HF Antennas for HF Beginners
by Jim, K4DLI and Dave, W7FB A presentation at the September 2009 NFARL Meeting. The presenters graciously made their presentation materials available for download. Click the links below to download the materials. Presentation slides (1.6mb PDF file) Power Transfer and Conjugate Match notes (PDF file) Power Transfer Worksheet (Excel spreadsheet) […]
The 40M Extended Double Zepp
By Jim Streible, K4DLI SK There were many new and somewhat unfamiliar antennas used at this year’s NFARL Field Day. One of these was the one for the CW station. This antenna is basically two 5/8 wave antennas end to end. It can be fed with ladder line from the […]
Joule Thief Project
Click here to download a PDF file containing instructions for building your Joule Thief. A dozen youth and twenty+ “older youth” participated in our March Mid-Month Madness event. Our warm-up act was kitting 175 Joule Thieves (GT IE students would’ve been proud of our production line balancing techniques); we then advanced to […]
NFARL Supports North Fulton Libraries
NFARL is a long-time supporter of the North Fulton libraries; many of the ham radio books available in libraries in the areas served by our club were contributed by NFARL in years past. Early in 2009 our executive team surveyed the North Fulton libraries and discovered that the books on […]
Renovation of Pre-1980 Electronics
by Dr. Gary Bush, W6GB Presented at the February 6, 2009 Club meeting. Click here to download a PDF file containing Gary’s presentation slides.
2008 Christmas Party
It was great to see 85 festive hams gathered at the Southern Skillet December 16 for a wonderful celebration of the Christmas season and a successful year in ham radio. The party’s theme was “country hams”, and the pictures confirm that most dressed the part. Click here to see more pictures […]
2008 Stone Mountain HamFest
The Stone Mountain Hamfest & Computer Expo took place November 1 & 2 at the Lawrenceville-Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. In addition to vendor exhibits, flea market, tailgate market, VE testing, and boneyard, the Hamfest featured a youth lounge (all day both days) and a Youth Forum Saturday at noon in the […]
Batteries & Battery Safety
by Jim Krause, AB4CZ Presentation to our November 18, 2008 meeting Click here to download a PDF file containing Jim’s slides.
JOTA 2008
NFARL hosted a Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) station on Saturday, Oct. 18 with about 20 members and 20 Scouts attending. The special event callsign W4S was obtained and nearly 100 QSOs were made. Three “stations” were in operation – HF, 2M with Echolink, and a “pure” Echolink station from […]
2008 Best Field Day Attendance Award
The “Best Field Day Attendance Award” was presented to NFARL by Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society on August 19, 2008.
Field Day 2008
by Ian Kahn, KM4IK June 28 – 29, 2008 Details of how Ian and his team created a successful Field Day for NFARL. Preparations Recap Photo Contest Winner. Don Hinds, N8DWH took the winning photo, shown in the page heading. QST Article Results
Ham Radio is a Real Value
by Mike Herr, WA6ARA (Originally published in AIRWAVES, The newsletter of the Sierra ARC, May 2008. As extracted from the ARRL Club News – June 3, 2008 – Norm Fusaro, W3IZ – Editor – to subscribe, edit your ARRL profile ) As a kid in the ’60s I hung around my […]