Members of the North Fulton Amateur Radio League join the Scott Straw family to honor the recent passing of his wife Eileen Jones Straw. We send our heartfelt condolences for their loss, and we ask our members to remember Scott and his family with their prayers and support. The memorial services were held May 8th in the Chapel at the Roswell United Methodist Church and several Club members were in attendance. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Roswell United Methodist Church Missions or Children’s Worship Arts at Roswell UMC. Here is a link to her […]
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Round 2: NFARL Supports Kittredge Magnet School’s Ham Radio Activities
On March 27th and April 3rd, NFARL volunteers helped thirty-two students at Kittredge Magnet School complete their Code Practice Oscillator (CPO) kits. This was the second time we’ve had the opportunity to support Kittredge’s ham radio efforts — and it was just as rewarding as the first! During two build sessions, students learned basic soldering skills, assembled their CPO kits, tested their devices, and practiced sending their first Morse code. Our NFARL volunteer mentors included Mike Riley, Dave Bisiotti, Ted Maklin, and Lee Johnson. The following week, Ian and Wes organized an FCC Technician license testing session for the students. […]
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NFARL Sparks Young Minds with Hands-On Ham Radio Fun at Kittredge Magnet School!
Get ready to feel a surge of pride, NFARL members! Our recent outreach event at Kittredge Magnet School was an incredible success, showcasing the fun and educational aspects of amateur radio to a bright group of young learners. On March 26th, NFARL volunteers enthusiastically welcomed 32 eager students from Kittredge Magnet School, along with their 5th-grade science teacher, Charamie DeMarco “W5FRM,” for an engaging introduction to the world of ham radio [User Query]. The focus of the day? Learning to solder and construct our very own Code Practice Oscillator kits! A fantastic team of NFARL Elmers – Mike Riley, Wayne […]
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Results of the NFARL 2025 Program Survey
Thanks to each of you for responding to the recent email survey intended to guide the selection of the upcoming NFARL Club Program presentations. As you saw from David Bisciotti’s March meeting presentation for the construction of a Dummy Load/Wattmeter, we already have enough interest to plan a Saturday Project Workshop. We have started the planning and will schedule the event as soon as possible. We will take your top subject selections and have them presented in the upcoming months. I look forward to organizing these selected subjects for our monthly club programs. If any of you would like to […]
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Antenna Propagation Tools
The January Club Program was about Antenna Propagation tools/programs such as Reverse Beacon Network and the PSK Reporter used to measure and compare, in real-time, your antennas with the worldwide CW/Digital Skimmer network with multi-band SDR receivers. There are thousands of listening stations, provided for and maintained by our fellow Hams. The skimmer outputs are aggregated and carried over the internet to the servers that deliver the spotting and propagation information.
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July NFARL program by Lee Johnson N4WYEPurpose: The aim of this workshop is to get you operational with your NanoVNA so that you can optimize your existing antennas and make it easier to put up new ones with the confidence that they will perform as expected.Materials required: As this workshop will be hands on showing the fundamental measurements that most of us use:1 – Please bring your NanoVNA along with the calibration loads and cables.2 – Also bring your 2m handheld whip as we will be using it for some of the steps.If you do not have a NanoVNA, you […]
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