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  • MDARC: Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club
Rich On DXing

KY6R, Rich Holoch's Presentations on DXing

(NOTE: some of these are large PDF files that will take a while to download/open)

  • Low Band DX Antennas From Rich's February 2017 presentation. Some timely strategies for working the low bands during the solar minimum with mostly home-made wire antennas that don't require a massive amount of real estate.
  • DXCC HONOR ROLL IN ONE SOLAR CYCLE It's more about the journey and education along the way than it is about the final achievement. An informative and humorous look at reaching DXCC Honor Roll with a "little pistol" station.
  • DXCC HONOR ROLL ANTENNA STRATEGIES As the title suggests, this presentation is about optimizing your antennas for working DX with a little about propagation and operating skills too.
  • HOW TO USE AN ANTENNA ANALYZER Tips on using an analyzer to fine tune your antennas.
  • DXCC - THE FINAL MILE Or How HFTA (High Frequency Terrain Analysis) Saved My Sanity.
  • U-Rat Project Building a Universal Remote Antenna Tuner.
Past EBARC Programs
  • Keith Payea's, AG6CI, excellent presentation on radio astronomy (May 2017) (PDF)
    • More information on the HAMSci project to crowd-source data collection during the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse. There is also an informative article in the February 2017 issue of QST (ARRL members can also download it in various e-reader formats).
  • The HENRY-1 high altitude balloon launch went off without a hitch (well, very few anyway) on Saturday, March 18th 2017. We felt it was deserving of a webpage, with an hour-by-hour narrative, photos, videos, and links to lots of sites with information about high altitude ballooning: Read more…
  • Vis-a-vis Martin Rothfield's, W6MRR, August 2016 program on Digital Voice, here is a link to FreeDV software that he demonstrated.
  • Vis-a-vis Jim Colletto's July 2016 program on the Heard Island DXpedition VK0EK's docmentation include some spectacular photos.
  • Summits On The Air (SOTA) (PDF) — a presentation at the July 2015 meeting by Clayton Nalls, NF1R.
  • Improve your contesting skills (great for Field day) with AE0EE, Bill Mitchell's Tips on Contesting
  • Resonant Feedline Dipole: The April 2014 presentation by Bill Mitchell, AG6RB, and Jack Burris, K6JEB, on building a resonant feedline dipole for the UC Berkeley ARC, W6BB, using EBARC's new antenna analyzer.
  • Propagation Prediction Tools from the January 2014 presentation by Peter Hoffman, W6DEI
    • VOACAP Point-to-Point
    • VOACAP Coverage Map
    • PSK Reporter
    • Reverse Beacon Network
    • HFRADIO.ORG Solar and Ionospheric Data
    • HamCap, DxAtlas, Ionoprobe Software
QRP

Ron Smith, KE6RS, and Paul Maciel, AK1P, gave a presentation on QRP. As promised, here are some useful links covering some of the many interesting aspects of "low power" ham radio.

Clubs

  • GQRP Club (UK)
  • Benelux QRP Club (Dutch)
  • EA QRP Club (Spain) (Spanish)
  • VK QRP Club / CW Operators QRP Club (Australia)
  • Alaska QRP Club
  • Flying Pigs QRP Club, International
  • Four States QRP Club — Sells kits
  • Hawaii QRP Club
  • Knightlites QRP Association
  • Long Island QRP Club
  • Michigan QRP Club
  • New England QRP Clup — Sells kits
  • New Jersey QRP Club
  • North Georgia QRP Club
  • NorCal QRP Club — Not selling kits, has online manuals for retired kits.
  • NorTex QRP Club — Sells kits
  • QRP Amateur Radio Club International — Very active; Nice quarterly magazine
  • QRP Australia
  • Saint Louis QRP Society

Commercial Kit Vendors

  • American Morse Equipment
  • Elecraft
  • Hendricks QRP Kits
  • Kanga US
  • Oak Hills Research
General Interest
  • ARRL: The voice of amateur radio in the U.S.
  • The Amateur Radio Wiki - it's probably here
  • The Signal Identification Guide Wiki Compresensive signal directory
  • The QRZ Callbook: Perhaps the most comprehensive directory of domestic and DX call signs.
  • DXer's Handbook: An excellent introduction to the "art" of DXing by Bryce Anderson, K7UA.
  • DX Reflector: See what DX is on the bands RIGHT NOW.
  • EHam Net: Discussion groups on many ham-related topics, product reviews, and an excellent classified section for finding used ham equipment.
  • AC6V Ham Radio Links: Over 6000 links to other sites with ham radio information on every conceivable topic.
  • Azimuthal Map: Create an azimuthal world map centered on your QTH, courtesy of Tom, NS6T.
  • Emissary: All About the Telegraph and Deciphering Morse Code Text
  • CW Trainer: CW training software programs from Ray Goff, G4FON. This free, downloadable software will help you get up to speed for passing the 5wpm test or boost your skills to a more practical level like 20 or 30+ wpm. It is designed to use the Koch Method that has proved so successful in teaching new cw operators. It emphasizes starting with just a few characters at a time, but at full speed, then gradually increasing the number of characters (rather than learning all the characters first and then trying to increase your speed).
  • VOACAP Excellent and easy to use online propagation prediction tool.
  • DX Atlas by Alex, VE3NEA, has downloadable propagation programs: DX Atlas, IonoProbe, HamCap, and Faros as presented by Ron Smith and Jack Burris.
Local Interest
  • Maritime Radio Historical Society Amazing Marconi built radio historical site. This should be on every ham's bucket list.
  • Al Lasher’s Electronics I found it in Berkeley at Al Lasher's Eletronics!
  • California Historical Radio Society Home of the Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame in Alameda.
  • Ham Radio Outlet Located in Oakland - You've been warned!
  • Electronics Plus Yet another brick and mortar electronics shop in San Rafael
  • Alan Biocca's website: Alan Biocca, WB6ZQZ, and Eric Williams, WD6CMU, gave a presentation on their homemade antenna launchers.
  • Walter Pyle's website: Walter Pyle, WA6DUR, presented a program on solar energy. His company, H-Ion Solar Inc., offers clean and renewable energy solutions using solar and hydrogen technologies.
  • Tap Plastics Located in El Cerrito - Be sure to check out the scrap box for bargains.
  • Batteries Plus Batteries and stuff in El Cerrito.
  • Ace Monster Toys Makerspace/shared work space in Oakland.
  • sudomesh Hackerspace in Oakland working on a Part 15 mesh network.

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