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AARC Monthly Meeting, 11 April 2017
Turn your D710A into a D710sortaGA
Like many of you, I have a Kenwood TM-D710A mobile radio in my car. Among its many fine features and qualities, it has native APRS capability built in. The fly in the ointment is the need for an external GPS receiver. … Read the rest
New 630m and 2200m bands in US!
Time to buy antenna wire in bulk quantities and start building really long antennas. We have two new bands!
http://www.arrl.org/news/new-bands-fcc-issues-amateur-radio-service-rules-for-630-meters-and-2-200-meters… Read the rest
AARC Monthly Meeting, 21 March 2017
How Power and Signal to Noise Works on the Low Bands
Below is from the Top Band Mailing list and was sent to me by Alan Swinger, K9MBQ
Hi topband lovers,
The basic concept that explains how power and signal to noise ratio works on
low band is very simple. On high bands we need the signal to bounce back to
the Earth.… Read the rest
W4UVA and cubesats
Our sister club, W4UVA at the University of Virginia, is designing and building the ground station for the upcoming UVa cubesat mission. See the article at https://news.virginia.edu/content/just-houston-engineering-students-begin-work-satellite-ground-station for more information.
The story has also been picked up the the Southgate Amateur Radio News (http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/march/university-of-virginia-satellite-project.htm… Read the rest
Upcoming Speakers at AARC 2017 Meetings
by Larry Eicher, Vice President, K4JZQ.
January 10, 2017 Travis Koshko, W3TJK, Weather and its effect on Communications
February 14, 2017 Rob Capon W3DX, Reverse Beacon Network
March 21, 2017 Alfred Wanderlingh of Batteries Plus Bulbs. Talk on Batteries
April 11, 2017 Mike McPherson KQ9P An Amateur Radio Satellite Ground Station at UVA
May 9, 2017 Bob Pattison K4DU – Overview of Field Day Plans
June 13, 2017 Dave Damon K4DND & Dennis Terrible WR4I – 2 short presentations, Dennis to focus on CW operations at FD
July 11, 2017 Bruce McAllister W4BRU Richmond Maker Fest Info
August 8, 2017 Bob Romanko, AK4BR – Lightning Protection for your Shack
September 10, 2017 Picnic at Darden Towe Park
October 10, 2017 Deputy Chief Chan Bryant Albemarle Sheriff’s Office, Topic TBD
November 14, 2017 Cole Fairchild on BACON Weather Balloon Project Report
December Awards Dinner – Dec 12, 2017 Venue TBD… Read the rest
AARC Awards at the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair, March 9, 2017
AARC made awards to an outstanding middle-schooler, and an outstanding team of high-schoolers for projects related to ham radio, electronics, or communications.
The Junior Division award of a certificate and a check for $100.00 went to middle school student Abigail Rollins, N2AMR, for a project comparing the coverage area of a 3 element Yagi with a simple dipole.… Read the rest