On November 21 at 11:30 AM we had our annual show and tell meeting by ham Club members. We had several presenters. Here is the info:
Slides
Meeting Video Recording
Go here to see the recording. (Only within Aerospace Networks)
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November 2024 HF Net
We had our HF Net for November on 11/6 at 8:30 AM PST.
David Ping WB6DP joined me, Kirk Crawford KK6KC in the A3 Shack, and we had Doug McNulty KM4GC in Leesburg VA and Bob Lanahan KK6WYW in Vero Beach FL. Kevin Kirio was in the teams meeting as an observer.
We tried several bands. Here are the results:
14.270 MHz – No Contact
| RX/TX | Kirk | Doug | Bob |
| Kirk | – | 5-3 | – |
| Doug | – | – | – |
| Bob | – | – | – |
| RX/TX | Kirk | Doug | Bob |
| Kirk | – | 5-3 | 3-4 |
| Doug | – | – | 5-9 |
| Bob | 2-4 | – | – |
| RX/TX | Kirk | Doug | Bob |
| Kirk | – | 5-4 | – |
| Doug | 5-7 | – | |
| Bob | – | – |
| RX/TX | Kirk | Doug | Bob |
| Kirk | – | 5-8 | – |
| Doug | 5-3 | – | |
| Bob | – | – |
| RX/TX | Doug | Bob |
| Doug | – | 5-2 to 5-7 |
| Bob | 5-2 to 5-7 | – |
So we had workable coast to coast communication on multiple bands. The propagation was rapidly changing during the contacts. See you next month!
October 2024 HAM Club Meeting
We had our October HAM Club meeting on Thursday October 31, 2024 at 11:30 AM on Teams and in A3/1607A. Many folks attended and we had a presentation on RTTY with real teletype machines by Harold Hallikainen W6IWI. Here are my meeting slides:
Kirk’s Slides
Recording of the Meeting
This is the recording. Note this only works from within Aerospace. For those outside of the Aerospace network here is another recording of the same presentation given at the Long Island CW Club.
October 2024 HF Net Report
We had our October 2024 HF net at 8:30 AM PDT on October 2. We had pretty good propagation today, especially on 20 between LA and Tucson which is highly unusual.
Operators
- Kirk Crawford- KK6KC – El Segundo, CA – AGO A3 Shack
- Tom Fagan – K7DF – Tucson, AZ – Raytheon HAM Club Shack
- Al Carlson – NA1N – Laytonsville, MD – Home Shack
20 Meters
| RX\TX | Al | Tom | Kirk |
| Al | 5-5 | – | |
| Tom | 5-5 | 5-9 | |
| Kirk | – | 20 Over |
17 Meters
| RX\TX | Al | Tom | Kirk |
| Al | 5-3 | 3-3 | |
| Tom | 5-5 | – | |
| Kirk | 2-3 | – |
15 Meters
| RX\TX | Al | Tom | Kirk |
| Al | 5-9 | 3-3 | |
| Tom | 5-9 | 5-5 | |
| Kirk | 3-3 | 5-5 |
10 Meters
| RX\TX | Al | Tom | Kirk |
| Al | 5-6 | – | |
| Tom | 5-7 | 5-5 | |
| Kirk | – | 4-5 |
VSWR & Stuff with Nano VNA – Sep 2024
Our club meeting was on September 25, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time. We had several members on Teams and quite a few in the room in A3/2226 MMC.
Kirk’s Slides
The main focus of the meeting was the presentation by Carl Foster, KB7AZ about VSWR and VNAs.
Carl’s Slides
Go here for his slides with the video.
Recording of the Meeting
Here is a link to the recording of the meeting. Note: this will only work inside the Aerospace Network.
Smith Chart
Here is a link to the Smith Chart that Carl had us print out.
September HF Net
The HF Net began at 8:30 AM PDT with Kirk – KK6KC, Tom -K7DF, Doug-KM4GC and Stephanie-KN6RNB. We had time to do 20 Meters and 15 Meters. Here are the results:
20M – 14.312 MHz
| RX/TX | Tom | Kirk | Doug | Stephanie |
| Tom | – | 5-5 | 5-7 | |
| Kirk | 3-5 | – | 2-5 | 5-9 |
| Doug | 5-7 | 5-3 | – | |
| Stephanie | 5-6 | – |
15M – 21.346 MHz
| RX/TX | Tom | Kirk | Doug | Stephanie |
| Tom | – | 5-9 | ||
| Kirk | 2-4 | – | 5-9 | |
| Doug | 5-9 | 3-2 | – | |
| Stephanie | 5-9 | – |
2024-08 HAM Club Meeting – QSL Bureaus
We had our August 2024 HAM Club meeting in A3/1607A and on Teams on Thursday August 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Several club members were in attendance.
Video Recording of Meeting
Go here for the video recording of the meeting. NOTE: This will probably only work on Aerospace networks.
Meeting Slides
August 2024 HF Net
Our August HF Net occurred on Wednesday August 14 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time. We had the following operators in attendance:
Kirk
KK6KC – A3 Shack
Stephanie
KN6RNB – El Segundo
Doug
KM4GC – Michigan
Tom
K7DF- Raytheon Shack, Tucson AZ
We tried to communicate on 20 Meters and 15 Meters. Here are our results:
| RX/TX | Doug | Kirk | Tom | Stephanie |
| Doug | 3-3 | |||
| Kirk | 2-1 | 5-9 | ||
| Tom | ||||
| Stephanie | 5-5 |
| RX/TX | Doug | Kirk | Stephanie |
| Doug | 5-7 | ||
| Kirk | 2-3 | 5-7 | |
| Stephanie | 5-9 |
Tom had to leave the meeting after we did 20 meters.
73 until next month! – Kirk KK6KC
2024 June Meeting – Field Day Report
At 11:30 AM on June 27, 2024 we had our monthly meeting in A3/2226 MMC and on Teams. Kirk Crawford and Philip Martzen were in person and others were on TEAMS.
Kirk’s Slides
Meeting Recording
Link to Meeting Recording. (Only inside Aerospace)
June 2024 HF Net
We had the June HF net on Wednesday June 5 at 8:30 AM. Participants were:
- Kirk Crawford – KK6KC – A3 Shack, El Segundo CA
- Doug McNulty – KM4GC – Historic Leesburg VA
- Al Carlson – NA1N – Laytonsville MD
- Bob Lanahan – KK6WYW – Vero Beach FL
We tried several bands. We did not have any communications on 28.434 MHz or 24.962 Mhz. Below are the bands we did have some communications on:
| RX/TX | Al | Doug | Kirk | Bob |
| Al | – | 3-3 | 3-3 | 2-1 |
| Doug | – | – | – | – |
| Kirk | 2-1 | – | – | – |
| Bob | 4-4 | – | – | – |
| RX/TX | Al | Doug | Kirk | Bob |
| Al | – | – | 3-3 | – |
| Doug | – | – | 5-4 | – |
| Kirk | – | 5-5 S6 | – | 3-3 |
| Bob | – | – | 2-2 | – |
| RX/TX | Al | Doug | Kirk | Bob |
| Al | – | 1-1 | 3-3 | – |
| Doug | – | – | 2-3 | – |
| Kirk | 3-3 | 2-1 | – | 1-1 |
| Bob | – | 2-1 | 1-1 | – |
Overall conditions were pretty bad. Probably due to the solar flux issues with all the CME stuff lately.