Category: Club News

Dec 14

W6TRW Thursday Space Net Offline for Two Weeks

The weekly Thursday night Space Net on the W6TRW repeaters will be off the air for two weeks and will return on Thursday January 2, 2020.

Dec 11

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday January 14, 2020

W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday January 14, 2020 @ 5:30pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Guest Speaker: David Ziskin, AG6E: “Tour of Duty: Antarctica” Picture: McMurdo Station, “ice dock” “I was the REO onboard the Navy tanker, the Paul Buck, for Operation Deep Freeze. Ham radio operation was better on the the ship …

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Nov 08

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday December 10, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday December 10, 2019 @ 5:30pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Jeff Orenstein, KK6TIN: “How a Robot Can Use Sound to Navigate Underwater” Fact: The salty ocean is not a RF-friendly environment. Radio-based technologies, such as GPS cell phones do not work, once you go a few feet underwater. …

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Oct 07

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday October 8, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday October 8, 2019 @ 5:30pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Jim Aspinwall, NO1PC via IRLP: “Sunnyvale club coordination & activities exchange” Jim NO1PC was first licensed in 1970.   He has lived in Campbell, CA since 1992.  Jim created and moderates a fantastic amateur radio Elmer forum on Facebook, …

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Oct 07

W6TRW 53rd Annual Awards Banquet 2019

W6TRW 53rd Annual Awards Banquet 2019 “Deep Space Communications and the Deep Space Network” Presented by: Steve Townes, WB4ILW, President JPL ARC Saturday, Nov. 9th, 2019 6:00 – 10:00 pm Bluewater Grill, 665 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach Captain’s Cabin, 1st Floor, back area Your RSVP needs to be received by Oct. 25th with your …

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Jul 30

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday September 10, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting September 10, 2019 Tuesday @ 6:00pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Brian Johnson, AB6UI: “Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)” ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station, inspiring them …

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Jun 20

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday July 9, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting July 9, 2019 Tuesday @ 6:00pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Bob Lanahan, KK6WYW: “Winlink Tutorial and Demo” Winlink is…a global email system via radio. …a worldwide radio email service that uses radio pathways where the internet is not present, and is capable of operating completely without the internet–automatically–using …

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Jun 02

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday June 11, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting June 11, 2019 Tuesday @ 6:00pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Field Day Co-Chairs, Chris Wachs WA2KDL & Greg Shreve KE6YEX: “ARRL’s Field Day Prep Meeting” Field Day QTH: Friendship Park 1805 W 9th St, San Pedro, CA 90732 Event Schedule: Club Set-Up Friday 21 June 2019 Weekend of …

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Apr 29

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday May 14, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting May 14, 2019 Tuesday @ 6:00pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Bill Moulton, WA6PMW, will present W6TRW Repeaters W6TRW Technical Chairperson, WA6PMW, shares his perspectives and latest information about the Club’s Repeaters. Gain insight from a Subject Matter Expert on how to maintain and service your repeater and communications …

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Mar 31

W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday April 9, 2019

W6TRW General Meeting April 9, 2019 Tuesday @ 6:00pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  David Ziskin, AG6E, will present Tour of Duty: Antarctica For the Antarctica research season of 2005/2006, I was aboard the USNS Paul Buck (which has since been decommisioned) as the Radio-Electronics Officer (REO) for the trip.  We made the …

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