The September AMRAD meeting will be held at Linaspace on September 14 @ 7:30PM. Al Rabassa, NW2M, will be presenting the history, collecting, etc of Yaesu FT-101 series of radios. Over six feet long of equipment!
Monthly meetings are held at Linaspace, 2701 Prosperity Ave, Suite 215, Fairfax, VA 22031. (thanks to Mark Kanawati) (close to Tippy’s) Meetings are open to non-members, consider yourself invited. Monthly meetings are reserved for technical talks. Map:
Saturday luncheons (also known as Tacos) are held every week around Noon at Tippy’s Taco House 8632 Lee Highway (US Rt 29) near Cedar Lane, Merrifield, (Fairfax), VA (Map and directions) Everyone is invited. There is no format: demonstrate your latest project, ask for technical assistance, or simply eat a taco.
Recent Meetings
The April meeting was held on Thursday, April 20. Howard Cunningham, WD5DBC, gave a presentation on the Raspberry Pi running WSJT-X, as described in the April 2017 issue of QST, by Steve Ford.
The March meeting was held on March 18 after tacos. A presentation on DMR was given.
Monday, January 23, 2017, 7:00pm at Linaspace. Reginald Eisenblatt, gave a presentation on the BooyaSDR – a VERY interesting device. See: http://booyasdr.sourceforge.net/
December 2016 meeting had election of Directors, and a general discussion regarding AMRAD’s future.
Thursday, October 13, 2016. HacDC will be launching Spaceblimp 6, a high altitude balloon. Ethan Waldo KF5UFH talked about reviving a dormant high altitude balloon legacy with no personal prior ballooning experience.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016, Howard Cunningham, WD5DBC gave a presentation on Amateur Radio support for the Marine Corps Marathon
Thursday, August 11, 2016, there was a discussion of club projects and activities
Tuesday, July 26, 2016, A presentation on the Vienna Wireless Society’s Field Day 2016 operation was given.
Thursday, June 9, 2016, A presentation was given by Rob Williams, KJ4LWN on High Tech Radio, such at MLAT and ADS-B. More information can be found here: June 2016 Presentation
