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Antenna Party at W4IOE
Thanks to everyone who helped with the recent deployment of Sid Hendricks’ triband Mosley. A couple of pictures of the event below.
Stealth tips
A couple of articles I have written on stealth antennas http://hamsignal.com/blog/an-update-on-getting-around-the-hoa-rules
40/20 trapped dipole is up at K2SST
In spite of an 80% chance of rain on Saturday, Drs. Parham, Reed and Reed, accomplished antenna surgeons erected a trapped two band dipole at Riverwinds in Etowah. As you can see from the attached, they observed strict sterile technique … Continue reading
Sattelites
What’s more fun than watching the Frisbee golf players faces while operating satellites in the parking lot at Jackson park? Simple answer – operating satellites at Jackson Park! As you can see, we recently had a Thursday night class on … Continue reading
DXpedition Video to be live streamed.
On Tuesday, April 3, Dave Anderson’s presentation on the Baker Island DX Expedition will be live streamed from the Blue Ridge Amateur Club meeting in Hendersonville. The BRARC meeting starts at 7:00pm at the big 2 story red brick building … Continue reading
Doug Lee W9SPC SK
For those of you at the Blue Ridge club that remember my father, W9SPC. In Loving Memory Rev. Douglas Howard Lee June 19, 1934 – February 28, 2018 Douglas Lee passed on to his heavenly home on February 28, 2018, … Continue reading
2018 NC QSO Party
NC QSO PARTY 2018 (2/25) – The NC QSO Party 2018 will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM EST. For further information, see http://ncqsoparty.org/ The following information was provided by Marc Sullivan, W4MPS: … Continue reading
Thanks Ken Gallagher
Ken Gallagher recently donated an Icom 765 to the club. Thank you Ken! The radio is going to see good use starting with the NC QSO party next weekend. This radio is a serious improvement to our shack equipment. At … Continue reading
PL259 Class with Carl Stover
If you think that a class on PL259 connection is kind of simple and mundane, then you missed one of the best in the Carl Stover series of shack classes. Carl went into depth about different kinds of cables, challenges … Continue reading
February ECHO is out
The February, 2018 is available here