First Virtual Club Meeting
On Friday, April 3, 2020, at 7:30 pm, the SLVARC hosted its first Virtual Club Meeting by Zoom. Many thanks to attendees Tom KG6AO, Brad N6BHT, John N6FBA, JV K6HJU, Jeff AE6KS, Ray W6LPW, Gary K6PDL, Robert KB6QXM, Sam WB6RJH, John AC6SL, Richard K8SQB, Karen … [Read More...]
Holiday Dinner 2019
Here are the details for this year's Holiday Dinner. A link to the registration PDF is at the end of this post. You can pay for your registration by check or by PayPal (see the Dinner Registration PDF for instructions). While you're paying for the dinner, why … [Read More...]
Restoring a Hallicrafters SX-28A
On March 1, 2019, Tom W6TJK presented to the club the results of his successful effort to restore a circa 1945 Hallicrafters SX-28A vacuum-tube communications receiver. Here is Tom's presentation. … [Read More...]
SSTV and Raspberry Pi
We had three presentations tonight! First, John AC6SL showed the sort of slow-scan TV images (SSTV) that one can receive from the International Space Station on 2-meters. With most ISS passes below 45° elevation, few images are completely perfect, but some are … [Read More...]