Category Archives: Antenna

Antenna, Meeting

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

VSWR and VNAs no VideoDownload

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.

Antenna, HF Net, Meeting, Shack

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

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VarAC Slides

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Recording of the Meeting

Recording is here available to Aerospace Employees

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

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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.