Club

Greens Peak Meshtastic Antenna

Randy Beecroft, W7RJB, and Matt Lunati, N7OEI, installed a new commercial grade antenna on Greens Peak to support a new Meshtastic node on the mountain top. Here are a few pictures.

Randy Beecroft, W7RJB, and Dennis Mills, WA7ZZT, made a trip up to Greens Peak on Oct. 19, 2024 to repair the W7EH repeater that has been down for a few days. They ran into an early winter storm with about 4″ of snow on the mountain. Here are a few pictures.

Antenna Day

A team from the Kachina club had an antenna party on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at the QTH of Glenn, KK7GB. Randy, W7RJB and his two sons assisted with the tower work, and also Dennis WA7ZZT and Kevin KG5Q, along with Randy’s two granddaughters. Installation included a Rohn 25G tower and a Bushcraft MA5B beam antenna. Here are a few pictures.

Field Day 2024

The Kachina ARC participated in the 2024 ARRL Field Day on June 22, 2024. The club’s operation was held in Taylor, at a nice visible location in front of the Walmart parking lot. We had lots of visitors with interest and questions about ham radio. Here are a few pictures.

White Mountain Hamfest

Rim Country Swap Meet

Winter Field Day

Jim W7AZY and Marie N7SKS participated in Winter Field Day on Jan. 27, 2024. Over a 4 hour block of operating time, they completed 122 QSO’s, 88 on 20m and 34 on 10m. Here are a few pictures of their operation.