Mar 03
Speaker Topic for this Month: “High Altitude Balloon Launches” Joanne Michael, KM6BWB Joanne Michael, KM6BWB is an educator, wife, mom, space geek, and ham radio operator. While attending Advanced Space Camp in 2012, she was first introduced to the idea of high-altitude balloon launches. After a few more years of thinking about it, an opportunity …
Feb 07
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Portable Antenna/ Shack Night” Bill Shanney, W6QR W6TRW welcomes one of its own, longtime members, Bill Shanney, W6QR. A ham operator since 1961, Bill has written many technical articles and talks for W6TRW and stays current with ham radio items of interest for beginners to the most advanced operators. Bill’s …
Dec 30
Speaker Topic for this Month: “A Woman’s Journey in Ham Radio” Helen Mahoney, KI6LQV Helen Mahoney, KI6LQV, will present “A Woman’s Journey in Ham Radio”. Helen will talk about what inspired her to obtain her Ham Radio License in 2009, later achieved General Class and the friends both Helen and her husband, Doug K6JEY, have …
Nov 25
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Micro Pixie Transceiver” Adam Kimmerly, K6ARK Adam describes his Micro Pixie HF transceiver a surface-mount downsized version of the CW Pixie transceiver. He takes this small device to a never-before activated SOTA summit to see what it can really do. Is 2.7 g of radio and 850 mW of output …
Oct 10
W6TRW 56th Annual Awards Banquet 2024! “The James Webb Space Telescope” Presented by: Dr. Jon Arenberg Welcome back to our Annual Awards Banquet! This talk will cover the Webb telescopes origins, operating principles and development. We will also discuss some of the exciting early science results from this revolutionary observatory. Jon Arenberg is the Chief …
Sep 24
Speaker Topic for this Month: “HRCC – Ham Radio Crash Course” Josh Nass, KI6NAZ HRCC, or Ham Radio Crash Course, originated from Josh Nass’s videos on YouTube but has evolved into a community of hams who are constantly learning, teaching and operating ham radio. The heart of this community is the team that keeps the …
Aug 26
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Extreme but Practical Antennas for Portable Ops” Adam Kimmerly, K6ARK One of Adam’s favorite aspects of the amateur radio hobby is antenna design and construction, and over the years, he has come up with several antennas that fall into the category of “extreme” or possibly even “ridiculous” but are also …
Jul 31
In-Person Meeting We will be holding the monthly W6TRW general meeting at noon on Tuesday August 13th, in the east patio of the Building S Cafeteria on the Northrop Grumman campus in Redondo Beach. This lunch meeting takes place of the W6TRW evening Zoom meeting for August; no guest speaker for August. See the map …
Jul 02
Speaker Topic for this Month: “SOTA Adventures with X-Band” Ara Kourchians, N6ARA Join us for an exciting deep dive into the world of Summits on the Air (SOTA) and the technical challenges of operating X-Band radios atop mountains. In this presentation, Ara will share his unique experiences with miniaturizing field gear while striving for greater …
Jun 03
Speaker Topic for this Month: “W6TRW Field Day 2024 – Be Radio Active” Greg Shreve KE6YEX, Dylon N6MX, Mark KD7DTS We’re planning for Field Day 2024. We’ll be at Friendship Park again this year. 2024 ARRL Field Day’s “Be Radio Active” encourages radio amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25, which …
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