Announcements:
RACES Monthly Meeting
Sat August 5, 8 am – 10 am. (RACES members only)
Located at Fire Station 76, 16800 Hazel Dell Road
CIARA Monthly Meeting: Active Outdoor Ham Radio by Jeff Hammer
Sat August 5, 10 am – 12 pm. (Members and guests welcome)
Also located at Fire Station 76
Topic Discussion Information:
Three types of homebrew kits categories. I would say an easy introduction that gets you real results with low cost and low risk is building an antenna kit, setting it up to put on the air, and then building your skills with accessories kits that improve the quality of your shack while preparing you for increasingly difficult builds.
Radios
· bitx from HF signals Link
· QMX QCX QDX from QRP labs Link
· Lists at QRPer.com and SWLing.com
Fully DYI from scratch
· look at soldersmoke.blogspot
· many parts distributors
o mostly diy rf Link
o kits and parts Link
o digikey and mouser Link
Accessory items to improve your shack
· test gear
o current choke kit Link
o noise bridge
o tube tester
o cw paddles Link
o power pole breakouts Link
Antennas
· packtenna Link
· qrp guys Link
· Arrl Antenna Book Link
· EZNEC Link
SELL/SWAP/WANT:
Larry (W9LMR) has a ICOM 725 and LDG100 Auto Tuner for sale. Contact Larry at lre…@comcast.net for details.