Potential meeting topics
TECHNOLOGY
2m Repeater Cavities -- What are cavities on the 2-meter repeater, what are their function, and how to you tune them? followed by a demo
Stealth Antennas possibly presented by KB7AZ
VHF / UHF Equipment, Antennas, Modes - KJ7OG
Lightning Damage how to manage and eliminate the potential for lightning damage
Kitt Peak & UA campus N7KHZ radio astronomer / ham radio operator... works for UA, also WA3HRMEMI Interference K7DF ?
Grounding Stations K7DF ?
RF Spectrum K7DF ?
Satellites K7DF ?
Satellite Ground Stations K7DF ?
Receiver sensitivity Contact K7DF, presentation created by KW7CN (who designed radio altimeters for missiles, wrote book on radio altimeters)
Falcons / Hawks KB7KEY Falcons / hawks outfitted with tiny little transmitters
National Weather Service on the south side of the campus where NWS is located... C-CAM,,, National Weather Service. Weather balloons, weather stuff.... research HARP radar (same stuff Chris W does) does a lot of atmospheric work
APRS
Skywarn
SDR technology development? Elecraft software engineer
COMMUNICATION MODES
Moonbounce Moonbounce communications
Satellite Training Satellite operating training
Meteor Scatter Presentation
CW Academy What is CWA? NU7Y
Echolink
APRS Droid What is APRS Droid?
Repeaters
RepeaterBook -- listing of repeaters (also on iOS, Android)
Echolink (also on iOS, Android)
COOL EXPERIENCES IN THE SPORT
Ducie Island DXpedition
Amateur Radio on a Sailboat The owner of the Tucson Racquet Club uses amateur radio on his SAILBOAT in the Pacific Ocean. He is willing to talk about this to our club.
Installing Coax Connectors Demonstration and practice installing PL-259 connectors onto RG-8x or RG-213 coax cable. This will be a soldering approach, NOT requiring any crimping tools.