Few people realize this but S-meters on most transceivers are not calibrated to reflect accurate readings. But did you know that most rig’s S-meters are easily adjusted for an accurate calibration. But even if you for whatever reason don’t wish to monkey around with your rig, you can at least find out what your S-meter…
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Ham In A Day
Attention: Future Amateur Radio Operators Do you think you might enjoy Amateur (HAM) Radio? Does a 6-to-8-week course deter you from getting a license? How about a “HAM radio license in a Day”? The Cascades Amateur Radio Society (CARS) will be hosting a “Ham in a Day” Technician Class session on Saturday, Jan 08, 2022….
Link to DMR 101 Presentation
If you missed this presentation at the club meeting or just couldn’t get enough, the link below will get you the PDF of my DMR presentation! https://drive.google.com/file/d/19JRYN57beuQPX5mBDgr5MY_Wwm8hBohy Let me know if you have any questions! 73 KD8LCF
Proposed Guidelines for Nets
At the September meeting KD8LCF proposed a set of guidelines for the administration of nets on the 146.88 repeater. As the club, and the repeater trustee are responsible to the FCC for the operation of the repeater, the following guidelines for nets are proposed: If a club member wants to start a new, regularly-scheduled net,…
Proposed Change to the Time for Start of Thursday Evening Net
At the September meeting WD8PMD proposed that we change the starting time of the Thursday net to 8:00pm local. The proposed date for this change is the first Thursday net of November, or November 4th. The motion was seconded and there was discussion. The motion was tabled for the next meeting with the intent to…
Amateur Radio License Testing September 11, Ann Arbor
Attention ham radio wanna-bees: There will be amateur radio license testing this Saturday (September 11, 2021) at the Fellowship Bible Church in Ann Arbor. The address is 2775 Bedford Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 which is near the junction of Arlington Rd. and Washtenaw Ave. For more information contact Wes Cardone (n8qm@arrl.net) or Mark Goodwin…
Friday Dinners with Show-and-Tell
Many members of the Cascades Amateur Radio Society meet for dinner each Friday evening at the Alpha Coney restaurant at the Jackson Crossing Mall. At these fun get-togethers, often there is show-and-tell. This last Friday (September 3, 2021) was no exception. Mike (WB8ICN) brought some home-brew circuit cards that he had recently fabricated. This was…
Station W8J at the Chelsea Community Fair
The time is here. It is now. The event we have all been waiting for… The Chelsea Community Fair and…special event station W8J. This is going to be a joint effort between the Chelsea amateurs and the Cascades Amateur Radio Society and volunteers are being accepted! If you are a dues-paid member of either the…
What is Input Impedance, Anyhow
As amateur radio operators we typically look at any input impedance specification and think 50 Ohms. But what is 50 Ohms? Buried within the whole topic of input impedance is a “characteristic impedance.” At this point we typically lose amateurs thinking we are moving into rocket science. But this stuff is really simple as you…
Special Event Station W8J at the Jackson County Fair
At the Jackson County Fair of 2021 at about 5 PM, the Cascades Amateur Radio Society had a booth and was displaying amateur excellence to the public at large. In the first photo you can see both Dave (W3IGT) and Bill (KD8AAD) in the near field actively working the special event station that the club…