Author Archive: Paul Harrington
Paul Harrington
19 November, 2023
HO HO HO!!!! It’s time for our Annual Christmas Party.
This year we’ll celebrate at Spring Creek BBQ in Bedford.
Get some delicious BBQ and join us in the party room! We’ll have our annual “Lucky” gift exchange, an ugly sweater contest and maybe a game or two.
Please sign up online or at the EOC with the number in your group. Click Here to signup!
Paul Harrington
31 October, 2023
Last Month we learned about the End Fed Half Wave antenna (EFHW).
This month we built it!!

On Saturday, November 18th we built our EFHW portable antennas for 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m.
Seventeen club members of various skill levels participated and all successfully built their own portable multi-band antenna.
In December we plan to take the antennas into the field and tune them for optimal performance.
The project was great fun and we anticipate another build project or two in 2024. If you have ideas for a fun build project talk to Steve W5HK, Greg KA9SUU or Paul W5PFH.
Paul Harrington
18 April, 2023
So . . . we’re hanging out at Belton, and a Life Member drops by to say hello. Charles Penry WA5VHU and his wife Cindy KD5CCB were visiting the HamExpo and visited with us for a while.
Charles is holding a radio we brought for sale that was once owned by Betty Roden and donated to the club some years ago!
We setup next to Jason KC5HWB (Ham Radio 2.0). The weather was perfect! Several club members stopped by to say hello.