On Wednesday, September 12, 30 ARROW members heard Joe, AC8ES, give a fine presentation on KiCAD, a free, open-source PCB design software package. Here are his slides:
The University of Michigan Amateur Radio Club and the ARROW Radio Club invite you to attend the National Amateur Radio Field Day at the Ann Arbor Airport.
When: June 23, 2 p.m. to June 24, 2 p.m. (24 hours)
Where: Ann Arbor Airport Soccer Field, 801 Airport Dr, Ann Arbor, MI (W. Ellsworth and Airport Blvd.; Across from Costco)
The public is welcome and admission is free!!!
This annual 24-hour national open-house event gives the public an overview of amateur radio and also helps amateur radio operators prepare for emergencies and develop radio communication skills. You will get a chance to meet experts, ask questions, learn how radio operators help local governments in times of need, and even operate the station, under supervision.
Free and open to all ages, amateur radio or ham radio is a hobby where licensed operators use radios to communicate with people all over the world and even with astronauts in space. Please do drop by and experience the amazing world of ham radio and don’t forget to bring along your kids as Amateur Radio might be a stepping stone for them to get involved in STEM-related activities and careers.
More information about Field Day can be found here: http://www.arrl.org/field-day
By Garry, W8GMD
Jerry Anderson, WB8FXY, and I manned a table at the Ann Arbor Creativity & Making Expo (formerly known as the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire) in the downtown library on Sunday May 20th while everyone else was basking in the warm sunshine in Xenia, OH 😉 . We had a fair number of visitors with most of the younger children having fun with the Morse Code keys. There was some interest in the remote demonstration of FT-8 on 40 meters until the band washout around 3:00 pm. I did make a few contacts at the beginning of the day but nothing later in the afternoon. To make these contacts, I was remotely controlling my ICOM 7300. Everything else went well and we also talked to a couple of inactive hams and others concerning what Amateurs do, and have done in times of need.
I was told that we would be outside but as is seen in the pictures we were not. I’m thinking they think of the area we were in as “outside” the general library area. It was good that we were inside since it did rain a bit at the end of the day. Jerry and I were also going to demonstrate 2-way communication on 2 meters but were not able to make it to any of the local repeaters in the location we were in.
We were also helped by the AACME committee by making us one of the stops the kids had to go by to get their cards stamped. This did generate interest in some that I think would not have stopped by if it wasn’t for that. They got some sort of prize or something for having all the things stamped. So all in all, I’d say everything went well and Radio Amateurs were well represented at the Expo.
This month, we’ll hear from Scott Bicknell, W1BIC on RemoteHams, a community of amateur radio operators that share their stations with one another over the Internet. These are not the expensive “super stations” that you sometime read about, but rather a grass-roots kind of effort by real hams for real hams.
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 11 at 6:45 pm.
Location: Rm #2424 Space Research Building
University of Michigan
2455 Hayward St
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
The doors at UM automatically close at 7:00 pm. So please plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early. If you are locked out please give a call on the 146.96 (-ve) repeater frequency.
Maps and Parking info: https://w8rp.org/news/
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 14th at 6:45 pm.
Location: Rm #2424 Space Research Building
University of Michigan
2455 Hayward St
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
The doors at UM automatically close at 7:00 pm. So please plan to arrive 5-10 minutes early. If you are locked out please give a call on the 146.96 (-ve) repeater frequency.
Maps and Parking info: http://w8rp.org/news/
The General Membership Meeting will be held on, Wednesday, March 14th in Room 2424 at the University of Michigan’s Space Research Building.
This month’s presentation topic is Michigan Balloon Recovery & Satellite Testbed (MBuRST).
“MBuRST is a design team at the University of Michigan focused on flying scientific and satellite payloads on high-altitude weather balloons. These balloons reach altitudes upwards of 100,000 ft and temperatures as low as -60 degrees Celcius. This near-space environment allows MBuRST to be a great testing platform for student-built space systems.”
OPEN TO PUBLIC