I would like to announce our “guest speaker video” for the August 7, 2024, Club meeting via Zoom. We will be having a YouTube video discussing the operations of radio station WWVH in Hawaii.
This video is a virtual tour of the NIST shortwave time standard station for the Pacific which broadcasts on 2.5, 5, 10 and 15Mhz with highly accurate frequency and time signals, propagation (geomagnetic storm) bulletins and other special announcements.
Steve Johnston, WD8DAS, has been a builder, repairer, and restorer of electronic equipment nearly all his life. He started by taking apart radios as a youngster and became a ham at age 13. He was active in school radio clubs, including University of Akron club station W8UPD in Ohio, and the international N.E.R.T. radio club. All this ultimately led to his career as a broadcast engineer.
In the rare hours not spent with radio he pursues other interests such writing, beekeeping, and history. Steve has been a ham since 1976 and lives near Madison with his wife, Christy.
Steve has experimented on the 630-meter band (472-479 kHz). These projects demonstrated that ham operation using practical rigs and suburban-size antennas will work on this band.
Much more information can be found at http://www.wd8das.net.
We will announce the link to join the Zoom meeting before the meeting, but it will be posted to the BARS email list and should not be shared outside our Club. Are you on the email list? If not, please send an email to bars-subscribe@w1hh.org and then simply reply to the robot response from the server and you will be subscribed.
Observing our Zoom meeting requires only a web browser and headphones/speakers. You do not need a webcam or microphone unless you want to speak or be seen.
Before our meeting date, please go to https://zoom.us/test and see if it will function for you. If you have problems, we can try to assist – feel free to ask questions on the BARS email list.
I am looking forward to “seeing” many of you there on Wednesday 8/7 at 1900.
Doug, N1WRN
President, Billerica Amateur Radio Society
