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  Cherokee Amateur Radio Society WX4CAR

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

CARS Club Technical Programs Resource Page

Here are the presentations from Technical Programs presented at the Cherokee Amateur Radio Society Monthly Meeting. For questions, please contact the author of the presentation.

2023 Technical Programs

January 2023

Survey Results

survey_results_for_2023.pdf
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February 2023

"Designing and constructing base-loaded vertical antennas"
Jason Turnage  KO4NDP

March 2023

April 2023

2022 Technical Programs

January 2022
Survey results and club program planning
ARES Presentation - Rob Bruderer - W1JKU

cars__plan_for_2022.pdf
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March 2022
"Design and construction of GO Boxes" Richard - W4BYT
Workshop: Q&A with owners of Go-Boxes, demos

building_a_go_box_-_richard_austin.pdf
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May 2022
"HF Antennas - A Practical View" by Bob Cheek N4RFC
Workshop: Building End-Fed Half-Wave Antennas for Field Day

Field Day - June 25-26 , 2022
Soldering Workshop - Tom - KN4LSE
WINLINK-RF  - Rob - W1JKU
NanoVNA - Marty - KB4MG

nano_vna_workshop_fd2022_v1.pdf
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July 2022
Field Day Debrief - Lessons Learned

October 2022
Club Picnic and Fox Hunt - Tim Wall KJ4RDF

February 2022
"Introduction to VHF and UHF" by Martin Buehring - KB4MG
Introduction to ARES and RACES" by Mark Schulze - KO4IFY

intro_to_vhf_and_uhf_with_ares.pptx
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Workshop: Working with Arduino software
April 2022
"Feed Lines - What is in-between your radio and your antenna?"
by Martin Buehring KB4MG, Tim Wall KJ4RDF
Workshop: Soldering connectors to coax

feedlines_-_april_2022_v3.pdf
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June 2022
"Field Day Workshop and Planning Session"

field_day_2022_workshop_version_2.1.pdf
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August 2022
HamPi by Dave Slotter  - W3DJS

getting_started_with_hampi.pdf
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September 2022
SPECIAL EVENT - Dr. Bob Heil

 November 2022
Space Weather and Propagation Part 1 - Neal Sulmeyer N4EA


2021 Technical Programs

January 2021
"Back to Basics"
by Martin Buehring and Rob Bruderer

back_to_basics.pdf
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July 2021
"End Fed Have Wave Antenna Project" by Stan Ham, WB9GFA  ( build notes on the groups.io files page)

wb9gfa-efhw_antennas-10july2021.pdf
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August 2021
"Email by RF - Intro to the Winlink Network" by Rob Bruderer, W1JKU

September 2021
"WSPR - A complete guide to understanding and deploying it in your shack" by Tim Wall - KJ4RDF , and Marty Buehring - KB4MG

cars_-_wspr_presentation_on_9-11-21.pdf
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November 2021

"Receiving and Decoding SSTV from the International Space Station" , by Jason Turnage KO4NDP

receiving_iss_sstv_images_-_nov_2021_by_jason_turnage_ko4ndp.pdf
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February 2021
"Station Operating Skills"  by Bob Cheek N4RFC and David Poss KM4IEH

hamradiooperation_-_feb_2021.pdf
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  March 2021 - Special Presentation
"Early US Satellites" by Rick Maxwell  W8KHK

spacecars5_part1.pdf
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Picture
spacecars5_part2.pdf
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Field Day 2021
"Intro to the nanoVNA"  by Martin Buehring , KB4MG

nano_vna_workshop_fd2021.pdf
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October 2021
"Computers in the Shack" by Jeff Kashinsky, W2UA

computers_in_the_ham_shack.pdf
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December 2021

Year in review - Rob Bruderer - W1JKU

w1jku-wx4car_2021_in_review.pdf
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2020 Technical Programs

January 2020
"Parks on the Air"
by Rob Bruderer -W1JKU

w1jku-cars-pota-presentation[8349].pdf
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pota_worksheets_-generic.xlsx
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brochure_v3-green-with-pota_logo.pdf
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July 2020

Outpost Packet Message Manager
by Bob Cheek N4RFC

outpost-packet-manager-n4rfc.pdf
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September 2020

"Slim-Jim" Antenna Build Project


By W1JKU - Rob Bruderer

Reference:  Plans

February 2020
"Topics on operating CW (Morse code)"
by Don Coltrane - KJ4UC, Bruce German -KK4GEE

March 2020

"Goin' Digital"
by Martin Buehring - KB4MG

goin_digital_v2.pdf
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August 2020

"Batteries for Amateur Radio Applications"
 by Martin Buehring - KB4MG

batteries_for_ham_radio_applications.pdf
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October 2020

"Setting up a station for WSJT-X FT8"
by Jeff Kashinsky - W2UA

ft8_presentation.pdf
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2019 Technical Programs

January 2019
"Microcontrollers for Ham Radio Projects" 
Martin Buehring -  KB4MG

microcontrollers_for_ham_radio.pdf
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March 2019
"Try something new! -An introduction to DXing, Contesting, and QSL card exchange"
Wendell Abernathy - N4VLK

Click : YouTube Video

expand_your_radio_skills_try_something_new2.pdf
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August 2019
"Space Weather and Propagation
"
Martin Buehring - KB4MG

space_weather_and_propagation_v2.pdf
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September 2019
"Ohms Law in the Real World"

Martin Buehring -KB4MG, Matt Pesch -KK4NLK

ohms_law_in_the_real_world_v5.pdf
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February 2019
"Building and Deploying NVIS antennas"

Bob Chambers - KK4JPM

bcnvis.pdf
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April 2019
"Software Defined Radios"
Demo of the FLEX radio operated remotely
Bob Cheek - N4RFC

July 2019
"EMP and National Power Grid"

Al Sims  - KK4JPO
Resource: DHS Study on Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage

niac_catastrophic_power_outage_study_508_final.pdf
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2018  Technical Programs

January
Antenna Modeling by Bob Cheeks - N4RFC

Practical guide to using EZNEC and similar antenna modeling software for designing and building your own wire or Yagi antennas.
Recording Here

March
Low Cost Antenna Analyzer By Matt Pesch

aa-30.zero_final.pdf
File Size: 934 kb
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SWR and Complex Impedance
antanalyzer_swr_compleximp.pdf
File Size: 1574 kb
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May
What is SOTA? Joseph Ladd - N3NNU describes this fun aspect of Amateur Radio.
Here are the slides and SOTA checklist. If you want to participate in a SOTA outing please contact Joseph Ladd.

summits_on_the_air__sota_.pdf
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sota_gear_checklist.docx
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July
Field day Recap

field_day_2018_after-action_final.pdf
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September
Special guest George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU of the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast.

hrwb_pacificon_2018_rev_2_georgezaff.pdf
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 February
What so great about FT8?

An operators experience with setup and making contacts using the new FT-8 digital mode included in the latest release of the WSJT-X software from Joe Taylor.
Recording Here

April
ARES Orientation and EMCOMM

See the Cherokee ARES Website for more information

www.cherokee-ares.org

June

Field Day 2018 Workshop and Committee Meetings
field_day_2018_workshop.pdf
File Size: 2168 kb
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August
What is DMR?
Thinking about getting a DMR radio or have one already?
Now what?
Bob Cheek's presentation on "Introduction to DMR"

introduction_to_dmr.pdf
File Size: 486 kb
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October

Notes and slides from the Future of Ham Radio discussion

2018_review_and_future_of_ham_radio.pptx
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2017  Technical Programs Archive

Power line interference - causes and remedies - Neal Sulmeyer K4EA

power_line_interference_2017.pdf
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Practical Antennas - By Martin Buehring KB4MG and Jim Millsap K9APD

practical_antennas_v2.pdf
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Solar Eclipse QSO Party by Martin Buehring KB4MG

seqp.pdf
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Space Weather & Propagation - By Martin Buehring KB4MG
space_weather_and_propagation_v2.pdf
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 WSPR Presentation -  By Matt Pesch KK4NLK

wspr_presentation.pdf
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