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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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
Presentation
Here is a link to the meeting recording. Note this only works within the Aerospace Network.
April 2022 Meeting – Field Day Planning
Meeting started at 11:30 AM on April 28, 2022 in A3/1607A and on Teams.
Attendees were:
- Kirk B Crawford KK6KC
- Stephanie Wong KN6RNB
- Thomas J Fagan K7DF
- Brian Aris
- Andrew Lin KM6TWS
- Patrick Riley
- Shane M Bruski
- Daniel C Plaster KN6OJH
- Lauren C Johnson
- Sean Nichol
- Jim Nokes KN6QQV
- David Ping WB6DP
Presentation Slides
Recording of the meeting
(Only works inside Aerospace Network)
August 2020 Meeting
On August 27, 2020 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM we had a HAM Club Meeting via Skype. Carl Foster, KB7AZ, gave a presentation on Evaluating RF Exposure of Amateur Radio Stations.
We had a presentation by Carl Unfortunately, there was no recording, but the slides presented are here.
I also presented a slide about our budget that we submitted to the AEA. It is in the PDF below.
March 2019 Meeting
The March AEA Amateur Radio Club (AGO) meeting took place March 28, 2019 in A3/2226 VTC MMC.
Meeting Audio
Attendees
- Kirk Crawford KK6KC
- Guy Schaefer W0TTU (Omaha)
- Thomas Fagan K7DF (Tucson)
- Ching Kong KJ6QBI
- Wayne Wheeler W6AHH
- Ryan Noguchi AI6DA (remote)
- Andrew Lin KM6TWS
- News
- A3 Shack is nearly ours
- All paperwork has been signed by club officers, and submitted to security. We have not received anything back from property yet indicating that the transfer has been completed. Once we do we will proceed with the purchases.
- A3 Shack is nearly ours
- Budget
- Buddipole items have been purchased and received.
- New 9.5 foot telescoping whips and 2 22″ arms
- A3 Shack upgrades
- Tower $1000
- Rotor $500
- Antenna SteppIR DB18E ~$5000
- A3 Antenna
- Vertical HF Antenna $1000
- Vertical HF Antenna $1000
- Buddipole items have been purchased and received.
Field Day Planning
- Use EMCOM Trailer at VC1
- Coordinate with Security to move trailer and reserve VC1 – Kirk
- Clean/Configure Trailer Volunteer Day(s) [Kirk will invite us]
- Set up VHF Stations
- Set Up HF Station
- Reinstall Power Supplies
- Semi permanent Flexible mounting methods
- Antennas
- HF – Buddipole, Crank IR
- VHF Built in to trailer?
- Masts?
- Anything to purchase?
HAM Radio Video
FEBRUARY 2019 mEETING
Kirk, Wayne, and Teresa were in attendance in person and several people called in.
We have a new logo courtesy of Tom’s wife. Thank you!
Currently the club has over $7K in our bank account. Kirk’s spending proposal is to do A2 shack upgrades: $1K for a tower, $500 for a rotor, and $5K for a nice StepIR antenna. Also we need to spend a little on Buddipole repair. We need to spend the funds this year because next year we want to ask for money to refurbish the A3 shack if the safety department turns it over to us.
Upcoming events: main one is Field Day June 22-23. The plan this year is to use the trailer in the VC1 parking lot. This configuration is more like a real emergency so we should “test like we fly.” It will also allow for more public access without having to go through badging and escorting and all.
We watched a video on JS8 and JS8Call, a new digital mode. Info is available at js8call.com.
Jan 2018 Mtg Minutes
Aerospace Radio club meeting, 25 Jan 2018
Room 1607B, 11:30-12:30
Room 1607B, 11:30-12:30
Attendance: Kirk Crawford, Teresa Moore, Joe Barger,
Tom Essenpreis, Don Hall, Steve Schmidt and Bob Lanahan
8 mins of meeting audio is available <click here>
Audio Player
I. Kirk (radio club president) made a presentation.
Here are Kirk’s charts 2018-01 Meeting Slides
Notes taken to supplement Kirk’s presentation.
1. New club members have on-line training available to them.
2. $5K is the club budget this year
3. Joe installed remote desktop in Radio Shack in D8, more on this topic later.
4. Goal to have A2 antenna purchased this year.
5. Kirk asked if we need any purchases for field day. Discussed
options.
6. Kirk charts include ARRL Grid chase, good for FT8, he’s near
the top 1,000 chasers
II. Tom presented his briefing on Magnetic Loop Antenna
Here are the charts Mag Loop – 26 Jan 2018
Notes taken to supplement Tom’s presentation.
1. Went thru his charts and excel spread-sheet
2. Tom’s briefing was very interactive, there were a lot of
questions, and overall it was a great presentation.
3. His capacitor is rated between 11-93 picofarads
4. His antenna tunes between 13 – 19 Mhz
III. Joe (radio club treasurer) presented his remote desktop set-up.
1. His surface was connected to the D8 shack computer, running
FT8, connected to the K3 radio.
2. He is using DxLab and remote desktop VPN.
3. Joe wants to get an internet controlled power strip, cost ranges
between $200 and $500.
Meeting photos
1. Tom and Don with Magnetic Loop Antenna
2. Joe and Kirk – remote connection
3. Joe’s remote connection running FT8
July 27, 2017 AEA Amateur Radio Club Meeting
AEA Amateur Radio Club meeting was held at 11:30 am on 7/27/17.
Ten people were in attendance, two of whom joined at this meeting:
- Teresa Moore AG6OD
- Don Hall KK6DCX
- Kirk Crawford KK6KC
- Tom Essenpreis KB9ENS
- Ryan Noguchi AI6DO
- Victor Lin KK6RZO
- Bob Lanahan KK6WYW
- NEW MEMBER Susan McCormack K6SUZ
- NEW MEMBER Wayne Wheeler W6AHH
- Joe Barger N6KK
The meeting started with a report on this year’s Field Day and a discussion of what we should remember for next year. Then we discussed the budget, including plans for upgrading the A2 shack HF radio and antenna. Finally, HamCon is coming to Torrance this fall, September 15-17. Besides interesting talks, there will be an opportunity for an added cost to tour the radio room on the battleship Iowa. More information on all of these topics is available in the powerpoint presentation, which can be found on the club web site.
The meeting ended with a raffle. All members including the new members received a free raffle ticket. Victor won a Pixie transceiver, Don got the heat shrink tubing, Kirk got a helping hands tool, and Susan got the tape measure.
Wayne volunteered to do a presentation on his project to rebuild a 1928 HF radio. He is on the calendar for the October meeting.
Teresa Moore
June 2016 Meeting Minutes
AEA Radio Club Meeting 6/30/16
Audio of the meeting:
Audio Player
6 people in attendance
- Kirk Crawford KK6KC
- Don Hall KK6DCX
- Phil Martzen KK6PSA
- Teresa Moore AG6OD
- Tom Essenpreis KB9ENS
- Ching Kong KJ6QBI
Field Day Report:
Kirk, Don, Phil, Teresa, Emily Conroy, and Korede Oladimeji participated in our club Field Day event, which was held on the top two floors of the parking structure. We made 25 HF contacts on the 20m and 40 m bands. No VHF/UHF contacts were made. We started around 12-1 pm and started shutting down around 4-5 pm. We made HF contacts in 13 sections, from California to Canada to Oklahoma.
Lessons Learned:
- The fiberglass masts are too floppy for the heavy VHF antennas. Next year replace them with 10’ aluminum masts
- The 440 VHF antenna should be vertical rather than horizontal
- Next year replace the three VHF/UHF setups with one multiband setup
- Next year try 20m, 40m, and 80m dipole antennas as inverted Vs, one over each light pole
- Need to be able to use the headset microphones and push-to-talk button (did not work)
- Buy what we need for digital modes and try having a digital setup next year
- Need to replace the mike stand for the Kenwood
- Next year have a Field Day “practice” where we set up and try out our systems, especially the VHF/UHF setup, coordinating communications with someone in a shack or on a handheld.
- Make a list of VHF/UHF simplex frequencies for next year
Trailer Cleanup:
A meeting was scheduled for July 6 at 11:30 to work on putting the radios back in the trailer and organize our equipment in the trailer. [OOPS I forgot about this! – KK6KC]
Budget:
The budget is due July 15. Some ideas for budget items were:
- Labeled plastic bins to organize supplies in the trailer
- Field day equipment mentioned above
- Better power strips
- Line filters/power conditioners
- Equipment for the A6 shack
- D8 shack SDR
- VHF/UHF antenna analyzer
- Pan adapter for KX3
- HRD software
- Whatever we need for the APRS emergency communication plan (Ryan is supposed to spec this out; we can use a Buddipole antenna set for 30 m)
The library has radio club books that belong to us that they need us to store during the library remodel. Kirk will let us know what we’ve got when he finds out and may need additional storage space depending on how many books there are. [EDIT It was only a single book, General Class learning guide from 2007. Out of date so I had it recycled.]
Meeting Ideas
We discussed ideas for future meetings. These ideas included:
- Antennas for condominiums
- DXpedition videos
- Field Day videos (what do other clubs do?)
- Digital modes (Teresa’s husband Dustin has been doing a lot of digital stuff lately and could give a presentation.)
If you have other ideas or would be willing to present something to the club, please comment below or email Kirk
April 2016 Meeting Minutes
Audio of the Meeting:
Audio Player
AEA Amateur Radio Club meeting 4/28/16
Members in attendance:
- KK6KC Kirk Crawford
- AG6OD Teresa Moore
- KJ6QBI Ching Kong
- KK6WYW Bob Lanahan
- KK6PSA Phil Martzen
Repeater Status: WB6VMV repeater is fixed, just needs to be connected to the controller, which will happen 4/29/16. We will keep the net on W6HA for Monday and then switch back to WB6VMV on Tuesday May 3.
Field Day: the El Segundo gate is now closed on weekends, so VC1 is not an available location for Field Day. We can use VC2 and/or the parking structure. In the parking structure, we can use pipe clamps or big nylon straps to attach antennas to the wall. At VC2, the trailer would be parked to the north of the building. If only a few people plan to come to Field Day, we will not set up at two locations. The final location(s) will be determined at the next meeting.
Everyone that is bringing personal gear to Field Day should get it ready. Be sure to bring a self-contained system (except for power, which we will provide from the generator.)
Teresa will run the Kenwood HF rig and Kirk will be in charge of the KX3. We may want to set up a 40-m beam.
On May 11 at 11:30 we will meet at the trailer to do an inventory of the five rigs that will be used on Field Day. Then we will make a list of things to purchase before Field Day.
A2 shack: Bob Lanahan was designated at the new custodian for this shack and tasked with inventorying what is there and determining if we need to purchase anything.
Budget: We have $8K in the bank.
Ideas for spending money included:
- Create an A6 shack
- Upgrade D8 shack
- Waterfall display dongles (3) with upconverter
- Heil headphone sets (5)
- New microphone for Kenwood
- Portable tower w/ 20 meter beam so we can hit COS/Chantilly after a big earthquake