Summer and VHF season is nearly here! On April 13th, please join us for camaraderie and hear Craig Thompson, K9CT, talk about VHF station building for DX/Awards and Contesting. Craig will share some thoughts about construction, contests and strategy from a high power fixed station perspective. Craig has a distinguished history within ham radio as an ARRL Contest… Read More »
On March 9th, please join us for camaraderie and hear Hal Turley, W8HC, talk about the Radio In a Box (RIB) setup that was used recently in the CQ WW CW Contest as well as the ARRL 160 meters contest. This setup features an entire station (transceiver, power supply, amp, etc.) that is packed into a single Pelican… Read More »
Join us at our February 9th online meeting at 7pm, when Ward Silver, N0AX, will present “What Does Your Antenna Analyzer Measure – And Why?” Well known as an ARRL Contributing Editor and author of many books and articles, Ward grew up as a WWDXC member, gaining his novice license in 1972. A meeting invitation will sent out… Read More »
Please join us online for the January 12th meeting at 7pm. Our guest speaker will be John Miller, K6MM, who is currently President of the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF). John’s presentation will be “K5P DXpedition: The Cursed Paradise of Palmyra Atoll” John says: “I’ve customized this presentation to focus a lot on the interesting back story of… Read More »
Our December meeting on Tuesday, December 8th, will be a social round-robin affair via Zoom, in lieu of our annual Holiday Dinner Party. We still have club business to complete, including the election of the 2021 club officers and 2 director positions. The Directors will serve 3 year terms. The Club President will send out invitations. If you… Read More »
Bob Brehm, AK6R/Chief Engineer of Palomar Engineers, on Quick and Easy Solutions to RFI. Is your transmitter the SOURCE of RFI affecting electronic devices in your own house or your neighbor’s house? Would you like to find a quick and easy solution so you can have more time to operate and enjoy ham radio rather than troubleshooting RFI… Read More »
Software Defined Radio (SDR) has taken over the industry and yielded fantastic improvement to Amateur Radio rigs…but…do we know HOW to leverage these new tools? Join us at our October 13th meeting at 7pm, when ARRL Hudson Division Director Ria Jairam/N2RJ will discuss “SDR and its impact on DXing”. Ria Jairam, N2RJ started off as a shortwave listener… Read More »
How do you play in the 7QP, New England QP, Delaware QP, and Indiana QP all at the same time and leverage our software tools? Our Tuesday evening, September 8th virtual meeting will present Brian, N9ADG, who will show us how to use N1MM+ Contest Logger with multiple, simultaneous contests. Brian is the Editor of the biweekly ARRL… Read More »
August 11th, 2020 We’ll continue with online gatherings through the summer. A meeting invitation will sent out to members via email. Jim Idelson, K1IR, is the founder and president of the Zero Falls Alliance, an organization he started when he realized how excessive the number of injuries/deaths are from amateur radio tower accidents compared to all other… Read More »
July 14th, 2020 It may be a long time before we’re meeting in person again, so we’ll continue with online gatherings through the summer. A meeting invitation will sent out to members via email. The July presentation will be the on Planning & executing a DX expedition, by Brian Stucker KB2S. Details about our monthly meetings… Read More »