Hidden Valleys Amateur Radio Club

10/11/2025

Thanks to Kent Scheuerell, I have the tri-band yagi that I've wanted for a long time. I'm a little concerned the egg be**er are mounted too close, but we'll know soon enough. Waiting for an RG8x cable to arrive for the 2m egg be**er.
-KE1THA

09/21/2025

What are you doing for a Ham Radio project? I'm working on getting an antenna rotor up on my 30' tower.
Here's a test fit for the makeshift tower plates.
KE1THA

09/09/2025

Remember the meeting tonight!
Platteville Hospital, lower floor. 7:00pm

07/15/2025

Anyone interested in SSTV?
The ISS will be transmitting on 145.800 this week.

I use Robot36 on my phone or RX-SSTV on my pc... ISS tracking on my android phone is through Look4Sat app.

It's all free. Try it out and replt with your received images!

06/29/2025

Highlights from the weekend at ARRL Field Day at County Fair. Running CQ and finding QRZ on 20 SB and CW, 40 SB and CW and 6 SB. .

06/11/2025

Field day is 6/28-6/29 at the Grant County Fairgrounds. Stop by and play, or find out more about the hobby!

06/10/2025

Join us for our meeting tonight! We will be going over the final details for field day!

Location: Platteville Hospital, lower level.

04/12/2025

Need to catch an image? Decoding softwares is free and can be as easy as holding your phone up to a HT!

SSTV Series 26, "Humans in Space" is now underway from the ISS. Listen on 145.800 MHz for PD120 transmissions.

Submit reception reports and request certificates at the SSTV gallery: https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/

03/02/2025

It's that time again! NWS Storm Spotter training is coming up! For NWS La Crosse, Clayton County's training will be at 106 Bronson St, Luana, IA on March 13, Grant County's training will be at Southwest Tech on March 24 and Richland County Emergency Services on April 22 (The Richland County training **requires pre-registration**. NWS La Crosse sessions start at 6:30 PM.

Other trainings from NWS Quad Cities are March 12 at 1 Commercial Dr, Hanover, IL 61041 (Jo Daviess County and Dubuque County Emergency management on March 25. Both of these sessions start at 6 PM.

Lafayette County's training is at Lafayette County Ames Multi-Purpose Building beginning at 6:30 (NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan)

The La Crosse trainings are linked. This also shows two advanced trainings that are virtually delivered (Pre-registration required) on March 12 and April 22 - both beginning at 6 PM.

Real-time storm reports, coupled with Doppler radar technology, are critical when it comes to issuing timely and accurate severe weather warnings. Spotters play an important role in the warning process by reporting ground-truth information to the National Weather Service, such as hail size, wind spe...

02/12/2025

We will be participating in the Platteville Community fair. March 1st at the public library, no earlier than 10am.
Contact Kent K9ZMU at 608-726-0279 if you'd like to participate.

02/11/2025

Meeting tonight at the Platteville Hospital. Basement meeting room at 7pm. See you there!