TECHNICAL Category

Content related to the activities of the RRRA Technical Committee and the equipment/systems they maintain, along with technical topics of general interest.

NanoVNA: All the Little Stuff Nobody Explains

This video is geared toward the new ham who wants a better understanding of the NanoVNA. Maybe you are kind of familiar with the NanoVNA but some stuff doesn’t make sense to you yet. Maybe you would like to know what else you can use a NanoVNA for other than use it as an antenna analyzer.

HT Programming With The Latest Local Frequencies

Bring your HTs to the June RRRA Meeting and get help programing your radio with the latest set of frequencies for the area .If you have a programing cable, you’re encouraged to bring that also, but we’ll have a supply of cables available for use.

There will also be a demonstration of I Am Responding, our pager system for ARES.

Open Source in Amateur Radio

When I first got my Technician license in 2019, I heard people call amateur radio “the hobby of experimentation”. I was told I had received a “license to learn”. Indeed, 47 CFR Part 97, the section of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs amateur radio in the United States says this in Subpart A under Basis And Purpose: