Category Archives: Monthly Program

September Club Meeting

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LARC Clubhouse (4420 NW 41st St, Lincoln)

DMR Code Plugs Made Easy

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.

August Club Meeting

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LARC Clubhouse (4420 NW 41st St, Lincoln)

Introduction to VNA’s

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.

June Club Meeting

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LARC Clubhouse (4420 NW 41st St, Lincoln)

Emergency/Priority Traffic

Presentation by: Eric Bigham, KØJIA

June’s club presentation will be about emergency and priority traffic. Even in this modern era, such traffic remains essential to amateur radio and its continued success on the airwaves. In this presentation, you will hear about the the dos, the don’ts, best practices, & misconceptions with traffic and may also help work out a few nerves with ARRL Radiograms!

May Club Meeting

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Amateur Radio and Earth-Moon-Earth Communications

Presentation by: Doug Buhrman, KØDSP

Back in the 1970s, it was said that Earth-Moon-Earth, EME, was one of the most significant technical challenges for the radio amateur. It still is to a certain extent, but with advances in computers, software, and semiconductors, it is now a reality most amateurs can achieve if they are willing to do the work! There are a few methods to build a station with a modest budget.

Doug will present some of the basics and the pitfalls to avoid when assembling an EME station. Who knows, you may soon receive a QSL card with the phrase “Thanks for the EME contact!”