General Admission and Vendor Bundle tickets (i.e. a flea market table and vendor admission) are on sale now in the RRRA online box office.
Your advance purchase gets you to the bargains faster at the Dakota Division’s biggest hamfest.
Don’t waste time in the ticket table line ‼️
“Many amateurs swear by large loop antennas for the HF bands, but what makes them so special?
Find out why in the HF Loop Antennas in this episode of the ARRL The Doctor is in podcast; a follow-up to to the Magnetic Loop Antennas episode.
Use a #3DPrinter to make an easy antenna to receive #HamRadio satellites! Tnx @hackaday https://t.co/RGiNHbyA9I #STEM #EdTech @jeriellsworth pic.twitter.com/eldP7fkACE
— ARRL (@arrl) February 15, 2017
This antenna is based on the WB0CMT (SK) “7 dB for 7 bucks” antenna design (published in the April 1993 edition of QST Magazine).
According to the RRRA Bylaws, “Officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the membership present and voting …”
Therefore, all RRRA Members are encouraged to attend the February Club Meeting on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 to vote in the 2017 Officer Elections.
Inactive members (i.e. those who have not paid their dues for the current year) must bring their membership / renewal form (PDF) and dues payment to the meeting to restore their voting rights.
The Forx Amateur Radio Club 146.940 repeater has been replaced with a newer model GE Mastr III. It now has a CTCSS tone of 123.0 hz, and is operating at an output power of about 55 Watts. A preamp has been installed to improve the repeater’s receive sensitivity.
Learn about the similarities of, and differences between, AM and SSB in this episode of the ARRL The Doctor is in podcast. The careful listener might gain some insight into why tuning has such a great effect on the sound of SSB transmissions.
