ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos

actiivities.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input DMR RADIO – HOW IT WORKS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos

actiivities.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input DMR RADIO – HOW IT WORKS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input MARCH 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input

QRP BUILD PROJECTS

There are two ongoing QRP transceiver build projects. The CWTD project is building a SW-30+ transceiver. This is the SWL rig, runs 2-3 watts and has a superhet receiver, and covers 35 khz on the 30 meter band. I have ordered one of these rigs and will be building it over the

summer. Links: CWTD

EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking is available in the main parking lot off Chester Street. MUPPET PCB BOARD CONSTRUCTION Chuck Adams K7QO has created a new technique for constructing printed circuit boards he calls Muppet construction.. "MUPPET Construction" is named for Manhattan-Ugly-Professional-Placement-Experimental-Technique for construction of electronic circuits. This is a technique for making PCB boards without the need to drill holes in the board. It combines the techniques used in manhattan

JANUARY 2012

The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken just before mounting the antenna nest in the attic. SWR on all antennas 1.2 to 1 or less as each antenna was cut for our repeater frequency. I drive them with my Kenwood TH-F6 and feed them with RG 213 U connected to a triplexer with the individual antenna connections made using RG

8X

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken

DECEMBER 2012

1 post published by elginradio during December 2012. Warren Doan VE3EGQ SK. As long as I have been a member of the Elgin Amateur Radio Society, one of the gentlemen who you looked up to and could count upon as a friend and fellow amateur, Warren was the guy.

OCTOBER 2017

JOTA 2017. JOTA/JOTI (Jamboree on the Air/Jamboree on the Internet) celebrates the scouting movement on the air and on the internet. This years event happens Oct 20-22. On Saturday October 21, a few of the members of EARS will be attending the event with the Sparta Scouts and Venturers at the Sparta Community Hall and setting up amateur radio ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos

actiivities.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. DMR RADIO – HOW IT WORKS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos

actiivities.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. DMR RADIO – HOW IT WORKS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY The length of a half wave antenna is calculated using the following formula: L (ft) = 468 / f (freq in mhz). The end fed half wave antenna presents a large impedance to your rig, so this impedance must be stepped down to a more useful impedance that is closer to 50 ohms. Most radios today expect to see an antenna with an impedance of 50

ohms at

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

QRP BUILD PROJECTS

There are two ongoing QRP transceiver build projects. The CWTD project is building a SW-30+ transceiver. This is the SWL rig, runs 2-3 watts and has a superhet receiver, and covers 35 khz on the 30 meter band. I have ordered one of these rigs and will be building it over the

summer. Links: CWTD

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Martin VA3SIE is a QRPer from Ottawa, up til now, he has oerated QRP with the other portable Elecraft rig, the KX1, a CW only rig. He has made numerous videos which can be seen on his site from many different outings he has made ding QRP. MUPPET PCB BOARD CONSTRUCTION Chuck Adams K7QO has created a new technique for constructing printed circuit boards he calls Muppet construction.. "MUPPET Construction" is named for Manhattan-Ugly-Professional-Placement-Experimental-Technique for construction of electronic circuits. This is a technique for making PCB boards without the need to drill holes in the board. It combines the techniques used in manhattan WARTIME RADIO: THE SECRET LISTENERS From a post on QRP-L: This is a 30-minute BBC documentary called "Wartime Radio: The Secret Listeners" made in 1979. Its about how ham radio operators set up the first intelligence gathering listening posts in WW1 and WW2. Pretty cool stuff that I'd

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken

7 BAND ANTENNAS

7 Band Antennas. Bob Rive VE3HKY has cretaed 2 different 7-band antennas, the first was a 7-Band Semi Vertical Trap Antenna, and the latest, 7-Band Portable Dipole. I was introduced to his antennas when I attended the June meeting of LARC and he did a presentation on the 7-Band Portable Dipole. The video he showed that night is now

available

JANUARY 2012

The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken just before mounting the antenna nest in the attic. SWR on all antennas 1.2 to 1 or less as each antenna was cut for our repeater frequency. I drive them with my Kenwood TH-F6 and feed them with RG 213 U connected to a triplexer with the individual antenna connections made using RG

8X

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos

actiivities.

ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input YOUTUBE HAM CHANNELS Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio's-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil "Radio Prepper" in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. DMR RADIO – HOW IT WORKS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top of JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos

actiivities.

ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input YOUTUBE HAM CHANNELS Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio's-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil "Radio Prepper" in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. DMR RADIO – HOW IT WORKS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY The length of a half wave antenna is calculated using the following formula: L (ft) = 468 / f (freq in mhz). The end fed half wave antenna presents a large impedance to your rig, so this impedance must be stepped down to a more useful impedance that is closer to 50 ohms. Most radios today expect to see an antenna with an impedance of 50

ohms at

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

QRP BUILD PROJECTS

There are two ongoing QRP transceiver build projects. The CWTD project is building a SW-30+ transceiver. This is the SWL rig, runs 2-3 watts and has a superhet receiver, and covers 35 khz on the 30 meter band. I have ordered one of these rigs and will be building it over the

summer. Links: CWTD

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Martin VA3SIE is a QRPer from Ottawa, up til now, he has oerated QRP with the other portable Elecraft rig, the KX1, a CW only rig. He has made numerous videos which can be seen on his site from many different outings he has made ding QRP. MUPPET PCB BOARD CONSTRUCTION Chuck Adams K7QO has created a new technique for constructing printed circuit boards he calls Muppet construction.. "MUPPET Construction" is named for Manhattan-Ugly-Professional-Placement-Experimental-Technique for construction of electronic circuits. This is a technique for making PCB boards without the need to drill holes in the board. It combines the techniques used in manhattan WARTIME RADIO: THE SECRET LISTENERS From a post on QRP-L: This is a 30-minute BBC documentary called "Wartime Radio: The Secret Listeners" made in 1979. Its about how ham radio operators set up the first intelligence gathering listening posts in WW1 and WW2. Pretty cool stuff that I'd

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken

7 BAND ANTENNAS

7 Band Antennas. Bob Rive VE3HKY has cretaed 2 different 7-band antennas, the first was a 7-Band Semi Vertical Trap Antenna, and the latest, 7-Band Portable Dipole. I was introduced to his antennas when I attended the June meeting of LARC and he did a presentation on the 7-Band Portable Dipole. The video he showed that night is now

available

NOVEMBER 2014

2 posts published by elginradio during November 2014. Chuck Adams K7QO has created a new technique for constructing printed circuit boards he calls Muppet construction.. “MUPPET Construction” is named for Manhattan-Ugly-Professional-Placement-Experimental-Technique for construction of electronic circuits. This is a technique for making PCB boards without the need to drill ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 1 day ago · This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top

of

ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY About. Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos actiivities. JUNE 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input YOUTUBE HAM CHANNELS Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio's-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil "Radio Prepper" in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 1 day ago · This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top

of

ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY About. Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos actiivities. JUNE 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input YOUTUBE HAM CHANNELS Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio's-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil "Radio Prepper" in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

JUNE 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking GALLERY – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Pictures from the past history of the Elgin Amateur Radio Club will be posted here. Field Days Pre 1978 Field Day 1980s Field Day 1990s Field Day 1992 Field Day 1994 Field Day 2001 Field Day 2002 Field Day 2003

Field Day 2006

INTERESTS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY The London Amateur Radio Club (LARC) announces the availability of a CW course and sessions of kit building. Both should be fun to participate in, if you are interested, then this should be a good way to get better at code, and dust off those kits, it is now time to dig

those old

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY The length of a half wave antenna is calculated using the following formula: L (ft) = 468 / f (freq in mhz). The end fed half wave antenna presents a large impedance to your rig, so this impedance must be stepped down to a more useful impedance that is closer to 50 ohms. Most radios today expect to see an antenna with an impedance of 50

ohms at

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

QRP BUILD PROJECTS

There are two ongoing QRP transceiver build projects. The CWTD project is building a SW-30+ transceiver. This is the SWL rig, runs 2-3 watts and has a superhet receiver, and covers 35 khz on the 30 meter band. I have ordered one of these rigs and will be building it over the

summer. Links: CWTD

EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input MUPPET PCB BOARD CONSTRUCTION Chuck Adams K7QO has created a new technique for constructing printed circuit boards he calls Muppet construction.. "MUPPET Construction" is named for Manhattan-Ugly-Professional-Placement-Experimental-Technique for construction of electronic circuits. This is a technique for making PCB boards without the need to drill holes in the board. It combines the techniques used in manhattan

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE ARRL just announced the ARRL International Grid Chase for 2018. The goal of the "grid chase" is to work as many grid squares as possible. Contest log submissions are required to be done using LOTW, for both parties. For all of the rules, click on the Link below. Link to Announcements/Rules Comment: Requiring both parties ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 1 day ago · This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top

of

ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY About. Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos actiivities. JUNE 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input YOUTUBE HAM CHANNELS Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio's-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil "Radio Prepper" in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio’s-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil “Radio Prepper” in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time. 73’s, Mike. JUNE 2021 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input ZOOM MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 1 day ago · This is our first meeting since early 2020. We all met on Zoom, 13 club members participated. Brad VE3NRJ coordinated the meeting, president Bill VE3SRH greeted all the participants. Meeting agenda was: Brad VE3NRJ gave the club an update on repeaters, he expanded on the details about VE3TVI, the repeater antenna is on top

of

ABOUT – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY About. Elgin Amateur Radio Society is the amateur radio club of Elgin County and St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Come out and join us in our variuos actiivities. JUNE 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking ARCHIVES – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input YOUTUBE HAM CHANNELS Here is a nice list for Amateur Radio Websites to look at. They range from QRP, Military Radio's-Amateur use, Space WX, General, Antennas and Survival Communication. All of these are a Youtube channel, this list is from Gil "Radio Prepper" in France. Stay safe and have fun on the net in this lock down time.

AL’S TOWER

Al Putnam's Tower This is the story in pictures of the raising of VA3LX Al Putnam's tower a few years ago. Unfortunately since that time, Al has passed away and the tower has been taken down but the antennas on the top of this tower performed well when it was in use. END FED HALF WAVE ANTENNAS Facebook Group - EFHW Antennas Steve Ellington N4LQ started up a group on Facebook called End Fed Half Wave Antennas. The purpose of this group is to explore the use of an end fed half wave antenna. An end fed half wave antenna is one of a specific length depending on

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

JUNE 2020 – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Club Monthly Meeting. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking GALLERY – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Pictures from the past history of the Elgin Amateur Radio Club will be posted here. Field Days Pre 1978 Field Day 1980s Field Day 1990s Field Day 1992 Field Day 1994 Field Day 2001 Field Day 2002 Field Day 2003

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INTERESTS – ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY The London Amateur Radio Club (LARC) announces the availability of a CW course and sessions of kit building. Both should be fun to participate in, if you are interested, then this should be a good way to get better at code, and dust off those kits, it is now time to dig

those old

ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY The length of a half wave antenna is calculated using the following formula: L (ft) = 468 / f (freq in mhz). The end fed half wave antenna presents a large impedance to your rig, so this impedance must be stepped down to a more useful impedance that is closer to 50 ohms. Most radios today expect to see an antenna with an impedance of 50

ohms at

END FED ANTENNAS

End Fed Antennas. An end fed antenna consists of a wire fed on its end, the length of that wire is not resonant with any frequency or frequencies you will be using it on. Lengths of a half-wave or multiple must be avoided. The transformer usually used with an end fed wire is a 9:1 transformer. This transformer converts the impedance at

the end

QRP BUILD PROJECTS

There are two ongoing QRP transceiver build projects. The CWTD project is building a SW-30+ transceiver. This is the SWL rig, runs 2-3 watts and has a superhet receiver, and covers 35 khz on the 30 meter band. I have ordered one of these rigs and will be building it over the

summer. Links: CWTD

EARS SILENT KEY HOMOUR ROLL VE3STR at 147.330, 224.780 and 443.825, 114.8 tone input MUPPET PCB BOARD CONSTRUCTION Chuck Adams K7QO has created a new technique for constructing printed circuit boards he calls Muppet construction.. "MUPPET Construction" is named for Manhattan-Ugly-Professional-Placement-Experimental-Technique for construction of electronic circuits. This is a technique for making PCB boards without the need to drill holes in the board. It combines the techniques used in manhattan

WORTH’S HANDIWORK

Worth’s Handiwork. Worth talked about his new antennas at one of the club meetings and I asked him to forward me some pictures to post on the club web site. Well done Worth, nice work! The shots are of the 2 meter, 220, 440 J-Pole antennas taken ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE ARRL just announced the ARRL International Grid Chase for 2018. The goal of the "grid chase" is to work as many grid squares as possible. Contest log submissions are required to be done using LOTW, for both parties. For all of the rules, click on the Link below. Link to Announcements/Rules Comment: Requiring both parties ELGIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY promoting amateur radio in Elgin County and St Thomas

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Come on out and visit us on Field Day 2019. Our club will be setting up stations at the Keystone Complex in Shedden. The fun begins at 10 AM Saturday morning June 22 and continues until Sunday June 23 at noon. All stations will be limited to QRP power levels (5 watts), antennas will be put up for all stations. For a nominal charge, the EARS meal plan will be in effect, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. Come and pay us a visit during Field Day, enjoy the fun and camaraderie of Field Day.

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2018 SEPTEMBER MEETING Posted on September 1, 2018

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The meeting for September 2018 is being held on September 11, not September 4, at 7:30 pm in the Officers mess at the Elgin Regiment, 40 Wilson Ave, St Thomas. Tom Pillon VE3HOR has been invited to give us an expose on the new digital mode “FT8”. This new mode has hit the air waves since 2017 and many hams are using this mode to make contacts far and wide. What is the FT8 mode

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Posted in Uncategorized CW COURSE AND KIT BUILDING SESSIONS BY LARC Posted on December 10, 2017

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The London Amateur Radio Club (LARC) announces the availability of a CW course and sessions of kit building. Both should be fun to participate in, if you are interested, then this should be a good way to get better at code, and dust off those kits, it is now time to dig those old kits out of storage and get them

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Requests for a CW course, to get the participant up to a workable 20 wpm, have been answered. Mitch Powell, VE3OT and long time CW instructor, will begin a CW course on Thursday, January 11th, 2018, starting at 19:00 EST (location to be announced). Several classroom sessions will be supported by nightly on air CW practice sessions. If you don’t have an 80m CW receiver, see the announcement below on kit building. The Koch method of CW instruction may be helpful to you and free software is available at g4fon.net KIT BUILDING SESSIONS Want to learn how to put together a radio kit, but are concerned your soldering or toroid winding skill could use some improvement? Have a kit you started years ago and want to finish someday? Need a simple CW receiver for off air code practice? These sessions, conducted by knowledgeable hams every Saturday morning starting at 10:00 EST on January 13th, 2018, and held at the LARC Club station, will help you get over any hurdles, advise how to build and test any project you decide to tackle. You may wish to build something simple, or something complex, pretty much anything! Type “Radio Kit” into a Google search and see how much choice is out there. Our first session might just be about making an intelligent choice! Please RSVP your interest in attending these CW and/or Kit Building sessions to Dave McCarter at VE3GSO@GMAIL.COM

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FIELD DAY RESULTS ARE IN Posted on November 14, 2017

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We scored 3,170 points in the 2017 Field Day event, 252 contacts, 11 participants, in the ONS section. We participated in the 4A section, 4 transmitters, battery powered. For a full report on the 2017 Field Day, check QST December 2017.

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ARRL INTERNATIONAL GRID CHASE Posted on November 9, 2017

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ARRL just announced the ARRL International Grid Chase for 2018. The goal of the “grid chase” is to work as many grid squares as possible. Contest log submissions are required to be done using LOTW, FOR BOTH PARTIES. For all of the rules, click on the Link below. Link to Announcements/Rules COMMENT: Requiring both parties to log their contacts in LOTW and only then does the contact count towards your grid chase is a MAJOR restriction on contacts in this grid chase. QSLs don’t count, only LOTW contact entries count. What percent of those you might contact will actually be in the LOTW program? According to statistics on the LOTW home page, there are 100,000 users of LOTW, this represents a small minority of hams worldwide.

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JOTA/JOTI (Jamboree on the Air/Jamboree on the Internet) celebrates the scouting movement on the air and on the internet. This years event happens Oct 20-22. On Saturday October 21, a few of the members of EARS will be attending the event with the Sparta Scouts and Venturers at the Sparta Community Hall and setting up amateur radio stations and attempting to contact other groups with similar setups. Come on out between 12 and 4 and meet other scouting members and talk to other groups via radio.

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More info: QRP-Labs QCX | QCX build video

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CLUB MONTHLY MEETING Monthly meetings (Sept-June) are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Elgin Regiment - 40 Wilson Ave. St.Thomas ON in the Officers Mess (use East entrance, up the stairs to the Officers Mess) from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Parking is available in the main parking lot off Chester Street.

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CF31CER is now QRT. In September 2016, a total of 320 contacts were made, using this special call. To get a QSL for your contact, please email us at CF31CER@gmail.com, send us your call and contact number.

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