{"id":21,"date":"2024-10-02T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yxg.jfk.mybluehost.me\/blog\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:59:57","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-970da055 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.946), 4rem);\">Our news<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">License Tessting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Testing-4-11-26-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-585 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Testing-4-11-26-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Testing-4-11-26-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Testing-4-11-26-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Testing-4-11-26.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Amateur Radio License testing was again available through the Goose River Amateur Radio Club.  On April 11, 2026 seven individuals tested for either a new license or an upgrade to their current license.  Three tested for Technician class license and four tested for General class license.  Volunteer Examiners were David Flitter W0FLT, Craig Bye KA0EDD, Tom Perdue KF0LEA, and Dan Johnson NS0Q.  This session took place at Elroy Lindaas W0KZU shack\/shop.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Repeater Needed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The old repeater on the Mayville elevator was becoming unreliable.  It had been in operation since the late 1970&#8217;s.  A new repeater was set up on the elevator no longer in used in Portland.  This provided a higher elevation for the antenna and in a location were the club had good access.  While club members accomplished the work, the master KC0SD had to finalize the setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-Antenna.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-Antenna.jpg 351w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-Antenna-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-set-1018x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-439\" style=\"width:373px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-set-1018x1024.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-set-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-set-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-set-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Repeater-set.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Norm-Repeater-824x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" style=\"width:377px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Norm-Repeater-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Norm-Repeater-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Norm-Repeater-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Norm-Repeater.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mayville Heritage Days<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During Mayville Heritage Days the club set up a display of radio equipment at the museum (old train depot) and discussed Amateur Radio with those interested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mayville-Hertitage-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:731px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mayville-Hertitage-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mayville-Hertitage-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mayville-Hertitage-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mayville-Hertitage-1536x1131.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mayville-Hertitage-2048x1508.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer Field Day June 28 &amp; 29, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Summer Field Day 2025 was a success. Lessons Learned were put to use and the overall operation was a lot smoother. The Location was in a camping area on the Elroy Lindaas farm. Trial County Sheriff Steve Hunt was on hand to get a firsthand look at what could be accomplished in an emergency operation.  It was a good opportunity to check out the operation of the trailer mounted Beem Antenna.  Chris KF0RUM had his fish house\/camper setup, Chris W0NUL had his motor home, and Craig KA0EDD had a small camper setup.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/beem-1024x606.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/beem-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/beem-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/beem-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/beem.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter Field Day January 25 &amp; 26, 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter Field Day 2025 is in the books. The Goose River Amateur Radio Club set up operations at the corner of Main and 4th Ave NE. A good time was had by the members. Operators included: C Bye (KA0EDD), C Kleven (KF0RUM), CT Stinar (KD0HUZ), C Davis (W0NUL), and D Flitter (W0FLT). N Bakken (KC0SD) and E Lindass (W0KZU) stopped by. Several Antennas were set and two stations were operated with many contacts made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/main>\n\n\n\n<p>A big thank you to KF0RUM for the use of his fish house as a base of operations.  Everyone was warm and comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-Outside-1-1-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169\" style=\"width:651px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For Winter Field Day we were able to add a beam antenna to the operation, thanks to KA0EDD and his skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-group-1-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-167\" style=\"width:646px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-group-1-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-group-1-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-group-1-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-group-1-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WFD-2025-group-1-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The inside of the fish house was small but adequate. (Dave W0FLT, CT KD0HUZ, Norman NC0SD, ?, Craig KA0EDD, &amp; Chris KF0RUM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summer Field Day June 29 and 30, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Summer Field Day was held at the Willowood Campground between Mayville and Portland. Operators included: C Bye (KA0EDD) and D. Flitter (W0FLT).  This was the first time in years that the club operated during a ARRL Field Day.  The beginning of many lessons to be learned.<\/p>\n<\/main>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Craig KA0EDD working CW and Phone<\/em><\/strong>                                                                                               <strong><em> Dave Working FT8 &amp; FT4<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"74\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Craig-Field-Day-2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Craig-Field-Day-2.webp 750w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Craig-Field-Day-2-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"917\" data-id=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dave-Field-Day-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dave-Field-Day-1.jpg 659w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dave-Field-Day-1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>                              <strong><em>Chad W0GZL working Phone<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Field-Day-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" style=\"width:638px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Field-Day-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Field-Day-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Field-Day-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Chad-Field-Day.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>      The shelter at the Willowood Campground was the Operation Center.                                                  Setting up a Long Wire Antenna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Field-Day-Shelter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" style=\"width:643px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Field-Day-Antenna-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Field-Day-Antenna-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Field-Day-Antenna-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Field-Day-Antenna-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our news License Tessting Amateur Radio License testing was again available through the Goose River Amateur Radio Club. On April 11, 2026 seven individuals tested for either a new license or an upgrade to their current license. Three tested for Technician class license and four tested for General class license. Volunteer Examiners were David Flitter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":587,"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gooseriverarc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}