Monthly Meet-n-Greet Breakfast this Saturday
This next Saturday is the Third Saturday of the month. Don’t forget to join us for breakfast at Stivers at 9:00 AM. This is not limited to club members or even licensed amateur radio operators. Maybe you are interested in amateur radio for yourself or your children. This is where you will get all the autoreactive...
DUE TO WEATHER: Postponed Club Dinner
The 2024 Chelsea Amateur Radio Club dinner was scheduled to be held at the Valiant Bar and Grill Restaurant in Chelsea, Michigan on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 2 PM. Old man Weather made us decide to postpone the dinner to NEXT SATURDAY, January 18, 2025. The Valiant Bar and Grill is one of the many...
More on Jim’s (KD8RFW) Antenna Calibration
In earlier club presentations, Jim has gone into details about the inner workings of his Hustler 4BTV HF antenna. This is a real lesson in antenna electromagnetics on a practical basis. The January club meeting will feature a continuation of Jim’s antenna concerning its annual calibration and a physically damaged trap on the antenna that was...
Event: Michigan Parks On the Air
Michigan Parks on the Air is sponsoring an event on June 7, 2025 at Michigan’s Fort Custer State Recreation Area (near Agusta, Michigan). For more information please click on the above image to visit their website or email them at MichiganPOTAmeetup@gmail.com. Michigan Parks on the Air Meetup is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by...
2024 Chelsea Light Parade Volunteers Needed
Each year, the city of Chelsea hosts a light parade celebrating the Christmas season. This year the parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 7, 2024. Licensed amateur radio operator volunteers are needed to work with the Chelsea Police through the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club. Please contact Jim Grissom (KD8RFW) to volunteer for this event. Author Wes...
Multi-Band Antenna Optimization Presentation
At the November 2024 meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club, Wesley Cardone (N8QM) will briefly and superficially present the theory behind the optimization and calibration of a multi-band antenna. Wes will be taking his example information from measurements he made together with Jim Grissom (KD8RFW) on Jim’s own HF antenna installation. This will be basic...
Club Net Time Changed to 8 PM
Each Tuesday, the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club hosts a net on the Chelsea Repeater sounding from 145.450 MHz with a pl tone of 100 Hz. That is every Tuesday EXCEPT the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The club has traditionally held its Tuesday net at 8:30 PM but effective October 22nd that time is moved ahead...
Designing an Antenna Tuning Stub
I recently acquired a fine quality VHF antenna having about 9 dB gain. See below my initial efforts at designing a tuning stub for it. The antenna already has excellent characteristics but it only makes sense to optimize it. Please look for updating articles to come describing my work regarding getting this antenna up and running....
Feed Two 50 Ohm Antennas from One Transmitter
Wes Cardone presented at the July 2024 meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club the principles of directed energy by means of multiple antennas. The principle is that you rob from the rich and give to the poor. We decide on a pattern that we want our dual-antenna configuration to produce and then place the two...
Dexter Library Presentation 6-12-2024
Author Wes Cardone Trustee WD8IEL Chelsea Repeater View all posts
The 2024 Chelsea Amateur Radio Club Swap and Shop
The 2024 Chelsea Amateur Radio Club Swap & Shop was a huge success. The weather looked down upon us favorably as well. Please tune in later for photographs taken of our door prize awards presentations. Author Wes Cardone Trustee WD8IEL Chelsea Repeater View all posts
An Abused Transceiver
I will take the blame for allowing my Kenwood TM-V71A transceiver to be abused. Witness the result of my abuse illustrated in Figure 1. The DC power cord has become horribly frayed and worn. And that to the point of an imminent short! But let this be a warning to others to mind what is going...
