We are a group of radio amateurs in and near
Platte County, MO who get together on a regular basis
for the purpose of fellowship, socially redeeming
activities, emergency communications training,
and just plain old fun.
July 2018 Meeting cancelled
See you in Aug 2018 which will have testing session.
Club Meeting:
Last Saturday of Month 9:00 am
Location: Northland Regional Ambulance District
1000 Platte Falls Road
Platte City, MO 64079
** Talk-in is on the 147.33 + Repeater
Club Voice NET:
2m Voice Net: Tuesdays 7:30 pm
NET Callsign: NR0AD
Operates on 147.33 + WA0QFJ Repeater
FSQCALL fldigi Learning Net:
Sundays 8:00 pm (Northland ARES)
Operates on 147.33 + Repeater
ARRL Amateur News
August 15 th 1429 UTC
Three radio amateurs are among the initial nine NASA astronauts scheduled to fly on commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station. Others in the group are studying for their ham licensing exams in order to take part in Amateur Radio on the Inte…
August 14 th 1928 UTC
The winning article for the August 2018 QST Cover Plaque award is “A Novel Approach to Using Window Line” by John Portune, W6NBC. The QST Cover Plaque Award -- given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue -- is determined by a …
August 14 th 1731 UTC
Reorganized and updated FCC Personal Radio Services (PRS) Part 95 rules have been published in The Federal Register. Among other things, the PRS covers the Family Radio Service (FRS), General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), and the Citizens Band Radio Servic…
Current Platte County Weather
Winds are Southwest at 3.5 MPH (3 KT). The pressure is 1010.5 mb and the humidity is 69%.
The heat index is 85.
Last Updated on Aug 15 2018, 2:53 pm CDT.
Training Resources
HF Radio Propagation
Solar Flux: 69 | Ap: 4 | Kp 3
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.