Welcome to the new JPL Amateur Radio Club Website!
We have regular club meetings on the first and second working Friday of every month. See the Meetings page for details.
2018 Field Day Is Coming Soon!
The JPL Amateur Radio Club General Meeting for May, 2018, focused on the upcoming Field Day, June 23-24, 2018.
2018-03-23 General Meeting
JPL ARC 2018-03-23 General Meeting
After a welcome by Steve Townes, Courtney Duncan N5BF gave a talk: “Working Out the 23 cm EME Band”. He discussed his Earth-Moon-Earth communication activities in the 23 cm (~1.2 GHz) amateur radio band during the 2014-2017 period. A link to his presentation is included here. Continue reading “2018-03-23 General Meeting”
Logging laptop set up in the Building 329 Shack
We now have a functional laptop for logging set up in the Building 329 shack.
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2018-03-09 Board of Directors Meeting
JPL ARC 2018-03-09 Board of Directors Meeting
Attending: Steve Townes WB4ILW (President), Jonathan Cameron KF6RTA (Vice-president), Matt Bennett KF6RTB (Secretary), Chuck Sarture KG6NF, Chris Gaylord W6YTB (Emergency Communications Manager), Arian Maleki KM6QPY, Mike Tope W4EF, Rob Smith W6GRV, Bob Dengler NO6B, and Dave Hodges KI6PMB. We had a quorum.
Meeting Reports / Notes
JPL ARC Purchased New ICOM IC-7300
Since we are having problems with our Yaesu FT-1000s, and a new radio purchase was approved in the 2018 club budget, we purchased a new ICOM IC-7300 radio last Friday. We set it up and were able to try it out and it works well.