Great Resources for HF Nets!
Hi Gang, For those of you who enjoy nets and working HF, here’s a great list: https://smarc.org/hf-nets/ — 73 de David KG5VSR
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National Weather Service Fire Outlook for May, 2025
The May update to the 2025 Arizona Fire Season Outlook is attached. https://n7tar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fire-Season-Outlook_May2025.pdf Highlights: Above normal significant wildfire potential across southeast Arizona in May By June, above normal significant wildfire potential spreads across the majority of northern Arizona. In July, … Continue reading →
Sending Text Messages by Radio
The following is from a Groups.io posting by Bruce – N7DDT What is SMS? Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile phones exchange short text messages, typically transmitted over cellular networks. … Continue reading →
Baofeng Calls In Helicopter Medevac! (Video)
So this is a very interesting story that was suggest by Steve (K7FOG). It seems that a situation arose where the on scene commander did not have access to the correct radio/frequency to allow a medical evacuation helicopter to land. … Continue reading →
The Storied History of the Ham Radio Callsign
National Weather Service Skywarn Presentation
The attached PDF is a result of notes taken by Pat (KD6PZB) at the SkyWarn training presentation given by the National Weather Service at the Payson Public Library on June 6, 2023 at 5:30 PM. The presentation was given by … Continue reading →
2023 Hamfests and Online Presentations Information
Here is the latest Hamfest and other Ham Related Information recently provided by the Amateur Radio Council of Arizona (ARCA). This information has also been added to the site CALENDAR. HamfestFlyers-Rd
Continue reading →Woody’s Wacky Antennas
This recording was made while presenting the attached PDF file and presented to the Tonto Amateur Radio Association on May 13, 2023 at their monthly meeting. Incidentally, the BBTD I built was invented by Bonnie Crystal KQ6XA. Here is the … Continue reading →
The Wouff Hang
Need to get a wire up high in a tree? Want ti to be permanent? Bruce (N7DDT) has used this amazing method with great success. Check out this ingenious device. The Wouff Hang
Continue reading →UPDATE – The Frequency Reference for Gila County
NOW AVAILABLE Pat McDonald’s (KD6PZB) “UPDATE” is a frequency Reference for Gila County Arizona and MUCH Much more! Just $30 for $102 pages of Frequencies by category including Aircraft, Amateur Radio, Fire Departments, GMRS/FRS, Marine Radio,Police Departments, Radio Codes,Short Wave, … Continue reading →