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W6TRW Club Meeting September 12, 2023

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 …

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W6TRW Club Meeting December 13, 2022

Speaker Topic for this Month: “2022 W6TRW Equipment Upgrades” Chris Wachs WA2KDL and Dylon Mutz N6MX With another year coming to an end, it’s a good time to reflect on all that has happened throughout the year.  And there was A LOT that happened this year within the club. This meeting will cover the various …

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Volunteers Wanted for Baker to Vegas in March

This is the 35th Annual Baker to Vegas 2019 We need help! Baker to Vegas is a 120-mile relay run, there are 20 stages. This is held every year in March. Runners are police officers from around the country and from other countries. Currently, there are 270 teams that participate in this event. There are over 6000 runners …

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W6TRW General Meeting – Tuesday December 12, 2017

W6TRW General Meeting Dec. 12, 2017, Tuesday Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance  Guest Speaker:  Bill Shanney, W6QR “QRP – Low Power Operation” QRP — “Shall I decrease power?” “Decrease power.” QRP has come to mean 5 W or less output for CW, or 10 W PEP output or less for SSB. Most amateur …

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W6TRW 51st Annual Awards Banquet – Nov 11, 2017

NOTE: The Banquet takes the place of the monthly Club Meeting. There will be no regular Club Meeting at Round Table Pizza in November! Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 5:30 – 10:00 pm Bluewater Grill, 665 N. Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach Join your friends for this year’s W6TRW Amateur Radio Club Annual Awards Banquet featuring guest …

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Wednesday Noon W6TRW Radio Nets

For many years, we have held a weekly Wednesday noon radio net on our 145.320 MHz and 447.000 MHz repeaters, for W6TRW Emergency Communications Team members to check in.  We are now opening this net to all W6TRW members, to get more club participation, and  generally increase the number of members who are aware of …

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W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday, July 12, 2016

W6TRW General Meeting Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 5:30 pm Roundtable Pizza 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance   Building an Airplane – the Early Bird Jenny   Rhon Williams, KJ6IRJ, will share with us his Do-It-Yourself Project … The Early Bird Jenny is a homebuilt aircraft, using modern construction materials and techniques.  It is made …

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Join W6TRW for Field Day 2016

Join us for Field Day on June 25-26 at Friendship Park in San Pedro We’re always looking for help setting up stations, towers, and antennas, operating during the event, and dismantling the site afterward. To volunteer, click on the “Contact” tab above to send a message to Field Day Chair Ray Enriquez, KD6IGI. WHEN: Setup: Friday, …

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Club Meeting Tuesday January 12 – Eric Christensen, K6EJC from HRO

Tuesday, January 12 at 5:30 PM Round Table Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance Eric Christensen, K6EJC, from HRO Burbak showing Ham Radio Toys   In 1971, a CHP officer and veteran of the Navy signal corps, who happened to be a ham, came into possession of a little radio emporium on a wood train platform in …

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Club Meeting Tuesday Sept 8 — Sidewalk Earth-Moon-Earth with Doug Millar, K6JEY

W6TRW General Meeting:  Doug Millar K6JEY — Sidewalk Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) September 8, 2015 at 5:30 pm Roundtable Pizza, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance   CLICK HERE TO VIEW / DOWNLOAD A PDF FLYER FOR THIS MEETING EVENT   Moonbounce, is a form of wireless communication in which the moon is used as a passive satellite. The …

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