All posts by kirkcrawford

President, AEA Amateur Radio Club
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
Meeting

November 2022 Meeting – Show and Tell

Video Recording

Recording of the meeting. (Must be in the Aerospace Firewall to view)

Audio Recording

Meeting Audio

Attendees

  • Kirk Crawford
  • Albert Leong
  • Thomas Fagan
  • Ching Kong
  • Dan Plaster
  • James Clark
  • Jeff Deifik
  • Sarah Seguin
  • Stephanie Wong
  • Ryan Noguchi
  • Bob Lanahan

Kirk and Stephanie’s Slides

2022-11Download

James Clark Slides

2022-Ham-Show-And-Tell-Jim-ClarkDownload

Daniel Plaster Slides

2022-11-Car-Power-Hookup-KN6OJHDownload

Doug McNulty Slides

2022-11-16-KM4GC-2022-ActivitiesDownload

Thomas Fagan’s On-The-Fly Slide

2022-11-17-AEA-W6AGO-club-meeting-antenna-discussion-Tom-K7DFDownload
Meeting

October 2022 HAM Club Meeting – SDR Radios – Karen Burnham

Meeting Announcement Slide

Meeting Recording

Here is a link to the meeting recording. (You must be inside the Aerospace network for this to work)

My Slides

2022-10Download

Karen’s Slides (Low Cost SDR for EMC)

LowCostSDR_genericDownload

Links from the Chat

Meeting

Choosing an Antenna – Sept. HAM Club Meeting

We had our September HAM Club meeting on 9/29/2022 at 11:30 AM.

Ed Hare W1RFI gave an excellent presentation on using antenna modeling software to select an antenna for a given situation. See the recording for that presentation.

Meeting Recording

I recorded the presentation and it is available here to Aerospace employees.

Other Slides

2022-09Download

Attendees

  • Thomas J Fagan
  • D.B. Cole
  • Dean J Sklar
  • Hare, Ed, W1RFI
  • Eliana Nossa
  • Robert E Oberto
  • Kirk B Crawford
  • Blair Thompson
  • Victor S Lin
  • John M Les
  • Sarah A Seguin
  • Gary D Flinchbaugh
  • Richard Massey
  • Horace Lee
  • Stephanie Wong
  • Alex G Ellis
  • Daniel C Plaster
  • Vahe Avedissian
  • Ching S Kong
  • Christopher A Day
  • Richard Day
  • Bob Lanahan
  • Kelly Gov
  • Wayne Fenner
  • Steve Bayless
Meeting

July 2022 HAM Club Meeting

We had our July AEA ARC meeting on July 28 at 11:30 AM Pacific time. It was in A3/2226 MMC and on TEAMS

We are looking for presentations for upcoming meetings. We have three slots to fill for this calendar year, August, September and October. We are thinking of a presentation from Sarah about Antennas and a presentation from the local ARRL section coordinator about ARRL. If you can present on a HAM radio related topic or know of someone who can, let me know.

Attendees

  • Kirk Crawford
  • Jim Nokes
  • Bob Oberto
  • Sarah Seguin
  • Thomas Fagan
  • Stephanie Wong
  • Andrew Lin
  • Scott Simpson
  • Ryan Noguchi
  • Daniel Plaster

Slides

2022-07 SlidesDownload

Recording of the Meeting

(Only for Aerospace Employees)

Field Day, Meeting

June 2022 HAM Club Meeting – Field Day Results

We had our meeting for June 2022 on Thursday June 30 at 11:30 AM Pacific on TEAMS and in A3/2226 VTC.

SlidesDownload

See the recording here. Note this will only work for people inside Aerospace network.

Attendees

  • Kirk Crawford KK6KC
  • Jason Bayonne
  • Judy Kerner
  • Stephanie Wong
  • Sarah Seguin
  • David Ping
  • Thomas Fagan
  • Victor Lin
  • David Cole
  • Daniel Plaster

An Additional Picture from Field Day

Lark Hadley FCC KA4A, Kirk KK6KC, Stephanie KN6RNB, Sophia KN4RST, and Sean
Shack

D8 Amplifier Circuit Installed

The new circuit and outlet has been installed for the new D8 Amplifier. It will be on the air soon.

D8 Amplifier Outlet (on the left) The other stuff is powered in the center.
  • This is a 240V 20A circuit because the amplifier takes 195-250 VAC, 50/60 Hz up to 20A supply voltage
  • The outlet for the old amp was on the South Wall and would require a extra long power cord. I had the outlet moved here so it is near the other outlets used by the station and won’t require a new power cord.
Shack

D8 Amplifier Unboxing

Today I brought the new Elecraft Amplifier to the D8 shack and took it out of the box.

New Amp on top of old Amp

its footprint is a bit smaller than the old amp, but it comes in two parts with the power supply as a separate unit.

Back of amps.

It has a 20 amp AC plug but different style than the old amp. I will have to have the electrician install a new receptacle. While I do that I will have it moved to the West wall since that will be behind the amp. The current receptacle is on the south wall and requires a longer cord.

Everything arrived with the package. Cables, manual etc.

73, Kirk