1 <h1>AMRAD Newsletter</h1>
2 <b>Published bimonthly</b>
3 <br><i>Amateur Radio experimenters specializing in telecommunications technology</i>
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8 <p><h2>Recent Articles of Interest</h2>
10 <br>Jan-Feb "AMRAD Minutes of Annual Meeting, Dec.14, 2010"
11 <br> Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "FPGAs from Dummies"
12 <br> "AMRAD Minutes of Board Meeting, Dec.18, 2010"
13 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of Nov.2010 presentation by Doug Lindsey, KB3HER,
14 <br> "SHARES, MARS and Emergency Communications"
15 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of Oct.2010 presentation by Terry Fox, WB4JFI,<br> "Developments in SDR: The Charleston Receiver and Quisk"(via Skype)
17 <br>Nov-Dec Photo Gallery of Green Bank Visit
18 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Andrew Clegg, W4JE,<br> "The PERSEUS SDR Receiver"
19 <br> Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston Receiver and Quisk"
20 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS,<br> "Radio over Internet Protocols, AMRAD Repeater Enhancements"
21 <br>Sep-Oct Andrew Mitz, WB3LTJ, "WSPR as an Emergency Status Beacon in Major Disasters:<br> A Proposal"
22 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Radio Propagation<br> Prediction Methods"
23 <br>Jul-Aug Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "iSDR: Now There's an App for That!"
24 <br> Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Through the Charleston Receiver, Quiskly"
25 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU, "The Automatic<br> Z-Match Tuner"
26 <br>May-Jun Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU, "The L-Network<br> Impedence Matcher"
27 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Steve Stearns, K6OIK, "The Smith Chart<br> and its use in Matching Antennas..."
28 <br> Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston SDR Receiver Software - HELP WANTED!"
29 <br>Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Mark Kanawati, N4TPY, "Texas-A Technical<br> eXchange on AIS via Satellite"
30 <br> "Roger A. Geesey, KG4IRH, SK"
31 <br>Jan-Feb "AMRAD Minutes of Board Meeting, Dec.12, 2009"
32 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Field-Expedient<br> Antennas"
33 <br> Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "IRLP on the AMRAD Repeater"
34 <br> Paul J. Mooney, K4KRE, "An Arduino Project"
37 <br>Nov-Dec André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Randy Mays, WA6RAM, SK"
38 <br> Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Charleston Group Build"
39 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Dr. Joe White, WB4OLN, "Time and Frequency<br> Transfer Using TV Signals"
40 <br> Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Is the FPGA the signal processing implementation<br> of the future?"
41 <br>Sep-Oct Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston Exciter for Nexys2 FPGA Board"
42 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Bill Fenn, N4TS, "The Transition to Digital TV<br> and the ATSC Format"
43 <br> Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Surplus Rubidium Frequency Standards"
44 <br>Jul-Aug Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "Fiber Optic<br> Communications"
45 <br> Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston SDR Receiver"
46 <br> "Minutes of the June 6, 2009 AMRAD Board Meeting"
47 <br>May-Jun Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Digital Sampling Oscilloscope Review"
48 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU,<br> "RF Linear Electron Accelerators"
49 <br>Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Frederick H.(Fritz) Raab, W1FR,<br> "WD2SXH -- The ARRL 500kHz Experiment"
50 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Rob Seastrom, AI4UC, and Maitland Bottoms,<br> AA4HS, "Implementation of the AMRAD Wiki"
51 <br>Jan-Feb "Summary of AMRAD Meeting, Dec.6"
52 <br> John M. Franke, WA4WDL, "Photo-Electric Amplifier (PEA)"
53 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Rob Seastrom, AI4UC, "An AMRAD Wiki"
54 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Feeding my iPhone"
57 <br>Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by R.C. Hansen, "Matching Electrically Short Antennas"
58 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU, "RF Skywave Propagation"
59 <br>Sep-Oct Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "A Taste of Radio Astronomy"
60 <br> Mike Chisena, KA2ZEV, "Radios for an AMRAD Six-meter Project"
61 <br>Jul-Aug "Pictures of AMRAD presence at Dayton and Skip Pratt's QTH"
62 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Tom Lauzon, P.E., KI4AFE, "RF Exposure Calculations for Hams"
63 <br> "AMRAD Board of Directers June 7, 2008 Meeting"
64 <br> Andy Mitz, WA3LTJ, "Essential Features for Emergency F1/F1 Operations"
65 <br>May-Jun André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "The Parakeet, a Repeater controller for Emergency F1/F1 Operation"
66 <br> Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "SDR-F Hardware Design - 2008 Update"
67 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, "APRS, the Automatic Packet Reporting system"
68 <br>Mar-Apr Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, "APRS Meteor Scatter Email System"
69 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Najarian, "the Intelligent Transportation System"
70 <br> Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Software Defined Radio"
71 <br>Jan-Feb "Summary of 2007 Annual Meeting"
72 <br> "Treasurer's Report 2007"
73 <br> "An Interview with David Brainerd, WB6DHW"
74 <br> Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "A Review of Basic Error Correcting Codes"
77 <br>Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Andrew Clegg, W4JE, "Radio Astronomy"
78 <br>Sep-Oct Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A Low Voltage-drop Reverse Voltage Protection Scheme"
79 <br> Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "AMRAD Bench at ARRL HQ"
80 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by David Kuraner, K2DK, "Restoration of Vintage Ham Equipment"
81 <br> "Marius Novi, WB4ENI, SK"
82 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Dennis Sweeney, WA4LPR, "Beyond the Cell Phone: Wireless Widgets and Part 15"
83 <br>Jul-Aug Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Prototype DDS and QSD Board"
84 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Robert J. Fontana, AK3Y, "Ultra-Wideband Technology - An Update"
85 <br>May-Jun Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "An SDR Hardware Design Example - SDR-F"
86 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Software Defined Radios (SDR)"
87 <br> Dick Barth, W3HWN, "The Garmin Placer GPS 455-DR"
88 <br>Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Maj. Gen. (USA, Ret) Charles G. (Chuck) Sutten Jr. "Tactical Communications-An Operator's Perspective, 1956-2006"
89 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "Ad Hoc Mobile Networks - Networks Without an Infrastructure"
90 <br> Bob Cullen, W8MAU, "The Biggest Junk Box in the World"
91 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Yet Another Morse Code generator/IDer."
92 <br> "report from the Winterfest"
93 <br>Jan-Feb Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Sound Cards, SoftRocks, and SDRs"
94 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK,"An UpConverter for the 500kHz Band"
95 <br> "Minutes of Annual Meeting, and Treasurer's Report 2007"
99 <br>Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Amateur Preparations for WARC-07"
100 <br> Karl Berger, W4KRL, "Expanded Scale Voltmeter"
101 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Zero Beat?"
102 <br>Sep-Oct Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Byron "Bo" genner, Lucent, "Next Generation Networks: 3G and IMS"
103 <br> Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, (encoded title) Circularly Polarized Antenna for HF
104 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A 100 Watt CW Transmitter for teh 500kHz Band"
105 <br>Jul-Aug "AMRAD Board of Directors Elects Terry Fox, WB4JFI, as President Emeritus"
106 <br> Synopsis of presentation by Dick Parks, "Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR)"
107 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Mike Toia, K3MT, "Understanding Antennas - a Mostly Math-free Approach"
108 <br> Dick Barth, E3HWN, "Off to the Races"
109 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Terry Fox, WB4JFI, and Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "An Appreciation, and Plans for the Future"
110 <br>May-Jun Alan Melia, G3NYK, "136kHz Propagation Update"
111 <br> Finbar O'conner, EIØCF, "Transmitter/Driver for 136kHz"
112 <br> Mike O'Dell, N4NLN, "When Neatness Counts"
113 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "An Oven For Your Experiments"
114 <br>Mar-Apr Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "The AMRAD Active Antenna After Five Years"
115 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Dennis Sweeney, WA4LPR, "GPS-Locked Frequency Standard"
116 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Mooney, K4KRE, "Crystal Receiving Sets (slides)"
117 <br>Jan-Feb Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Operating tubes at Low Plate Voltages"
118 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ian McFadyen, KI4HLV, "AMRAD Participation in the 2005 Marine Corps Marathon"
119 <br> "AMRAD Annual Meeting Report" and Treasurer's Summary Report"
123 <br>Nov-Dec Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, "The Xero-Point: Feedign a Dipole With Coax Without a Balun"
124 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Bob Curry, KC3VO, "KiloWatt Motorcycle Trailer"
125 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Henry Lee, KB1PE, "LF Experiments"
126 <br> "FRS, GMRS, and PMR446"
127 <br> "Manassas BPL Events"
128 <br>Sep-Oct Mike Tuggle, WY3B, "One-JFET BFO Low-Frequency Crystal Receiving Set"
129 <br> "Pictures of AMRAD Van at Field Day"
130 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ed Kennedy, "HAARP"
131 <br> Mike Chisena, KA2ZEV, "From Our Middle East Correspondent"
132 <br>Jul-Aug André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "The Ohm's Law Puzzle"
133 <br> "AMRAD Extra-Ordinary Board of Directers Meeting May 7, 2005"
134 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "The 802.11 Protocol"
135 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Attaching Coax Connectors"
136 <br> Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Review of: Practical Radio Frequency Test & Measurement"
137 <br>May-Jun Fritz Raab, W1FR, Mike Gladu, N1FBZ/2, & Dan Rupp, "Complementary Class-D Power Amplifier for LF and MF"
138 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Ohm's Law, and All That..."
139 <br>Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Frank Maas, "Video Compression Methods"
140 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "An Emergency Supply for the Home"
141 <br>Jan-Feb "AMRAD Van Work Party" With Pictures
142 <br> "Minutes of AMRAD Annual Meeting December 9, 2004"
143 <br> "Minutes of AMRAD Board of Directors Meeting December 18, 2004"
144 <br> "Treasurer's Report 2004"
148 <br>Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Improvised Antennas"
149 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Steve Cerwin, WA5FRF, "BPL Measurements"
150 <br>Sep-Oct André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Calibrating your Receiver S-meter"
151 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Tom Lauzon, KI4AFE, "RF Safety"
152 <br>Jul-Aug Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "First Steps in Python for the Radio Amateur"
153 <br> Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Call for Participation in AMRAD's Vehicle Project"
154 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Of This and that"
155 <br>May-Jun Alan Melina, G3NYK, "A Possible Way of Forecasting Good Radio Propagation Conditions on 136kHz"
156 <br> ARRL, "FCC proposes wide-ranging changes to Amateur Service Rules"
157 <br> ARRL, "FCC okays RF Identification tags at 433.5 to 434.5 MHz"
158 <br> ARRL, "ARRL Technology Task Force Forum Set for Hamvention 2004"
159 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Digital Radio Mondiale on the Cheap"
160 <br>Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "Python: A Computer Language"
161 <br> Tom Azlin, N4ZPT, "Concept: Automatic BPL Monitor"
162 <br>Jan-Feb "AMRAD Annual Meeting, December 11, 2003"
163 <br> "Pictures from new AMRAD Repeater site at Tysons Corners"
164 <br>  André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Operating Relays on 1/2 Their Rated Voltage" <br> "Foundation for Amateur Radio solicits Scholarship Applications"
168 <br>Nov-Dec John Champa,K8OCL, Gerry Creager,N5JXS, Ron Olexa,KA3JIJ, "HSMM Microwave Digital radio"
169 <br> "22nd ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference"
171 <br>Sep-Oct André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "BPL in Maryland"
172 <br> Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "AMRAD HomePlug Test Bed"
174 <br>Jul-Aug André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A 16-Pole Audio Filter?"
175 <br> Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Antenna Construction Made Easy: A 440MHz J-Pole"
176 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "European NDB Lists"
177 <br> FCC Actions: NOI on BPL, NPRM for unlicensed devices
179 <br>May-Jun Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, "From Internet to RF Nets: Software and Amateur Radio"
180 <br> Ian, G3ZHI, "Internet Radio Linking Project"
182 <br>Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Jim Howland, MITRE, "Wifi: 802.11 Protocols"
183 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "The I5TGC LF-Preamplifier Redux"
184 <br> "Minutes of AMRAD Board of Directors Meeting January 11, 2003"
185 <br> "AMRAD Annual Meeting, January 9, 2003"
187 <br>Jan-Feb "Minutes of AMRAD Board of Directors Meeting December 21, 2002"
188 <br> "Correspondence on AMRAD's Tacos Server"
189 <br> Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "LF News"
190 <br> André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A Very Low-Power 136 kHz Test Transmitter"
191 <br> "News from the IARU Region 1 Conference"
192 <br> "New Video Coding Standard Delivers Major Advances in Image Quality"
193 <br> "ARRL High Speed Multimedai Web Site, www.arrl.org/hsmm"
196 <br>Nov-Dec Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "LF Network Analyzer"
197 <br>
198 Charles W. Rhodes, "Digital Television (DTV) Briefing to AMRAD"
199 <br>Sep-Oct A. Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, "Internet Remote
201 <br>Jul-Aug Paul L. Rinaldo, W4RI, "AMRAD
202 HF Flexible Loop Antenna"
203 <br>May-Jun: Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "AMRAD LF Noise Generator"
204 <br>Apr-May: M Johnston via Alan Melia, G3NYK, "A History of Rugby
206 <br>Jan-Feb: André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A Remote
208 <br>
209 Paul Rinaldo, W4RI and George Lemaster, WB5OYP, "Amateur Digital
211 <br>
212 Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Digital Voice Bibliography"
214 <br>Nov-Dec: Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "The AMRAD LF Upconverter Project"
215 <br>Sep-Oct: Olivier Ernst, F5LVG, "A Simle Frequency Stabilizer"
216 <br>
217 Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "AMRAD LF Toolbox Concept"
218 <br>Jul-Aug: Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "On Digital ATV"
219 <br>
220 Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Volna K Review"
221 <br>
222 Dick Barth, W3HWN, "Bluetooth," presentation by James Howland
223 <br>
224 George Lemaster, WB5OYP; Terry Fox, WB4JFI; Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Digital
226 <br>May-Jun: Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Unraveling the dBm at
228 <br>
229 Dick Barth, W3HWN, "Ultra-Wideband Technology," presentation by Dr Robert
231 <br>
232 Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Early Intermodulation History"
233 <br>
234 André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "LF Notes"
235 <br>Mar-Apr: Dominique Delerablée, F1FRV, "Interface for use
237 <br>Jan-Feb: Dominique Delerablée, F1FRV, "Interface
238 for Connection between Modems and Transceivers"
239 <br>
240 André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "LF Notes"
241 <br>
242 André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Bok Review: The RSGB's Low Frequency Experimenter's
244 <br>
245 Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, "Digital Audio Processing," a book review
246 <br>
247 Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, "Reducing FSK Bandwidth with GMSK"
248 <p>Last modified: December 28, 2010 by WB4JFI</p>