Pre-Meeting Social

Submitted by WA8EIH on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 19:36

What:  Food and Drink before ARA meeting

           Alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages available.
           Full menu available, plus Tuesday specials
           Pay for your own tab

           

Where:   American Legion Morris Frock Post 42
              405 Northern Ave, Hagerstown  (see attached map)

              Enter the main entrance (press doorbell if it's locked)

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 17:00 to 18:30

Pre-Meeting Social

Submitted by WA8EIH on Mon, 03/26/2018 - 06:10

What:  Food and Drink before ARA meeting

           Alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages available.
           Full menu available, plus Tuesday specials
           Pay for your own tab

           

Where:   American Legion Morris Frock Post 42
              405 Northern Ave, Hagerstown  (see attached map)

              Enter the main entrance (press doorbell if it's locked)

Date: 
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - 17:00 to 18:30

Items For Sale

Submitted by ni2w on Mon, 03/12/2018 - 14:03

The Antietam Radio Association has a number of items for sale. The full list can be viewed here. Anything that isn't sold by April 20, 2018 will be taken to the Delaware Hamfest and the Great Hagerstown Hamfest after that. Please contact Butch Eigenbrode for more information.

Presentation: No Power, No Comms, Puerto Rico Disaster

Submitted by KC3FDA on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 11:25

Update (3/13/2018): Marty is currently back in Puerto Rico on assingment with FEMA. This presentation will be rescheduled for April.

Guest speaker and MDC Section Manager, Marty Pittinger, KB3MXM, will be discussing his recent assingment in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

Date: 
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 19:00

Presentation: Solar and Modern Power Systems for Ham Radio

Submitted by KC3FDA on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 11:24

Edit: 3/20 - Due to the incliment weather this meeting has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule for a future date.

Guest speaker - Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

The technology of power systems has changed drastically in the last decade, yet most ham's concepts of shack power, field power, emergency power and renewable power are woefully out of date. Did you know you can use a modern loaptop power supply on anything from 100 to 240 VAC OR 150 to 330 VDC? It can provide up to 6 amps for portable operation and take only 10% the size and weight of older power supplies. Also Home Solar has come of age. Payback is now in under 5 years and then you get free power for LIFE!

Date: 
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 19:00

2018 Technican License Class

Submitted by KC3FDA on Fri, 03/02/2018 - 15:57

Our 2018 Technician's Licensing Class will run from Friday April 20 through Sunday April 22 at the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Pre-registration is required by March 16 if registering by mail or March 20 if you prefer to do so in person. You can download the registration form here.

The fee for the class is $30 for adults or $15 for those 18 and under and includes a copy of Gordon West's Technician License Manual as well as refreshments during the class.

Ham Radio in Scouting Opportunities during 2018 in Franklin County, PA

Submitted by ni2w on Thu, 03/01/2018 - 14:28

What: Ham radio experiences for Boy Scouts at 6 weeks of 2018 summer camp: Radio merit badge, Radio Direction Finding, 3 rd party radio operation, VE Session. Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) camporee, with Radio merit badge, another STEM related merit badge, Radio Direction Finding, 3 rd party radio operation, Ham-in- a-Day class, VE session.

6-Meter loop antenna presentation

Submitted by ac8ne on Thu, 01/18/2018 - 20:39

As promised, here is the presentation I presented at the Jan 16 club meeting.  I put up an adobe PDF file as well as the Powerpoint file.  I also started a forum thread if people want to share ideas.   If you want to build one, the dimensions in the presentation under "wires" are a good place to start for a free space ant.  Thanks for attending even though the wx was not so good.

Download here:  PDF and PPT