The SWIARC June meeting will be 2 at 7 PM at Bob’s Restaurant on Shilo Drive in Nampa. Meeting will be on Solar power and batteries for portable operation.
Before the meeting you can enjoy dinner at the restaurant. People show up for dinner starting at about 5:45. Main lobby has full menu, meeting room area has a limited menu.
Field Day update. Early set up Friday afternoon/evening. Hamburgers, Lumpia and corn on the cobb Saturday at 5p with donations to the club accepted The club will have cold water, unsweetened ice tea, and lemonade on hand. Please bring a covered side dish or salad if you are able. Two grills available. Forecast calls for…
The Summer SWIARC Simplex contest will be on May 14, from 10 am to 10pm. All vhf and up frequency bands are valid. The exchange is your 4 digit maidenhead grid square (if you are in the Treasure Valley, it could be DN13). Full rules can be found here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/SouthWestIdahoARC/permalink/1475144689569893/
We setup for the 7th area QSO party. Here are some pictures of the event.
Pota party at Deer Flatt WMA. We will start on all bands at around 11 am, please bring something to share for lunch. Also bring your antennas to tune we will have a few antenna analysers to help tune your end fed half waves and other wire antennas. The park has lots of trees to…
The SWI ARC will be setting up for Winter Field day at Bonneville Point off of Blacks Creek Road just east of Boise off of I-84. The public is welcome to come by and see what it is all about. If you want to make sure you can operate a station please sign up via…
West Park in Nampa. QSO party starts at Noon setup at 11 am.