General Meeting

This program graphically tells the story of a massive shack fire at W7UUU back in October 2020.  While the structure was saved, all of the contents were destroyed, including almost 50 years of collecting and restoring vintage as well as…
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SDR applications: Ways to use the RF “Swiss Army Knife” – Jack Spitznagel KD4IZ It is common knowledge that SDR devices make interesting and economical receivers and transceivers, but what else are they really good for? I will describe several…
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This month we have John Portune W6NBC presenting on “Slot Antennas for Ham Radio”.  You may not have heard of a “slot” antenna, but you’ve probably seen one (hint: a cubical quad is a type of slot antenna)!  Come learn…
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Greetings RWK! Many of us use computers as part of our stations and many are an integral part of the newer digital communications modes.  Linux-based computers are an attractive alternative to the traditional windows-based desktops, and can do most if…
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This month we have Howard Bernstein WB2UZE and Jim Crites W6JIM from the Long Island CW Club with “How to learn and have fun with Morse Code”. There has been a growing interest in CW from some of the club’s…
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This month our own (and outgoing DARC President) Bill Brady KF5ZBL will give us a charge (the battery puns just write themselves) when he talks about battery technology and shows some DIY batteries that you can easily assemble yourself to…
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Our Annual Show & Tell Night allows our members to “show off” to the entire klub something that they’ve been working on – a kit, radio, antenna, modification, or some other cool radio project – over the past year.  In…
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Our guest speaker will be Alan Wolke W2AEW.  Alan is an Electrical Engineer and has been a has been a Field Applications Engineer for Tektronix since 2006 (so he might know a thing or two about test equipment). He was…
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Our guest speaker will be Dr. Ed Fong (WB6IQN).  As many of you will remember from his presentation from Feb 2020, he is the inventor of the DBJ-1 and DBJ-2 antenna that were featured in the February 2003 and March…
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