| 2021 TENTATIVE TOPICS | EXERCISE | LunchNLab | |||
| JAN |
Review EOC FET HF Amplifier Operation Beginner's Corner: Review Transmisssion Lines Thru Wall/ Window Techniques Discuss possible SFCC Tech Course / Plan Beginning Packet Commands
| Strike Team: Rehang EOC Antennas LabNLunch: Make Radio wiring connections | |||
| FEB | (FL completes highest risk groups) $38 Antenna Analyzer! the nanoVNA ExplanationJS8 Review Application for Antenna-from-H-E-DoubleL-Help Beginner's Corner: Simple Antennas for HF/VHF/UHF Beginner's Corner: $40 Computer: Raspberry Pi | LabNLunch:: Making Window - Transmission Line Pass Thru | |||
| MAR | (FL likely vaccines widely available) MOSFET Polarity Protection PCB explanationSFCC Spring: Begins Late March Satellite Packet/Voice Comms Beginner's Corner: LIFEPO4 Battery Management Systems and Charging & Storage Beginner's Corner: Cell Phone & WIFI HotSpots! Basic VHF WInlink Server | SBAC Spring Holiday 3/22/3/26 | Shelter Tests | EOC Familiarization | |
| APR | Possible In-Person Meeting Planning Field Day EffortField Day Logging Techniques YAPP Operation Beginner's Corner: Basic WINLINK techniques VHF WINLINK BPQ Server | LabNLunch: MOSFET power protection PCB Volunteer Project: Apartment/House Antenna Install | |||
| MAY | Review Field Day Plans Progress SFCC Spring term ConcludesMore Advanced Packet Commands Microwave Telnet WINLINK Beginner's Corner: Basic Raspberry Pi Operation | LabNLunch: BASICS | |||
| JUN | Review Field Day Plans Progress SFCC Summer term BeginsSimple Transistor Amplifier Beginner's Corner: Electret Microphones--how many wires? Measuring MagMount Antenna SWR | Field Day (4th Weekend) June26/27 | LabNLunch: The Big NVIS Antenna Shootout! | ||
| JUL | SFCC Summer term Concludes Radiogram Team Pracitce Building VHF/UHF Antennas Creating HF RMS Station: ARDOP | Digital 101: Hardware | |||
| AUG | Planning for S.E.T Duplexers & How to Adjust. Beginner's Corner: AX.25 Packet | ||||
| SEP | Planning for EXTRA CLASS Course Repeater Controllers & How To DHS CISA/SHARES How-To | VHF/UHF Antenna Building | |||
| OCT | Beginner's Corner: PowerPole Crimping/Soldering Creating HF & VHF RMS Station: RMS RELAY Manual Antenna Tuners for HF | Simulated Emergency Test Oct 2 | |||
| NOV | Review Extra Class Course Beginner's Corner: Go-Box Cheap-cheap Construction End-Fed HalfWave Antennas Automated Antenna Tuners for HF | EXTRA CLASS COURSE | |||
| DEC | Brainstorming for 2022 Projectes | ||||
| 2020 TOPICS (Points refer to the choices made in Decmember by everyone on the topics for 2020) | ============= | =========== | EXERCISE | LunchNLab / LabNLunch | |
| JAN | Traffic Net Practice (23 points) Heathkit Power Supplies -- PCB Tuner/Keyer Improved End Fed 49:1 balun MOU discussion EOC amplfier upgrade (29 points) | ||||
| FEB | Review of Forum Announcements Review of AUXCOM course PHASE SHIFT KEYING WIFI ROUTER // TCP/IP practice (22 points) MESH programming hands on (presentation of exercise ICS-205) Present antenna analysis (part of EZ Nec interest, 22 points) | DUAL LAB N LUNCH: Trailer Build (26 points) AC Line Choke Build (27 points) | |||
| MAR | Discussion of completed Conference /EC001 Trailer Tower Superstructure Discussion (Hamfest on the 18th) Plan Tech (22 points) or Gen Class (22 points) APRS update Plan for EOC Field Day Discuss SWR measurement | Park Antenna Saturday DONE!! | Field Trip to FBDR Satellite Installation / WINLINK Station (cancelled) | ||
| APR | Solar Power Systems for Deployment (26 points) Satellite APRS TRAFFIC NET PRACTICE (23 points) Plan for EOC Field Day | t | Rapid Deployment Test (cancelled) | Build IMPROVED end-fed baluns Build IMPROVED 4:1 baluns (canncelled due to COVID-19) | |
| MAY | Shelter Raspberry Server Repeat (22 points) -- upgrade to Raspberry 4 EOC intercom / EOC headsets (21 points) UHF Transverters (Bob Guertin) Crimping COAX Connectors (Taskbook, 26 points) | TECH OR GEN COURSE (delayed) | Build GoBox Antennas Field Trip to EOC to practice equipment there (all cancelled). | ||
| JUN | Digital 101 (25 points) Macintosh WIFI proposal (20 points) Crimping POWERPOLE Connectgors (Taskbook, 26 points) HF Power Amplifierrs | HF NET | FIELD DAY-- BIG SUCCESS | ||
| JUL | GoBox Tuner/Arduino (23 points) (cancelled) REVIEW OF FIELD DAY // AfterAction Report Created. See: FIELD DAY AAR/IP | Sunday EOC Go Box Traiining by leland gallup -- big success! | |||
| AUG | Plan Tech/Gen Course -- November Announcement / Discussion ARRL National Convention Emergency Courses. Update on Battery Charger/Backup System Update on Raspberry Pi 3B+ Systems (still not finished) | Possible LunchNLab | |||
| SEP | Polarity Protection P-Channel systems Raspberry Pi Practice -- Winlink servers Review plans for Siimulated Emergency Test | ||||
| OCT | Discuss 2021 Emergency Conference (Cancelled by ARRL) | Simulated Emergency Test. | |||
| NOV | QRP amplifiers (17 points) (didn't get done) GENERAL CLASS COURSE | General Class Course | |||
| DEC | Brainstorm for 2021 ARRL National Convention Documents | ||||
| 2019 TOPICS | |||||
| JAN | HF HAM RADIO review modes, propagation, techniques for our NEW GENERALS REFLECTIONS 2 -- MYSTERIES of ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISISON LINES | LUNCH N LAB: OPERATING HIGH POWER AMPLIFIERS (NOT DONE) | |||
| FEB | N. FL Emergency Conference WENT EXTREMELY WELL Traffic Net Practice REFLECTIONS 3 -- FINAL MYSTERIES EXPLAINED | (none) | |||
| MAR | Present Full Scale Exercise REFLECTIONS 4.0 -- FINAL REVIEW POWER OUT! FULL SCALE EXERCISE HUGE SUCCESS! | OPERATING PRACTICE: HF MODES --- SSB / CW / DIGITAL ALE (not done) | |||
| APR | Review of Power Out! Transistor Amp 1.0 Last News about March for Babies RADIOGRAM PRACTICE | ||||
| MAY | WEDNESDAY MAY 8 1. Review background check progress / EC-001 signups 2. INTERNET -- handson practice at routers 3. Single Transistor Amp 1.0 for real -- how to get GAIN out of a transistor 4. RADIOGRAM PRACTICE 5. MEASURE YOUR HANDITALKIE HARMONICS -- demonstration of Signlent Spectrum Analyzer 6. Continued practice on itinerant repeqater 7 REVIEW OF EOC NOISE ABATEMENT | EOC INTERFERENCE INVESTIGATION EC -001 Begins May 18n -- DONE! with Net Control practice EC-001 2nd Saturday june 1 -- Fantastic Radiogram and WINLINK live practice with real radios | |||
| JUN | JUNE 12 MEETING AT EOC -- 1. Repair Go-Box Equipment 2. Charge Batteries 3. PRACTICE EOC EQUIPMENT a)VHF Voice Radios b)VHF Data Radio c)HF Voice & Data 4. Transistor Amp Part 3 -- FEEDBACK gain control 5. Antenna Measurements Demonstrated -- spectrum analyzer 6. Plan EXTRA CLASS Course August 17/18 7. FT8 and FT8 Demos -- join @ALACHUA | JUNE INFORMAL TRAINING TASK: Send winlink messages to jeff -- at both his winlink address ([email protected]) and gmail address ([email protected]) Extra Credit: send an ICS-213 | EC-001 COURSE CONTINUES June 1 June 15 EC001 coursse finished / exam -- will have FT8 and JS8Call Demos ALL ELEVEN PASSED THEIR EXAM!!!! | ||
| JUL | JULY 10 1. JS8Call / FT8 -- GREAT TALK, Leland! 2. Internet -- subnets & routing (included in (3) 3. MESH OPERATION: operate 3 station AREDN Mesh network hands on -- went GREAT! 4. Hands-on Demo -- 12 V go-box power distribution with polarity protection the cheap way!! -- discussed only, LabNLunch July 20 5. Transistor Amp #4 - DC BIASING (and maybe more!!) -- explained 6. DISCUSS WHAT WE ALL LEARNED FROM FIELD DAY -- great discussion! 7. Possibly give more info on measurements of antenna performance at the EOC -- huge improvement | EXERCISE FOR THE MONTH: -- send RADIOGRAM (either ICS or NTS) to jeff Capehart | LunchNLab BUILDING PROJECT: Build power distribution for go-boxes wth built in polarity protection: order https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CLWBSNJ Juy 20 2019 -- meet at WENDYS on 39th Ave at noon | ||
| AUG | 1. TRAFFIC NET CONTROL PRACTICE (15 min x 2 -3 sessions) 2. Plan S.E.T. Exercise -- volunteers needed! 3. Hands-On -- Demonstrate how to builld Baofeng digital connections 6. Transistor Amp #5 -- Putting it all together | EXTRA CLASS COURSE AUGUST 17/18 EOC for Saturday | EXTRA CLASS COURSE @ EOC AUGUST 17(EOC) / 18 (GIBBY) HUGE HUGE SUCCESS!! | ||
| SEP | (Tech course done by Karl Zawoy!! hooray!!) Programming Radios - CHIRP -- Teach YOU how to program --Get your channels up to date Introduction to PCB Board Layout #1 Demo of building inexpensive sound-card interface Deployment/Sheltering Food, Water, & Fuel Review of Alachua County AfterAction Items. WIRE for your end-fed half-wave antenna! | LunchNLab Building Project: SEPTEMBER 7th 12 Noon Wendys' SIMPLE APARTMENT ANTENNA very inexpensive 49:1 UnUn End-Fed Resonant Multiband Antennas -- #43 Ferrite Cores Total Cost $8.50 (wthout wire) . Helium baloon versus up a Tree or Flagpole (For any who need it also see:) ZM-2 $65 kit --- QRP ORDER YOUR QRP ZM-2 KIT HERE ORDER YOUR KIT ONLINE | |||
| OCT | SARNET-- in Alachua County Introduction to PCB Layout #2 -- pours OPERATOR HEADSETS/MICS Plans for EOC HALF-GALLON AMP Meeting: Review S.E.T. | NEED A BUNCH TO PASS THEIR EXTRA!!!! | |||
| NOV | PLANNING FOR EMERGENCY CONF BOB GUERTIN's RMS Single Side Band Radio Kits SECRET INVERTER GENERATOR RFI KILLER Printed Circuit Board Layout #3 -- sending files to China UPDATE: SB-200 POWER SUPPLY INTRODUCTION -- Cheap renovation of vacuum tube rigs for 100W- QRP rig Amplifiers POSSIBILITY: Using Larry's Repeater For Voice Practice!! POSSIbILITY: PI-GATE | Not quite settled yet: Secret Inverter Generator RFI KILLER Project TOROID BASED SWR METER (didn't get done) | |||
| DEC | CHOOSE Training Goals for following year PI GATE Net Control Practice Plan N Florida Emergency Conference EOC AMPLIFER -- UPDATE OPERATOR INTERCOMS UPDATE |
HISTORICAL RECORDS
| MONTH | Activity | Business | Up Next | Exercise | LabNLunch |
| 2017 AUGUST | Karl: SSTV hands-on Gordon: MESH hands-on DONE | Confirm name change Get EOC club license started | Tabletop SET exercise | ? SSTV exercise? | |
| SEPT | Gordon: TableTop SET Drill Baofengs / go-boxes / MESH WINLINK / EASYTERM practice DONE | Vann: UI (unproto) comms DONE! | SET!!! | S.E.T. Exercise ? UI net on packet | BUILT GO BOXES FOR HURRICANE DONE |
| OCT | Hands-on ARRL Radiogram construction Hands-on ECHOLINK PARTIALLY DONE | REVIEW THE SET Exercise! DONE~! | Tech course coming on Nov 4/5 | ? Everyone check in to some real traffic net (NTS connected) | WORKED ON HEATHKIT VACUUM TUBE RIG DONE |
| NOV | ART: power systems, power poles, fusing etc. Solar power, generators, plans for puchase / depoloyment | Set up Beatty Tower Roof Trip (Weather cap / Microwave Node) | Peaceful. People will be planning on holidays etc. | ? Check into ARES net on EMERGENCY POWER LEADERS: take ICS Exercise Planning courses online | WORKED ON HEATHKIT VACUUM TUBE RIG DONE |
| DEC | Gordon: Hands-on: Make HF Baluns for$8 instead of $40; or 4:1 if desired. DONE PC-ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) (DEFERRED) | Brainstorm the 2018 Full Scale Exercise --- what priorities, techniques, scenarios? Draw up prelim plan. DONE!! | (none) | ||
| 2018 JAN 2018 | Art's much-delayed GO BOX POWER! BITX40/ uBitx construction / modifications Brief explanationofPC-ALE DONE --!! | Unveil full plan for the 2018 Full Scale Exercise. Re-up for the EOC Club Re-up for the Red Cross Club Discuss Beatty Towers Trip DONE | WINLINK net checkin | CLOSE UP ON THE BITX AND UBITX -- drill and cut desktop organizers / other boxes for mounting commponents | |
| FEB | NTS -- the human emergency traffic system! Florida NTS nets and DTN systems DONE -- except for DTN!! | How is the EOC call sign coming? Applied For! | 2017 SYMPOSIUM Check into the NF ARES net | DEFERRED | |
| MAR | HF WINLINK Emphasis on the SERVER (gateway) side of the system) HF ANTENNAS FOR HOA/ APARTMENT DWELLERS --ALL DONE!!!--- | Review ICS training accomplishments | Table Top Drill next month | GAS DISCHARGE TUBE LIGHTNING & EMP PROTECTION -- HUGE SUCCESS --- 11 people, 19 protectors built -- > $1000 worth... | |
| APR | TABLE TOP DRILL for the upcoming Full Scale Exercise--- John Troupe and Van Chesney!! DONE!! Big Learning Episode | Review Emergency Gear Assets -- complete Asset/Training Survey 6 or 7 already turned in...I'm working on a table | Full Scale Exercise coming up!! | HF Off Center Fed Antennas -- build your own multi-band home or emergency antenna for CHEAP (includes balun(s) ) DONE --- HUGE SUCCESS --- 11 People 10 Baluns constructed | |
| MAY | D-RATS --- over AX.25. DONE (although bad USB port thwarted full demo) PROGRAMMING RADIOS DONE Traffic Net Practice DONE FTP to Shelter Server DONE | EOC Random License RECEIVED!! Review of the Full Scale Exercise Results. DONE (presented additional details for june 9th) | Make plans for publishing. DRAFT MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN ALREADY BY JOHN TROUPE!!! HOORAY JOHN!! | ||
| JUNE | Computer Control -- of solid state and vacuum tube rigs FULL SCALE EXERCISE DONE AND REVIEWED! DONE!! | EOC VANITY LICENSE RECEIVED!! DONE! HOLDING A TECHNICIAN COURSE AT EOC | |||
| JULY | Introduction to the RASPBERRY computer & networking TCP/IP DONE!! Plan Technician Course (ALREADY DONE!!) | DC Power Supply Kit with variable regulator and digital monitoring. $25 (includes cabinet and all parts) ORDER YOUR KIT HERE https://www.amazon.com/Generic-LM317-Adjustable-Voltage-Supply/dp/B0130LKYWE COMPLETED | |||
| AUGUST | 1. Introduction to the ARDUINO single board computer and frequency synthesis DONE 2. Voice message passing competition! DONE 3. Review Objectives for upcoming S.E.T. DONE 4. Plan General Class Course later this year STARTED | Delayed: Plan a General Class Course | Build your Own HF SSB/CW Radio From A Kit (Somewhat behind schedule!!) Bitx40 40/80M $70 uBitx All HF Bands $120 ORDER FROM HF SIGNALS The version they are shipping now is an IMPROVED VERSION!! order from http://www.hfsignals.com/ (Recommend you use DHL shipping) AUGUST 18th SATURDAY @ Wendys 39th Ave & I-75 ---DELAYED to to Gibby getting sick and having gallbladdere surgery. Will be offered in October or November. | ||
| SEPT | (Peak Hurricane Week) Review whatever Hurricane we were already in! PLANNING FOR S.E.T. HOW TO MAKE A REPEATER AND CONTROL IT. HF. NET PROCEDURES S.E.T. TABLETOP HOLD TECHNICIAN COURSE (we did it July!!) Traffic Net Practice ( we did that in August) H.F Local Net | TABLETOP IS SATURDAY SEPT 15th right after the breakfast at Gordon Gibby's house. | |||
| OCTOBER | 1. Last Chance to Prep for the S.E.T. 2. HF Net Procedures 3. Review of the TABLETOP Results 4. Finish planning for GENERAL CLASS COURSE 5. Plan FEBRUARY EMERGENCY CONFERENCE | Simulated Emergency Test was replaced by an actual deployment to Hurricane Michael Panhandle devastation. | |||
| NOV | Review the AAR from Hurricane Michael. Additional information about ALE -- Automatic Link Establishment Plan NFL Emergency Conference ALL DONE!! | GENERAL CLASS COURSE Nov 17/18th EOC/Gibby House DONE!! At least 3 have passed! | We did a full General Class Course earlier than expected!!! | ||
| DEC | CHOOSE NEXT YEAR'S TRAINING GOALS SWR NOMOGRAM -- BEGIN TEACHING THE UTTER MYSTERIES OF REFLECTIONS!! | OPERATING AUTO-TUNERS (no done |