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  • 2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Conference Emergency Management and Homeland Security

    2024 Wisconsin Governor’s Conference Emergency Management and Homeland Security

    I’ll be attending the conference Thursday and Friday as the Emergency Coordinator for Dane And Iowa County for Amateur Radio Emergency Service.

  • Wolf Den Fusion Net Tonight

    Wolf Den Fusion Net Tonight

    I wanted to exercise the w9hsy fusion repeater tonight and having grown up in CT I found the Wolf-Den Fusion #HamRadio Net in New England Wires-X room Number 28941. It is held on Friday nights at 8 Eastern (7 Central). The repeater worked perfectly. I used my FT5D connected to my J-Pole on the porch…

  • Wisconsin Net from Phoenix

    Wisconsin Net from Phoenix

    Had fun last night checking in to the Wisconsin D-Star net. We are visiting a friend in Phoenix. I fired up my little hotspot connected to REF019 and checked in to the net. Nice to be comfortably sitting on the patio in Arizona chatting with chilly Wisconsin. Net week we’ll be back home in the…

  • 2200 and 630 Amateur Bands

    2200 and 630 Amateur Bands

    I applied to the UTC to operate on the 2200 and 630 bands today. Obviously I don’t yet have equipment to do so, or here at the condo, space but I figured I’d get an application in to set aside the space. While I was at it I applied for Badger Prairie Park in Verona,…

  • ARRL 10 Meter Contest

    ARRL 10 Meter Contest

    I participated in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest for a few hours this morning. I was an opportunity again to get used to my logging software and CAT connection and attempt to get the computer CW to work (not). What I found interesting is that from here in South Central Wisconsin most of my contact…

  • 2023 Wisconsin ARES Annual Conference Presentation

    You can find all the files that I shared at Wisconsin Rapids on Nov 4 here: https://kc9unz.me/2023-wisconsin-ares-annual-conference/