3 **Thursday, November 10, 7:30 PM** Dr. Michael King, an experienced high-performance HF receiver designer, will talk on hardware design for Software Defined Radio systems that hams can build. Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA. 1244 Oak Ridge Avenue, McLean, VA. The meeting room is on the main floor, not the old location in the basement.
5 **Thursday, December 8, 7:30 PM** This will be our Annual Meeting - an opportunity to hear from Directors, Officers and Members on their projects, and to plan for 2012. Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA.
9 **Thursday, October 13** This meeting was devoted to a discussion of digital amateur television by Bill Fenn, N4TS and Paul Rinaldo, W4RI. DVB-S and other protocols were covered. See synopsis of this meeting in the Nov-Dec AMRAD Newsletter.
13 **January 14** Greenwood Hamfest, Greenwood, SC, www.w4gwd.org
15 **January 14** Winston-Salem FirstFest 2012, http://FirstFest2012.w4nc.org
17 **February 4** Virginia State Convention (Frostfest 2012), Richmnd, VA, www.frostfest.com
19 **February 4** South Carolina State Convention, Ladson, SC, www.wa4usn.org
21 **March 17** Charleston WV Area Hamfest, Charleston, WV, www.w8gk.org
23 **March 31** Greater Baltimore Hamboree & Computerfest, Timonium, MD, www.gbhc.org.