Chili Social! – October
The annual PRA Chili Social, hosted by Stan – NØKKY!
The Elmer Team is at it again! – October
Our very own PRA Elmer Team builds a custom antenna tilt-over hinge mechanism for a club member’s upcoming tower installation.
New Repeater Frequency! – September
The PRA has a new coordinated VHF repeater frequency pair! Dirk – N2PDQ and Mike – W9CN made the trek up to the Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain repeater site to reprogram the Motorola MT-2000 repeater. Dirk performed the reprogramming operation, while Mike tuned the new duplexer, which they installed at the same time. The antenna was tested using an R&S SA/VNA with its directional power sensor. The antenna tested good with a VSWR of 1 to 1.08, and a return loss of 27.34dB. Also shown are VNA screen shots showing the mag/phase plot of the duplexer cavity tuning. The new frequency pair is 145.250 (144.650 std offset input), with a 123Hz PL tone. Great work guys!
Elmer Team Antenna Installation Assistance – September
The PRA Elmer Team’s experience is invaluable when helping fellow members with antenna installations. Here are some examples of stealth HF antenna installs in restrictive HOA communities.
Second Annual PRA Jeep Outing – September
The PRA returns to Devil’s Canyon for the second annual off-road get together. Devil’s Canyon is in the Arapaho National Forest, which is recognized as US-4400 in the Park on the Air program.
Squaw Repeater Maintenance – July
The repeater group made it up to the Squaw – Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain repeater site. Projects included installing a new battery backup system, installing a new D-Star repeater, and performing various maintenance tasks.
Field Day! – June
The Parker Radio Association’s annual Field Day festivities. Family, fun, food, and friendship. In addition to playing radio, there was an antenna building party, a raffle, and even a Multi-Tool competition.
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop – Wednesdays @11:00am
You never know what you’ll find hanging around with the PRA crew. Someone let it slip that he likes fish.
Come join us for our weekly lunch get together at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop – Parker and Hess. Wednesdays at 11:00am. Always a good time.
Kudos to Pete – KFØPTB for being such a good sport!
SwapFest – February
The PRA had a great showing at the Adams County SwapFest. Many deals were made and bargains were found.
Winter Field Day – January
Another ~FANTASTIC~ Winter Field Day at the NØKKY Ranch! Thanks for hosting, Stan!
Elmer Night – January
Let’s build a dipole! January’s Elmer Night saw several members participate in an antenna ‘build-a-thon’. Hope to hear these on the air soon!