[na0tc] Important - NA0TC September Meeting Location Change

[285 TechConnect Radio Club - Morrison, Colorado]

Hello.  

The September 7, 285 TechConnect Radio Club Meeting is scheduled to be adjacent to the Lakewood Stone House, 2900 S. Estes St., Lakewood, CO.

 https://www.google.com/maps/place/2900+S+Estes+St,+Lakewood,+CO+80227/@39.665524,-105.0965619,843m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x876b81b8f9c672fd:0x95dbde762918f28b!8m2!3d39.665524!4d-105.093987!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3xmxqv?entry=ttu

 

The September meeting location is near our regular meeting venue.

 

Robert Polson N0CFM, is setting up an on foot transmitter hunt starting at 9:30.  if you are interested come by early to get the full experience.  See below for details. Otherwise, just come by and bring your portable radios or handhelds for some fun playing and talking radio.  There might be chairs and tables at the venue, but bring a chair just in case.

 

Looking forward to enjoying some fall weather.  See you there.

Tony Montoya -K0mcw

K0mcw at ultraumbra.com <mailto:K0mcw at ultraumbra.com> 

285 TechConnect Radio Club Program Coordinator 





 

Next Transmitter Hunt: 

On foot hunt at Bear Creek Greenbelt Park. 

2900 S Estes St. 

 

Date: Saturday  September 7th, 2024(weather permitting)

 

Time: Start 9:30am - End 12:30pm 

Frequency:

15 mW      146.445 MHz. 

15 mW      146.565 MHz. ( Will be well hidden) 

1/2 Watt    146.400 MHz. 

1 Watt       146.490 MHz. 

 

 

Power: 1 watt, 1/2 watt, 15mW.

What the transmitter sounds like:

1 Watt and 1/2 Watt - A series of musical sounding tones followed by my Callsign in CW (N0CFM) 

15mW - My call sign (N0CFM) repeatedly in CW. 

 

Time of transmitters:

146.445 MHz. 45 seconds on 10 seconds off 

146.565 MHz. 45 seconds on 5 seconds off 

146.400 MHz. 45 seconds on 3 seconds off 

146.490 MHz.  50 seconds on 50 seconds off 

 

 

Boundaries: the transmitters will be within the Bear Creek Greenbelt Park. The location has Restrooms 

 

Hunt area:

North Boundary: West Yale Ave. 

West Boundary: South Estes St. 

South Boundary: stay within the greenbelt area NO transmitters will be hidden inside the apartments to the south. 

East Boundary: Wadsworth Blvd. 

 

 

 

Checkin: Will be the parking area on west side of greenbelt located at 2900 S Estes St. 

I will monitor the 146.550 Simplex Frequency during the hunt, or call me for any help during the hunt. 

(Remember not to transmit through attenuation devices.) 

 

My contact info: Robert

N0CFM at AOL.COM <mailto:N0CFM at AOL.COM> 

407-403-2658 

To get on the list for future hunts shoot me an email and I will add you to our list. 

 

 

Purpose: To further enjoy the amateur radio hobby, and socialize with our local amateur operators. As well as practice useful skills in radio direction finding. Please as always use your best judgment and safe practices in finding the hidden transmitter. The goal is to enjoy your hunt.

 

 

Link for building a 2 meter Tape measure antenna. 

VHF 3EL Tape Measure Yagi. – NT1K – Welcome <https://nt1k.com/vhf-3el-tape-measure-yagi/> 

 

 

 

If you do not have attenuation you can scroll up or down a few hertz to weaken the input signal. 

 

Can also use just an HT and body fading. Hold the HT close to your chest and spin around slowly. Listening for a null 

 

Having an actual attenuator helps a lot. Another method to attenuate when close to transmitter is listening to the third harmonic. Just multiply the transmitter frequency by 3 and enter that 440 MHz frequency into the radio. ( do not transmit through attenuator it can damage it)