SARA’s Fall General Class License Upgrade Prep Class Session 6A & 6B
SARA’s General Class license upgrade class session is split into 2 sessions this week, Wednesday Oct 21 (ZOOM) & Thursday Oct 22 at the Stillwater Library conference room. Dave WØOXB and Jim KFØIEX cover Chapters 7 & 8 Antennas & Propagation. Wednesday’s session, Class 6A, will be via SARA’s ZOOM teleconference room.
Thursday’s session, Class 6B, will be in the Conference Room at the Stillwater Public Library. Class begins at 6:00 PM
SARA Eyeball QSO Party
The Eyeball QSO Party Thursday Oct 22 will be in Meeting Room A & B at the Lake Elmo Public Library. The Eyeball begins at 6:00 PM.
1st Thursday Technical Topic Night “Let’s Talk About…”
1st Thursday Technical Topic Night features a technical presentation and discussion based upon the level of interest in the club and the willingness of someone to prepare and lead the session. The sessions are livestreamed via Zoom for those who choose to join the session virtually; and are recorded and posted to the SARA YouTube channel for future viewing and reference.
The 1st Thursday Technical Topic Nights are held at the Baytown Township Hall, 4020 McDonald Dr N, Stillwater, MN 55082, beginning at 6:00 PM Central (23:00 UTC).
- Nov 5, 2026 NO 1st Thursday Tech Topic Night
due to the pending Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald Special Event Nov 6 – 8, we will not have a Tech Topic on this evening but rather the session will be an Eyeball QSO Party. - Dec 3, 2026 1st Thursday Tech Topic Night
“Let’s talk about … Building A Reverse Beacon Network Spotter” led by Keith ACØVW
“Remembering the Edmund Fitzgerald” Special Event Station November 6-8, 2026
WØJH will again be operating from the grounds of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, in Lake County Minnesota, Grid Square EN47, and will qualify for POTA US-2524 & US-8095, ARLHS USA-783.
For the 22nd consecutive year, a crew of nearly 40 SARA members will be operating to commemorate the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with the loss of her entire 29-man crew. November 10th will be the 51st anniversary of the tragic loss. The Fitz passed Split Rock Lighthouse on her final voyage.
Due to staffing and site access, we expect this to primarily be an SSB daytime operation. While most activity is expected to be on 20m, we intend to devote some time to contact closer stations on 40m or 80m early and perhaps later in the day.
Suggested Frequencies: (with 20m & 40m being more active)
SSB: 3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360, 28.360 MHz (+/– 10 kHz)
We anticipate WØJH being on the air from when we can get set up ~19:00 to ~22:00 UTC on Nov 6th, and ~15:00-22:55 UTC on other days of the event.
No Digital or postal QSL cards please. Our logs will be uploaded to LOTW, QRZ, & POTA after conclusion of the event.
We will again offer a free confirmation certificate, sent as a pdf for valid contacts. To receive your confirmation, send an email request as soon as possible to W0JHFitz@outlook.com with the following information.
* Your Call Sign
* Date of QSO (UTC date)
* Time of QSO (UTC time)
* Band or Frequency
* Mode
Any email received without the above information may be returned for clarification or discarded.
Submit certificate requests promply as late requests won’t be fulfilled.
Certificates will be sent out approximately 3 weeks after conclusion of the event.
SARA VE Team Exam Session November 12
SARA’s VE Team will be conducting an in-person Amateur Radio Exam Session on Thursday November 12. The session will be in the Auditorium B at the Boutwells Landing 13575 58th Street North, Oak Park Heights, MN 55082. Test session begins at 6:00 PM, check-in will be open 20-30 minutes before.
Pre-registration is required. Email ve-team at radioham dot org to register for this session and indicate the license level exam (Tech, General, or Extra) you plan to take. The Exam session fee is $15.
The SARA POTA Challenge
Summer is coming to an end, but that hasn’t slowed down our POTA hunters and activators. September numbers are now available on the SARA website. >> CLICK HERE << to view the most recent posted results.
Important Note: The POTA group has changed the minimum number of hunter contacts required to be included in the data feed we use to calculate our totals. You now need a minimum of 100 hunted parks to be included in the data feed. We will continue to include anyone that has been on the reports with less than 100 contacts, but new challenge participants will need to make 100 contacts before they are included in these reports. Please reach out to Bob – W0GAF or Brian – KB9TBB if you have questions.
The Parks on the Air resource page is a great place to get your POTA questions answered.
To participate in the POTA Challenge, there are two simple steps required.
– Register for an account at parksontheair.com
– Go out and work some parks
SARA members who have registered on the POTA website https://parksontheair.com/# (sign up is under the Help/Getting Started tab) are automatically included in the SARA Challenges.
This week’s SARA activities
- “Sunday Fusion” Digital Voice Hangout October 18
19:00 Central (Daylight Time) (00:00 UTC)
SARA Repeater 147.060+ MHz (DCS/DTCS 026 Normal)
or connect via WIRES-X to the W0JH-Room 63969
System Fusion digital voice hangout to expand use and familiarity with the digital voice capabilities available on the WØJH repeater. - SARA Evening HF Ragchew
Nightly
20:00 Central (01:00 UTC)
Frequency: 3.813LSB +/- QRM
Alternates: 1.966 MHz +/- QRM (LSB), 21.316 MHz +/- QRM (USB) 50.166 MHz +/- QRM (USB) - SARA Monday Morning 75-meter Ragchew October 19
Frequency: 3.856 LSB +/- QRM - Two Meter Tuesday (TMT) Round Robin Ragchew Oct 20
7:00 – ~8:00 pm Central (or until we finish!)
SARA Repeater 147.060+ MHz (DCS/DTCS 026 Normal)1stTuesday of each month is Emergency Power Night – participants are encouraged to operate the stations on emergency power.The Tuesday evening on-air round robin ragchew, featuring the “Ask the Elmer” segment. The group leaders focus on encouraging any and everyone, especially those new to the airwaves, to join the session via the repeater. - SARA General License Class 6A Virtual Session Wednesday Oct 21
6:00 PM
SARA Zoom Teleconference Room - General Class License Course Session 6B Thursday Oct 22
6:00 PM
Conference Room
Stillwater Public Library 224 E 3rd St, Stillwater - Eyeball QSO Party Thursday Oct 22
6:00 PM
Meeting Rooms A & B
Lake Elmo Public Library 3537 Lake Elmo Ave N, Lake Elmo
