Fox Hunt This Weekend
FOR ALL: North Hills ARC is hosting a Fox Hunt at Allegheny County North Park this Sunday at 12:00 Noon. It is open to all and is a great opportunity to try…
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Tour of the National Weather Service Offices
The National Weather Service office located here in Moon Township will be hosting an open house for amateur radio operators on Thursday June 13 at 6:30 PM . The agenda for the…
Geomagnetic Storm Watch
Photos from our area from last night… Thanks Jeff & Gabe {click for full size} HEADS UP: Strong 2m & 6m Activity… Aurora possible… Click on image for full size Click on…
Eclipse Balloons
April 8, 2024 – Balloon Tracks — Click on image for full size Monday was not only a solar eclipse day it was a big balloon days. As my Weather Balloon tracking…
Solar Eclipse – April 8th – Make Plans Now
The Case Amateur Radio Club, W8EDU , the club station at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is asking for amateur radio operators to help with a research project centered around…
Senate Bill 3690 – Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
On January 30, 2024, US Senators Roger Wicker (MS) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) introduced S.3690, the Senate companion bill to H.R.4006, introduced last June. Both bills reflect the Congressional campaign efforts by…
Weather Balloon Tracking
For the past month I have been running this weather balloon tracking program. Its called “auto_rx” and it is a great piece of software. This software lets you receive weather balloon data…
Software Define Radio’s
Do you know with as many servers we have out in the “Hut”, that Steel City club runs a SDR Receiver from the club house. It was installed by W2BRS and has…
Tape Measure Beam – Radio Direction Finding
TAPE MEASURE BEAM OPTIMIZED FOR RADIO DIRECTION FINDING Joe Leggio WB2HOL Description This antenna evolved during my search for a beam with a really great front-to-back ratio to use in hidden transmitter…
Skywarn Recognition Day 2023
Starts at Friday 7:00 PM – Dec 1st Ends at Saturday 7:00 PM – Dec 2nd Skywarn™ Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio…
Contact the ISS
Some ISS crew members make random, unscheduled, amateur radio voice contacts with earth-bound radio amateurs, often called “hams”. They can make radio contacts during their breaks, pre-sleep time and before and after…
Boy Scout Merit Badge – Nov 18th
On November 18th the Steel City members will be helping the Boy Scout earn their Radio Merit Badge at Camp Guyasuta. Steel City ARC will be needing operators to help the scouts…