Photo Gallery 2024

PRA Weekly Get Together at Fuzzy’s Tacos

Come out and join us at Fuzzy’s Tacos – Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Parker & Hess. Always a good time!

Yet another Elmer Team Antenna Project! – October

The PRA Elmer Team is here to help local hams get on the air!

Chili Social! – October

The annual PRA Chili Social, hosted by Stan – NØKKY!

New Repeater Frequency! – September

The PRA has a new coordinated VHF repeater frequency pair! Dirk – N2PDQ and Mike – W9CN made the trek up to the Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain repeater site to reprogram the Motorola MT-2000 repeater. Dirk performed the reprogramming operation, while Mike tuned the new duplexer, which they installed at the same time. The antenna was tested using an R&S SA/VNA with its directional power sensor. The antenna tested good with a VSWR of 1 to 1.08, and a return loss of 27.34dB. Also shown are VNA screen shots showing the mag/phase plot of the duplexer cavity tuning. The new frequency pair is 145.250 (144.650 std offset input), with a 123Hz PL tone. Great work guys!

Elmer Team Antenna Installation Assistance – September

The PRA Elmer Team’s experience is invaluable when helping fellow members with antenna installations. Here are some examples of stealth HF antenna installs in restrictive HOA communities.

Second Annual PRA Jeep Outing – September

The PRA returns to Devil’s Canyon for the second annual off-road get together. Devil’s Canyon is in the Arapaho National Forest, which is recognized as US-4400 in the Park on the Air program.

Squaw Repeater Maintenance – July

The repeater group made it up to the Squaw – Mestaa’ėhehe Mountain repeater site. Projects included installing a new battery backup system, installing a new D-Star repeater, and performing various maintenance tasks.

Field Day! – June

The Parker Radio Association’s annual Field Day festivities. Family, fun, food, and friendship. In addition to playing radio, there was an antenna building party, a raffle, and even a Multi-Tool competition.