On Thursday, 13 Feb, members of the CCARC, lead by President Bob (NW3M), met up at the Potomac Branch Library in Indian Head, to provide a ham radio presentation to any interested individuals.
Attending were three guests (two adults, one teen), and additional club members included Brad-W8NO, Jeff-KB3SPH, Pam-KB3SWS, Daniel-KC3OPK, Bill-W8BL, and Charles-AA3WS.
Bob’s presentation was “Not your Grandfather’s Ham Radio” and covered modern ham radio – frequencies, bands, call signs, radio types, QSL cards, and different ways to be involved, including contests, Earth-Moon-Earth, special events, etc.
Pam-KB3SWS had informational displays on CCARC, World Radio Day, Marconi, and Fessenden.
Live demonstrations of using a repeater with HTs (equipped with an outdoor ground plane antenna, roll-up J-pole antenna, and HT stock antennas) and simplex operations were shown by Bob-NW3M, Charles-AA3WS, and Jeff-KB3SPH.
Brad-W8NO demonstrated SDR reception, a QRP radio portable set-up, and a portable dual band beam antenna for satellite operations.
