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)
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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.
April 2024 HAM Club Meeting
We had our April HAM Club meeting on April 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM on Teams and in A3/2226 MMC
Meeting Slides
Note: Some of the slides have been edited since the meeting with the decisions we made or things we talked about.
Meeting Recording
You can find the recording here. Note: this link will only work for Aerospace Employees.
2024-03 ARRL Meeting Report
On March 28th, 11:30 AM PDT we had our monthly meeting. At this meeting Thomas Fagan – K7DF presented on ARRL, Why you should join. Kirk Crawford -KK6KC had some slides about club activities prior to the presentation.
Kirk’s Slides
Tom’s Slides
Recording
We recorded the meeting. See it here. Note, this may not work outside of the Aerospace network.
VarAC HF Chat Reinvented – February 2024 Mtg
On February 28 2024 11:30 AM PDT we had a meeting. Our presentation was on VarAC a new HF Chat mode. Doug McNulty (KM4GC) and Bob Lanahan (KK6WYW) gave the talk. I presented a few slides at the beginning about our A3 Antenna status and the EOC trailer status.
Kirk’s Slides
Doug and Bob’s Slides
VarAC Slides
Recording of the Meeting
Recording is here available to Aerospace Employees
February 2024 HF Net Report
At 8:30 AM PST 2/14/2024 we had our HF Net.
Operators
- Kirk Crawford – KK6KC – Lomita CA
- Tom Fagan – K7DF – Vail AZ
- Doug McNulty – KM4GC – Leesburg VA
- Bob Lanahan – KK6WYW – Vero Beach FL
Observors
- Dan Plaster
- Jeffrey Light
20 M Band
| RX/TX | Bob | Doug | Tom | Kirk |
| Bob | 5-5 | 5-0 | 5-0 | |
| Doug | 5-8 | – | – | |
| Tom | 5-5 | 5-5 | 5-9 | |
| Kirk | – | – | 5-9 |
17 M Band
| Rx/TX | Doug | Tom | Kirk | Bob |
| Doug | 5-1 | 5-8 | ||
| Tom | 5-8 | 5-5 | 5-7 | |
| Kirk | 5-7 | |||
| Bob | 5-6 | 5-0 |
10 M Band
| Rx/Tx | Kirk | Doug | Tom | Bob |
| Kirk | 5-9 | |||
| Doug | 5-9 | |||
| Tom | ||||
| Bob |
Leaky EOC Trailer
On Monday 2/12/24 I went to the EOC Trailer in the south lot of A6 in order to retrieve the bracket for the A3 Antenna Tower. I discovered that the trailer had leaked extensively during the recent storms. The carpet is wet, there is visible drips in the ceiling and some mold. See the below pictures:
On Tuesday 2/13/24 KN6OJH and I (KK6KC) were able to install a tarp with bungees that I purchased the night before with club funds. We removed all of the antennas before we put up the tarp. We will have to plan on fixing the roof once the winter is over. But this tarp should hold us till then. See the installed tarp below.
Stealth Antennas – January 2024 Mtg
On January 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM PST we had a meeting. Our presentation was on Stealth Antennas given by Thomas Fagan K7DF.
Kirk’s Slides
Tom’s Slides
Recording
Recording is here available to Aerospace employees
January 2024 HF Net Report
We had our first HF Net of 2024 on January 3 at 8:30 AM.
Operators
- Kirk KK6KC Lomita CA
- Tom K7DF Vail AZ
- Doug KM4GC Leesburg VA
10M Band
We started at 28.940 Mhz
| RX/TX | Kirk | Tom | Doug |
| Kirk | – | 2-2 | |
| Tom | – | 4-4 | |
| Doug | – | – |
15 Meters
On 15 (21.3 Mhz) Only Kirk could hear Doug at 2-2
17 Meters
18.149 Mhz
| RX/TX | Kirk | Tom | Doug |
| Kirk | – | 3-2 | |
| Tom | – | 5-5 | |
| Doug | 5-5 | 5-5 |
20 Meters
We used 14.266 MHz
| RX/TX | Kirk | Tom | Doug |
| Kirk | – | – | |
| Tom | – | 5-3 | |
| Doug | – | – |
It seemed 17 meters was our best band for this day.
Holiday Party 2023
At 11:30 AM PST on December 14, 2023 we had our annual Holiday Party in A3/2226 MMC and on Teams. We had a catered luncheon of Prime Rib from the Aerospace Cafeteria and fantastic desserts shared by members of the club. We looked at pictures from the last year and had a good discussion. No one volunteered to run for the open secretary spot. We also had our raffle draw. See you next year!
Recording of the Meeting
Recording is here. Note this only works inside of Aerospace