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Dear SOARA Members,

As your new vice president, one of my duties is to help organize presentations and discussions at our Monthly meetings. I don’t have a lot of experience at this. I have gotten a few ideas from Erik (W6INE), and I know that between agreeing to take on this role and field day, a few people did come to me with ideas. But, with all the activity of Field Day, I must confess that I’ve forgotten what those were.

At our next monthly meeting (Monday, August 19th, at the Murray Center), I would like to have a discussion where everyone has a chance to share their opinions regarding what they would like to hear presented at future monthly meetings. This will help me, and the rest of the board, to find presentations that serve all of our members.

We will try to give everyone an equal amount of time to speak. I encourage everyone to be ready to talk about what interests them. This may include some or all of the following, or anything else even remotely radio related.

What bands/modes do you currently operate on?
What band/modes would you like to know more about?
Do you enjoy technical discussions with charts and graphs?
Do you enjoy reports from people doing DXpeditions, SOTA/POTA activations?
Do you have any areas of experience or expertise that you might like to share with the club?

Of coarse, if you are not able to attend the meeting, or if listening to other peoples triggers more ideas, you can always email me at WE4BY@soara.org, or email board@soara,org.

Thank you all, and best regards,

Greg Unruh, WE4BY, Vice President

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 issues?

Are you the VICTIM of RFI from your own electronic devices or from devices in your neighborhood? Do you want to reduce your receiver noise floor so you can hear local contacts and more DX?

If you answered YES to either of these questions, then you should attend this presentation where you will learn how to make ham radio more enjoyable by eliminating problems caused by RFI.

Topics include:

Learn fundamentals of RFI – identify symptoms, pinpoint causes & apply simple cures
What’s a ferrite and how to choose & buy the right ferrite for your RFI issue
How to use ferrites to solve the #1 RFI problem shared by all hams using HF radios
How to choose and use ferrites to solve transmitter RFI problems in your home or neighborhood
How to choose and use ferrites to reduce receiver noise and hear more DX

During the presentation you will see many examples of feed line chokes, baluns, ununs, and various practical applications of ferrites for AC/DC power lines, computer interconnect cables, transceivers, linear amplifiers, home theater systems, etc.

Please join us for a presentation from Bob Brehm, of Palomar Engineering, entitled ABC’S of RFI for Hams with Bob Brehm AK6R

Speaker Presentations – Palomar Engineers®

This meeting may be attended in-person, or via GoTo. Join meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

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ABC’s of RFI with Bob Brehm

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Thanks to Erik for arranging this presentation.

South Orange Amateur Radio Association

Membership Meeting, August 19th at 7pm. Murray Center

Membership Meeting, July 15th at 7pm. Murray Center

Please join us for a presentation from Bob Brehm, of Palomar Engineering, entitled ABC’S of RFI for Hams with Bob Brehm AK6R

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