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 …
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 …
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 …
Dec 08
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 …
Jan 10
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 …
Nov 12
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 …
Sep 18
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 …
Jan 16
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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