The Iowa Wireless Club Represents" Amateur Radio Contesters "in the Heartland. Contact The Iowa Wireless Club (515)-250-2108 Ask for Joe............WØIW
........Huge collection of Mega Antennas from around... the world... ______________________________________________________________
IOWA QSO PARTY STANDINGS
IWC worked 598 stations for a score of 50,903..in the Iowa QSO party October 17th 2009...
On 6 bands 2m 10m 15m 20m 40m and 80m.
We had 8 operators who worked each station and traded off when folks needed a break. We worked non stop from 9am to 6pm cdt..
THE WØIW CONTEST STATION ON THE AIR NOW !!!
Pictures from the Iowa Wireless's QSO PARTY
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WE worked for our first contest the Iowa QSO party as a club effort
We worked over 598 qso's..
We are in the running for the top spot we were told..
Details to follow as the Iowa QSO sponsors
WAØDX score the contest..
GIT R DONE IS HAPPENING
AT THE WØIW CONTEST STATION !!
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Wow we have had a lot of great help and I want to thank
the folks who have pitched in this year...
ANTENNA & TOWER PARTIES.
KØQLT..........Linnea
KDØAAS............RAY
ACØBU.......CARSON
KDØIEA.....NATHAN
KDØHFQ........KARL
KCØAZF............BILL
KDØIFR..........Patrick
KDØAPY....TERRY
KDØHII.. BRIAN
KØSXY... BRIAN
WØIW ....JOE
((Also All the fine folks who check into the clubs Saturday night
ARES nets ))
KCØQNX.....KEVIN
KDØIDJ.....SCOTT
WØBNW.....JIM
WBØUGO...STEVE
KCØZZH.....DEREK
KDØAAR... MICHELLE
WØFLH.....SMITTY
MIKE........KB9ARS
Other fine people !!!
The National Weather Service is looking for ECHOLINK check ins and welcome anyone and everyone who would benefit from using the ECHOLINK system. The new Iowa Wireless contesting station is now proudly working with the National Weather Service, and Jim Snapp NAØR in Des Moines, Iowa to coordinate efforts to use the new WØIW ECHOLINK repeater system.
Which is now on both
UHF & VHF bands. Located in Alleman, Iowa the repeater systems are at 300 feet and on those Northern TV towers that are 2000 feet tall.
The IWC & SKYWARN
The NWS is now using ECHOLINKin Des Moines, Iowa area on the WØIW repeater node # 3897 145.310- pll 114.8 If you can get on ECHOLINK please go to the WØIW node # 3897 and help the NWS out with relays & check ins during severe weather.
When severe weather threatens look for the NWS to be on the 145.310- WØIW repeater monitoring Echolink for check ins during bad weather events.
Both IWC ECHOLINK REPEATERS serve the Des Moines, Iowa area and out to about 50 miles reliably. The repeater frequencies are 145.310- pll 114.8 and the new UHF ECHOLINK repeater on 444.675+ pll tone 114.8. Both repeaters are owned by the IWC and are both signaling the WØIW call sign.
If you just want to monitor during severe weather that's fine as well please come in and help out by being another set of ears.
Please only transmit when necessary.The WØIW node can support up to 50 echo link stations.
Iowa Wireless Contest station to hold ham tests monthly.
Iowa Wireless Club to hold monthly Amateur Radio tests testing... The Iowa Wireless DX & Contest station will be holding ham radio testing sessions at the Ankeny, Iowa Public Library every 1st Saturday of the month from 2pm to 4pm. All are welcome to attend. The Library's Address is:1210 NW Prairie Ridge Dr. Ankeny, IA 50023
Testing... starts around 2:00pm and go to 4:00pm... Saturday...
Please call ahead if your going to be late or lost ( 515 )- 250-2108 ...
Ham Test ..........October 3rd, 2009............ Tech/Gen/Extra
Ham Test ..........November 7th, 2009 ....... Tech/Gen/Extra
Ham Test ..........December 5th, 2009 ....... Tech/Gen/Extra
For more INFO contact Joe Leto WØIW atinfo@w0iw.com
Please Contact Joe Leto WØIW at 515-250-2108 or for more info email us at. Email: info@w0iw.com If you would like to take practice tests for the Amateur Radio License you can do so here: http://www.qrz.com/xtest2.html
THE WORLD FAMOUS NØNI IOWA CONTEST STATION
One of the best & biggest BIG GUN contest stations in the
WORLD here in Iowa.. Tony NØNI at his contest station South of perry Iowa.
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Here is Tony N0NI working his mega station here in Iowa ...
Tony's station is a world class contest station. Tony does Iowa and contesting proud. We are glad we have his station so close for advice and help...
N0NI Mega Antenna Farm ...
WOW WEE thats a lot of antennas sprouting up on the N0NI Antenna farm
NØNI AERIAL IMAGE... by W0FS CLAYTON G. CONARD
Tony has over 20 towers mostly 100 & 200 foot towers in his back yard..
In Iowa We grow Towers Antennas really Big ...
It's really our good riuch soil that grows them so well in the fertile farmlands we have here in the Midwest ..
Featured here on the IWC website is a
NEW HAM RADIO CARTOON... Called Dash... by Jeff.... K1NSS
10 Meter results are coming
in and it looks like... WØIW is in the top 10...
FLASH REPORT RESULTS are coming in and
WØIW is in the top 10 stations
placing in that contest in December..2009 in the North America High Power Multi Op Contest... N0XR & N0AC & W0IW & KC0QNX Worked "541"
10 Meter stations on CW & SSB...
World Grayline propagation Information...
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The WØIW Antenna Engineers...
...... .......TH7DX.................... 40 M Beam .............20M Beam & 40 M
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Ray KDØAAS & Carson ACØBU WØIW Climbers ...
W0IW Works with Local ARS leaders during the year!
Our repeaters hosts the statewide IOWA HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Emergency drills several times a year, utilizing our ECHOLINK system, to allow the Iowa EEC to contact other EEC's around the Midwest and coordinate efforts thru our system. ARES®
The IWC fully supports the ARRL's "Big Project". Getting Ham radio into Schools. To encourage Iowa teachers who may not be aware of the educational potential of Amateur Radio.
Live VHF PROPAGATION MAP
using APRS beacon data to determine
VHF live band openings. See when 2 meters is open 24 - 7. This live map updates every 60 seconds
so hit refresh over and over..
SATURDAY Iowa Wireless Clubs ARES net
Held every Saturday night at 9:00pm on
145.310- PLL 114.8
Listen on Echolink as well Node # 3897 & # 38971
. .Listen to our Ham Radio News reports Every Sunday Night .. ( ARRL NEWS / The Rain Report / Amateur Radio News Line ) .. We play all these news services every Sunday Night starting ... at 7:00pm on the 145.310- pll 114.8
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