Upcoming Meetings

• AMRAD’s annual business meeting will be held Fenruary 22 at 2:30pm at LinaSpace.  It will include an interview with the hamshack hotline founder John Rogers (K1WIZ).
• NOTE:  Monthly meetings are held at Linaspace, 2701 Prosperity Ave, Suite 215, Fairfax, VA 22031 after a tacos session.  (thanks to Mark Kanawati) (close to Tippy’s)  Meetings are usually on Saturday afternoons, and open to non-members. Consider yourself invited. Monthly meetings are reserved for technical talks
• Map:https://www.google.com/maps/place/2701+Prosperity+Ave+%23215,+Fairfax,+VA+22031/@38.8800696,-77.2375977,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b64b76d0c88fad:0x4547756b05b95cad!8m2!3d38.8800696!4d-77.235409
• 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 tacos.

Recent Meetings

• (NOTE:  More info on each meeting presentation can be found within the AMRAD Newsletter, thanks to Dick Barth, W3HWN)
• At the  August 3rd meeting Francis Gary Powers, Jr. presented: Spy Pilot, Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy.
• On July 13th, Mr. James Schier from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) gave a briefing on the 1960’s era Apollo Manned Space Flight Network Unified S-band (USB) system that combined tracking, ranging, telemetry. command, voice, and video signals into a single communications system.
• At the March 16 2019 meeting,  Steve Peterson gave a presentation on Humanity Road/VERT presentation.  Mont Co CERT has developed a program to retain members’ interest in serving their community. The presentation discussed virtual activations by their VERT and includes lessons learned and best practices.
• There was not an organized February meeting due to last-minute schedule conflicts,  just regular tacos sessions
• For the January 12 2019 meeting Terry Fox, N4TLF (via Skype) discussed CP/M emulators, 3D printing, and small CNC for making circuit boards.
• The December 15 2018 AMRAD meeting was the annual business meeting
• The Nov 17 2018 AMRAD meeting  presentation was Introducing BooyaSDRWeb Remote Operation.  See these links:
• http://booyasdr.sourceforge.net/live and http://booyasdr.sourceforge.net

Upcoming Events

• The Mid Atlantic Antique Radio Club will be held Sunday, January 19 at the National Electronics Museum.  See this link for more information.
• Maryland Mobileers Amateur Radio Club will be held on Sunday, January 26.  See this link for more information.
• Richmond Frostfest will be held on February 1, 2020.  See this link for more information.
• Vienna Winterfest will be held on March 29, 2020 at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale campus.  See this link for more information.
• The Delmarva “Georgetown Hamfest” will be held on April 18, 2020, at the Cheer Community Center, Georgetown, DE.  See this link for more info.
• The Great Hagerstown Hamfest 2020 will be held Sunday, May 2.  See this link for more information.
• The Maryland FM Assoc. Memorial Day Hamfest will be held on (surprise!) Sunday, May 24, at the Howard County Fairgrounds More information here.
• Manassas Hamfest will be held on Saturday, June 13, at the Manassas Park Community Center (newer location).  See this link for more information.
• The annual Berryville Hamfest will be held the first Sunday in August.  Here is more info on last year’s hamfest.