LARC Clubhouse (4420 NW 41st St, Lincoln)
Presentation by Joe Eisenberg, KØNEB
My October Program will be about the Dayton Hamvention as well as other major ham radio conventions. I’ll go over what each is like and suggestions on travel and how to best enjoy them.
Have a DMR Radio, it’s not programmed and you’ve said to yourself, “You need a degree to program this thing”. Well, don’t feel alone. I’ve thought the same myself. Rest assure you don’t. With a little old school thought, as in the 80’s, you will be programming and working DMR as well as anybody in the know. Though we will focus on the Anytone 878, the programming for other radios is very similar. At the September club meeting, we’ll go step by step and show you just how easy it is, but with an old school way of thinking about the programming. Hope to see you there.
The subject for the August meeting is an introduction to VNA’s, or Vector Network Analyzers. I will be talking about the uses of a VNA for amateur radio, a little bit about setup and calibration, and how to interface with the computer. A VNA is a very complex piece of test equipment that has many uses beyond what we would use as amateur radio operators. It has many engineering applications. As a bonus, I will be giving away a VNA at the end of the meeting.
RT Systems will hold a live Zoom session to detail its radio programming software. The highly acclaimed software is available for most amateur radios. More info is available at https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/.
The July VE exams will be held Thursday July 11.