Red River Radio Amateurs

An important part of hanging an antenna from a tree is a bearing, or pulley, to eliminate guy line friction and facilitate antenna repairs and adjustments.

The Wouff Hang—whimsically named after the infamous Wouff Hong from Amateur Radio history—is an easy to build bearing made from common PVC water pipe or electrical conduit found at any hardware or home supply store.

Author Roy Lewallen, W7EL, describes construction and use of The Wouff Hang in a well illustrated article which is (a free preview from the October 2019 issue of QST Magazine).

You are invited to enjoy a morning of Ham Radio fellowship, seminars, a flea market, and more, at the largest Hamfest in North Dakota.

The Red River Radio Amateurs Hamfest and ARRL Dakota Division Convention runs from 8AM to 2PM at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 28, 2018.

Please visit http://hamfest.rrra.org or download the 2019 RRRA Hamfest Flyer (PDF) for complete details about this event.

8 more volunteers are needed to staff the ticket (aka admissions) table at the 2019 RRRA Hamfest and ARRL Dakota Division Convention.

Your help is urgently needed to keep shifts short and to give the everyone who volunteers time to enjoy our hamfest.

Please help support RRRA’s only fundraising activity by contacting and volunteering a little bit of your time.

Learn about the wide variety of Coaxial Cable Connectors used by Amateur Radio Stations in this episode of the ARRL The Doctor is in podcast.

• Meeting called to order at 19:07
• Introductions