285 TechConnect Radio Club -- NAØTC

The 285 TechConnect Radio Club meets on the 1st Saturday of every month, at 10AM. Exceptions are in July due to Field Day and December for the club Holiday Luncheon. We have doughnuts & coffee at 9:30.

Our regular meetings are held at The Bridge Church at Bear Creek. The church has a very nice meeting room, with ample parking, and is conveniently located near Hwy. 285 and Kipling St. The address is 3101 S. Kipling St., in Lakewood.

Occasionally, due to conflicts, we need to move the meeting location. We will publish updates on the main page of this website as early as possible in the event the meeting has moved, and send an announcement to our mailing list. You can also tune in to the Tuesday night Technet for any club announcements.

Presentation materials, when available, will be published in our Documents area.

• August 7th
  • Discussion: Restarting the Club
  • Meet'n'Greet
  • Show'n'Tell
  • Pizza Party
• September 4th: KCØRPS – Jim, KEØVH – Jack (and possibly WØSKY – Skyler); SkyHubLink System
• October 2nd: KØNA – Larry, Active Low-band Receive Antennas: The talk will be a review of lessons learned over the years in a quest for a good active receive antenna on 80M. The talk should be of interest to people whose transmit antenna is in a noisy location or those interested in VLF operating.  Topics to be briefly covered are:  ITU band noise study, amplifier performance, using CAT-5 transmission lines, matching, common mode interference, and examples of signal to noise measurements. There will be examples of an active antenna mounted away from the house that is as good as a Yagi at 50 feet.
• November 6th: ADØZM – Jim, Winlink
• December 4th: Holiday Lunch, 11AM at JJ Madwell's, 26412 Main Street, Conifer, CO. (Map)