Each year the Club holds an annual get-together known as the "Eyeball." We try to rotate the general location of this event around the country - East, West, Middle - to give all members a chance of attending without the same ones always having to travel a great distance. Despite this, there are those adventuresome souls who will head out cross country toward the Eyeball a week early and offer contacts on our nets from many states along the way... and again on their return, usually by a different route.
The Eyeball is usually held starting on a Thursday and ending on Sunday morning. The actual date for the Eyeball can range from about mid-June (after school ends) to early August. Some attendees will arrive a day or even several days before the official start to have additional time to renew old acquaintences and to help with set-up.
Not long after each Annual Eyeball, potential hosts for the next year's Eyeball make proposals to the Board of Directors, which selects a location for next year's Eyeball from among the proposals submitted. Our Eyeball Coordinator Guide document contains the information needed by a prospective host to submit a proposal to host the Annual Eyeball.
Each year we also conduct - as part of the Eyeball - our Annual Mobile Shoot-Out, an event designed to demonstrate who has the strongest mobile signal. This is a great opportunity to see what the folks with the strongest mobile signals are using to get them - antennas used, how they're mounted, etc., and it's also a great chance to see how your own signal stacks up.
| Eyeball | Call | Name | Venue | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | K4TER | Katie Gilliam | Prince William Forest Park | Triangle | VA |
| 2022 | W8NET | Gene Marsh | Brimfield Community Center | Brimfield | OH |
| 2021 | AA1NA | Kirk Fraiser | Lake Tiak-O'Khata | Louisville | MS |
| 2020 | AA1NA | Kirk Fraiser | (no in-person 2020 Eyeball was held) | Louisville | MS |
| 2019 | KE3HAY | Keon Hayes | Newark | DE | |
| 2018 | WA6LBU | Clay Mayrose | Sleep Inn and Suites | Edmond | OK |
| 2017 | N3WD | Bill Dobson | Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company Carnival Grounds |
Upperco | MD |
| 2016 | AC0HF | Charles Rader | Stone Castle Hotel | Branson | MO |
| 2015 | WU9I | Pat Caldwell | Knights of Columbus | Nashville | TN |
| 2014 | KS9WI N9QZF |
Keith Summers Elaine Summers |
De Pere Community Center | De Pere | WI |
| 2013 | WK7K | John Patrick | Historic Old West Town of ↣ | Torrington | WY |
| 2012 | WT0A | Glen Felt | Eugene T. Mahoney State Park | Ashland | NE |
| 2011 | WB1I | Fred Caswell | Knights of Columbus Hall | Somers | CT |
| 2010 | K5SVC KD5JAQ |
Frank Krize Joy Krize |
Near the banks of the Mississippi |
Natchez Vidalia |
MS LA |
| 2009 | AD6ZJ | Loren Hunt | Vista Antique Gas & Steam Museum |
Vista | CA |
| 2008 | N3WD | Bill Dobson | Hanover | PA | |
| 2007 | N5OHL | Jim Richardson | Historic Former Capital of OK | Guthrie | OK |
| 2006 | N0PUI | Jay Wieland | Le Sueur | MN | |
| 2005 | WM4SG | Bill Martin | Red Top Mountain State Park | Cartersville | GA |
| 2004 | N7XG | Dean Davis | Wilsonville | OR | |
| 2003 | K0WJ | Lon Martin | Kansas City | MO | |
| 2002 | WA2JIM | Clay Statmore | Hamburg | NJ | |
| 2001 | W7DO KD7BVO |
Gary Martek Lynette Martek |
WA | ||
| 2000 | K0LJ |
Larry Johnston Juanita Johnston |
Cedar Rapids | IA | |
| 1999 | WA1VQY | Jeff Lynch | Portsmouth | RI | |
| 1998 | AC7XF | Hugh MacDonald | Bandon | OR | |
| 1997 | KJ5IM | James Byrd | Sequoyah State Park | Hulbert | OK |
| 1996 | AA1ME | George Branchaud | Wallingford | VT | |
| 1995 | KR7B | Kenneth Rathbone | AB Campground | Cheyenne | WY |
| 1994 | W8NET | Gene Marsh | Starved Rock State Park | Utica | IL |
| 1993 | KI5RN | Glen Van Rheeden | Bull Shoals State Park | Lakeview | AR |
| 1992 | K4UQP WA4JNN |
Raymond Wright Judy Wright |
Racoon Mountain Caverns | Chattanooga | TN |
| 1991 | K4UQP WA4JNN |
Raymond Wright Judy Wright |
Racoon Mountain Caverns | Chattanooga | TN |
| 1990E | NY9L | Benjamin Austin Sr | Sand Creek Campground | Chesterton | IN |
| 1989E | NY9L | Benjamin Austin Sr | Sand Creek Campground | Chesterton | IN |
| 1988E | WB2K | John Ross | |||
| 1988W | K5IUO | Maynard McClure | |||
| 1987E | WA2ZYM | George Herbert Jr | |||
| 1987W | KD7XQ | Alec Baxter | |||
| 1986 | |||||
| 1985E | KM4MK | Wayne Anderson Sr | |||
| 1984E | KD8PT | Robert Barrett | |||
| 1983 | |||||
| 1982E | KA5HFB | Leitha Sharp | Dogpatch USA (Rock Candy Mountain) |
Harrison | AR |
| 1982W | |||||
| 1981 | |||||
| 1980E | WA4RRR | Alice Blair | Bowling Green | KY | |
| 1980W | W6PIO | Ed Epperson | Pleasant Valley Ranch | Cimarron | CO |
| 1979E | WA4RRR | Alice Blair | Bowling Green | KY | |
| 1979W | WB7NSE | Stephen Blackburn | Triangle C Ranch | Dubois | WY |
| 1978 | WA4RRR | Alice Blair | Bowling Green | KY |
