Our February Tech Nite was a kit build. Our special guest, Steve Elliott, K1EL brought the kits for purchase by members and provided elmering. Most of us built his PS2B keyer kit.
Completed Keyer
We had close to 20 kit builders and elmers and many of us completed the kit by the end of the evening. Others completed their kits at home. We all had a great time at the kit build. Thanks to our Programs Chair, Scott, NE1RD for organizing a great kit build!
Here are some pictures of the members who built kits during the kit built.
Do you understand the morse code above? Are you planning to build our February Tech Night Project and want to learn to use it? Do you want to make more DX contacts? Even though Morse Code proficiency is no longer required for your Ham Radio license, there is still more CW on the air than Phone and Digital modes combined. You don’t want to miss out on these contacts!
CW Keys
CW Class Starting February 17th
Thanks to our Morse Code Instructors, Mike, K1WVO, and Dennis, K1LGQ, we will be holding another CW Class. The classes will start on February 17th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and will run for at least 6 weeks. It will be held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Nashua. You will be able to practice copying CW as well as sending CW during the class. Toward the end of the class, if you practice regularly, you will get on the air via a CW slow net or scheduled QSOs among the students.
Our CW Class Instructors
The class will be geared to the needs of those attending, whether you are just learning or if you attended a previous class and hope to build up your speed.
Hope to see you at the class. Plan to bring a notebook and pen or pencil to copy CW.
Every January Meeting we hold Project Night, where members bring in and share recent homebrew projects that they have built. This year’s Project Night was full of interesting projects built by our members.
Member Projects
Scott NE1RD Kits
Our Programs Chairperson, Scott, NE1RD led it off by showing us some kits he had built, including the K1EL PaddleStick Keyer that we will be building for the February Tech Night.
Bob KB1TEK – QRP Kits
Bob, KB1TEK brought some QRP kits that he had built.
Dave K1DHP – VLF Detector
Dave, K1DHP showed us the VLF Detector that he built.
Hamilton, K1HMS – Antenna Switches
Hamilton, K1HMS brought Antenna Switches that he had built.
Dave K1DLM – Heakthkit
Dave, K1DLM showed us a Heathkit that he plans to build.
Dennis, K1LGQ had another explosive presentation when he showed us a KX2 stand that he built.
Dennis hows plans for his KX2 Stand
Fred AB1OC – Low-Band Match
Fred, AB1OC brought an 80m band matching system that he will install in order to make our 80m delta loop be resonant across the band. He has programmed our MicroHam system to automatically have the box switch the matching system as we tune through the 80m band. I’m looking forward to using this to get the last 20 80m contacts for my 5 Band DXCC!
Anita AB1QB – CW Pi
I (AB1QB) demonstrated a Raspberry Pi project that I built over the holidays. It is called a Morse Code Virtual Radio. When you hook up a monitor and a straight key to the Raspberry Pi, it will decode what you key in. This was a big hit with the kids who visited us for ARRL Kids Day.
Mike, AB1YK – Panadapter
Finally, Mike, AB1YK brought in a number of projects that he has done including a Panadapter and a CW Generator.
Anita AB1QB - CW Pi
Scott NE1RD Kits
Mike AB1YK - Panadapter
Mike AB1YK - CW Generator
Hamilton K1HMS - Ant Switches 2
Hamilton K1HMS - Ant Switches 1
Fred AB1OC - Low-Band Match
Fred Ab1OC - Low-Band Match 1
Dennis K1LGQ - KX2 Stand 2
Dennis K1LGQ - KX2 Stand 1
Dave K1DLM - Heakthkit 2
Dave K1DLM - Heakthkit 1
Dave K1DHP - VLF Detector
Bob KB1TEK - QRP Kits 2
Bob KB1TEK - QRP Kits 1
Overall it was great to see all of the projects that our members have been working on. The gallery above contains more pictures from Project Night.
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