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UPCOMING EVENTS

Starting with our August meeting, we're going back to meeting only on Zoom. This is, hopefully, a temporary 
https://zoom.us/j/4263755765?pwd=Vzdva1NaODZxUDByQmplcjN4WG5zUT09
Meeting ID: 426 375 5765
Passcode: 791957

August Meeting -  Club Election and Eric Wegner, K4FAN - Antennas 101
Date: Thursday, August 4th
Time: 7:30 PM
Program:
  • Election of ARC 2022-2023 Officers and Board of Directors
  • Speaker:  Eric Wegner, K4FAN - Antennas 101
    **details on his presentation will be posted here ASAP**​
Location:Zoom teleconference.
ZOOM teleconference. 
https://zoom.us/j/4263755765?pwd=Vzdva1NaODZxUDByQmplcjN4WG5zUT09
Or Meeting ID: 426 375 5765          Passcode: 791957

Pre-Meeting Dinner 
As we are meeting only via Zoom, there will not be a pre-meeting dinner...unless someone wants to plan one.

​Friday Lunches (in person) are Back
​(Next: July 22 @ 12:30 PM ET)
The food is good and the company is better. Everyone is invited.
Date: Friday, July 22nd
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Mellow Mushroom Brookhaven
4058 Peachtree Rd NE  Atlanta, GA 30319


🗓 July - August Calendar
Event: ARC Friday Lunch
Date: Fridays, July 1,8,15,22,29  2022
Time:  12:30 p.m. (1630Z) - 2:00 p.m (1800Z) or thereabouts
Location: Mellow Mushroom Pizza, Brookhaven

Event: Monthly Atlanta Radio Club Meeting 
Program:
Jeff Hilliard, AK6OK 
Date: Thursday, July 7 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (2330Z)
Location: Atlanta Red Cross (Live) AND Zoom
Event: Second Sunday ARC Ham License Testing
Date:  Sunday, July 10 2022
Time: 12 p.m. ET (1600Z)
Cost: FREE
Location: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Administration Building                       Community Room #227
 (Opposite side of building from Downwind Restaurant)
2000 Airport Road, Atlanta, GA 30341
Details: 
https://atlantave.org/

Event: Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club / ARC License Testing
Date:  Sunday, July 24, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET (1830Z)
Cost: $15
Location: Georgia Tech Van Leer Electrical Engineering Building                       Room W218
Map: HERE
Details: HERE

Event: ARC Friday Lunch
Date: Fridays, August 5,12,19,26  2022
Time:  12:30 p.m. (1630Z) - 2:00 p.m (1800Z) or thereabouts
Location: Mellow Mushroom Pizza, Brookhaven

Event: Monthly Atlanta Radio Club Meeting - Program: TBA
Date: Thursday, August 4 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (2330Z)
Location: Atlanta Red Cross (Live) AND Zoom

Event: Second Sunday ARC Ham License Testing
Date:  Sunday, August 14 2022
Time: 12 p.m. ET (1600Z)
Cost: FREE
Location: DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Administration Building                       Community Room #227
 (Opposite side of building from Downwind Restaurant)
2000 Airport Road, Atlanta, GA 30341
Details: 
https://atlantave.org/

Event: Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club / ARC License Testing
Date:  Sunday, August 28, 2022
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET (1830Z)
Cost: $15
Location: Georgia Tech Van Leer Electrical Engineering Building                       Room W218
Map: HERE
Details: HERE

Event Calendar

View our Groups.io calendar on the web here

​Subscribe to our calendar (iCal, Google Calendar, Outlook, etc) https://groups.io/g/arc/ics/1861828/1377317764/feed.ics

2022  Summary of Meetings and Events
Every Month: • ARC Monthly Meeting (see below)
• ARC Friday Lunches
• ARC/LARC Free License Testing at PDK Airport
• Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club/ARC License Testing at Georgia Tech ($15)
• ARC Sunday Night Nets
January: • Meeting: Jeff Hochberg, W4JEW "DMR and Code Plugs"
• ARC WinterHeat 2022 Amateur Radio Simplex Event
• ARC/ARES Winter Field Day at Sweetwater Creek State Park
February: • Meeting: Ria Jiaram, N2RJ "Software Defined Radios (SDR)"
• Publix Atlanta Marathon
March: • Meeting: Tom Crowley, KT4XN "Society of Amateur Radio Astronomy (SARA)"
• ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) Event
• WSB Radio 100th Anniversary Special Event Station
April: • Meeting: Andy Keels, PE, KD4ABB "Stealth Antennas"
• ARC Georgia QSO Party event at Brook Run Park
May: • Meeting: Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ "Things you didn't know about QRZ.com"
• May Outdoor Operating Event at Lucky Shoals Park
June: • Meeting: Dr. Ed Fong, WB6IQN "DBJ-1 Antenna"
• Atlanta Hamfest
• ARC Field Day at Brook Run Park, Dunwoody
July: • Meeting: Jeff Hilliard, AK6OK "Spectrum Analyzers and Oscilloscopes"
• Meeting: Presentation of slates for 2022 ARC Elections
August: • Meeting: 2022 Club Elections;
• Huntsville Hamfest and Monte Sano State Park
September: • Meeting:
October: • Meeting:
November: • Meeting:
• Stone Mountain Hamfest (ARC Booth)
December: • Holiday Party (tentative)


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PAST EVENTS

This column is archived.
Previous ARC Meetings can be found on the Previous Programs page
Previous ARC Events and Outings can be found on the Events and Outings page

​90th Annual Atlanta Hamfest
June 4 @ 8 AM ET
Vendor tables, tail gate section, technical forums, club tables, GARS Antenna Launcher Contest, meeting your fellow hams, amateur radio license exams, Boy Scout merit badges, etc. It's Hamfest time. 
Date: Saturday, June 4th
Time: 8 AM 
Hamfest Page: HERE
Location: Jim Miller Park
245 Callaway Rd SW, Marietta, GA 30008

July 2022


July Meeting - Jeff Hilliard, AK6OK - Spectrum Analyzers and Oscilloscopes
Date: Thursday, July 7th
Time: 7:30 PM
Video: https://youtu.be/h1JCQg_pHzs
We had another great presentation. Jeff Hilliard, AK6OK, gave us a hands-on demonstration of a spectrum analyzer and an oscilloscope. Demonstrations are better live than over Zoom but Jeff had multiple cameras so he could switch between his head shot, a camera on the device he was demonstrating and his computer display.
The meeting started about 15 minutes late due to audio/visual problems at the Red Cross. We ended up moving to their Board room and giving up on a camera showing  us in the room. We’ll try that again next month.
Jeff’s first demonstration was of his spectrum analyzer. We learned that there are three controls that all spectrum analyzers have: center frequency, span (bandwidth) and voltage scale.
He showed us that it displays a graph of frequency on the x-axis vs  amplitude on the y-axis by hooking it up to a 70 cm (440MHz) antenna. Check out the video for details.
He also demonstrated how the spectrum analyzer can be used to test filters by hooking up a band pass (notch) filter. We saw that the filter does not totally attenuate everything outside the band. There are “skirts” on either side of the passed band. Details are in the video.
The biggest surprise (to us, at least) was that a spectrum analyzer can be used to show an antenna’s resonant frequencies. To do that you need a small accessory box that he had.
There were no technical questions so we moved on to the oscilloscope demo. Jeff showed us the main controls for the x and y axes [this is the correct plural of axis] and demonstrated operations by injecting a square wave. Cool display. Check out the video for the complete demo.
There were no questions about oscilloscopes so we thanked Jeff and ended the presentation. ​

 CLUB BYLAWS

arc_bylaws_oct_2020.pdf
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June Meeting (June 2 @ 7:30 PM ET)

MEMBERSHIP

First year FREE for new hams! (Details on Membership page)
Click here for details on how to join or renew your membership

FREE LICENSE EXAM

In-person Second Sunday License Testing at Peachtree-DeKalb Airport (PDK) has resumed!! 
For more information:  Meetings & Events

An FCC Registration Number (FRN) is REQUIRED
​Detailed Rules: https://www.atlantave.team/rules.html
FCC CORES Registration


WORKED ALL GEORGIA AWARD

The Atlanta Radio Club, with the support of the Georgia Section of the ARRL, is proud to support the "Worked All Georgia" Award. The WAG Award is open to radio amateurs who can provide proof of two-way radio amateur radio contact with all 159 counties in the state of Georgia. This award is nice complement to the annual Georgia QSO Party, which in fact would be a good time to work on some of those hard-to-get counties. The award is embodied in a nice certificate.
More information can be found here.

NETS

​Every Sunday night - 8:00 PM ET
More details

CLUB HISTORY

The Atlanta Radio Club (ARC) was founded in March 1911. It is believed to be the longest continually operating club in Georgia (Georgia Tech was founded earlier). With over 100 members, ARC activities include meetings, operating events, training sessions, membership outings, and community service activities in Metro-Atlanta.

​The ARC helps operate the Atlanta Hamfestival and owns, operates or supports 11 repeaters around the metro area.  In an average month, the club will hold a regular membership meeting, a tech/training session or operating outing, publish the Atlanta Ham newsletter, have 8 lunch outings and host over 20 nets via club repeaters.

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SISTER Club - Geelong Amateur Radio Club - VK3ATL

Did you know the Atlanta Radio Club has a sister club?

In 2010, Dallas Jones (VK3DJ) from Drysdale, Victoria in Australia visited the United States to meet some friends he met on the air. "During his travels, he visited the Atlanta Radio Club and from all accounts had a great time with the guys."


BADGES

The official badge supplier of the ARC is The Signman of Baton Rouge. 
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Badges are $13.50 and can be ordered here.

2021/2022 Leadership Team

​President - John Talipsky Jr (N3ACK)
Vice President - Skip Kazmarek (K4EAK)
​Secretary and Treasurer - Ade Shamblin (KJ4CUY)
Member at Large - Bill Perkins (KB4KFT)
Member at Large - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY)

Newsletter Editor - Tom Crowley (KT4XN)
Program Director - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY)
Web "master"  - Rob Osattin (KI4UTY)
Repeater Trustees
  • W4DOC (FM/D-STAR/DMR at BoA Tower) - Stephen Slider (KG4PTO)
  • WX4GPB (D-STAR at Stone Mountain) - Robin Cutshaw (AA4RC)
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