Club Meetings
Meetings are normally held on the third Tuesday of each month at:
Alpharetta Adult Activity Center at North Park
13450 Cogburn Road
Alpharetta, GA 30004
678-297-6140 (direct)
678-297-6141 (fax)
www.alpharetta.ga.us
The Alpharetta Adult Activity Center is located inside Alpharetta North Park on Cogburn Road (west of Highway 9).
Meetings begin at 7:30 PM. Pre-meeting activity starts at around 7:00PM.
Click here to visit our Activities calendar for dates of upcoming meetings.
Guests are always welcome. If you are interested in learning more about our club and our hobby, our meetings (and the preceeding dinner) provide great opportunities to chat with our members.
Program Suggestions?
Contact Club Vice President and Program Chairman Jim Kauffman, W4IU at w4iu@nfarl.org if you have suggestions for an interesting program or speaker.
Meetings
| 2020 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January | Lee Johnson, N4WYE | NanoVNA Introduction. Click here to view the meeting video on NFARL's YouTube Channel. Click here to download a PDF file containing Lee's presentation slides. The PDF file is large - 12MB - but is a worthwhile companion to the video as Lee's links in the file are easier to read and are live. Photos from the meeting are available in our Photo Gallery. Click here to view them. |
| February | Tim Duffy, K3LR | Tower Safety. Tim has been a guest on Ham Nation many times and was elected to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame in 2006. |
| March via Zoom | Greg Abernathy, AI4UD | Grounding and Bonding |
| April via Zoom | Chuck Catledge, AE4CW Mike Roden, W5JR Doug McAlexander, N4HNH |
Managing Multi-Station Interference SOTA Activity |
| May via Zoom | Bob Heil, K9EID | Importance of Speech Articulation |
| June via Zoom | Mike Riley, KN4OAK | Field Day. Click here to download Mike's PDF from the meeting containing copious FD materials. |
| July | Dr. Gordon Gibby, KX4Z | Open Source Ventilator Project. Ham ingenuity, Arduino, and the development of the ventilator Dr. Gibby and others put together from commonly available parts. |
| August | ||
| September | ||
| October | ||
| November | HamJam | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2019 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Jim Stafford, W4QO | CW and CWSIG |
| Bill Cobb, K4YJJ | NFARL Web Sites. Click here to download program slides. | |
| Mike Roden, W5JR | NFARL Repeaters | |
| February | Jordan Sherer, KN4CRD | JS8Call |
| March | Mike Roden, W5JR et al |
Georgia QSO Party |
| April | Jim Sorenson, KA4IIA | T-Hunting / Fox Hunting |
| May | Mike Greenway, K4PI | 6 Meter DX |
| June | GQP NFARL Awards, Field Day & IEEE Event | |
| July | David Cripe, NMØS | Reinartz and the Radio Boy - The Hidden History of the MacMillan Expedition |
| August | Audrey McElroy, KM4BUN Jack McElroy, KM4ZIA |
The Other End of the Pile-up: Our Story in Curacao |
| Dr. John Kludt, K4SQC | Some Thoughts on Amateur Satellites | |
| September | Neil Foster, N4FN | The Art of QSLing (or how I learned the hard way) |
| October | Eddie Thompson, AE4TQ | Homebrew Mini Satellite Antenna Controller For Under $150 |
| November | HamJam | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2018 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Catherine Andrews AC4YL Lori Young K4UPI Melanie Glemser AG4YL |
Women (YLs) in Amateur Radio - Who We Are, What We Do, and Where We're Going |
| February | Mike Cohen AD4MC Grant Register KK4PCR |
North Fulton ARES |
| March | Chuck Catledge AE4CW Tim Lemmon WK4U Mike Roden W5JR |
The Georgia QSO Party - How to at Home and on the Road (rover) |
| April | John Kludt K4SQC Martha Muir W4MSA Jim Stafford W4QO Nathan Wood K4NHW |
ARISS Contact at Mill Springs Academy 13 Colonies Special Event |
| May | Scott Straw KB4KBS | Field Day by the Numbers |
| June | Hal Kennedy N4GG | Wire Antenna Basics |
| July | Wey Walker K8EAB | Boots on the Ground in Puerto Rico. Wey will share his experience as part of the ARRL disaster relief team deployed to Puerto Rico following the recent hurricanes. |
| August | Bob Hensey K4VBM | Operating Digital Modes - Lessons Learned [Chasing Grid Squares and DX] |
| September | Charles Osborne K4CSO | Radio Astronomy for Amateur Radio |
| October | Bob Allphin K4UEE | Bouvet Island |
| November | HamJam | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2017 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | John Kludt K4SQC | dB, Coax Loss and EME |
| February | Scott Straw KB4KBS | JT65 on the HF Bands |
| March | Bill Morton W4ASE | How Can I Be In Two Places At Once - Changing the Laws of Physics |
| April | Chuck Catledge AE4CW Tim Lemmon WK4U |
DXCC & WAS in 9 Days - and the Antennas that Made it Happen Chuck & Tim's Adventure to PJ2T |
| May | Alan Adamson W7QO | Balloons Carrying Ham Radio - Around the World in 250 days |
| June | John Kludt K4SQC | Field Day |
| July | Jim Sorenson KA4IIA | Fox Hunting |
| August | Jeff Stuparits W4DD | A New Way to Find Power Line and Other RF Noise |
| September | Mike Cohen, AD4MC Jim Stafford, W4QO |
Setting Up & Using the New & Improved FT8 Digital Mode Antennas, Ideas & Tips |
| October | Mack McCormick, W4AX | Chasing DX and Contesting on Two Bands Simultaneously With A Single Transceiver |
| November | HamJam | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2016 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Tim Romashko K4RA | Emergency Preparedness |
| February | Mike Cohen AD4MC | Solar Power Systems |
| March | Chuck Catledge AE4CW | Antennas: Hints and Kinks Click here to download a PDF file containing Chuck's program slides. |
| April | Scott Straw KB4KBS Tim Lemmon WK4U |
DXpeditions |
| May | Tim Romashko K4RA | D-Star |
| June | John Kludt K4SQC | Field Day 2016 |
| July | ||
| August | Pavel Anni AC4PA Terry Joyner W4YBV Jim Paine N4SEC |
Pavel will speak on CW Terry & Jim will speak on National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) |
| September | Neil Foster N4FN Bill Morton W4ASE |
HRD |
| October | Barry Kanne W4TGA | Stone Mountain Holiday Present |
| November | HamJam 2016 | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2015 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Jim Stafford W4QO | CW |
| February | Jim Paine N4SEC, Terry Joyner W4YBV, Wes Lamboley W4WL |
IOTA expedition to Turkey Island, FL in November, 2014 |
| March | Rick Downs of Georgia Power | Electrical and Power Line Safety |
| April | Jeff, N1KDO and Tim, WK4U | Linux in the Shack |
| May | Gregg Marco W6IZT | K1N -- Navassa Island: How'd They Do That? |
| June | Everyone John K4SQC |
Show Your Assets -- club show and tell session Field Day Launch Pad |
| July | Bob Mantell K4GA |
Fun on Old TV Channel One. Bob's program was an overview of the Six meter band. Click here to download a PDF file containing his program slides. |
| August | Gary Pearcey, WB4RLW | Cox Broadcasting Television Station WSB-DT |
| September | John Davis, WB4QDX | D-Star and Fusion 101: An Overview and Introduction to Digital Modes on VHF/UHF |
| October | Aaron Melton KK4LOV, and Warren Merkel KD4Z | Unique Uses for Computers in Ham Radio Click here to view a PDF file containing Warren's slides. Click here to view a PDF file containing Aaron's slides. |
| November | HamJam 2015 | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2014 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Wes Lamboley W3WL Jim Paine N4SEC Terry Joyner W4YBV |
Quarter Century Wireless Association Cruise |
| February | Clark Macauley W4UB | Life is Too Short for QRO |
| March | Gary Bush W6GB | Renovation of Old Equipment. Click here to download a PDF file containing Gary's presentation slides. |
| April | Steve Henke W9SH | Open Source Software for IP Communications |
| May | Wes Lamboley W3WL Jim Smith W4JDS Jim Stafford W4QO Chuck Catledge AE4CW |
Wire Antennas You Can Build. This will be a quadruple play presentation covering:
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| June | John Kludt K4SQC | Field Day |
| July | Mike Roden W5JR | Fox Hunting. Click here to download a PDF file containing Mike's presentation slides. |
| August | Neil Foster N4FN | The Art of QSLing and LOTW |
| September | Bob Allphin K4UEE | The FT5ZM Amsterdam Island DXpedition |
| October | John Tramontanis N4TOL Chuck Catledge AE4CW Neil Foster N4FN |
Setting Up Your First HF Station |
| November | HamJam 2014 | |
| December | NFARL Holiday Party | |
| 2013 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Don Nesbitt N4HH | DXing |
| February | Joe Camilli N7QPP Mike Roden W5JR |
EchoLink for Beginners |
| March | Kevin King KC6OVD Kevin Swanson N8WHG John Burningham W2XAB |
Digital Mobile Radio |
| April | Christian Kuhtz AK4VV | Summits on the Air |
| May | Neil Foster N4FN Ian Kahn KM4IK |
Tour of Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) version 6.0 |
| June | Double Play | Scott Straw, KB4KBS provided a final update on Field Day. Mary Hobart, K1MMH, Chief Development Officer for the ARRL, will be our special guest. |
| July | Triple Play | Jim Stafford, W4QO: Purpose and use of some common test equipment Chuck Catledge, AE4CW: The ins and outs of baluns and chokes, including construction Roger Shaddick, N7BU: Home weather stations |
| August | Lt. Gary Robinson Alpharetta Department of Public Safety |
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) |
| September | John Kludt K4SQC | NFARL Satellite Adventure |
| October | Hal Kennedy N4GG | How to use your existing antennas on 160 meters |
| November | NFARL & SEDXC | HamJam, November 9th |
| December | NFARL | NFARL Holiday Party, December 14th |
| 2012 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Paul Manno KG4UVU | Paul gave an insider's look at the DXpedition to T32C. |
| February | Chuck AE4CW Bill N4NX |
The How's and Whys of QSLing
Click here to view a video of the business segment of the February meeting; click here to see part 1 of a video of Chuck and Bill's presentations; click here for part 2. |
| March | Jim W4QO Scott KB4KBS Chuck AE4CW |
Jim W4QO introduced the club's 2012 approach to the GA QSO party, Scott KB4KBS shared his vision for 2012 Field Day, and Chuck AE4CW discussed ideas for turning both of these events into learning opportunities for our new and not-so-new hams. Click here to view a video of the business segment of the March meeting; click here to see a video of the presentations. |
| April | John Gorkos AB0OO | John AB0OO, APRS coordinator for North Georgia, shared with us the latest advances in the deployment of APRS systems.
Click here to view a video of the business segment of the April meeting; click here to see a video of John's presentation. |
| May | John Kludt K4SQC | ARISS contact at Parkside Elementary |
| June | Scott KB4KBS | Field Day |
| July | Scott Dunbar N4SBD | Scott Dunbar N4SBD took us through the start-up and launch of a balloon into Near Space over North Georgia with APRS tracking through most of the flight and a successful recovery of the balloon.
Click here to view a video of the business segment of the July meeting; click here to see a video of Scott's presentation. |
| August | Edward Doyle KJ4NRN | Youth DX Adventure |
| September | Ed Tanton N4XY | Grid Dip Meters |
| October | Kyle Albritton W4KDA | Digital Modes |
| November | HamJam | |
| December | Holiday Party | |
| 2011 | ||
| Month | Presenter | Topic |
| January | Neil Foster N4FN | The January program looked at the Ham Radio Deluxe suite of computer programs designed to automate many of your station activities. As a follow-up to his Q&A session on TechNet, Neil Foster N4FN walked us through some of the functions and features of HRD. |
| February | Ian Kah, AK4IK Mack McCormick, W4AX Mike Roden, W5JR Fred Moore, N4CLA |
Ian Kahn AK4IK gave a presentation on his recent trip to the TenTec factory. The "Sweat Mountain Boys" -- Mack, W4AX, Mike, W5JR and Fred, N4CLA -- gave an update on and visual tour of our repeater site. |
| March | Wes Lamboley, W3WL George Nicholson, N4GRN |
South Orkney Islands DXPedition Report January - February 2011 |
| April | Mike Roden, W5JR | Transmitter Hunting Meeting Slides |
| May | Bob Ross, WA2EXZ Ron Howe, KB4RQM |
Radio Control Model Airplanes |
| June | Ian Kahn, AK4IK et al | Field Day |
| July | Ken Evans, W4DU | QRP Q & A |
| August | Rich Arland K7SZ | Ten Things New Hams Should Know |
| September | Wes W3WL John N4TOL John K7SYS |
HF Phone Operation Basics |
| October | Kay Craigie, N3KN Tom Rauch, W8JI Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ |
HamJam |
| November | Rick Maxwell, W8KHK | Early Days of Space Program, an Insiders View |
| December | Holiday Party | |
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Last updated
July 6, 2020
