WL7PM/Dean will be net control. The 5167.5 60 meter frequency is an Alaska only frequency that can be used within 50 nautical miles of the Alaska Coast and anywhere in Alaska. 150 watts is the maximum power allowed. A dipole can be constructed out of wire at 82.5 FEET total. it can be fed with ladder wire or coax, depending on what your tuner will handle. The Net will start at 1000-1100 on the last Saturday of every month. Report any results if you make contact or not, so we can determine the usefulness of the frequency, to Dean.
2018 Sutton Emergency Preparedness Fair (COMPLETED)
Saturday, June 16 will be the Sutton Emergency Preparedness Fair. We will be setting up both trailers. This will be a dress rehearsal for the MARA Field Day. We need folks to show up at the Sutton Library about 0900, tear down will be around 1600. We will be training folks on tower installation, generator ops, beam and wire antennas, and equipment operations. This training will be critical for a good field day operation. Please contact Don/KL7JFT if you can attend.
Don/KL7JFT
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UNCLE HAM SAYS
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Hams Connecting Across the Air and Sea
During Field Day 2017, I learned a little bit of Palmer and ham radio history from Mayor Edna Devries. Then a few days later there was a post on Facebook by the granddaughter of of the ham.
In August of 1977, Edward Holmes, KL7HFX, who lived in Palmer, had contact with Mutsuhiro Ishiguro in Saroma, Japan and this led to the two cities becoming sister cities.
Additional information can be found at www.cityofpalmer.org/sistercityprogram