Club Photos – HSVARC

Hot Springs Village Amateur Radio Club

2022 Christmas Party at Home Plate

HSV Special Event

New 440 Hut 2018

In the Spring of 2018, our radio club and the Hot Spring Village POA reached an agreement allowing us to replace the old existing 440 hut on Mesero Way. Bill Stewart (WA5AQQ) and Chester Robinson (N5MEF) agreed to take on the project. The existing slab was not level, but after some engineering was made ready for the walls in the last week of March. The plan was to pre-build the hut at home in modular form and then transport it to the distant hilltop location. Bill’s garage was better suited for the construction area and that’s where we started. Materials were delivered on April 30, and we started the framing on May 1. The walls and roof were built, C-clamped together, then disassembled to be moved to the final location. When ready, we placed the walls at the site, and with help from fellow members got the assembled roof lifted on. By May 30th, the building had been sheathed inside and out, shingled, painted, electrical placed by the POA, and our radio equipment installed and working.

Old 440 hut, new building location is existing tower slab on left

Both side and completed back walls, held together by C-clamps.

With the four walls standing in the background, Bill and Chester work on the roof assembly.

Existing slab was uneven, so we placed mortar and some tapered treated lumber where we would have a level base for our walls.

With the base leveling done, it was time to draft Emile Borne (KG5KQO) to help load the walls and roof piece for the trip to the building site.

Bill seals our treated floorboard while I test fit the front wall.

Chester drills away in the slab to insert and set the sole plate anchors.

Bill drills as I get ready to apply some helpful foot pressure.

Building with the four walls up, and sheathing now on three of the walls.

Bill with Craig Johnson (N5CHJ) after placing the door.

Chester applying the tar paper and shingles.

Chester’s truck with all the siding loaded and about to pull out. Much of the siding was donated by Frank Fahrlander N7FF.

Bill and Chester getting close to finishing the siding. The non-level site called for some unique scaffolding.

Bill and Chester cutting some short pieces of siding.

After the POA transferred the electrical, it’s paneling time for us.

With paneling complete, we added a shelf, place a donated RV battery from George Kittner (K5IIK), and prepare for the equipment.

Our Yaesu repeater along with supporting equipment and our older repeater as a back up. We later added a 2amp smart charger for the battery.

Back side of the building with electrical done.

Cancer Walk September 29, 2018

2018 Field Day

For Field Day 2018, we set up at Lake Balboa here in Hot Springs Village. We had some nice accommodations thanks to George Kittner (K5IIK) allowing us to use his ForeTravel 40′ motor home, and his onboard generator for the events duration. Antennas used were a Eagle One 10-80M vertical, a modified Windom, and a multi-band dipole. Transceiver was a ??