Oak Forest Amateur Radio Club - KE5TRB
Houston, Texas

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NOTICE: The OFARC September meeting will be September 23rd, at 9:00 am, at the TranStar building.
Our next meeting is scheduled for September 23rd.  We'll meet face-to-face at TranStar.  If you can, make plans to have breakfast before the meeting at The Toasted Yolk (Heights location), 4601 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007 at 7:30AM.

If you are subscribed, general announcements to club members and fellow subscribers can be directed to the OFARC reflector here.


Announcements

  • The minutes of the August meeting that include links to Donald Burger's (KG5PFN) knot tying instructions can be found at the Meetings tab above.
  • A short youTube video (by Jeri Ellsworth) about the construction of a big mag loop (80m and 160m) was shown.  If you missed it or want to watch sucessive parts, start here.
  • We've covered VNAs in the past and you might enjoy reviewing Stephen's (W2WF) presentation on that topic here.
  • There's still time to volunteer to present any topic of your interest at the September meeting.  Contact Martin to get on the agenda.
  • See the Events tab about for the latest schedule for 2m Net Control Operators.  Stephen has dropped off the volunteer list and it would be a big help if someone could volunteer to fill his spot.  It's not that hard; all you have to do is read the SCRIPT... our nets pretty much run themselves!!
  • Repairing an old rig or want to learn more about an old radio you heard about or saw at a hamfest?  Check out the online radio museum here.
  • Contact Mark if you are interested in License exam testing.  Also, see the "Exam Sessions" link above for more information.
  • If you have a photo of your ham shack or favorite operating location, please send it on and I'll post them for all our members see... and comment!!  Please include your callsign in the photo.  Images submitted so far can be found here!
  • If you'd like to be added to our email reflector and share in the dialog between club members and local area hams, send me a request.

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