Ham Basics - 19 Nov

Post date: Nov 12, 2011 7:57:18 PM

The Brush Prairie Repeater Association and CCARC again bring us the annual Ham Basics Conference.

Time: November 19, 2011 9:00-13:30

Place: Vanc. W. Stk Ctr. at 9729 NE 50th Ave.; Vancouver, WA 98665

No registration required, free to all. Drop in for all or part!

Class Topics:

• • Antenna theory

  • Basic test equipment

  • Contesting & Portable operation

  • DC Electricity

  • Emergency communication/ARES

  • First Station

  • GPS and Ham Radio

  • Handheld radio setup

  • HF Radio Demo

  • HSMM-MESH radio

  • Logging your contacts

  • Mobile installations

  • Portable power

  • Propagation

  • Public Service

  • Simple antennas

  • Station grounding

  • What is ham radio?

  • YL and Radio

Schedule:

• • 09:00-09:20 General session

  • 09:25-10:20 Handheld, Logging, DC electricity, GPS, and mobile installations

  • 10:25-11:20 Ham radio intro, propagation, portable power, public service, simple antennas

  • 11:25-12:20 First station, test equipment, emergency communication, grounding

  • 12:35-13:30 YL & radio, contesting/portable operation, HSMM-Mesh radio, antenna theory

(Classes are subject to change.)