KM4RE: Russell Elementary Amateur Radio Club

Home of the Richard Pugmire Amateur Radio Station

The Russell Elementary Amateur Radio Club would not exist if not for the generosity of one man in our community, Mr. Richard Pugmire, the owner of Pugmire Lincoln-Mercury dealership. Mr. Pugmire has helped the Russell Space Team program at our school for 20 years. When we started discussing our plans for an amateur radio club and station at our school, Mr. Pugmire purchased outright several thousands dollars worth of brand new equipment for our station, including a Kenwood TS-2000 transceiver, power supply, and an off-center fed dipole antenna as well as several smaller accessory items like coax cabling and adapters. 

Mr. Pugmire passed in February 2018. He will be missed by all of us at Russell Elementary, but his legacy and his kindness will live forever in our hearts. Rest in Peace, Mr. Pugmire. 

No radio club training on August 28 and October 10

We will NOT have radio club training on the following dates due to early release: August 28 October 10 Please note that we WILL still have radio club training on the early release dates on October 15 and October 17. These dates are to prepare for the School Club Roundup... Read more →

KM4RE Applications (Amateur Radio Club)

The applications are due to Mr. Laster in room #301 by Friday, August 9. The student can either hand to Mr. Laster or place it in the drop box on the door of room #301. You can view/download an APPLICATION and/or CALENDAR from the following shared folder: Radio Club shared... Read more →

Thank you N3DJI

Mr. Frank S. N3DJI in Columbia, Maryland sent our club a very generous cash donation. Thank you so much for helping us out. Our program would not exist if it were not for the generosity of people like Mr. Frank! Read more →

First digital contact

Bob, KC3DQA, was KM4RE's first ever digital contact on March 10, 2017 on 20 meters. QSO was made using PSK31. Bob was kind enough to take a photograph holding the certificate he received from our club for being our first contact on digital modes. We framed his photograph and QSL... Read more →

SPECIAL EVENT STATION: 19th Annual Space Shuttle Mission Simulation at Russell Elementary, May 4-5

KM4RE's annual Special Event Station commemorating the 19th launch in the Russell space program's history. Our station will be working on SSB phone 20m and 40m, middle of the band. We will also be working PSK31 on 20m and 40m. Local contacts, we monitor 146.400 simplex FM. Give us a... Read more →

Jessica makes KM4RE's first ever digital mode QSO

After a lot of work, KM4RE is finally set up to operate on digital modes. On Friday, March 10 during our Friday meeting, Jessica made our club's first ever digital QSO. She received a response on her second call from Bob, KC3DQA, in Cambridge, Maryland. Bob will be receiving a... Read more →

KM4RE often monitors 146.400 mHz FM simplex. Give us a call if you're in the local area. Our 2m antenna is mounted 35' above the ground and combined with our school's hilltop location, we have a range of about 15-20 miles in many directions. Read more →

Way to go DX Roadrunners on an amazing run in the 2017 Spring School Club Roundup

Our radio club just wrapped up the Spring School Club Roundup (SCR) yesterday. Official results will not be released for two weeks but we feel that we did very, very well. Some highlights so far: --We surpassed the School Club Roundup all time highest point total with a final score... Read more →

Silver Comet Amateur Radio Society (W4RSC)

Some of our members of KM4RE and/or the Russell Space Team had a great time visiting with the good folks at the Silver Comet Amateur Radio Society (W4RSC) in Paulding County this week. They were excited to learn about our programs and we even discovered some old Russell families in... Read more →

Spring School Club Roundup is coming! Please read!

It is almost time for the DX Roadrunners' participation in the springtime School Club Roundup (SCR) competition. (The DX Roadrunners is the name of our radio club competition team.) Please note the following important information about the DX Roadrunners' participation in SCR: --SCR will go every day, Monday through Friday,... Read more →