AMATEUR EXTRA’S
IARC Newsletter September 2021
In This Issue:
Club Two-Meter Go Box by N2VIP
Rig Expert AA-600 vs. NanaVNA-F by N5HYP
IARC Newsletter August 2021
In this issue:
Repeater Updates
Irving Warning Siren Testing
IARC Newsletter July 2021
In this issue:
N5HYP recaps his vacation
KF5PFP captures SSTV from the ISS
N5HYP talks Field Day
Irving ARC Inc June 2021 Newsletter
In This Issue: N2VIP goes contesting. N5HYP reviews the Buddypole antenna system Winner of the second QSO Party
Change Club Station Trustee
This past year our club station trustee, Dennis Riise, K5AVT passed away, requiring our club to quickly submit forms to assign a new station trustee. Not knowing the process, I turned to the ARRL and looked at their Club Station FAQ [1]. Scanning the FAQ (Frequently...
Technician Class for New Hams
Tomorrow, April 30th, at 6pm CDT, HAMRADIO2.0 will begin a Livestream of a Technician Training Class for folks who are interested in obtaining their first Amateur Radio License. The class will stream in 3 parts for 2-3 hours per part. This will be a Livestream of...
“This Thing of Ours”
As some of you may know, I was first licensed some 26 years ago – I earned my Technician license shortly after the FCC dropped the Morse Code requirement. I had been interested in getting a license since I was in the 7th grade in California. I attended a class put on...
DMR Project
For the month of May, I’m working on a special project I’d like to share with the club, I want to demonstrate DMR radio and walk the club members through the steps of building a hotspot of their own, configuring it, programming a DMR radio to use it, and help anyone...
Contest University (CTU) USA 2020
I have been to the Dayton Hamfest three times, and the last two times I made a point of participating in Contest University, organized by Tim Duffy, K3LR, and several corporate sponsors, including both DX Engineering and Icom America. I attend CTU (as it is referred...
Attaching Crimp-On PL-259 Connectors (Video)
This is a video by Dave Cassler, KE0OG, which briefly demonstrates attaching crimp on PL-259 connectors using a crimp kit similar to the one Dave uses, though I don't believe our kit came with crimp dies for Anderson Power Pole connectors (the club also has an...