June 2024 Minutes

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The June meeting of the Iola Amateur Radio Club was held on June 11th, 2024 Minutes taken by Chase Riebel, KF0GFE – Club SecretaryMinutes accepted during July meeting

July 2024 Minutes

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The July meeting of the Iola Amateur Radio Club was held on July 9th, 2024 In attendance: Steve, Jeremy, Randy, Stan, Donna, Gale, Dale, Doug, Jeff, Bruce, Jarrod Introduced Bruce Symes, who works at the Allen Community College. He was present at field day and isnow interested in becoming licensed. Mr. Symes had determined that … Read more

Field Day 2024 Results

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The final results for the 2024 Field Day have been submitted to ARRL. Here are some of the highlights: QSOs:CW: 14Digital: 35Phone: 107 This results in 410 points. Bonus points: Emergency Power: 400Media Publicity: 100Public Location: 100Public Information Table: 100W1AW Field Day Message: 100Site Visit by invited elected official: 100Entry submitted via web: 50 Total … Read more

IARC Repeater Site Comes Down

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Local amateur radio operators came together on May 11th, 2024, to take down the IARC repeater antennas and shack from its current location in Gas, Kansas. Earlier this month, the club was notified by the family of Robin Boyer, N0PWB, who passed away in January and had donated the tower space, that the tower would … Read more

Hams on ISS

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QST de W1AWSpace Bulletin 001 ARLS001From ARRL Headquarters Newington, CT January 9, 2023To all radio amateurs SB SPACE ARL ARLS001 ARLS001More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International Space Station Three of the four new astronauts on February’s planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are amateur radio operators. … Read more

September 2023 Minutes

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The Iola Amateur Radio Club held it’s regular meeting on September 12, 2023. Present were 9 members & guests. August meeting minutes were read and approved. Treasurer’s report was read and approved. Licensing manuals have arrived and are available to check out. These will be used for upcoming training classes as well. We need to … Read more

August 2023 Minutes

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The Iola Amateur Radio Club held it’s regular meeting on August 8, 2023. Present were 10 members & guests. Treasurer’s report was read and approved. A post-mortem discussion of Field Day was held. State of the repeater was discussed. It was mentioned that the current battery backup was shot. We will look into options for … Read more

June 2023 Minutes

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The Iola Amateur Radio Club held it’s regular meeting on June 13, 2023. Present were 10 members & guests. Minutes of the May meeting were read and approved. Our normal meeting will not be held in July, as the building is being used for another event. Field Day will serve as our July meeting. Trey, … Read more