Chelsea Repeater Scheduled Maintenance
The Chelsea repeater has been taken offline on December 11 for scheduled maintenance. It is expected to return to service on January 1, 2024.
The December Club Meeting is Canceled
Chelsea Amateurs Supporting the 2023 Chelsea Light Parade
Repeater Announcement Programming
Chelsea Amateur Radio Club member and trustee of the Chelsea Repeater is writing an article to publish with CQ magazine on programming announcements for repeaters using the Arcom RC-210 controller. If you have an interest in this, please contact Wes at N8QM@arrl.net.
Chelsea Amateur Radio Club September Presentation – ARDF
Joe Burkhead KE8MKR, gave a presentation on Radio Orienteering aka Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) aka fox hunting. This is an “on foot” competition for transmitter hunting. “Fox Oring” is a variation of the sport of Amateur Radio Direction Finding and is a timed race in which individual competitors use a topographic map and a magnetic compass to navigate through diverse, wooded… Read more »
Chelsea Amateur Radio Club Meets Scott Yonally, N8SY
Scott attended the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club meeting on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, and told us a little more about himself and why he is running for the Great Lakes Division Director position. Read on to learn more about him and his goals for the ARRL. Good luck Scott! 73 Prior to retirement, I served as a Senior Staff member… Read more »
Foxhunt October 7th Park Lyndon
Pre-registration required. Joe Burkhead, KE8MKR, ARRL ARDF Committee, airpwr41@yahoo.com, (734) 433-6824 SPECIAL NOTE: Joe will be speaking to the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club (by video conference) on this topic Tuesday, September 12th at 7PM. See this link to login. Hello fellow MI Foxhunters! Are you ready for beautiful fall colors day in the park hunting down 15 transmitters!!? If so… Read more »
Resonance in Simple Terms
The July club meeting presentation will be given by Wes Cardone (N8QM) on Resonance. The presentation will be in the simplest terms. This means it may bore you to death but too bad. The initiated in electronics will love it.
Club Presentation 7-11-2023–The Mighty Dipole Antenna
Wes Cardone (N8QM) will be presenting about the dipole antenna in tonight’s meeting. See the handout below for downloading.
Utility Pole Interference
The Chelsea repeater (WD8IEL), since this trustee assumed its maintenance responsibilities in 2022, has demonstrated an attribute of performance suggesting desensitization. That is, the background RF noise has a magnitude greater than the receiver’s sensitivity. The effect is that the repeater can be heard at a much greater distance than it can be worked. BACKGROUND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD QUANTIFIED The collective… Read more »