Please let us know at the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club if learning to use the free antenna modeling software EZNEC would be of interest to you. What might be a nice course of action in learning EZNEC is a tutorial using EZNEC’s own “Test Drive” tutorial. This is a tutorial provided by the EZNEC antenna modeling software which starts you… Read more »
Chelsea Amateur Radio Club member Wesley Cardone (N8QM) has devised an antenna topology he is calling the “Rail-Pole Antenna.” The reader may already be aware that Wes has consistently maintained that all antennas are merely dipole antennas in disguise and this one is no exception. Wes is willing to give a series of presentations to the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club… Read more »
Let Wes know if you would like to see a club presentation on this antenna that he developed. This presentation would likely be split up into a series of three presentations. While the antenna itself is very basic, understanding what it does and why it does it is very technical.
Due to the bad weather on the Jan13,2024, we moved the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club dinner to January 27, 2024 at 2pm at the Valiant Restaurant.
EVENT POSTPONED!!! The Chelsea Amateur Radio Club has postponed our annual Christmas Dinner at the Valient Bar & Grill in Chelsea to Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 2:00 pm. Let us know if you’d like to join us so we can save a seat for you! Until then, stay home, stay safe and stay warm! 73
Listen to yourself. For the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club net of Tuesday, January 9, 2024, the entire net was recorded for your listening pleasure.
Many may have been wondering when the first amateur radio license in the KF8… series will emerge. At the time of this writing (December 23rd), the FCC has issued licenses in the KE8… series up to KE8ZTX. This was issued to Terry R. Clark today. It is presumed that a linear extrapolation may be used to estimate when that blessed… Read more »
The Chelsea repeater has been taken offline on December 11 for scheduled maintenance. It is expected to return to service on January 1, 2024.
