Tag: Roger Steyaert K7RXV
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Silent Key: John Kanode N4MM
An Amateur Radio Legend is gone Every Silent Key is a loss, but the impact of losing John Kanode N4MM has rippled far beyond the Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club’s clubhouse walls into and throughout the national and international amateur radio community. He was a legend in so many ways: his dedication to the hobby,…
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Silent Key: Roger Steyaert K7RXV
We are sad to report the death of active SVARC member Roger Steyaert K7RXV, Extra Class License. Roger died in a head-on accident with a semitrailer truck near Cortez, Colorado. We don’t have any details or obituary, but a note has been sent to his family on behalf of the club. Not many people knew…
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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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Modeling Presentation
by Roger Steyaert K7RXV, SVARC meeting on Sept. 19, 2019 Roger K7RXV gave an excellent presentation on various modeling programs and how they can be used by amateur radio operators to measure and predict such things as circuit performance and antenna performance. Programs mentioned included Spice, SimSmith, and EZNEC.