Findlay Radio Club

Thanks for a sucessful 2024 Findlay Hamfest

Details: 22 Sep

Rain or shine, how about the weather? My snorkel coat was 70 miles away! The zoo that was the 2024 Hamfest is in the books. They told us that for a few extra $$$ we can have exclusive use of the fairgrounds. It’s something we are considering for our Centennial celebration.
Thanks to all who attended the 2024 event.   We moved the prize drum to the Legacy building to be on one level, but that WiFi link to the paging system didn’t behave the way I expected. No worries. I have 11 months to solve that issue. The other thing we learned is that we need to plan next year THIS year. We started on September 11th and hope to have our leases and project in place by the 1st week of January 2025. We still need to improve the ticketing system and flea market space use. We tried two years of not marking spaces…We’ll fix that in ’25.
Next year, we will have a new chairman or chairgroup to plan and execute Hamfest 25, the 100th birthday of the Findlay Radio Club.   Drop an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you can help on September 7th 2025.
For me, thank you to Scout Troop 302, The Findlay Trojan High School Hockey team, the Keyes family, and our club members that step up and make things work for this event. We will begin to tease the event about once a month as we meet and plan for next year.

73’s
Carl Navarro, KE8RVH, with a whole lot of help from a lot of people

Amateur Radio License Testing (VE Testing Sessions)

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30 Jun

Amateur Radio License Testing (VE Testing Sessions)

At the Findlay Radio Club we hold our Amateur Radio Testing Sessions (VE test sessions) on the second Saturday of the month at 9:00am.

Registration recommended!
To register go to: https://hamstudy.org/sessions/w8ft/

Walk-ins, with a Federal Registration Number (FRN) available at: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do are welcome and are encouraged to arrive at 8:00am to complete the registration process prior to the beginning of the exam.

For additional information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Findlay Radio Club License Classes

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16 Mar

Classes are now being conducted at the Club on Sunday afternoon beginning at 1 PM. At 2 PM we open the class up to a general discussion period where we talk about whatever questions you might have.That usually runs til about 5, although on some evenings it has been about 7 PM before I have gotten home

We are currently (March 2024) running a Technician Class, and as soon as that is done we will roll right into a General Class and then an Extra Class.

Contact Bill - N8ET- at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.

American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources

21 December 2024

The K7RA Solar Update

Excellent HF conditions greeted hams in the ARRL 10-Meter contest
last weekend. Recent indicators show a sudden shift to two digit
daily sunspot numbers from three, and although there is nothing
significant about 100, it makes one notice.

All daily sunspot numbers this week were 97 or less.

Perhaps this indicates a move off of solar maximum, or to a future
with a second maximum.

Solar activity was way...

The K7RA Solar Update

Average daily sunspot number plummeted to 104.4.

Weekly Commentary on the Sun, the Magnetosphere, and the Earth's Ionosphere for December 12, 2024 from OK1HH:

"The high solar activity in October this year suggests that this may have been the peak of an 11-year cycle. This is not to say that solar activity will not continue to rise. On the contrary, it may well be that the first maximum of the...

Thanks for a sucessful 2024 Findlay Hamfest

Amateur Radio License Testing (VE Testing Sessions)