Clay Bartholow's (W0LED) Question for the Net
2025 Christmas Party
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- Last Updated on Friday, November 07 2025 19:29
We have secured the Large Banquet Room so there will be plenty of room to mingle and ham-chat with other members and friends! This is a family-friendly event!
The cost will be: $25 single, $45 couple, $60 for immediate family for a full buffet with beverages. Payable by check or cash to our treasurer at the party, or pay ahead of time on our website with the PayPal Donations link on our website main page since we will be making a single payment for the event..
Please RSVP to Shawn Rung K0SMR via email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Baofeng
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, April 12 2023 17:04
Some of my fellow ACRC'ers own Baofeng HTs. Before I bought my F8HP unit, I watched Youtube installments mentioning how the squelch was really BAD on Baofengs. After setting up my radio I found that it, too, exhibited awful squelch characteristics, namely, OPEN squelch, and CLOSED squelch. The problem lies in the squelch curve settings. It is my SWAG (Scientific Wild A@@ Guess) that these factory settings were due to too much electromagnetic interference at the factory. Just my thoughts. As you may know, audio control is non-linear, rather (somewhat) semi logarithmic in nature. After re-writing the squelch settings in CHIRP's SERVICE SETTINGS page, I believe this to be about "as good as it gets" for these critters. The revised settings are as follows: VHF - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 26, 33 UHF - 0. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 19, 22 This really helped my little radio. I hope it works as well for yours, too. 73 Russ Emerson - AEØPX
Hams in the park
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, November 12 2025 18:23
On the second Saturday of each month, local ham radio operators normally meet at the Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton to operate, show off their gear and test ham radio related equipment. The event starts at noon. This is an event of interest to ACRC members, but is not an ACRC event. Hope to see you there!
