San Lorenzo Valley Amateur Radio Club
WR6AOK, 147.120 MHz, Offset +600 KHz, CTCSS Tone 94.8 Hz
The talk will discuss some very popular myths relating to antennas, and attempt to debunk them. Some topics may be controversial, so you may bring rotten tomatoes but please don't bring the hard green ones; they hurt. If there is time, some antenna magic will be discussed, especially related to transmission line matching. In addition, there
Tonight Greg N6CK will discuss Summits on the Air (SOTA), an award scheme for hams that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas. From one's home, from a nearly hilltop, or from the top of a summit, anyone can participate. Mountaineering skills are not required! Greg also will demo his ultra-portable expedition gear.
Tonight, in addition to hearing a Field Day preparations report from John N6FBA, we'll get a refresher course from Rich KE1B on the N1MM contact-logging software, which all of our stations will use on Field Day.
Allen WB7RWU and visitor Stu Phillips K6TU will talk about portable 10-GHz communication.
We have an interesting presentation for the September meeting: Rohan Agrawal, KJ6LXV, will present "Bluetooth APRS Text Messaging and Tweeting Systems." He is also the developer of the system being discussed. What is most interesting is that Rohan is 12 years old. He will be doing the presentation at SLVARC as a "warm up" for
