A "Just In Case" Radio Club
LARG’s November meeting was held earlier today (November 16, 2024). John, W0MPM, gave a talk and live demonstration of remote operating using his Flex Radio. A link to video of the presentation has been posted to the Presentations page https://k4lrg.org/information/presentations/.
We also heard about HCA’s upcoming ARISS contact, club elections in January, and more.
73 Steve KS1G LARG VP
Copies of the presentations and videos from today’s LARG meeting have been posted!
N4RAF, Aircraft Tracking with ADSB (Presentation) (Video)
KM4GC, October 2024 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) Observations & Lessons Learned (Presentation) (Video)
Looking forward to next month & into 2025, we will have presentations on remote operating with a Flex Radio and iPad (November), tinyVNA (January), and VA QSO Party Scoring (March). Have something you’d like to learn about, or want to share with your fellow club members? Drop me (KS1G) a line and we’ll get you on the schedule for a future club meeting.
73’s Steve KS1G
The updated plan for October’s Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is available.
Event Date: 5 October 2024, 1000 to 1200 EDT (1400 to 1600 Z)
Send questions and comments to: Doug McNulty KM4GC [email protected]
Great meeting today! The video of KD4HAX’s presentation “When Solar Flares Strike” is available at (YouTube unlisted link). KM4GC’s discussion of Loudoun County ARES October Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is posted here.
Our October meeting’s talk will be by N4RAF on Tracking Aircraft with ADSB. See you then!
Links to LARG meeting presentations and videos are available on our Presentations page.
73 Steve KS1G
Henry, K2BFY, gave a talk on the “Warp Speed” logging software he developed for his own use. The software is built on Linux using LibreOffice, PostgresSQL as the database, and some bash scripts.
Links to Henry’s presentation and to a video of his talk are available on our Presentations page, (scroll down towards the bottom).
Next month’s presentation on September 21, is by KD4HAX, “When Solar Flares Strike: Weathering the Storm in Tech, Talk, and Health.”
73 Steve KS1G LARG VP
Today’s meeting presentation by Dave, WA4TXE, The WA4TXE Repeaters Overview, is posted to the Monthly Meetings Presentation page. Also posted are links to videos of WA4TXE’s presentation, the Q&A session, and N4RAF’s Field Day Results.
The August LARG meeting presentation will be by K2BFY, “Warp Drive Logging”. See you next month!
If you have a topic you’d like to present at a future club meeting, let me know! October, November, and all of 2025 are waiting!
73 Steve KS1G
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Today’s meeting presentation by Henry, K2BFY, “Virginia QSO Party Logging & Scoring” is now available on the LARG website. Link . Video on You-Tube (unlisted, link required)
The video of Kevin, KM4ACK’s presentation on building VHF antennas has been posted to the presentations page and is available direct here (YouTube).
All available videos of LARG club meeting presentations are accessible via this YouTube playlist.
73 Steve KS1G LARG VP
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold and ice spots to come out this morning. The presentation and video from today’s January LARG meeting are posted!
(scroll down to the bottom of the page)
Thank you to Gary, N7BRJ, for his informative talk on Amateur Radio Astronomy.
Good luck to everyone participating in the ARRL January VHF Contest, the North America QSO Party, or chasing the TX5S Clipperton Island DXpedition!
“See” you all on the air and at next month’s meeting. 73 Steve KS1G, LARG VP.
We had a great turnout with many old faces and several visitors! Today’s presentation from Steve, KS1G, “Yet Another Go Box”, has been added to the Presentations area.