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- Field Day 2026
- May 2026 Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES In-Person MeetingThis coming week we’ll be having our last Wednesday of the Month In-Person meeting at the EOC. I’ve learned that a mesh network is being built out around the county and I’ve asked Nicholas , KB9SKW to let us know how it has been going, what kind of mesh it is, how we might getContinue reading “May 2026 Dane/Iowa County ARES/RACES In-Person Meeting”
- Can you Help at the Horribly Hilly Hundreds this year?My, my look at the time! The 2026 Horribly Hilly Hundreds will ride on June 13, 2026 out of Blue Mound State Park. (Officially) the first riders set out at 6:45 AM and can arrive back at the park as much as 12 hours later. We have 4 rest stops and as many as 7 water stops (ifContinue reading “Can you Help at the Horribly Hilly Hundreds this year?”
- Wright Stuff Century 2026The Wright Stuff Century Bike Ride, sponsored by the Bombay Bicycle Club, starts and ends at Brigham County Park on Labor Day Weekend. This year the ride will be on September 6.
- March 2026 Membership MeetingOur March In-Person membership meeting will be held on March 25 (2026) at 7PM. This month we will be meeting at the Cross Plains Fire Department, 1501 Bourbon Rd, Cross Plains, WI 53528, which has an Amateur Station. Steve, KC9FKV will introduce us to the station at the fire department and in addition to checkingContinue reading “March 2026 Membership Meeting”
- Feb 2026 Membership Meeting – Change of PlansI realized that I don’t want to step on our PL-259 work or give short shrift to our APRS work. Soooo…. We will hold the APRS work until a later date. But if we have time I would like to spend a few minutes talking about using AllStar to connect to the MARA “15” repeater.Continue reading “Feb 2026 Membership Meeting – Change of Plans”
- February 2026 General Membership MeetingOur February meeting will be held on February 25 at the Dane County EOC at 7:00 PM. The Building is behind the KwikTrip and is located at 2982 Kapec Rd. Fitchburg, WI 53719. Our plan is to demo NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave), a way to connect to one another at relatively close proximity using HF.Continue reading “February 2026 General Membership Meeting”