Major Events
General Membership meeting (14 June) will be both in-person and virtual
– Location: Golden Corral, 1970 Waynoka Rd, Colorado Springs
The business meeting starts at 7 PM, but get your dinner and beverage of choice and check in any time after 6 PM for a social hour. Club members check your email for info or email to receive the Zoom information.
Field Day
– Saturday, 24 June 2023 1200 to Sunday, 25 June 2023 1200
– See Field Day tab above
PPRAA Megafest
– Saturday, 22 July 2023 0800 to 1300
– See Megafest tab above
Denver Radio Club Ham Fest
– Sunday August 27, 2023 (0900-1300)
– Adams County Fairgrounds
– Brighton, Colorado
– More info here.
Albuquerque Duke City Hamfest and Convention
– September 15-17, 2023
– More info here.
On Air Events
Museum Ships Weekend Event
– Friday June 2, 1800hrs to Sunday June 4, 2023, 1800hrs
– On Air
– More info here.
W9IMS – NASCAR 200 at the Brickyard Special Event (third of three)
– 7-13 August 2023
– Times and frequency info here.
Colorado Secion W1AW/0 Operation
– 13-19 September 2023 0000-2359 UTC
– the Colorado Section gets the rare opportunity to operate as W1AW/0 in May and again in September. This is part of the ARRL Volunteers on the Air year long special event.
– Contact W1AW/0 on the air during this period
OR
– Sign up here to be an operator.
Winter Workshop 2022
– On Thursday, Dec. 29, PPRAA conducted a hands-on workshop to build tape measure yagi antennas.
2022 Megafest
– A big thanks to all attendees and vendors who turned out to support us this year and make it a great event. Boy Scout Troop 8 sold coffee & donuts, burgers, chips, and sodas.
Congratulations to this years raffle winners:
- Grand Prize: Complete Ham Radio HF Station (with RT Systems programming kit) – Scott Southall, KE0VZK
- Second Prize: Icom IC-5100 VHF/UHF Dual Band D-Star Transceiver (with RT Systems programming kit) (Donated by CMRG) – Jonathan Cotten, AG5HV
- Third Prize: Kenwood TM-V71A Dual Band Mobile Transceiver (with RT Systems programming kit) – Chris Azelton, KC8TWL
- Fourth Prize: Yaesu FTM-100DR C4FM FDMA/FM 144/430 MHz Transceiver (with RT Systems programming kit) – Lawrence Oliver, K2FV
- Fifth Prize: Yaesu FT-70DR C4FM FDMA/FM 5W Handheld Transceiver (with RT Systems programming kit) – Skip Juhasz, WB2UFV
- Sixth Prize: Yaesu FT65R VHF/UHF 2 Meter/70cm Dual Band FM Handheld (with RT Systems programming kit) – Daniel Krohn, AB0ZY
- Seventh Prize: MFJ-226 1-230 MHZ Antenna Expert Times Graphic Analyzer – Kevin Boog,
KF0IPD - Eighth Prize: Tigertronics Signallink USB Sound Card – Radio Interface – Bob Horne, N0RCH
- Ninth Prize: ARRL 2022 Antenna Handbook – Tom Kocialski,KC2CAG
- Tenth Prize: ARRL 2022 Handbook – Terryl Tilman, NE0TT
- Eleventh Prize: Anytone 878UV/BT Dual-Band Digital DMR Handheld – Jim Rader, KD0NQM
- Twelfth Prize: SDRPlay RSPdx Single-Tuner SDR- Lorin Schroeder, W0LES
- Thirteenth Prize: CX310 Antenna Switch – Robert Ray , KD0YMC
- Fourteenth Prize: Ultimate Power Pole Kit – David McDill, KF0IXU
- Fifteenth Prize: HRO $150 Gift Certificate – Randy Diddel, K5RHD
- Sixteenth Prize: HRO $100 Gift Certificate – Jim Johnson, W0GTA
(7/16/22)
PPRAA 2022 Field Day
Summary Report
Double Fox Hunt
– On Saturday, Oct. 2, several PPRAA fox hunters used their radio direction-finding skills to track down two fox transmitters nestled in the foothills of northwest Colorado Springs. Kyle, KD0TRD, was the fox, and picked two locations with great views of the city. The weather was warm and sunny, and made this a great fall outdoor activity. Thanks to all participants for making this a fun event!
– Congratulations to Derek, K0ATV (right), for being the first fox hunter to locate both transmitters. He picked an SDRPlay receiver as his first-place prize, and here he receives the PPRAA fox hunt trophy from the previous champion fox hunter, Derek, N0DCW (left).
PPRAA World Amateur Radio Day Fox Hunt”
– In celebration of World Amateur Radio Day on April 18, the PPRAA hosted a fox hunt across the north side of Colorado Springs.
– The “fox,” Jason (K0WTF), was soon found transmitting from Fox Run Park. The first team to find him was Derek (N0DCW) and his friend Jerry (soon-to-be-licensed), who found the fox in 19 minutes.
– Many finishers showed off hand-built Yagi antennas, a variety of attenuators, and triangulation techniques. Participants from Colorado Connections and Rocky Mountain Ham provided a display of their radio direction finding van, complete with a doppler tracking station.
– Thanks to Jason (K0WTF) for his work as the fox and net control, and Cheyenne Mountain Repeater Group for the use of their 147.345 repeater for the socializing net.
Postponed to 2025: 2020 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention – Hamcon Colorado 2020
– More info here.
PPRAA 75 years Special Event Station
PPRAA Veterans’ Day Special Event Station
PPRAA Pearl Harbor Day Special Event Station
– QSL to:
PPRAA
PO Box 16521
Colorado Springs, CO 80935-6521
– No need to send a SASE, we will send cards to all confirmed contacts.
– The DRT thank you letter to PPRAA can be read here.
(11/21/05)