From the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure “The FCC has made changes to the RF-exposure rules that change the ways that radio stations can determine whether they are exempt from the need to do a routine RF-exposure station evaluation. To answer the questions HQ staff are receiving about these changes, ARRL has prepared an RF-exposure FAQ to Read More …
RARC Remotely Controlled Station – setup and operation A two-evening seminar on the club’s remotely controlled station. It’s open to 12 club members, just enough to fill a Zoom screen. The cost is $10. Tuesday March 16, 7 to 9pm on Zoom, description, tour, and demonstration. Tuesday March 30, 7 to 9pm on Zoom, a Read More …
Presentation: Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU, presents “Delicious HamPi.” Many hams around here are using the $40 Raspberry Pi computer for logging, station control, and digital modes. Most hams are familiar with Windows. PiOS (aka Raspian) is very different. Loading software, connecting, etc. is new and different with a Pi. HamPi takes away much of the worry Read More …
Business meeting The first 10 to 20 minutes are the business of the club. Reports on the finances, new members, the school, the club stations, etc. are covered. Program 5G Overview by Brewer Pedin, W4MGA 5G, 5G, 5G – we keep hearing about it. What is it and when is it? Brewer Pedin, W4MGA, is Read More …
Business meeting The first 10 to 20 minutes are the business of the club. Reports on the finances, new members, the school, the club stations, etc. are covered. Program The rest of the meeting is the usual technical program. For October program is by Robert Orndorff, W4BNO. The subject: “Solar Numbers and Amateur Radio”; this Read More …
Program Rig control, logging, and digital modes with a Raspberry Pi Bruce MacAlister, W4BRU, will attempt a live demonstration of rig control with a $35 hand-sized Raspberry Pi computer from his station. He’ll have a few slides on hand in case the live demo goes … well you know how live demos can go. Read More …
Reaching out from 730 feet (AGL) near the merger of I-195, I-95, and I-64 sits the antenna for the MRA (Metropolitan Repeater Association), 145.43. It is a nice complement to the RATS 146.88 repeater in the southwestern part of the metro area. 145.43 has a long reach north towards Fredericksburg, west to Mineral, east to Read More …
The Richmond Amateur Radio Club is inviting you to our Monthly meeting. Topic: Electromagnetic Radiation effect on the human body by Rick Waller, KA4OHM. Time: Friday Jun 12, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time The audio for the business part of the meeting and the checkins will be on the Chesterfield repeater, 137.60 with no tone Read More …
With proper “social distancing” the RARC met on 13 March. Because many could not be there, the presentation was recorded. Find it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ypQaQ0w5BU&feature=youtu.be
Two presentations, one by John DeMajo, K5HTZ, and a second by Ken Zutavern, K4ZUT, at the 10 January 2020 RARC club meeting are outlined here. John‘s presentation is available by clicking this link: loop-antenna-project John’s spreadsheet calculator is at mag_loop_calculator. Ken showed another design that used a hand-wound toroid transformer instead of a small loop Read More …
