Congratulations to the new Slate of Officers: President Richie Geraci KD2NJA Vice President Ed Wilson N2XDD Secretary Vince Cigna KC2WPP Treasurer Guy Langeliotti K2HOT and the 2020 Board of Directors: Bob Ciappa WB2NFL Bob Goldstein N2OCH Ken Spiegel KD2DZZ Bill Lunt KD2COL Steve Casko W2SFC What a good way to start the New Year. There…
Allstar build update
There have been several Allstar project build meetings over the past month at the home of Pres, W2PW where members gathered to modify radios, construct cables, and program their raspberry pi to create functioning Allstar nodes. For the most part the project has been a success and a lot of fun. The meetings are continuing…
Playing with SSTV
After last night’s weekly Wednesday night net a couple members met up on our 70cm repeater to test out sending and receiving some SSTV images. This was inspired by listening to the W3HZU Keystone VHF Club net over echolink who held an SSTV net Tuesday night at 8pm. Two images were transmitted and received in…
Allstar node build project meeting
It was a very good meeting last night! We had 17 members present and all the members are excited about the Allstar build that we will be doing in the coming weeks with Pres, W2PW. We went over the materials list and discussed the various options. Special thanks to Charlie, K2ATF for donating 2 signs…
J-Pole webinar with Dr. Ed Fong
At our last meeting on 9/17/19, we enjoyed a webinar about J pole antennas given by Dr. Ed Fong, WB6IQN, a long time ham and professor at UC Santa Cruz- Silicon Valley. You can find out more information about Dr. Fong or purchase his antennas on his website. It was interesting to learn about the…
Compass course completed!
Bruce, WB2ADF, presented a compass training course Sunday 9/15 at Southaven Park. It was very informative, and Bruce made it more interesting by employing many different techniques to present the material. Members in attendance all had a good time with a great teacher! Thank you Bruce!