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meetings [2018/07/10 19:52] – August 2018 Meeting adminmeetings [2018/08/27 19:34] – 9/1/2018 Mtg Topics admin
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     * Smoke or no smoke? Will running a KW through some RG58 coax with a 3:1 SWR create smoke?     * Smoke or no smoke? Will running a KW through some RG58 coax with a 3:1 SWR create smoke?
   * July - No Meeting, due to [[http://www.arrl.org/field-day|Field Day]]   * July - No Meeting, due to [[http://www.arrl.org/field-day|Field Day]]
-  * **August 4th:** WTØDX -- Bill Thomas will give a presentation on //The New Digital Modes FT8 and MSK144//And NØCU -- Bill Leonard will discuss using MSK144 for 2 & 6 meter meteor scatter communications. +  * August 4th: WTØDX -- Bill Thomas will give a presentation on {{ :technical:ft8_wt0dx_v1.pdf |The New Digital Modes FT8 and MSK144}}He will also discuss using MSK144 for 2 & 6 meter meteor scatter communications.  
-  * September 1st+  * **September 1st:**  
 +    * The topic for the meeting will be Smith charts. The plan is to create a crude Smith chart using our basic knowledge of transmission lines to understand how the chart works. Then using real charts and software solve problems. Finally, test the solutions using a vector network analyzer. The process should give us a better understanding of what goes on in the complex world of transmission lines. 
 +    * Smoke or No Smoke: To improve the efficiency of a magnetic loop antenna the diameter of the tubbing use to make the loop is doubled. The capacitor for the original antenna was just adequate. Smoke or no smoke?
   * October 6th   * October 6th
   * November 3rd: [[techfests|Fall Techfest]]   * November 3rd: [[techfests|Fall Techfest]]
   * December 1st: Holiday Lunch   * December 1st: Holiday Lunch
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