Hello NLRS land.

By now you should know that Aurora'26, the Upper Midwest's largest gathering of VHF+ enthusiast, will be held on Saturday, May 30th. Registration is open. Conference fees are $5 for an individual, $7 for a family, and free to first-time attendees. All the information you need, including how to register, can be found on our club's website at https://nlrs.club/#Aurora%20Conference . Please make sure you register now if you are planning on attending the onsite pizza party lunch. The party is a good value at just $10 and its a great way to socialize with your like minded VHF+ friends.

Following our morning outside session, we will kick off the inside program at 1:00 PM sharp with our NLRS business meeting. Regarding the business meeting:

For all club members please review last years business meeting minutes found on are clubs website at https://nlrs.club/docs/Aurora25MeetingMinutes.pdf . By reviewing these ahead of the business meeting we can save time rather than having to read them there.
It is an election year. Nominations for all three club officers will be opened during the meeting.
We also need to vote on the previously posted proposed change to our clubs bylaws that states what a member in good standing is and defines a quorum. This topic is discussed in full in the 2025 business meeting notes per the link above.

Following our business meeting, our Technical Program will be as follows:

Building the 5760 MHz W1GHZ Transverter by Charlie Betz, N0AKC
Some New Adventures In EME by Charlie Betz, N0AKC
Optical Communications Update by Rob Jahnke, K0XL
The Excitement of 10GHz Rainscatter While Portable by Bruce Richardson, W9FZ
AI-Assisted 222 MHz Yagi-Uda Design by James "JB" Anderson, K8OS
The 222.057 MHz W0ZQ/B Using An RFZero Board by Jon Platt, W0ZQ (as time allows)

I hope to see everyone at Aurora'26. Ask questions if you've got them.

73, Jon

W0ZQ