The Rho Epsilon Amateur Radio Club was formally founded at Washington State University (then Washington State College) in 1911 by H.V. Carpenter, Homer Dana and Royal Sloan as one of the first university ham radio clubs in the world.
Our goal is to provide Washington State University students with the opportunity to learn and experiment with amateur radio as well as to meet other students interested in amateur radio and share ideas.
In case you haven't heard, the results from the February School Club Roundup are in! W7YH has placed 3rd nationally in colleges, scoring 78442 points and contacting 48 states! The full results are not posted on the ARRL web site yet, but they are available online here, for those who are interested.
Just a some pictures of stuff we have been keeping our selves busy with. http://hamradio.wsu.edu/image/tid/27
Many of you have heard for a while now that we were working with Icom to get some new radio equipment donated. Well, it finally happened!! Icom generously provided a brand new IC-7000 w/ tuner and IC-2820 w/ D-STAR. They're in the shack now! If you're interested in learning how to use them, watch the mailing list for a general meeting that will include an orientation to the new equipment.
Its been a while since I've posted updates on this. Things have been moving, but slowly...until now.
Last week, Lydig construction, Valley Electric, and a few other contractors yet to be confirmed have come together to complete our tower project! They will be donating all their labor and the small supplies needed (including concrete!)
We are going to be featured in some comics over at http://dashtoons.com/. Be sure to check it out and check back often.
Finally got some pictures up of the two days we had in the field for School Club Roundup.
See them here with descriptions on each picture: http://hamradio.wsu.edu/image/tid/20
We made the front page on the EECS website: http://school.eecs.wsu.edu
For reference when the story gets pushed off the front page: http://school.eecs.wsu.edu/node/1081
I'll be getting some more pictures than what is shown there up very soon. Just have run into some troubles with an easy way to upload all of the pictures. These will include a couple antenna shots!
What a fantastic week, running in the field the the last two days, making so many contacts, and working through all the pile-ups we got. I'm very proud of how well we did this year and the level of activity and dedication we had.
Check out this info for stations that will be operating during School Club Roundup; planned schedules on the first sheet and stations will update the second when they are on the air with what frequency they are on and other info: