On the November 8th CW net there was some fascinating activity. Garr, W8KM, finished his work on a Ranger transmitter that has been a source of much interest and time consumption recently. Our very great CW amateur Mr. Dick Stanley, KA8VLN, did some coax swap out work to enhance his most excellent electro-magnetic radiation pattern….
Month: November 2020
Perpetual Volunteer Weekday Amateur Radio Licensing Training
It is proposed that the Cascades Amateur Radio Society produce perpetual amateur radio license training given by video conference. A committee of volunteers would assemble and take turns presenting training centered upon an FCC pool question theme. The essence of the training would be presenting question-by-question with accompanying discussion for education purposes. In order to…
December CARS Meeting: Build a Tuning Stub
For the December video conference meeting, our vice-president Wes (N8QM), doesn’t want to schedule any of his stellar speakers since most of our members will be busy with Christmas and playing hooky from the meeting. Wes had been thinking of presenting the physics of harmonics but decided members would benefit more from condensed versions of two…