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Upcoming: 2022 ARRL Field Day

June 13, 2022June 20, 2022 - by Jon Anhold

Black River Radio Ops will once again be active for Field Day June 25-26 2022 from Elyria Township, Ohio. Find us on the ARRL Field Day Locator. NW8S will be …

NW8S Field Day 2021

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 - by Doug Dever - 1 Comment

Oh my! Another field day in the books and if we thought last year was awesome, this one was probably the best field day we’ve had yet. There’s still some …

NW8S WPX RTTY 2021 Recap

February 16, 2021February 17, 2021 - by Doug Dever

Finally! The WPX RTTY contest we’ve been trying to have! In 2016, KB8O, KM8V (then N8USK), and AB8M operated our first multi-op / 2 transmitter CQ WPX RTTY contest from …

Roundup of the January ARRL RTTY Roundup

January 5, 2021January 19, 2021 - by Doug Dever - 1 Comment

The first weekend of the year always starts off with one of the more fun and active RTTY contests, the ARRL RTTY Roundup. This year was no exception, but it …

Contests you say? We’ve got contests…

December 13, 2020December 14, 2020 - by Doug Dever

Winter blues coming around? Luckily we’re in the thick of contest season to go along with being stuck at home while everything is closed. The past two weekends have hosted …

FT Roundup Thoughts – 2020

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 - by Doug Dever - 2 Comments.

Black River Radio Ops were on the air for the 2020 FT-Roundup. For those not familiar with the FT-Roundup contest, it is essentially the same rules as the ARRL RTTY …

Ohio QSO Party 2020

August 24, 2020December 13, 2020 - by Jay Pecora

The Ohio QSO party this year was again a great event. The activity was solid the whole 12 hours. We operated 2 stations with some new equipment this year and …

NW8S Field Day 2020

June 29, 2020June 30, 2020 - by Doug Dever - 1 Comment

Another field day is in the books. The abundance of 1Ds and the ability for them to work each other certainly changed the dynamic of the event. It was more …