All posts by kirkcrawford

President, AEA Amateur Radio Club
Antenna, Meeting, Shack

2023-09 Ham Club Meeting

On September 28, 2023 at 11:30 AM PDT we had our HAM Club Meeting in A3/2226MMC and on Teams. This time we watched a recording of how to make a QSO. We had 4 people in person and 11 on teams.

Kirk’s Slides

2023-09-How-to-QSODownload

A3 Antenna

Here is a link to the Gap Eagle Antenna we will be putting on top of A3.

Presentation

The main presentation was a video from Anthony Luscre K8ZT His slide deck is here with all the links.

Recording

Here is a recording of the meeting. Note: this will only work on the Aerospace Network.

Meeting

July HAM Club Meeting – WinLink Global Radio Email

Hosted by Tom Fagan

On July 27, 2023 we had our HAM Club Meeting with a presentation on WinLink Global Radio Email. The meeting started at 11:20 AM and concluded at 12:30 PM. The meeting was only available on Teams.

Attendees

  • Thomas J Fagan
  • Kevin H Kirio
  • Philip D Martzen
  • NA1N Al Carlson (Guest)
  • Sarah A Seguin
  • James R Clark
  • Ari Bender-Long
  • KM4GC – Doug (Guest)
  • Jeff S Deifik
  • Eric Belle
  • Bob Lanahan

Kirk’s Slides

2023-07-WinLinkDownload

Bob’s Slides

Aerospace-Am-Radio-Club-Winlink-Jul-2023-v1Download

Recording of the Meeting

Here is the recording, note this only works inside of the Aerospace Network

Meeting

August 2023 Meeting

Saturday Afternoon Antenna Projects

We had our August meeting on Teams and in A3/1607A (Thanks Phil for hosting!) at 11:30 AM PDT 8/31/2023.

We had a discussion about the D8 Antenna status, our budget submission and a presentation on Saturday Afternoon Antenna Projects.

Attendees

  • Kirk Crawford
  • Len Yip
  • Thomas J Fagan
  • Daniel C Plaster
  • Al (NA1N) (Guest)
  • Kevin H Kirio
  • Lydia Zelk
  • KM4GC – Doug (Guest)
  • Robert E Oberto
  • Philip D Martzen
  • Victor Lin
  • James R Clark
  • Michael Bao
  • Bob Lanahan
  • Kirk D Madsen

Slides

2023-08-Saturda-Afternoon-Antenna-ProjectsDownload

Presentation

Here is a link to the meeting recording. Note this only works within the Aerospace Network.

Here is a link to the video on Vimeo

HF Net

March 2023 HF Net

We conducted the February HF Net at 8:30 AM Pacific Time, March 1, 2023. In attendance were:

  • Kirk Crawford KK6KC – Lomita, CA
  • Bob Lanahan KK6WYW – Vero Beach FL
  • Tom Fagan K7DF – Vail AZ
  • Doug McNulty KM4GC – Leesburg VA
  • Al NA1N – Listening in, digital only

We only had time to try phone (voice) contacts. We tried 20M, 10M and 15M.

Here are the signal reports

TX below – RX rightKK6KCKM4GCK7DFKK6WYW
KK6KC55
KM4GC005748
K7DF5700
KK6WYW0052-5955
20M
TX below – RX rightKK6KCKM4GCK7DFKK6WYW
KK6KC5200
KM4GC522248
K7DF0000
KK6WYW0022
10M
TX below – RX rightKK6KCKM4GCK7DFKK6WYW
KK6KC530000
KM4GC535559
K7DF0000
KK6WYW315900
15M

Due to the propagation issues, it was hard to find a band/frequency that would work for all four geographic locations. It seemed that 12M would do it if we all had it available, but we did not.

Due to the antenna failure at D8, we were unable to use that station.

Meeting

February 2023 HAM Club Meeting – Portable Station Design & 1st POTA Experience

Doug McNulty

KM4GC

Meeting Announcement Slide

We had our February 2023 AEA Amateur Radio Club Meeting on February 23, 2023 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. In Attendance were:

  • Kirk Crawford KK6KC
  • Kyle Logue K6OF
  • Phillip Martzen KK6PSA
  • Eric Belle
  • Doug McNulty KM4GC
  • Patrick Riley
  • Jeff Deifik
  • Ioannis Syllaios
  • Stephanie Wong
  • Victor Lin
  • Gary Flinchbaugh
  • James Clark
  • Sarah Seguin
  • Grant Russell
  • Ching Kong

Link to Video of Presentation

Note this is only available on the Aerospace Network

Audio Recording of Presentation

Audio of the Presentation

My Slides

My Slides for the meetingDownload

Doug’s Slides

2023-02-23-KM4GC-Aero-Club-Brief-on-portable-stationDownload
Meeting

What’s Keeping Morse Code Alive? January 2023 HAM Club Meeting

We had our January HAM Club meeting at 11:30 AM on 1/26/2023. Kimball Williams gave us a presentation on Morse Code.

Video Recording of the meeting

Link Here. Note Only Aerospace Employees can view the recording.

Audio Recording of the Meeting

Recording of the meeting

In Person Attendees

  • Kirk Crawford KK6KC
  • Jeff Kommers AK6OM
  • Phil Martzen KK6PSA
  • Wayne Fenner KE6GDP

Remote Attendees

  • Kimball Williams N8FNC
  • Thomas Fagan K7DF
  • Kiara O’Neil
  • David Cole
  • Kevin Kirio AJ6ZJ
  • Bob Lanahan KK6WYW
  • Doug McNulty KM4GC
  • Al Carlson NA1N
  • Ryan Noguchi AI6DO
  • Sarah Seguin KE0WHI
  • William Slutter
  • Kyle Logue K6OF
  • Stephanie Wong KN6RNB
  • Robert Oberto
  • Scott Simpson N6LEM
  • Ioannis Syllaios
  • Ching Kong KJ6QBI
  • Judy Kerner KK6GCB
  • Thomas Hill

My Introduction Slides

2023-01 Whats Keeping Morse Code Alive

Kimball’s Slide Deck

Why is Morse Code Still AliveDownload
HF Net

January 2023 HF Net Report

We had our first HF net of the year today, Wednesday January 11, 2023 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time Participants were:

  • Kirk Crawford, KK6KC in D8 Shack, El Segundo CA
  • Jeff Wong, W0NGJ in Crossville TN
  • Doug McNulty, KM4GC in Leesburg VA
  • Bob Lanahan, KK6WYW using a web SDR located in Georgia

Phone QSO

We had good two way voice communications among all stations (Bob’s SDR is only RX) on 20 meters (14.315 MHz).

Jeff’s recording of the QSO
Bob’s recording of the QSO
Here are the three operators on the teams call
Here is what Bob’s web SDR looked like during the QSO.

JS8 Call

We switched to JS8 Call which only Doug and Kirk had working and that worked just fine. Even in Turbo Mode!

Here is a screen of JS8 Call (Kirk’s Computer) The red backed text is people contacting Kirk. You can see the waterfall at the bottom with the communication around 1400 hz.
JS8 Call uses a single frequency in each band
This is turbo mode. It uses more bandwidth ( the section around 1400 is wider) but you can send faster
Here are the bandwidths and speeds of the various modes.

It was a successful HF Net. See you next month. This year our goal is to get WinLink working over HF and add that to our HF Net.

-Kirk Crawford – KK6KC

Meeting

2022 Holiday Party

On December 8 at 11:30AM we had our annual Holiday Party. This year we had it in A3 Dining Room A. It was very nicely decorated from previous parties. We had Prime Rib luncheon served by the catering service. The food was great! Some club members brought desserts to share as well. We tried to find a volunteer for the open secretary position, but none was found. Send me an email if you would like to volunteer. We had a good time eating and chatting. See the slides below and raffle results.

Meeting Slides

Christmas-Party-2022Download

Attendees

  • Kirk Crawford – KK6KC
  • Dan Plaster – KN6OJH
  • Anthony Lim
  • Tom Fagan – K7DF
  • James Clark – KW4JW
  • Sarah Seguin – KE0WHI
  • David Cole –
  • Michael Bao – AI6BJ
  • Len Yip – KM6NAJ
  • Albert Leong – KD6NSG
  • Stephanie Wong – KN6RNB
  • Kirk Madsen – N3TWX
  • Kyle Logue – K6OF
  • Jeff Kommers – AK6OM
  • Phil Martzen – KK6PSA
  • Wayne Fenner – KE6GDP
  • Ching Kong – KJ6QBI

Recording

Here is a link to the recording Note, you have to be on the Aerospace network to view this.

HF Net

2022-12 HF Net

We had our HF Net at 8:30 AM PST today, We just used PHONE mode on 14.315 MHz upper side band.

  • KK6KC was in El Segundo at the D8 Shack 1800 Watts
  • KM4GC was in Titusville FL campground with his portable setup 100 Watts
  • KN6RNB was in El Segundo with her end fed antenna at home 100 Watts
  • KN6OJH was in El Segundo observing the net

Results

  • KK6KC could hear KN6RNB with a 5-6 report
  • KK6KC could hear KM4GC with a 5-7 report
  • KM4GC could hear KK6KC with a 5-9 report

Recording

KK6WYW was online with an SDR in Georgia and could hear both KK6KC and KM4GC. Here is a screenshot and audio recording of part of the QSO.

Screenshot of WebSDR
Audio captured from the Web SDR