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In the process of characterizing a physical device or process, the original performance specifications are published in a plot format such as illustrated in Figure 1. But suppose you need to have the data in a tabular format such as that of Table 1. How do you go about doing the conversion? The most obvious…

On Saturday evening, January 9th 2021 I will be holding an interactive seminar from 8:00-9:00pm.  This course is titled “Professionalism in EmComm, Preparing for Auxcomm”. This is a course I developed as a video, but I am going to introduce it as an interactive format to keep folks engaged.  This is geared towards amateur radio…

The FCC is proposing fees for any changes in licensing upgrades or renewals. This is simply not justified; amateur radio provides communications in times of need at no cost. During times of emergencies such as tornadoes, natural disasters or hurricanes amateur radio always provides the needed services at no cost. During the 911 disaster when all…

Welcome to the new W8JXN website! Firstly, please allow me introduce myself.  My call is AD8GN and I am a new ham, first licensed as a Technician on 11/18/2020.  In the next five weeks til Christmas 2020, I immersed myself in all things radio; joining local clubs, joining far away clubs, expanding my new collection…

Tim Crane WM8A, District 1 Emergency Coordinator, will be hosting an Emergency Communications awareness course as detailed below. I would highly encourage your participation, as I expect a lot of good material geared towards both newer and seasoned volunteers alike. As a one hour event, it obviously won’t cover everything you need to know, but…

The Ingham County Volunteer Examiner Group will be hosting FCC amateur radio testing on Saturday, January 9, 2021 the Lansing Church of Christ 5505 West St. Joseph Hwy Lansing, Michigan Testing will begin 11AM. Late arrivals will be accepted until 12 noon. You must bring with you an FCC Registration Number (FRN). By definition, these…

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….

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…

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…

The Nationwide Red Cross Emergency Communications Fall Drill is a joint exercise with the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) set for November 14, an evolution of the highly successful Spring Drill that had hundreds of participants from some 40 states and Puerto Rico. The Fall Drill will be a Winlink-specific event with the following goals:…