President’s Message

By Gerry Villhauer – W0GV

Hello DRC Members,

Well it is May and hopefully the snow has ended and any upcoming moisture will be in the form of rain. In Colorado it is difficult to out guess Mother Nature.

We had a great turnout for our program last month. Thanks to Robert White (K0RCW) for his very informative and entertaining presentation where he compared the differences between the Alex (Mag) Loop and Buddistick antennas. Robert also showed his home brew, all self contained backpack HF station. Thanks Robert, great job!

Our May presentation will be given by Bill Rinker (W6OAV). He will be explaining in detail, how magnetic transmitting loop antennas work. These antennas are also known as STLs. Bill will have audio recordings comparing his home brew STL to several other types of HF antennas. Bill is our resident HF antenna guy and always has interesting and educational presentations. You will see more detail on his presentation in this issue of the RT.

This month is the “Big Event” for ham radio in our state is HamCon Colorado, the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention being held in Keystone, Colorado on May 12, 13 and 14. If you have not yet registered for the convention or made a room reservation, PLEASE DO SO NOW! You still have time to get in and enjoy a wonderful convention. Go to the website Hamconcolorado.org and see the terrific speaker lineup, like the new President of the ARRL, Rick Roderick (K5UR), our newly elected ARRL Vice President, Brian Mileshosky (N5ZGT), former FCC attorney, Riley Hollingsworth (K4ZDH), ARRL General Counsel, Chris Imlay (W3KD), Gordon West (WB6NOA) and many more! Think about it… to see a speaker lineup like this, the only other place I can think of is the Dayton Convention…and this is right in your back yard! Go to the website above and check it out.

Thanks to all of you who recently joined and made the DRC “Your Club”. Please stay active on the air, come to meetings, programs and events. Your name and call will be listed in the body of the Round Table.

73 for now,

Gerry (W0GV)

President

Inside This Issue

April - Meeting, What’d I Miss?

Remember When?

Upcoming Lakewood Siren Test

Wheat Ridge Siren Test / W0QL Remote

Elmer Session Report

Learning Net Report

Who’s New In The DRC?

Propagation And Forecasts

Technical Committee Report

Events and Contests

May Meeting Presentation / Solar Update

DRC Calendar

My Ham Radio Story

DRC Board & Staff