The May Club meeting will be on Thursday 8 May,  7:30pm --
This month the program will be a discussion about SWR, how to measure it, what it means, along with some "other" uses for your SWR meter. What type of meter you might want to invest in , along with some hands on  demonstrations.
Turning Theory in to Practical Application.
you won't need your calculator..
 

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Twin Falls TailGate SWAP, May 24th    get all the details here

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Congratulations to all the new hams in SE Idaho that just received their licenses!   We hope to see you at a meeting soon!
Be in the loop,   get on our email list, 
you don't need to be a member to get Emails

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Another FREE ANTENNA
|on the roof of Barlow's heating/air.. 225 West Pine.
its a CB vertical ,  it should be easy to get, These CB antennas can be cut
for 10 meter operations                now' s you chance.... FREE  you take it down.
 

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last weeks Sun Spot numbers

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however all is not lost
The Spring/Summer E-layer propagation season is beginning, or should be here very soon. In general, sun spot's have little to no effect on Sporadic E skip. This means that 10 meters, and 6 meters will be open. 
Typically  between 500 and 1300 miles. AND  you never know when double hop might occur.  If you operate on 6 meters, you should know your grid square.  You can find it by checking your info at QRZ.com.  And speaking of QRZ.com, you might want to update your Email and Bio.
To get in on the E skip, you need to leave your radio ON, and turned up. E skip is "Fickled" propagation, you never know when it will happen, any time(?) but mostly in the afternoon to early evening.
On ten meters, it would be best to scan from (say) 28.450mHz to 28.500 mHz. and on 6 meters either listen to 50.125mHz ( the national SSB calling Freq) or scan from 50.125 to 50.150  if the band opens you will hear signals in those windows. REMEMBER if you just walk into ur shack and flip on the radio, take a quick listen up and down the band, chances are you missed it.

TURN UR RADIO ON, enjoy the openings.!

I built this one, and it seems to work good !! seen here on my van

Links for three different antennas that will get you on 6 meters with style !!! Link one copper Link two aluminum Link three  this & that

see the links for simple to build antennas,  get on the air and love it..

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PARC member Paul W7EKG, decides to give up nets and become a contester !
Check the link to see  full color pictures of Paul Shopping 
for his new Amplifier at a local CB shop
he also offers free advise
Click here for the complete story !   

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