The SLVARC 2014 Auction is Almost Here!

The file linked below contains up-to-the-minute (well, maybe a few days old) information about the October 10 auction of radio equipment and other goodies to benefit the San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club.

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Packet Radio with Smartphones

Many thanks to 13-year-old Rohan Agrawal KJ6LXV who presented his work on packet radio during the September 5, 2014, club meeting. Rohan designed and built wireless-interface hardware and a smartphone app that lets

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Field Day 2014 – ISS Contacts, the Backstory

Ah . . . the feeling of success. I was walking on air Saturday morning, June 28th, at about 11:30 a.m. In less than 10 minutes into the official start-time

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Field Day 2014 – Press Coverage

Post-Field-Day Coverage: Annual Nationwide Field Day Tests Skills of Ham Operators — Santa Cruz Sentinel County Amateur Radio Clubs Have a Field Day — Aptos Times (page 1, page 2) Pre-Field-Day

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Field Day 2014 – Out of this world!

Field Day has been called by some Amateurs “the best few days of the year.”  At the top of Empire Grade Rd near Bonny Doon, CA, I found myself in amongst

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