[nrv-hams] Saturday Morning Breakfast and Toroid-Winding Party

[Kenneth Walker]

Carter,

The "Party" was a real success. Hands on beats talking about things when it
comes to skills. I learned a lot. You showed real leadership in putting
this project together. Please let me know about future meetings and I'll do
my best to get there.

Ken

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Carter Craigie <carter128 at verizon.net>wrote:

> Good Morning NRV Club Members,
>
>
>
> TODAY (Saturday, Jan. 7th) the New River Valley Amateur Radio Club will
> meet
> for BREAKFAST at the Shoney's Restaurant on Rte. 100 in Dublin for
> breakfast. [Usually the club meets at that restaurant the first Saturday in
> the month, so THIS month we will meet there TODAY!]
>
> Folks will be arriving at about 8:00 AM.
>
> Afterward, at about 9:30, we will meet in the Dublin Fire Station to start
> making 4 Pass-Band Filters which we will use at Field Day. These filters
> will stop the SSB stations from hearing the CW stations in their
> headphones,
> and vise-versa--the CW stations won't hear the SSB stations. Since all the
> stations and antennas are so close together, there has been a lot of
> interference in past years. These filters will stop the interference.
>
> So the first step will be to wind toroids with wire. The toroids look like
> little donuts, except they are made of tiny iron filings encased in a body
> of ceramic-like stuff. We will use #16 wire and will pull the wire the
> exact
> number of turns needed for the filters. There are 10 filters to go into
> each
> of the 4 boxes, so this will be an all-club project today. You need to
> bring
> no tools, just yourself. This will be a super learning experience!
>
>
>
> I hope you will be able to come to either or both events. I will have my
> cell phone with me today if you have any questions. Coming late to the
> toroid-winding party will be OK.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Carter
>
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