Events, Items of Current Interest, and Guest Speakers
Raytheon Company-Wide Over-The-Air Event Results
Steve Castle N7FUL Coordinator
In the June 30th Over-The-Air Event, N7FUL made the following contacts via the North Station on HF:
W1GBE, Marlborough, check in via relay.
Two of the Raytheon sites did not participate and are pending completion of antenna work. Not all the stations below were Raytheon Stations.
BAND FREQ CALL MODE QTH STATE DISTANCE
20m 14.27 WB1CMG SSB MONT VERNON NH 3627.89
20m 14.27 N8ZFH SSB WOODHAVEN MI 2682.313
20m 14.27 KO4ZT SSB Melbourne FL 2954.609
20m 14.27 KL7AN SSB Acampo CA 1133.77
20m 14.27 KJ5AJB SSB FOREST MS 2025.66
20m 14.27 K5CIS SSB MURPHY TX 1353.526
15m 21.305 WE5H SSB Kalispell MT 1793.81
15m 21.305 WB1CMG SSB MONT VERNON NH 3627.89
15m 21.305 KO4TKS SSB Fletcher OK 1223.737
15m 21.305 K5CIS SSB MURPHY TX 1353.526
15m 21.305 K1IEB SSB SAN MARCOS TX 1274.67
10m 28.3 WE5H SSB Kalispell MT 1793.81
10m 28.3 KO4TKS SSB Fletcher OK 1223.737
Check-in's were few on the Local VHF/UHF/Echolink repeater:
Echo N/A K1WEW* FM Portsmouth RI 2270
70 cm 448.775 K6BPT FM Mobile AZ Varied
*This was the club station for Portsmouth, and attempts were made to make contact via HF, however none were successful.
No contacts were heard on the 2m Repeater.
~ Past Events ~
Field Day 2023
For complete details on this event, please go to the Field Day page.
Raytheon Company-Wide Over-The-Air Event
Steve Castle N7FUL Coordinator
Please join us by participating in this quarterly event to support Emergency Communications for the Raytheon community. For this event, the W7SA station will be Net Control. Hams Local to Tucson are encouraged to check in on the 2m or 70 cm W7SA repeater, while remote sites will be joining on HF. With the upswing in solar activity, we have added an event on 10m phone. Phone and digital modes will be run on 20m and phone only on 15 m. The schedule is as follows:
On-The-Air Event
On-The-Air event to be held Friday June 30th, 2023 at 1700 Z (10 am Tucson time)
Net control will be the Raytheon Tucson W7SA station.
1700 Z – 20M Phone USB 14.270 : If the frequency is busy move up or down 5 kHz.
1720 Z – 15M Phone USB 21.305: If the frequency is busy move up in 5 kHz increments.
1740 Z – 10 M Phone USB 28.380 : If the frequency is busy move up in 5 kHz increments.
1800 Z – 20M Digital-USB. Mode - Olivia 8-500.
Dial Frequency USB 14071.5, 1500 HZ Offset (14073.00 Water-Fall Frequency).
W7SA Tucson, AZ will be taking check-ins via 70cm Repeater
Frequency (MHZ) 147.34 +0.6, PL Tone 179.9
Frequency (MHZ) 448.775 -5.0. PL Tone 179.9
W7SA-R Tucson, AZ will take check-ins via :
EchoLink Node W7SA-R 708890
Allstar 540840
RST Spring Hamfest
Raytheon Company-Wide Over-The-Air Event
Steve Castle N7FUL Coordinator
Please join us by participating in this quarterly event to support Emergency Communications for the Raytheon community. For this event, the W7SA station will be Net Control. Hams Local to Tucson are encouraged to check in on the 2m or 70 cm W7SA repeater, while remote sites will be joining on HF. With the upswing in solar activity, we have added an event on 10m phone. Phone and digital modes will be run on 20m and phone only on 15 m. The schedule is as follows:
On-The-Air Event
On-The-Air event to be held Friday March 24, 2023 at 1700 Z (10 am Tucson time)
Net control will be the Raytheon Tucson W7SA station.
1700 Z – 20M Phone USB 14.270 : If the frequency is busy move up or down 5 kHz.
1720 Z – 15M Phone USB 21.305: If the frequency is busy move up in 5 kHz increments.
1740 Z – 10 M Phone USB 28.380 : If the frequency is busy move up in 5 kHz increments.
1800 Z – 20M Digital-USB. Mode - Olivia 8-500.
Dial Frequency USB 14071.5, 1500 HZ Offset (14073.00 Water-Fall Frequency).
W7SA Tucson, AZ will be taking check-ins via 70cm Repeater
Frequency (MHZ) 147.34 +0.6, PL Tone 179.9
Frequency (MHZ) 448.775 -5.0. PL Tone 179.9
W7SA-R Tucson, AZ will take check-ins via :
EchoLink Node W7SA-R 708890
Allstar 540840
February 22nd General Club Meeting
Guest Speaker: Gene Spinelli, K5GS
VP6D DX-pedition to Ducie Island
Between Oct 20 and Nov 4, 2018 a team of 14 amateur radio operators from 6 countries operated amateur radio from Ducie Island. They met in Papeete, Tahiti (French Polynesia) and embarked on an air / sea journey to Ducie Island. Ducie is part of the Pitcairn Island group located in the south Pacific Ocean. You may remember that Pitcairn Island was the home of the mutineers made famous by the Mutiny on the Bounty. The DXpedition team spent one day at Pitcairn Island exploring and meeting several of the descendants of Fletcher Christian, who led the mutiny.
Raytheon Company-Wide Over-The-Air Event
Steve Castle N7FUL Coordinator
Please join us by participating in this quarterly event to support Emergency Communications for the Raytheon community. For this event, the W7SA station will be Net Control. Hams Local to Tucson are encouraged to check in on the 70 cm W7SA repeater, while remote sites will be joining on HF. With the upswing in solar activity, we have added an event on 10m phone. Phone and digital modes will be run on 20m and phone only on 15 m. Radio Email will be via WinLink. The schedule is as follows:
On-The-Air Event
On-The-Air event to be held Friday January 27, 2023 at 1700 Z (10 am Tucson time)
Net control will be the Raytheon Tucson W7SA station.
1700 Z – 20M Phone USB 14.270 : If the frequency is busy move up or down 5 kHz.
1720 Z – 15M Phone USB 21.305: If the frequency is busy move up in 5 kHz increments.
1740 Z – 10 M Phone USB 28.380 : If the frequency is busy move up in 5 kHz increments.
1800 Z – 20M Digital-USB. Mode - Olivia 8-500.
Dial Frequency USB 14071.5, 1500 HZ Offset (14073.00 Water-Fall Frequency).
W7SA Tucson, AZ will be taking check-ins via 70cm Repeater
Frequency (MHZ) 448.775 -5.0, PL Tone 179.9
For more complete information on this event, see Steve Castle's briefing here.
