46th Annual Chelsea Amateur Radio Club Swap & Shop, Sunday, June 2, 2024, 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. JUST $5 entry! Under 18 free admission! Ham radios, vintage audio gear, radios, records, gaming devices, test equipment, parts and lots more! CHELSEA FAIRGROUNDS 20501 W Old US Hwy 12, Chelsea, MI 48118 Plenty of parking with easy access from I-94… Read more »
I will take the blame for allowing my Kenwood TM-V71A transceiver to be abused. Witness the result of my abuse illustrated in Figure 1. The DC power cord has become horribly frayed and worn. And that to the point of an imminent short! But let this be a warning to others to mind what is going on with your equipment… Read more »
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club site agreement ends, and an urgent search for a new location is underway. Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club facing displacement after 50 Years on the Mesa
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer, and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines. He created the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in 1914 as… Read more »
At the May meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club board, Margaret A. Goodrich (W8MAG) was made a life member. Margaret has served the club for literally decades upon decades with dedication. Her late husband, David, was likewise an asset to the club beyond measure.
Updated 4-18-2024 I recently discovered a YouTube video that shows how to cut an antenna’s feedline length to achieve resonance (See below). I then discovered that there are many such erroneous YouTube videos telling you that you can use “jumpers” to improve your antenna performance. There are no benefits to these practices! But this begs the question… Why? On the… Read more »
More on EZNEC at the April 2024 club meeting. Have you dabbled with EZNEC antenna modeling software (or any of the other free NEC derived antenna modeling software applications) and found it just did not work out for you? Join the crowd. At the April meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club, Wesley Cardone (N8QM) will give a third presentation… Read more »
Starting May 8, 2024, we will return to meeting in person for the summer months. The meetings start at 7 p.m. and are held in the City of Chelsea Council room in the Police Department building. But meanwhile, please click here for video conferencing attendance.
Here are the slides for tonight’s (March 13, 2024 at 7 PM Eastern DST) presentation. This will be by video conference using the usual club Zoom account. Click here for a direct link. For more information, please see the earlier blog post.
A Qualitative Presentation At last month’s meeting (February 2024), we introduced the free EZNEC antenna modeling software. It was a very introduction-oriented presentation that explained what it was all about. For the March 2024 meeting (Tuesday, March 12th), we will be presenting concepts relating to what EZNEC software demands from you, the user. That is, what ratios in wire lengths… Read more »