recent activities

Mar 2024

Disassembly of James C. Wyant's (W7AH) Moonbounce Station

Members of K7UAZ helped disassemble the moonbounce station of the late James Wyant, former Founding Dean and Professor Emeritus of Wyant College of Optical Sciences. This opportunity provided students with a hands-on experience to learn more about antenna systems.

Nov 2023

OVARC's 2023 Hamfest

K7UAZ members visited OVARC's 2023 Hamfest. This event offered students the opportunity to engage with the ham radio community, exchange knowledge, and buy and sell equipment!

Oct 2023

Pink Out the Park & AZ QSO Party!

K7UAZ members had an eventful month of October. Students engaged in emergency communications for a breast cancer awareness event and they also participated in 2023 AZ QSO Party!

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June 2022

K7UAZ Field Day

K7UAZ members participated in ARRL's Field Day and operated with three stations for around 24 hours in Sonoita, AZ.

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Mar 2022

Mosley TA-63N Installation

Hanna (KK7EKD), Hilly (W7HIL), Sarah (K7SLI), D. Evans (AG7RE), David Hall (KJ7QPD), and Curt (K7ZOO) hoisted a Mosley onto a tower on Old Engineering's Roof.

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Feb 2022

University of Arizona's Club Fair

A group of K7UAZ students promoting the club and its activities in the university's club fair.

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Feb 2022

Finished the setup and improvement of the repeater's antenna

This morning, Curt (K7ZOO), Maricruz (KJ7WVH), Hilly (KI7IPE) and Arash (W7iii) worked on the roof top and brought down the old rotor. 

This officially ends the setup and improvement of the repeater's antenna. Thank you everyone who helped and congratulations to all !!! :) 

Feb 2022

The K7UAZ Experimental Station is complete and now available for student experiments.

The Diamond Discone antenna was installed, along with completing the run of LMR-600 to that antenna. There is a Type N connector in the shack, and also a 3-foot jumper cable in the shack terminated in an SMA male connector.  It should be very convenient to connect this to a small SDR (or receiver of your choosing) and explore the spectrum from 25 MHz to 3 GHz.  The SWR looks reasonable; there is some room for improvement on 6 meters with tuning. 

Feb 2022

RF Choke Characterization

Zack, KN6GWL completed an RF choke in the shack and measured its characterization with NanoVNA Saver. 

Jan 2022

New Soldering Smoke Filter for the Club

Thanks to Curt, K7ZOO, the K7UAZ's club now has a soldering table with a new and 3D printed soldering smoke filter system. He used many 3D printed parts, MDF, and spray paint.  It's now much more comfortable and safer to solder in our shack. 

Jan 2022

Looking for a lost satellite

A few of K7UAZ members gathered at Himmel Park and setup to listen for a lost satellite!

Jan 2022

Assembling powerpole distibution block

One of our student members, Sarah (KK7BVB), recently learned how to solder and assembled a powerpole distribution block -- which will be put to use in our shack almost immediately!

Nov 2021

Meeting Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK

The K7UAZ club met with Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, in Phoenix to learn more about portable satellite operations. 

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Nov 2021

Road Trip to Ham Radio Outlet

On November 23rd Hilly KI7IPE, Sarah KK7BVB, Ken KG6T, and Curt K7ZOO took a road trip to Ham Radio Outlet to look at upgrade equipment for the club! Everyone had lots of fun and Sarah purchased her first radio!

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Nov 2021

Backup Power System Maintenance

K7UAZ club, now, has a new power backup system thanks to the efforts of Curt, K7ZOO. Hilly, KI7IPE, helped Curt to test and verify the integrity of the new system!

Nov 2021

2m FM Station Distribution

Club's student members received new 2M Station Kit including Icom IC-2300H, SignaLink, Data Transfer Switch and Powered Speaker. This allows students to establish and practice various voice and data communication and protocols.

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Oct 2021

SOTA on Pistol Hill

On Saturday October 30 Carlson-N7EFF, Curt-K7ZOO, and Hilly-KI7IPE hiked up to Pistol Hill (PE-074) and did an activation for Summits on the Air! Band conditions were fantastic and nationwide sideband contacts were available with only 10 watts!

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Jan 2021

Satellite Operations

Curt-K7ZOO, was down next to the Rio Grande river in the southern tip of Texas, using CW/SSB to work a number of satellites. The antennas used were a pair of Lindenblad's he (K7ZOO) made especially for satellite roving.

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Feb 2020

SOTA on Pistol Hill

A group of about seven students hiked up Pistol Hill on the east side of Tucson.  We made HF contacts, as well as 2m FM contacts.  One highlight was KG7YTR working an aero-mobile station flying out of Houston TX!  Multiple yagi's were used to contact people up in the Phoenix area.  See more photos here.

Jan 2020

Phoenix Hamfest and Ham Radio Outlet

KJ7LCM, KM6BKU, K2VNT and K7ZOO trekked to Phoenix for the "Thunderbird Hamfest".  We attended two seminars on Amateur Television,  and Emergency Preparedness.  Four yagi's were purchased at the swapmeet!  A quick trip to HRO rounded out a nice day.

Jan 2020

POTA at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Tyler-KJ7LCM, Ken-KM6BKU, and Curt-K7ZOO, operated two stations for POTA.  Tyler had a great 90-minute run of SSB contacts on 17-meters.  See more pictures here.  

Jan 2020

Digital Transceiver Build Night

Three students and one recent UA graduate started building small digital transceivers that will connect to a computer.  Other club members were present as coaches.  We learned good soldering techniques and how to wind / install toroid inductors.  Fun evening!  See more pictures here.  

Dec 2019

Pearl Harbor Day Commemorative On-The-Air Special Event

On a Saturday for about 5 hours, students and community members made 100's of voice contacts all across the nation!

Dec 2019

Pearl Harbor Day Commemorative On-The-Air Special Event

Casey-K7CHM and Ken-KM6BKU racking up SSB contacts on 20 meters.

Dec 2019

Pearl Harbor Day Commemorative On-The-Air Special Event

Ken-KM6BKU using voice operations on 14 MHz.