Lansing reading a balmy -18 degrees F on Saturday, of course the MSU squad was attempting to fix a satellite antenna for the 30 hour event. While unsuccessful in this repair, but very successful in…

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…