“STATION DARK” is a serial gothic set in the surreal Midwest. If you like shortwave radio, small town horror, and voices in the wires, this is for you. New posts every Monday and Thursday. Author here: https://matthewholvey.substack.com/ Story here: https://station-dark.com
Author Archives: David Gerhart
Ham Radio—There’s Still Magic In It. Ask 3 Million People
Antenna Warning – High Winds Saturday
High Wind Warning issued October 23 at 11:13AM PDT until October 25 at 5:00PM PDT by NWS Medford OR * WHAT…Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE…Coastal and headland areas of Curry and Coos counties in addition to exposed areas on highway 101. * WHEN…From 4 AMContinue reading “Antenna Warning – High Winds Saturday”
W7Q Tailings
Folks, many things keep us away the radio. Next year, perhaps? With more preparation. From approximately Tuesday the 14th through this morning the 20th, there were a total of 149 look-ups on QRZ. Cool! I snuck in about 25 or so of those QSO’s during the operating period. So thanks for playing along!
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On The Air Now
20th anniversary of “Route 66 On The Air.” Heard on 14.225Mhz USB. Special call sign W6V.
Monthly Meeting & Zoom Invitation
Members and visitors, Thursday evening is our monthly club meeting. Social & dinner at 5pm, followed by the meeting at 6pm Puerto Vallarta restaurant 230 S 2nd St. Coos Bay Unable to attend? Join via web conference… Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 822 2276 6964Passcode: 653959 CCRC Zoom Meeting Link
Free Technicians Class
If you or anyone you know is interested, there is an upcoming free, live Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom. A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio Technician Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, Sept 4, and will run through Thursday, October 16 (7 sessions). Sessions last three hours and start at 6:30Continue reading “Free Technicians Class”
AT&T Discontinues Messaging Services
AT&T stopped supporting email-to-text and text-to-email transcription services. Why does this matter? Emergency notification services broadly depend on those services to notify subscribers. A recent example is the 8.9 earthquake on July 29th. The US Government supplies earthquake notification services via email and text message. Many monitor for such events primarily because they live inContinue reading “AT&T Discontinues Messaging Services”
POTA Page Update
Sunday afternoon at Bullards Beach State Park Gary N6BLU and John KK6GUK inhabited a picnic table with a radio and a couple of antennas. What’s worth noting is that John has been very busy interfacing the POTA powers that establish listed parks. He’s had two added in Coos County just this year. Anyway, those areContinue reading “POTA Page Update”
