Repurposing Old Equipment and Mixing Old with New

Maybe you don’t get the Ohio Section ARES newsletter, or you missed this article when it came out as I did. If either of those apply, you probably want to check out the May 2026 article by XWARN President Liz Klinc, KE8FMJ starting on the bottom of page 5.

Amateur Radio Field Day 2026

XWARN will again be hosting Field Day operations at Beavercreek Township Fire Station 61, 2195 Dayton Xenia Road, Beavercreek, OH 45434 on June 27-28. This station is co-located with the Beavercreek Township Emergency Operations Center. The club uses the W8XRN repeater for talk-in communications on 147.165 MHz, positive offset, PL Tone 123.0. Station setup typically starts around 0900 to prepare for operations to begin at 2:00 PM (1800 Z). The club hosts a carry-in picnic for dinner on Saturday. The club will continue operations overnight and wrap up around 2:00 PM Sunday when the 24 hours is complete. The club…