July 31, 2014 AEA Amateur Radio Club Meeting Minutes

Sorry, there was no recording this month.

The club meeting was held in building A3/1607B (Dining Room B) at 11:30 hours.

Four amateur operators were in attendance:

• Kirk Crawford KG6MTE
• Donald Hall KK6DCX
• Teresa Moore AG6OD
• Judy Kerner KK6GCB

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Three Non-members attended as well:

• Jon Osborn
• Ching Kong
• Adis Gharibian

The APRS presentation was postponed until the next meeting as Bernie was unable to come to the meeting this month.

Kirk presented a report on Field Day. The slides will can be found here. We had a very successful Field Day, given that it the first Field Day the club has participated in for a long time. The presentation included a lot of photos of the trailer and our setup, a breakdown of our points, and a list of things we would like to improve for next year’s Field Day.

The Field Day presentation led to a discussion about the trailer. The trailer would need updated equipment and antennas in order to reach Chantilly (say, in the event of a major earthquake). As a club, we need to make more use of the trailer to make it a credible emergency resource. It would be useful if the RV and trailer could operate at the same time; currently we have to unplug the RV in order to plug in the trailer as both use the same outlet. We should try to find out if there is a way we can plug the trailer in to the RV in case of an emergency if power is available.

We also talked about what it takes to get a Technician level amateur radio license and encouraged interested people to pursue getting licensed. It is likely that there are quite a few Aerospace personnel, especially in labs, who could get a Technician level license with very little effort. There was some discussion about some of the interesting things one can do with an amateur radio license, including talking to CubeSats, amateur television, digital modes, and APRS.

We briefly discussed the California QSO Party contest coming up in October, with the idea that we may be able to participate from the D8 shack.

Don Hall agreed to coordinate with The Proud Bird to schedule our Christmas party.