Category: Club News

UPDATE: W6TRW General Meeting 14 April Will Be Replaced by Repeater Net

W6TRW General Meeting 14 April Will Be Replaced by Repeater Net Due to state, county, city of Torrance and Redondo Beach COVID-19 guidelines, the W6TRW Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will not be held in person.  But to take its place, as a virtual meeting experiment, we will hold a radio net Tuesday 14 April …

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W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday March 10, 2020

W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday March 10, 2020 @ 5:30pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  “Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay” Presented By: Ray Enriquez, KD6IGI LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS COMPETE IN the Baker to Vegas run.THE CHALLENGE CUP IS A 120 MILE, 20 stage FOOT RELAY, STARTING from Baker,CA to Las Vegas, NV. …

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W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday February 11, 2020

W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday February 11, 2020 @ 5:30pm QTH: Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  “Electrical and RF Safety” Presented By: David Guder, AI6OU Secretary/Treasurer for W6SCE Edison Amateur Radio Club Program will include a presentation on Electrical and RF Safety, as well as a history of the Edison Amateur Radio Network (EARN). …

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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