Story County Amateur Radio Club

05/25/2026

Field Day 2026 is almost here!

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will join with the Boone Area Radio Klub (BARK), C**n Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC), and Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club (HARC) for Field Day on Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, 2026. Field Day is a 24 hour amateur radio event sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. The clubs will be operating from the Carl “Fritz” Henning Shelter off Lower Ledges Road at Ledges State Park..

Please see http://w0yl.com/FD for more details. Visitors are encouraged to join us from on Saturday between 2:00 and 6:00 PM, and on Sunday from 9:00 to 11:30 AM.

05/20/2026

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, June 04, at 7:00 PM. Sebastián Delmont, KI2D, the software developer behind the Ham2K Portable Logger (PoLo), will be joining us online to give the presentation, "Ham2K Portable Logger, or how to be happy logging on your phone." Sebastián's presentation will be an overview of portable operations, like POTA, SOTA, etc., along with why you should consider using your phone or tablet to log them, along with a demo of Ham2K PoLo portable logging features. More details are available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

04/30/2026

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, May 07, at 7:00 PM. at Rundall, NØHR, will present "Radio from the Wrong Side of the Road: POTA Tips, Trips and Adventures From Across the Pond."

Pat will discuss aspects of his recent POTA operation in England including planning/preparation, flying with radio gear, license considerations, and operating from across the pond.

More details will be available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

03/28/2026

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, April 02, at 7:00 PM. Bill Boswell, WI0JK, will present “From Driveway EME to VME and Interstellar Communications” to provide an update on his small-station Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) efforts, highlighting new experiences operating on 23 cm from his backyard and driveway setups. He will also share practical insights into weak-signal techniques, station optimization, and what today’s amateurs can achieve with limited space and power. The talk will then zoom out to the scale of deep space communications, highlighting recent Amateur Radio experiments with Venus and how NASA uses its Deep Space Network to reach interstellar space.
More details will be available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

02/23/2026

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, March 05, 2026 at 7:00 PM. Calvin Jutting, KN0CTJ, will present "The Mingo Repeater Site Revamp", providing an overview of updates recently completed on the Mingo repeaters in Jasper County. More details will be available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

01/29/2026

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, February 05, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Clint Miller, K0GR, will present "APRS: The P Doesn’t Stand for Position" and then lead a discussion regarding the uses of the Automatic Packet Reporting System in everyday and emergency use. More details will be available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

01/07/2026

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, January 08, 2026 at 7:00 PM. Chuck Brudtkuhl, WAØROI, will discuss the 60 meter band and will also point out some operating challenges and recently announced changes. More details are available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

11/25/2025

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM. Clint Miller, K0GR, and Paul Cowley, W0YR, will discuss a recent trip they made to Glacier National Park. Along the way, they did some hammock camping, hiking, and radio (POTA) from some interesting locations. More details will be available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

10/23/2025

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM. Pat Rundall, NØHR, will discuss high-gain antennas for HF that are portable. These antennas are useful in Field Day, POTA, SOTA and other field settings to add directivity without setting up towers or permanent structures. More details will be available at http://w0yl.com/. The meeting is free and open to the public.

SCARC in the Park - Parks on the Air event, Saturday October 25th Read more about SCARC in the Park - Parks on the Air event, Saturday October 25th The Story County Amateur Radio Club will hold its fall "SCARC in the Park" Parks On The Air (POTA) operating event on Saturday October 25th in Ledges St...

10/20/2025

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will hold its fall "SCARC in the Park" event - featuring the Parks On The Air (POTA) program - on Saturday October 25th in Ledges State Park (POTA entity US-2303). We will set up around 07:00 (am) in the Carl "Fritz" Henning shelter in the Lower Ledges area and will operate continuously until about 18:00.

Please see more details on the SCARC website at http://w0yl.com .

SCARC events are free and open to the public, and visitors are always welcome.

SCARC in the Park - Parks on the Air event, Saturday October 25th Read more about SCARC in the Park - Parks on the Air event, Saturday October 25th The Story County Amateur Radio Club will hold its fall "SCARC in the Park" Parks On The Air (POTA) operating event on Saturday October 25th in Ledges St...

09/27/2025

The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, October 2, at 7:00 PM with an in-person gathering at the Ames Airport, in the Main Terminal large classroom. In WI0JK on the Moon, Bill Boswell will share how he built a small Earth-Moon-Earth station that successfully bounced signals off the Moon using just 75 watts, a Yagi on a tripod, and weak-signal software. From early radio tinkering to a driveway moonbounce contact 460,000 miles round trip, this project blends technical challenge with the wonder that keeps amateur radio alive.

Due to a scheduling issue, we are moving the October SCARC meeting to the Ames Airport, Main Terminal, large classroom. Parking will be right in front of the main terminal building. Club members will be on hand to diret traffic.
Talk-in on the SCARC repeater 147.240 (+) tone 114.8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GXBWnr7pEiLQk6EF8?g_st=ipc
2520 Airport Dr, Ames, IA 50010

SCARC's meetings are free and open to the public, and visitors are always welcome.