October 16th, 7pm – Membership Meeting

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SOARA Members,

Join us for our membership meeting Monday, October 16th,  7pm at the Norman P. Murray Center.

The subject for tonight: So You Want To Be A DXer?! We welcome back, Arnie Shatz N6HC  to tell you about DXing.

Arnold “Arnie” Shatz, N6HC, has been a FCC licensed amateur radio operator for 65 years and earned an Extra Class ticket in 1976.  He is a resident of Orange County, California and a retired Board Certified Urologist. His affiliations include more than a 60 year history of ARRL membership with inclusion in the ARRL Legacy Circle, membership in the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF), Southern California DX Club (SCDXC), Orange County Amateur Radio Club (OCARC), Medical Amateur Radio Council, Ltd. (MARCO) and Chiltern DX Club (CDXC – UK).  He is a Volunteer Examiner (VE) and ARRL / CQ awards Field QSL Card checker. He serves as station Trustee for the Dorothy Grant Elementary School Amateur Radio Club (K6DGE) in Fontana, California. He enjoys operating HF CW, SSB, digital modes and VHF/UHF/microwave contest rovering. He is an active contester, DX chaser and DXpeditioner.  He has earned DXCC #1 Honor Roll status (Mixed/Phone) and Honor Roll status (CW), DXCC (RTTY), 9 band DXCC and WAZ (CW & Phone). Since 2005, he has been a team member and medical consultant on 14 major Dxpeditions to many exotic and uninhabited islands in the North and South Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans. He has been a featured speaker at numerous amateur radio clubs and conventions around the country.

Erik Wresch, VP – SOARA

 

Ham Radio Examinations will take place prior to the General Meeting and also at the Murray Center. Testing session starts at 6pm and is $15/session.

Pre-registration is not required and you don’t need to be a SOARA member to take the test. Please contact our Education Director, Steve Kuver, if you have questions about testing at k6uvr@soara.org

September 18th, 7pm – Membership Meeting

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SOARA Members,

Join us for our membership meeting Monday, September 18th at 7pm at the Norman P. Murray Center.

When operating our radios, we always desire that our signal can reach places far away. We can increase the transmit power from our radios but we have to make sure that the power gets to the antenna for radiation in an efficient way. We simply don’t want to waste it. Maximum power transfer occurs when the antenna impedance RL equals the source (radio) impedance RS. But RL changes when you change frequency or band. It is here where the antenna auto tuner comes into play.

In this presentation, our own SOARA member, Jimmy KK6TTL, will explain the impedance matching theory and algorithm in a plain language you can understand and show you how he designed an automatic antenna tuner for QRP operations. It will be fun and educational.

(not Jimmy’s QRP tuner above)

Erik Wresch, VP – SOARA

 

Ham Radio Examinations will take place prior to the General Meeting and also at the Murray Center. Testing session starts at 6pm and is $15/session.

Pre-registration is not required and you don’t need to be a SOARA member to take the test. Please contact our Education Director, Steve Kuver, if you have questions about testing at k6uvr@soara.org