Welcome to MIRATS!
This is the homebase for the Michigan Radio Amateurs Technological Society, callsign: WE8CHZ – An FCC registered amateur radio club.
The society is primarily geared towards Michigan residents, but is open to all who wish to participate. It has a general focus on the exploration of radio technologies, the use of technology in practical applications, and other offshoots of the radio hobby depending on the mood.
We’re an Internet-based society, meaning that there is no regional or geographical home location within Michigan. We meet and socialize primarily on Discord, but can also be found and contacted via Facebook.
You’ll often find our members on the IRA Linked Repeater System (w8ira.org), W8BCI in Lansing (w8bci.org), as well as other area repeaters like WM-CONNECT on Wires-X.
Recent Posts from the Shack
This is a library of user-submitted code plugs for digital voice radios, including DMR, C4FM and D-STAR. If you want to submit a code plug for a different voice protocol, I’m happy to create a heading for it. Email your code plug with a short description to gordonthree-we8chz @ gmail.com...
Read MoreBricked your Flex 3000 with bad firmware? Maybe not. Hack your radio...
Read MoreA 5-band FT8 QRP transceiver with a wonderful color GUI is a good looking open source project you can build yourself...
Read MoreOriginally Published on March 21, 2017 by WT2P, CJ Johnson...
Read MoreA new tool for visualizing current POTA stations from M0TRT...
Read MoreHarness the power of elevated radials with this antenna...
Read MoreHunt RFI on the cheap with this easy to build, powerful, direction finding radio/antenna combo...
Read MoreNOARC (North Ottawa County ARC) sponsored its members and the MI RATS at Kirk Park on Lake Michigan for 2024. The final score was 171,146, with 694 Qs and 166 Multipliers. Thanks to everyone that participated and worked us!...
Read MoreThe Michigan QSO Party is quickly approaching. Starting at 12:00 PM EDT on 4/20/2024 and running until 12:00AM EDT on 4/21, the rats will be in the race to win the event. We’ll be operating under the callsign W8CSO. The event is organized by the MI RATS and sponsored by...
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