March 2025 Membership Meeting

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Easy QRP Portable

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Shel’s “Easy QRP Portable“ presentation will show how easy it is to go QRP portable with a simple, lightweight setup, and achieve great results.  He will describe the various components he’s used and developed for many years, including the rig, antenna, power source, and accessories…and why these were chosen.   Included are lots of pictures showing some wonderful places to enjoy operating while enjoying the outdoors.   It was especially rewarding for the National Parks on the Air event in 2016 where Shel made over 5300 QSOs from many parks.  Shel will also discuss the impetus for forming QRPworks with his business partner Steve KB3SII.

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Presenter Bio

Shel Radin, KF0UR has been licensed since he was a kid in the New York City area in 1965.  Starting with the one-year-non-renewable novice license back then, Shel has an extra class license and has now been on the air for over 60 years.   He enjoys the many facets of our hobby…DX’ing, Ragchewing, and Contesting using a variety of modes...CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8/FT4.  For the last 16 years, Shel has enjoyed operating HF QRP portable, mostly hiking on the trails of the Rockies near his home in Colorado .

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Over the years, Shel has fine-tuned his portable QRP setup to the extent of developing QRP accessories, and is now the co-owner and software developer for QRPworks LLC., manufacturer of the SideKar and other products for portable operators.  QRPworks products are geared to make operating (and life) in the field easier.  They have been shipped worldwide and are in use from Arizona to Bhutan.

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Shel has a BS in Electrical Engineering and is retired after many years of hardware and software development in the Aerospace, Flight Simulation, Telecom, and the Education fields. He lives in Colorado Springs, CO (at elevation 6850 feet) with his non-ham, but very supportive XYL.

 

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Do you have an idea or suggestion for a meeting topic?

Let Steve W1SR know about it !

Send an e-mail with your suggestion to W1SR@arrl.net.

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MONTHLY MEETINGs at 7:00pm local time

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LOCATION:

​​Due to refurbushing our regular room, we will be in: Building G, Room 105

Pima Community College, NW Campus

7600 N Shannon Rd.

Click HERE for Map and Directions.

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Don't miss the Monthly Raffle at the meeting !

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An electronic process has been created to allow you to purchase your raffle tickets on-line, and a separate "randomization program" will select a winner.

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For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE.

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(OVARC Groups.io Link, click HERE)

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