WinterHeat 2023
10/15/2022
Back for another year. The best VHF/UHF/Digital simplex voice event in Amateur radio. It just keeps getting better!
Technician Amateur Radio licensing class coming up in Greenville, Illinois
02/04/2022
There is a Technician Amateur Radio licensing class coming up in Greenville. Class is free. There is a $14 fee to take the licensing test. Later this year, the FCC is going to implement a $35 fee for the license.
On the second Saturday we will be doing testing for all classes of Amateur Licenses.
Winterheat: We fill in the map
01/01/2022
Winerheat began on January 1, 2022 and we have over 1700 contacts in 5 states!
Winterheat: What's in a day?
01/01/2022
What do we mean when we say you can contact another operator once per day? When does a day start? We put together a fact sheet to give you gidence. You can down load a pdf copy.
Winterheat 2022 on Ham Radio 2.0
12/29/2021
Thanks to Jason, KC5HWB for giving a plug to Winterheat.
Be sure to subscribe to Ham Radio 2.0 on YouTube.
290 Mile VHF Simplex Contact
12/26/2021
Jerry, NA9LE and Barry, KD0QWO had a 290 VHF simplex QSO on Sunday, December 26, 2021. They were on 146.500 MHz. Jerry lives in Ottawa, Illinois and Barry is in Fredericktown, Missouri. Conditions are looking up for some long distance contacts during Winterheat.
Winterheat 2022 flyer
12/22/2021
Here's a simple flyer for Winterheat 2022. Feel free to copy and share.
Winterheat 2022 video
12/17/2021
Ryan's (KC9OZA) updated video for Winterheat 2022
Winterheat 2022: Tracking QSO Distance
12/07/2021
Tracking QSO Distance:
Updated information from Jess Hunter
So last year a lot of people were curious about the QSO Distance. Since that feature request came in after the event had started the best I could really do was throw some ad-hoc code into what is displayed on the screen and that was after the QSO had been made.
This year not only will you be able to see the QSO distance before adding the QSO results. The distance will also be stored into the system.
There are some caveats though. If a person moves and does not update their FCC records. It will show their last registered address.
The LAT/LON is based off of Zip Codes initially. Last year we had the feature for people to manually update their GPS coordinates.
If a person is mobile traveling through another area. It will log their home QTH. Not to mention if a person goes "Air Mobile" like we had last year.
I'll give some thought on how we might be able to address those issues once I get further along on the logging script.
Here is a question I have and am looking for some input.
On the "Add QSO" screen where the distance will be displayed. I am thinking about making the text blink to get the user's attention if the number is high.
AT WHAT DISTANCE DO YOU THINK AN ALERT NOTIFICATION SHOULD BE DISPLAYED?
Winterheat 2022 operating frequencies
12/04/2021
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