[Wswss] Mike Staal, K6MYC, Speaking In Thousand Oaks, CA, (DM04) on Thursday Evening, 19NOV

[n6ze at aol.com]

Mike Staal, K6MYC, "Mr. M Square" will be guest speaker at the November 19, 2009, meeting of the Conejo Valley (Thousand Oaks, CA) Amateur Radio Club'

All are invited to attend.

“Antenna Design Principals"
Mike Staal K6MYC

"Many of us have used M2 Antennas. Here is a chance to meet "the man"

In 1984 Mike’s wife started M2 enterprises and it eventually morphed into 
antenna design and manufacture of HF and VHF antennas, and to related 
products. His son Matt, KD6KIG now manages M2 antenna systems Inc. Now he 
works mostly from home, continuing to design amateur and commercial / 
government antennas.

He has done thousands of specialty antenna designs for hundreds of 
customers. He says "I have been lucky to have worked for Lockheed, Fairchild 
and Stanford university, to name a few where my interest in electronics was 
always nurtured and enhanced.

At  Stanford he worked at the radar astronomy lab near the SRI 150 foot dish 
and spent many hours building antenna feeds and high power (300KW) feedlines 
from the transmitter building to the dish. We did EME professionally there 
and I was encouraged by my boss Henry Taylor (Tay) Howard (W6HD) to try it 
from an amateur standpoint. We put a large modified Cushcraft collinear 
array on the hillside at Stanford and on Dec 31 1965 I made a QSO with 
VK3ATN on 2 meters that first EME contact has changed my life."

As always, the CVARC club meeting is held on the third Thursday of the month 
at the East County Sheriff Station located at:
2101 East Olsen Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
The East County Sheriff Station facility is just off of the 23 freeway 
between Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Dinner with the Club Speaker
This month’s speaker will be Mike Staal. He is coming all the way from 
Fresno to give a presentation to CVARC. Since he has come from such a long 
distance, his wife Myrna will be accompanying him. Gals if you have ever 
considered joining us for dinner this would be a good one to attend. Some of 
us that don't attend the meetings, but enjoy the dinner carpool home after 
dinner. Mike has mentioned an affinity for Chinese food, so we will be going 
to The Mandarin Buffet. It is located at 55 Rolling Oaks Drive. The phone 
number is
(805)777-8820. Dinner will be at 5:30 so those interested parties will have 
time to get to the meeting after dinner."

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bt73Pete, N6ZE