[CTSARA] Fwd: GFARA Meeting October 1st

[Jon Perelstein]

Looks like FARA is having another interesting presentation at their monthly
meeting on Oct 1.

Anybody want to carpool?

Jon

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From: Drummond Grinalds <drummond.grinalds at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 1:33 PM
Subject: GFARA Meeting October 1st


Dear Fellow Hams:

Please join us on Wednesday, October 1st at 7:30 pm at the Fairfield Fire
Training Center as we explore topics relating to HF, VHF & UHF propagation.


Bruce N1ZU will cover the major factors influencing propagation and signal
degradation.  He will review the types of data used to forecast propagation
changes and how this data is gathered.  Bruce will also discuss common
sense ways to reduce signal losses.

Additionally, several freely available propagation forecasting programs
will be demonstrated to the group.  For HF, planning DX with online,
real-time information and for VHF/UHF, predicting line of sight contact
probabilities using topographical mapping software, will both be presented.

For CERT members, this is an excellent way to understand how hills and
buildings can change how VHF radio signals behave.  The computer program
Bruce will demonstrate and which you can get for free on the internet can
help you figure out the best place to put your antenna to have the best
coverage.  It can also tell you how far your signal will likely go.

Those of us working the HF bands can benefit from a good review of the
basics of propagation and can also see demonstrated state of the art DX
prediction programs. This will become increasingly important on the
backside of the cycle.

73,

Drum
K1RDG