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Nashua Area Radio Society Newsletter Articles. You can find an archive of our Newsletters on our website.

Activities, Featured, General, Newsletter

New Activity: Monthly Breakfasts

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We have started a new activity, monthly breakfasts.  The breakfasts are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month, and we choose a different restaurant each month so that over time there is one close to each member’s QTH.

Temple Street Diner

Dave, K1DLM, at the Temple Street Diner Monthly Breakfast
Dave, K1DLM, at the Temple Street Diner

Our most recent breakfast was held at the Temple Street Diner in Nashua.  Members John, W1SMN, Patrick, KC1HDN, Mike, K1WVO, Ari, WB1ABC,  Dave, K1DLM, Fred, AB1OC,  Anita, AB1QB along with spouses and roommates.  We had some great conversation about Station upgrades, winter in New England, classic radios and computers, NEAR-fest and many other topics and the food was great!

Temple Street Diner Monthly Breakfasts
Temple Street Diner (W1SMN, KC1HDN and friends)
Mike, K1WVO at the Temple Street Diner monthly Breakfast
Mike, K1WVO at the Temple Street Diner

Parker’s Maple Barn

Breakfast at Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH

We held the December Breakfast at Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH.  We all had great pancakes and enjoyed some holiday shopping in their gift shop.

Joey’s Diner

Breakfast at Joey's Diner
Breakfast at Joey’s Diner (WB1ABC and his XYL, K1WVO, AB1NS, and AB1OC)
Breakfast at Joey's Diner
Breakfast at Joey’s Diner (AB1BY, AG1A, AB1QB, and KC1ENX)

We held the first breakfast on November 18th at Joey’s Diner in Amherst, NH.

Do you have a favorite breakfast spot?  Email me at [email protected] and we’ll plan a future breakfast there.   Hope to see you at our next Breakfast on February 17th.  Stay tuned to the forums for the location!

Anita, AB1QB

CW and QRP, Featured, General, Homebrewing, Newsletter, Station Equipment

Project Night 2018

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
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 – QRP Kits

Bob, KB1TEK brought some QRP kits that he had built.

Dave K1DHP - VLF Detector
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 – Heakthkit

Dave, K1DLM showed us a Heathkit that he plans to build.

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Dennis, K1LGQ had another explosive presentation when he showed us a KX2 stand that he built.

Dennis shows plans for his KX2 Stand
Dennis hows plans for his KX2 Stand

 

Fred AB1OC - Low-Band Match
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
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
Mike, AB1YK – Panadapter

Finally, Mike, AB1YK brought in a number of projects that he has done including a Panadapter and a CW Generator.

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.

Anita, AB1QB

Featured, General, Newsletter, Space

AMSAT’s Fox-1D Satellite Scheduled For Launch!

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Source: AMSAT’s Fox-1D Launch Scheduled for 03:58 UTC January 12, 2018 | QRZ Forums

Fox-1D Satellite - a new Amateur Radio FM EasySat

AMSAT’s next Fox-1 satellite, Fox-1D, is scheduled for launch on January 12, 2018 at 03:58 UTC (Thursday, January 11th at 10:58 PM EST) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. Fox-1D will launch as part of the PSLV-C40 mission on board a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with Cartosat-2F, an imaging satellite for the Indian government, and 29 other payloads.

In addition to the Fox-1 U/v FM transponder, Fox-1D contains a number of exciting experiments, including a camera built by students at Virginia Tech, the University of Iowa’s HERCI (High Energy Radiation CubeSat Instrument), and AMSAT’s L-Band Downshifter which will give amateur radio operators an opportunity to experiment with a different uplink band. Stay tuned for more information about the launch and early operations of the satellite.

Another Amateur Radio Satellite will be on the air soon! Fox-1D carries an FM U/V transponder – another FM EasySat. It’s a great time to get involved in Amateur Radio sSatellites! There is lots of information here on our website about how to build a satellite ground station, operate using satellites, and about what is up. See the following link for our satellite articles. Our Members can view the our Tech Night presentation on building a satellite station in our video archives.

Fred, AB1OC

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