Sounds interesting! I'll attend. 73 de KG5FQX, --Bill On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM mark janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote:
> We can reserve the same room, after VE Testing (morning) for in the > afternoon. > How about two Saturdays, October 4th and November 7th, from 12-4? > Subject to room availability, at Bayland Park Community Center, 6400 > Bissonnet. > > Rick are you available for those days? > > 73 > Mark > K5MGJ > > On Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 08:09:54 PM CDT, Rick Hiller via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, Blake, et al, > > I would be all in to help instruct with an antenna building and general > antenna theory class if some one wants to start getting one together. Let > me know if you wish to discuss the possibilities. > > Quite a few years back BVARC had a Saturday morning antenna seminar > covering all types of antennas and it was well received. Coupling that > with actually building a sky hook would attract more antenna aficionados > and neophytes. > > Standing by....73....Rick W5RH > > Rick W5RH [email protected] > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM baaelectronics via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dan, I can confirm that an HT with a homebrew antenna is perfectly > adequate for uplinking to a repeater. > > > > My “base station” for a few months following my tech exam was a 10y/o > IC-W32 and vertical dipole made of a wooden ruler, 12AWG electrical wire, > GoPro mount, and BNC cable from a UHF microphone system. If anyone’s made a > J-pole from those same materials, I’d like to hear about it! > > > > I’m still interested in an antenna building class with the club if anyone > else is too. N5HCU built 2m tape measure Yagis a while back, and even that > taught me a ton. > > > > [image: A person in a suit smiling Description automatically generated] > > *Blake Alley *| BAA Electronics > > QRZ: N5BAA Mobile: (281) 450-5785 > > [email protected] > > [image: A blue circle with white letters on it Description automatically > generated] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/baaelectronics/> [image: A red > and white play button Description automatically generated] > <https://www.youtube.com/@baaelectronics> [image: A blue circle with a > white v in the middle Description automatically generated] > <https://vimeo.com/baaelectronics> [image: A logo of a camera > Description automatically generated] > <https://www.instagram.com/baaelectronicsyt/> > > > > > > > > *From: *BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Daniel Poirot via > BVARC <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM > *To: *BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Cc: *Daniel Poirot <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [BVARC] The Stir Crazy Net is here for you! > > AND... > > > > We also chatted about the intersection of new users, space-constrained > antennas, low-cost handhelds, and hands-on projects! > > > > The common Baofeng UV-5R has some limitations with the stock antenna. A > gain antenna, like the J pole, can do all the good! > > > > Friends in apartments, townhouses, and aggressive HOA-spaces can still > make good use of the J pole planted in a flower pot or five gallon bucket! > > > > Every new Ham, and any interested parties, can learn a lot from building > antennas. The Golden Path of antenna building might look a lot like dipole, > 1/4 wave ground plane, J pole, Slim Jim. > > Cool, huh! I think we could manage a guided tutorial on antenna building! > > > > So, friends such as N5BAA, with something like a HT, and a J pole in a > bucket can really reach out! (lazy Clue metaphor) > > > > Thoughts? > > 73 > > Dan KJ5IZK > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM Daniel Poirot <[email protected]> wrote: > > We had a great chat today on 146.94 at 12:00 We even had a drop-in from > the east coast (I think). > > > > Our out of town guest offered up an interesting Raspberry Pi-based Ham > Radio project - sBitx <https://www.sbitx.net/> > > > > *The sBitx is a 25 watt, high performance SDR > <https://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/sbitx-v3/> that you can easily build, > it has all popular digital modes like FT8 integrated. * > > > > This reminded me of my interest in the Raspberry Pi-based WSPR project: > RaspberryPi WSPR Node : 7 Steps > <https://www.instructables.com/RaspberryPi-WSPR-Node/> > > So cool! Everyone should do one! > > > > 73 > > Dan KJ5IZK > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > Rick Hiller W5RH > *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* > *Cell/VM/Text: 832-474-3713* > *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* > * Houston, TX 77036* > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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