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RRRA January ActivityLearn how you can build high performance portable antennas for POTA, SOTA, Emergency Communications and HOA Deployments during KJ6ER’s Zoom presentation at the January RRRA Meeting.
June 16 Club Meeting Check-In Comparison
Compare your signal strength, voice quality, and PTT technique to your fellow operators with this recording from the June 16, 2020, On-Air Club Meeting
RRRA Meeting On-The-Air for July 2020
The July 2020 RRRA Business Meeting will be held on the W0ILO Repeater System at 7pm on Tuesday, July 21st. Both the July ARES Meeting and July License Testing Session (AKA VE Session) have been canceled.
These schedule changes have been made to avoid jeopardizing our members' health during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
We look forward to resuming in-person meetings when conditions allow them.
ARRL's Eclectic Tech - Episode 12
In this episode of ARRL’s biweekly Eclectic Tech podcast: “the allure of the long waves; an update on NextGen TV.”1
June 2020 Business Meeting Minutes
- Meeting took place on the W0ILO Repeater system instead of in-person in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Meeting called to order by President Jarod W0JPJ at 19:00
- 20 stations checked in
Bicycle Mobile on the HF Bands (QST)
In his Bicycle Mobile on the HF Bands article (a free preview from the August 2020 issue of QST Magazine), Christian Bravo, W4ALF, discusses “an easy way to implement a mobile radio system, for the operator on two wheels.” 1
After experimenting with pedestrian mobile and being active with Summits on the Air (SOTA), I was looking for a new amateur radio challenge. My experiences with portable ham gear led me to the idea of adapting my mobile setup to fit on my bicycle. The two-wheel setup would allow me to be even more mobile, and still be able to communicate on the HF bands. 1
