August 27 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm August 27, 2022 Tour de DonutBicycle event using 4 routes in eastern half of Miami County.8am-approx. 3pm- depending on placement on course.VHF communications primarily on W8FW repeater 145.230- (100hz pl)To volunteer contact Scott Swink/KB8JOY….9372601978 voice or text…… Soundguy1@woh.rr.com.Notification & follow-up communication will be via email.
Holiday At Home Parade 5 Sep 2022
Hams wanting to volunteer are now able to register for the Holiday at Home Parade taking place on Monday September 5, 2022. Positions assignments start as early as 7 am and end by noon.https://forms.gle/sBjcpRDaeeB9qW7f7POC is Shawna, N2TUJ, sjcollins@woh.rr.com
What is CAPSTONE?
Website link A microwave oven–sized CubeSat weighing just 55 pounds will serve as the first spacecraft to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit as part of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE). As a pathfinder for Gateway, a Moon-orbiting outpost that is part of NASA’s Artemis program, CAPSTONE will help reduce risk for future spacecraft by validating innovative navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit. The orbit, formally known as a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO), is significantly elongated. Its location at a precise balance point in the gravities of Earth and the Moon, offers…
2022 Field Day Results
Call Used: W8XRN GOTA Station Call: W1QFB ARRL/RAC Section: OH Class: 3F Participants: 44 Club/Group Name: Xenia Weather Amateur Radio Net Power Source(s): Generator, Battery, Solar Power Multiplier: 2XPreliminary Total Score: 3,870 Bonus Points: 100% emergency power 300 Media Publicity 100 – Documented by media.jpg Public location 100 Public information table 100 Formal message to ARRL SM/SEC 100 Natural power QSOs completed 100 Site visit by invited served agency 100 Educational activity 100 Youth participation (7 x 20, max of 100) 100 Social media 100 GOTA Station 200 Entry submitted via web 50Total bonus points 1,450 Score Summary: (Cabrillo log/dupe…
XWARN Net
XWARN has added a monthly net to be held the 1st Monday of each month at 7:30 PM. The net will be held on the XWARN 2M repeater 147.165+ pl 123.0 –
