The June AEA Amateur Radio Club (AGO) meeting took place Wed, 11:30 – 12:15 am, Jun 26, 2019 in A3/1607B.
Attendees
- Kirk Crawford KK6KC
- Ryan Noguchi AI6DO
- Ching Kong KJ6QBI
- Bob Oberto
- Andrew Lin KM6TWS
- Joshua Insel KK6LNE
- Bob Lanahan
Agenda
Kirk presented slides – primary focus was regarding our successful
ARRL field day on Sat, 22 Jun.
Additional Lessons Learned and Discussion:
- Andrew notes there was a lot of noise on HF, what was the source? Try battery power only test next year?
- Ching suggested the home improvement club has power system, option for next year?
- Ryan pointed out there are a lot of users on 20 meters, might have more luck on 40m or 15m?
- Kirk suggested we make a point to contact Chantilly and COS next year, have plan and cell numbers.
- Plan for Bob to accomplish Winlink task on the 440 Antenna, goal to complete in 30 mins.
- Plan to use digital, look for our signal propagation quality early. Could bring RF dongle also.
Other News:
A3 has passed hardware scanning phase, A3 shack should be ours soon.
Kirk suggested we use tower for A2 HF antenna, guy wires from the parapet walls.