using a jpole on my second story with a ft-7900 and a kpc3+ I was able to activate a UI View32 igate for aprs.  the radio is locked on 144.390.   the radio had APO turned on and that proved to be a challenge.      Keep an eye out and see if I can hear you!  The radio is connected to the tnc and the tnc is running at…

Denis KD9CYY asked for some help with digital on his FT-450. Using JT65HF we were able to get the radio to work with a signal link on 40 meters. The radio uses a 9-pin serial cable for CAT control so after we get a good cable we will go back and get HRD working with the radio for full control and other digital modes. The signallink was not activating the…

Steve W9THR and John KD9ECH erected a 2m/70cm JPOLE.  The JPOLE was built by Terry Cashion a local ham to enjoys building stainless steel style JPOLE antennas that resemble the Arrow JPOLE.      The antenna was mounted on a mast that was about 8 feet long, and the antenna is about 5 foot tall.  It was mounted at the peak of the house and the SWR read 1.3 on most…

Many thanks to the Hendricks County Amateur Radio Society and the many hams who work really hard at putting these hamfests together. We setup a table to meet and greet the amateur to network and find more elmers,  find more people to help and of course find new goodies for the ham shack. We handed out many cards for the elmer network and we were even invited to have a…

We are preparing for the Brownburg hamfest. We hope to see everyone at the hamfest! Saturday, February 13, 2016 HAM RADIO, COMPUTER, ELECTRONICS FLEA MARKET Sponsored by Hendricks County Amateur Radios Society Advance Setup: Friday, February 12, 3:00 PM until 7:30 PM Open to the public: 7:00 AM until 3:00 PM AMERICAN LEGION POST 331, 636 E Main St, BROWNSBURG, IN 46112

Operated with the HCRCSG for winter field day. Chris KD9BIX, Barry KC9WMS and Tom WA9YI where all eager to participate and help out.  We had several other hams show up including Ron KB9DJA,  John KD9ECH and Denis K9JZZ and Wayne KE9P   More info here: k9w-hcrcsg What is Winter Field Day (from winterfieldday.com) We believe as do those entities of ARRL Organizations like ARES & RACES that maintaining your operational…

Setup HF station to work with Signal Link and an Icom 718 for Chuck KD9DHT. Configured his JT65HF, Ham Radio Deluxe to work together using a CAT cable for radio control from HRD. Since Chuck has already worked some DX on 80 meters and many made many other contacts at about 20 watts. More training will be scheduled down the road.

Added a Packet BBS to the local Indy area on the west side. 145.050 AC9HP-1 and if you want to use the digitpeater it would be AC9HP.

Met at the McDonalds in Avon and helped hams program HT radios. We used RT Systems and Chirp to program the radios and discussed some of the local repeaters. In attendance was AL WA6SRP, Gary KA9ZYL, Bob KC9PGG, Steve W9THR, Wayne AC9HP and Chuck KD9DHT. 5 Radios where programmed and updated. Next event will be at the Browsnburg Hamfest. See you then!   

   With the help of Steve N9UIB we were able to operate with 2 G5RV antennas.    We had one station running psk and jt65 and another station running ssb.  The digital station was provided by KD9BIX and it is an Icom 7200 with a ldg auto tuner and connected to a G5RV inverted V antenna.   The Antenna was provided by Wayne KE9P.  The Coax was provided by Tom…