Month: September 2020

On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the three candidates for Great Lakes Division Vice Director will speak to ARROW (Ann Arbor, MI) via Zoom. They will discuss why they are running for the board and their vision for the ARRL We’d love to have you and your club members join us. The three candidates are: Jim Hessler, K8JH,…

Earlier this year (2020) the FCC unveiled its new logo, illustrated in the lower photo. The previous logo is shown above it. The new seal was the winner in an agency-wide contest among commission employees and contractors. The FCC said the logo reflects a number of preferred concepts. The four stars on the outer seal…

Dan, KB6NU, has finally set the date for the online General Class training. The class will start on Monday, October 5, 2020 and consist of eight, two-hour sessions starting at 9 pm EDT (6pm PDT) and running until 11 pm EDT (8pm PDT). The eight sessions will take place on the following dates: Monday, October 5 Thursday, October…

It has been a long standing practice for some of the CARS members to meet Friday evenings for dinner at the Alfa Coney restaurant at the Jackson Crossing Mall. This Friday, the 18th, was no exception. But this meeting was unique in that it will serve as…the Last Supper for CARS members with Steve, KD8HIW….

The September meeting featured a presentation by Jack Robinson from the Midland Amateur Radio Club (MARC).  Jack is Midland County’s ARES/RACES leader (EC/RO) and spent 6 weeks at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during the historic flood in Midland after two dams failed.  Jack’s talk covered the events to evacuate 11,000 residents out of harm’s…

Frank Piper is up for election to the ARRL office shown in the subject. He has a web site at www.ki8gw.net where detailed information is available. 25 Years of experience with various ARRL positions from Assistant Emergency Coordinator, to Past Section Manager of the Ohio Section, to Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division, Frank…

ARRL division Elections are coming up and we need to be educated as responsible amateur radio operators. Here is the information that I obtained from the ARRL web site: In the Great Lakes Division, members will choose from among three candidates to succeed incumbent Vice Director Thomas Delaney, W8WTD, who is not running for another…

I have invited Dundee Dale, otherwise known as Dale Williams (WA8EFK) to introduce himself at the September 15th CARS club meeting by video conference together with Michael Kalter. Both will be given one minute each to announce at the meeting who they are and where to get more information. Dale is a candidate for the Great…

On tonight’s Sunshine net we had 12 check ins if you include net control. The net had a special nuance to it tonight. At nearly the conclusion of the net, Jim (KE8NFL) announced that he was considering the purchase of a Kenwood 2000 and asked if other net check ins had comment on that make…

The nanoVNA is a mighty fine instrument considering you can buy one for less than $100. But like many instrumentation items, you have to know how to use it. In this blog post we will look at the illusion of error due to a failure to consider scaling. Consider the example illustrated in the first…