Oct 03
Speaker Topic for this Month: “This is Not a Drill” – When a Mass Casualty Incident Drill Turns Real” Orange County regularly conducts county-wide mass casualty exercises. Guest speaker, Dennis W6DQ, will be sharing the story of how a mass casualty exercise became a REAL MCI, ultimately the largest MCI in Orange County’s history. …
Sep 05
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Phenomenally cool microwave kit” Tony Long, KC6QHP Guest speaker, Tony Long, KC6QHP presents some phenomenally cool microwave kit! Since the mid 1990’s, Tony Long has been captivated by 10 GHz and beyond and has built numerous radio systems for those higher bands. In this presentation, he will discuss some of …
Aug 03
In-Person Meeting We will be holding the monthly W6TRW general meeting at noon on Tuesday August 8th, 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. See the map below if you are not …
Jul 03
Speaker Topic for this Month: “PVARC expeditions to Catalina island” Ray Day, N6HE Guest speaker, Ray Day, N6HE presents the 2014 Palos Verdes ARC (K6PV) Trip to the Santa Catalina Islands! Ray N6HE started as WN4LFP in Miami Springs, FL on 12/7/62. He currently uses an IC-7300 as a travel/portable rig, got hooked on direct-sampling …
Jun 07
Speaker Topic for this Month: “W6TRW Field Day 2023 – An Experiment in QRP“ Greg Shreve KE6YEX, Dylon N6MX, Mark KD7DTS We’re planning for Field Day 2023. We’ll be at Friendship Park again, and this year we’re doing something different – QRP (5-watt transmitter power maximum, battery/solar power only). W6TRW Field Day 2022 was …
May 03
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Saving History From the Landfill – The Last Collins Radio VOA Broadcast Transmitter” Dennis Kidder, W6DQ The story of one of the largest shortwave broadcast transmitters built by Collins Radio for the Voice of America (VOA)! Taking the preservation of vintage Collins equipment to a whole new level: The Collins …
Apr 04
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Electric Aircraft – Survey and Applications” Rhon Williams, KJ6IRJ A survey of past, present, and future aircraft using electric motor(s) to drive propeller(s), within a rapidly changing industry. Discussions will include the technologies and applications that drive the aircraft design. There are currently new models of flight training aircraft coming …
Feb 23
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Diplexers, Triplexers, and the Low-Profile Mobile” Allen Wolff, KC7O A presentation about hiding radio equipment and yet have the ability to transmit using two antennas on 2, 220, 440 along with simultaneously APRS operation. The use of Diplexers and Triplexers make this possible. Also, installation techniques with safety and functionality …
Feb 12
Speaker Topic for this Month: “HF Update – Making The Most of Your Operating Time” Bill Shanney, W6QR In this presentation, Bill reviews transceiver performance with an emphasis on making sure you get what you want and also a radio that has a clean transmitter. Following is an antenna overview leading into some examples of …
Jan 09
Speaker Topic for this Month: “Intro to Amateur Microwave Radio — History of amateur microwave and how to get started” Dennis Kidder W6DQ “Hams have always pushed technological limits … in the 20’s SHF meant 28 mcs, and today, we are pushing into mm wavelengths. We will share a brief history of microwave communications by …
