General Meeting

As we head into the fall contesting season, our presenter will be Tim Duffy K3LR (you may know him as the head of DX Engineering) on Getting Started with Contesting. Tim is an avid and very experienced contester (and has…
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Our guest will be your illustrious flunkee President presenting “DMR and Fusion and HotSpots, Oh My!”, basically everything Digital VHF/UHF. We will review how we got here, with the history of analog VHF and why we have digital VHF/UHF. We…
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Please join RWK on Monday August 8th for our August General Meeting. Our guest will be Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA presenting on Solar Cycle 25 Update and Propagation. Carl will review all twenty-four previous solar cycles, show predictions for Cycle 25…
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Jim Wilson K5ND will be here in person to talk about the “magic band”.  You, too, can capture the MAGIC of six meters. It takes some time and skill, but you’ll achieve incredible results from an average station. The presentation covers propagation modes,…
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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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