Author: Elizabeth W4EHC
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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…
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Meet Scholarship Winner Michael Geesaman KJ4SST
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club supports the ARRL’s mission of promoting our hobby to younger hams with a $1,000 college scholarship every year that is administered by the ARRL. Every fall, we send out notices to guidance counselors in the high schools of our club’s service area in hopes they will encourage eligible students…
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Network Analyzers 9/17/20
At the regular SVARC club Zoom meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2020, at 7:30 pm, club member Roger Steyaert K7RXV made a presentation on the topic of network analyzers. These can be used to measure antenna or coax parameters such as SWR, impedance, and loss. They can also be used to characterize and tune filters.…