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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
The W8SH antenna project is well underway at 2121! Charlie KE8ZRH, Zach, Apu, Brennan KE8JVZ, Ed W8EO and Jay NT0Y measured the conduit and cut the 1/2″ Heliax. The new runs will be about 150 feet from shack to the…
This year’s event was a massive success. Thousands of students arrived at IM Field East and saw the MSU ARC table in action. Charlie KE8ZRH brought an eclectic collection of HTs, and Norah KF8BRM brought the banner, QSO cards, books,…
