We have concluded our testing for the year and I wanted to share some of our stats with our members. We had 4 exams. We had 14 VEs help with exams. We tested 25 individuals and passed 19 individuals. New technicians 16 New generals 4 New Extras 1 I would like to personally thank each of the VEs that helped administer the tests: Brian KB9BVN Steve W9THR Gary KA9ZYL Erik…
Month: October 2016
IEN VE Teams test session to be hosted at Aviation Institute of Maintenance
The Laurel VE Teams will now be setup for testing on the Third Thursday of each month starting in January of 2017. Jason N9IMU help gain permission to use the facility for Classes and Amateur Radio testing. The classrooms are located at 7251 West McCarty Street in Indianapolis. The plan right now is to share the testing dates with the IEN VE group and the WD9BSA VE group. Other groups…
KC5DOT’s 10 meter dipole adventure
On 6/28/2016 a group of elmer’s from the group pack up there gear and headed out to Andrew’s (KC5DOT) in attempt to make a 10 meter wire dipole. Gary (KA9ZYL) was the first to arrive. Andrew and Gary started right to work the measured off the wire and soldered the pieces in and ran the wires out. The only thing was they were having struggle tuning the antenna. That’s when…