Author: Elizabeth W4EHC
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Honoring KF4EKA
How sad we are that our beloved club member Sandy KF4EKA (Sandra Lee Ritter Bowen) is now a Silent Key. A native of Frederick County, Sandy earned her undergraduate degree from Bridgewater College and her Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Virginia. For 31 years, she was a highly respected and popular elementary…
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Rich K3VAT’s Quiz Questions
Rich Kennedy K3VAT gave an excellent presentation at the November 19, 2020 club meeting—the first of a four-part series on “Radio, Transmission Line, and Antenna: Some Basics.” He covered the basic components of a radio, the various types of coaxial cable, and described the characteristics of a simple dipole antenna. He encouraged us to try…
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All About Baluns
Thanks again to Roger Steyaert K7RXV who found these excellent articles about baluns and got permission from Roy W. Lewallen W7EL to share them on this site. Understanding the basic information in these articles will help you understand some of the technical presentations we’ve got coming up in future club meetings. If you have any…
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SWR – The Persistent Myth
zs6wr.co.za/documents/SWR.pdf This PDF is a very good explanation of SWR. Club member Roger Steyaert K7RXV got permission from its author, John Fielding ZS5JF, to put a link to it on our web page. http://zs6wr.co.za/documents/SWR.pdf If you have issues accessing this document, ZS6WR is the club call for an amateur radio club in South Africa. You…
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Learn Morse Code Online
We try to share educational opportunities when they come our way. Here’s an interesting one for youth and adults alike who are interested in learning Morse Code. This was sent to our club Secretary: If there is an interest in learning Morse code – I’m emailing you to encourage your students (and if interested, YOU)…
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Election of Officers and Guest Speaker 10/01/20
Election of officers At our next club meeting this Thursday 10/01/20, we’ll have our annual election of officers, so please look for your Zoom link sent out by email later this week. We’ll need a good turnout to get a quorum for voting. If you are not a member but would like to attend the…