Weekly Club Newsletter
Items of Interest: World Amateur Radio Day 2021 is coming up This year marking the 96th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The IARU Administrative Council has chosen “Amateur Radio: Home but Never Alone” as the theme for World Amateur Radio …
Items of Interest: GridTracker GridTracker listens to live traffic from WSJT-X or JTDX and displays it on a map. It can also load ADIF log files, lotw, hrdlog.net and other sources to display your statistics and map your QSOs. GridTracker …
Items of Interest: Video of the phenomena of wetting and capillarity action during the soldering of surface mount parts. New version of EchoLink for Windows — first in a decade. Humor: Meetings: The next meeting will be April 5th at …
Items of Interest: What is Antenna Polarization, and Why Does it Matter? Humor: Meetings: The next meeting will be April 5th at 7 PM via Google Meet (online video). The guest speaker will be a representative of the ARRL SC region …
Items of Interest: GridTracker GridTracker listens to live traffic from WSJT-X or JTDX and displays it on a map. It can also load ADIF log files, lotw, hrdlog.net and other sources to display your statistics and map your QSOs. GridTracker …
Items of Interest: HAM RADIO Captures SIGNALS FROM MARS: Ham radio operators are doing something that until recently only big Deep Space Networks could do. “We’re monitoring spacecraft around Mars,” says Scott Tilley of Roberts Creek, British Columbia, who listened …
Items of Interest: Antennas: 3D Printing Application Of The Future, Or Today? There is now considerable activity in the 3D print space on the antenna problem. We’ve seen examples of conformal antennae, and 5G MIMO antenna designs. A new approach is the Luneberg …
Items of Interest: Anyone remember SuitSat SuitSat makes an appearance in a new video short sci-fi thriller, called Decommissioned. The video short resurrects the 2006 spacesuit/satellite that transmitted messages on 2 meters as it circled Earth. The original SuitSat-1 project, …
Items of Interest: Interesting Stories About Ham Radio & Weather Spotting Visit the ARRL Learning Network (a members-only benefit) to register, check on upcoming webinars, and view previously recorded sessions. A future session is on weather spotting. This presentation reviews …
Items of Interest: The interactive Smith chart enables users to navigate their way around a Smith chart, using simple discrete element impedance matching. The Smith chart is commonly used to impedance match RF devices, such as amplifiers, antennas and transceiver devices. The …
