[KL7AA] Happy Holidays! First meeting in 2015 week from today

[David Heimke]

Hi all,

 

Hope you enjoyed a Merry Christmas with the new snowfall.  As a reminder,
the first AARC meeting of the new year will be on January 2nd at our normal
location at APU, next Friday at 7pm.

 

Let's start off the New Year with a look towards our newest amateurs with a
discussion of "Ten Ways to Improve Your Station's Performance - Cheap!".  In
this presentation Dave Heimke, AL7LO will give an overview of the basic HF
and VHF ham station in an urban or suburban environment.  There are
challenges that have grown over the years that can be mitigated to increase
enjoyment of the hobby.

 

The talk will go over the basic station, both HF and VHF including the power
grid, transceiver, computer, transmission line and antennas.  We will also
take an overview of many of the fascinating aspects of the hobby that have
been evolving continuously, and may have elements that even hams licensed
30+ years ago may find very enjoyable.

 

Dave has been an amateur since 1974, is a licensed electrical engineer
currently working at Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and a member of the
board of the AARC.

 

Hope to see you there!