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- Houston ECHO Society - Calendar
Current
Calendar of Events - 2025
- Next
club meeting
-- Monday, May 11 at the American Red Cross,
with pre-meeting dinner at 5 p.m. at Goode Company Taqueria, Westpark
at Kirby. Our meeting will feature a zoom presentation by Randy
Shirbroun, ND0C. Randy was first licensed in 1968 as a Novice (WN0VBW)
when he was 14 years old living in western Iowa. Since 1980 he has
operated exclusively QRP from hias home station using either an old Ten
Tec Argonaut 509 (3 watts) or a Yaesu FT-897D (running 5 watts). After
retiring those rigs, he moved up to a Yaesu FTdx3000, which he runs
only at 5 watts. His zoom presentation will be all about operating QRP.
Zoom link will be sent out with the meeting reminder.
- Upcoming
presentations - June will have an in-person/zoom presentation on scanner radios and how
P25 changed emergency communications for goverment and private
businesses. July will focus on the world of GMRS. August will be on JOTA and September on the Texas QSO Party.
- ECHO is always
looking for amateur radio presentations. If you have a specialty
contact martingblaise at gmail dot com. Presentations can be in person
or by ZOOM.
Previous meeting was Monday, January 12 at
7 p.m. at the American Red Cross,
with pre-meeting dinner at 5 p.m. at Goode Company Taqueria, Westpark
at Kirby. The presentation was by Peyton Barnes and Bill Hardy on
the upcoming Bouvet DXpedition and antennas ECHO will use to try to
work the DXpedition. Zoom will be on usual link in previous meeting
invitation emails.
Previous meeting information
Older calendar events (note dates
no longer apply)
Meetings held in 2024
Next
club meeting is Monday, July 22 at the Red Cross. Guest Speaker is Gail
Close K5GAC, who will bring us an update on the amateur radio
community's active hams and working relationship with the hospital
community. We
will discuss field day results and we will discuss plans for the 50th
anniversary special event station.
January 8 meeting - discuss Houston Marathon, 50th
anniversary and if time, presentation on unusual call signs.
Previous meetings in 2023
- January
9, 2023 general meeting - we will have updates on Houston Marathon,
Work Bouvet and discuss possible presentations for the year. We will
meet at 7 p.m. at Red Cross. Prior to meeting we will eat dinner at
Goode Company. Zoom link will be emailed.
February
- February
13, 2023 general meeting - presentation by Rick K5GZR on six meters.
Prior to meeting we will eat dinner at Goode Company. Zoom link will be
emailed. Nomination of officers
March
- March
13, 2023 general meeting - presentation by Peyton KE5ZDZ plus others on
"Autopsy of 3Y0J." Prior to meeting we will eat dinner at Goode
Company. Zoom link will be emailed. Officers will be elected at this
meeting.
April
April
10, 2023 general meeting - we will view a short YouTube video of the
hamfest by Ham Radio 2.0 and then have a short discussion by Peyton
KE5ZDZ on saltwater/Texas City dike operating ideas. Also start
discussing Field Day ideas and 50th anniversary ideas.
August 14 - speaker Brian Shircliffe AD5OS on Bluetti
batteries.
September meeting - Monday, September 11 - September
presentation on Zoom by Ed WX2R about eclipses and ham radio-
ZOOM ONLY no in person meeting
October 2023
- presentation is by Sean Linkenheimer N5LNK - Parks
on the Air (POTA)
November 13 presentation is on Zoom by Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA on propagation. He
retired in October 2013 after 41 years as an RF design engineer with
Motorola and then with Raytheon (formerly Magnavox). He designed
solid-state RF power amplifiers. We will meet in person as usual
or you can join us on Zoom.
December dinner and gift exchange tba
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