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2011
Sep-Oct Bill Fenn N4TS and Dick Barth W3HWN, "The Saga of W3U"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "I'll Have My SDR To Go"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "SDR CUBE - An Initial Overview"
Frank Gengtes, K0BRA and Bill Fenn, N4TS, "AMRAD at the 2011 ARRL Field Day"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Adding RF Level Control to FPGA Signal Generator"
Jul-Aug Dick Barth Synopsis of June 2011 presentation by Christopher Patton, W3CUM/DC006,
"SKYWARN"
Synopsis of May 2011 presentation by Terry Fox, WB4JFI,
"Update on AMRAD: Charleston Chapter, Projects"(via Skype)
May-Jun Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "FPGAs Verilog Programming Basics"
"AMRAD Field Trip to WMAL Transmitter Site"
Frank Gentges, K0BRA, "Yes, Virginia. There is Life after AMRAD"
Dick Barth Synopsis of Feb.2011 presentation by Mike Toia, K3MT,
"HF Antennas Close to the Ground-the Grass Wire Antenna"
Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of Jan. 2011 presentation by Bill Fenn, N4TS, and
Frank Gentges, K0BRA, "Cooking with SMDs"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "FPGAs Verilog Programming Basics"
Frank Gentges, K0BRA, "AMRAD at Orlando Hamcation"
Jan-Feb "AMRAD Minutes of Annual Meeting, Dec.14, 2010"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "FPGAs from Dummies"
"AMRAD Minutes of Board Meeting, Dec.18, 2010"
Dick Barth Synopsis of Nov.2010 presentation by Doug Lindsey, KB3HER,
"SHARES, MARS and Emergency Communications"
Dick Barth Synopsis of Oct.2010 presentation by Terry Fox, WB4JFI,
"Developments in SDR: The Charleston Receiver and Quisk"(via Skype)
2010
Nov-Dec Photo Gallery of Green Bank Visit
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Andrew Clegg, W4JE,
"The PERSEUS SDR Receiver"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston Receiver and Quisk"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS,
"Radio over Internet Protocols, AMRAD Repeater Enhancements"
Sep-Oct Andrew Mitz, WB3LTJ, "WSPR as an Emergency Status Beacon in Major Disasters:
A Proposal"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Radio Propagation
Prediction Methods"
Jul-Aug Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "iSDR: Now There's an App for That!"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Through the Charleston Receiver, Quiskly"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU, "The Automatic
Z-Match Tuner"
May-Jun Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU, "The L-Network
Impedence Matcher"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Steve Stearns, K6OIK, "The Smith Chart
and its use in Matching Antennas..."
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston SDR Receiver Software - HELP WANTED!"
Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Mark Kanawati, N4TPY, "Texas-A Technical
eXchange on AIS via Satellite"
"Roger A. Geesey, KG4IRH, SK"
Jan-Feb "AMRAD Minutes of Board Meeting, Dec.12, 2009"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Field-Expedient
Antennas"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "IRLP on the AMRAD Repeater"
Paul J. Mooney, K4KRE, "An Arduino Project"
2009
Nov-Dec André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Randy Mays, WA6RAM, SK"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Charleston Group Build"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Dr. Joe White, WB4OLN, "Time and Frequency
Transfer Using TV Signals"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Is the FPGA the signal processing implementation
of the future?"
Sep-Oct Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston Exciter for Nexys2 FPGA Board"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Bill Fenn, N4TS, "The Transition to Digital TV
and the ATSC Format"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Surplus Rubidium Frequency Standards"
Jul-Aug Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "Fiber Optic
Communications"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Charleston SDR Receiver"
"Minutes of the June 6, 2009 AMRAD Board Meeting"
May-Jun Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Digital Sampling Oscilloscope Review"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU,
"RF Linear Electron Accelerators"
Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Frederick H.(Fritz) Raab, W1FR,
"WD2SXH -- The ARRL 500kHz Experiment"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Rob Seastrom, AI4UC, and Maitland Bottoms,
AA4HS, "Implementation of the AMRAD Wiki"
Jan-Feb "Summary of AMRAD Meeting, Dec.6"
John M. Franke, WA4WDL, "Photo-Electric Amplifier (PEA)"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Rob Seastrom, AI4UC, "An AMRAD Wiki"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Feeding my iPhone"
2008
Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by R.C. Hansen, "Matching Electrically Short Antennas"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Greg P. Le Sage, N6LYU, "RF Skywave Propagation"
Sep-Oct Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "A Taste of Radio Astronomy"
Mike Chisena, KA2ZEV, "Radios for an AMRAD Six-meter Project"
Jul-Aug "Pictures of AMRAD presence at Dayton and Skip Pratt's QTH"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Tom Lauzon, P.E., KI4AFE, "RF Exposure Calculations for Hams"
"AMRAD Board of Directers June 7, 2008 Meeting"
Andy Mitz, WA3LTJ, "Essential Features for Emergency F1/F1 Operations"
May-Jun André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "The Parakeet, a Repeater controller for Emergency F1/F1 Operation"
Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "SDR-F Hardware Design - 2008 Update"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, "APRS, the Automatic Packet Reporting system"
Mar-Apr Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, "APRS Meteor Scatter Email System"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Najarian, "the Intelligent Transportation System"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Software Defined Radio"
Jan-Feb "Summary of 2007 Annual Meeting"
"Treasurer's Report 2007"
"An Interview with David Brainerd, WB6DHW"
Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "A Review of Basic Error Correcting Codes"
2007
Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Andrew Clegg, W4JE, "Radio Astronomy"
Sep-Oct Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A Low Voltage-drop Reverse Voltage Protection Scheme"
Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "AMRAD Bench at ARRL HQ"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by David Kuraner, K2DK, "Restoration of Vintage Ham Equipment"
"Marius Novi, WB4ENI, SK"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Dennis Sweeney, WA4LPR, "Beyond the Cell Phone: Wireless Widgets and Part 15"
Jul-Aug Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Prototype DDS and QSD Board"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Robert J. Fontana, AK3Y, "Ultra-Wideband Technology - An Update"
May-Jun Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "An SDR Hardware Design Example - SDR-F"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Software Defined Radios (SDR)"
Dick Barth, W3HWN, "The Garmin Placer GPS 455-DR"
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"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "Ad Hoc Mobile Networks - Networks Without an Infrastructure"
Bob Cullen, W8MAU, "The Biggest Junk Box in the World"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Yet Another Morse Code generator/IDer."
"report from the Winterfest"
Jan-Feb Terry Fox, WB4JFI, "Sound Cards, SoftRocks, and SDRs"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK,"An UpConverter for the 500kHz Band"
"Minutes of Annual Meeting, and Treasurer's Report 2007"
2006
Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Amateur Preparations for WARC-07"
Karl Berger, W4KRL, "Expanded Scale Voltmeter"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Zero Beat?"
Sep-Oct Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Byron "Bo" genner, Lucent, "Next Generation Networks: 3G and IMS"
Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, (encoded title) Circularly Polarized Antenna for HF
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A 100 Watt CW Transmitter for teh 500kHz Band"
Jul-Aug "AMRAD Board of Directors Elects Terry Fox, WB4JFI, as President Emeritus"
Synopsis of presentation by Dick Parks, "Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR)"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Mike Toia, K3MT, "Understanding Antennas - a Mostly Math-free Approach"
Dick Barth, E3HWN, "Off to the Races"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Terry Fox, WB4JFI, and Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "An Appreciation, and Plans for the Future"
May-Jun Alan Melia, G3NYK, "136kHz Propagation Update"
Finbar O'conner, EIØCF, "Transmitter/Driver for 136kHz"
Mike O'Dell, N4NLN, "When Neatness Counts"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "An Oven For Your Experiments"
Mar-Apr Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "The AMRAD Active Antenna After Five Years"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Dennis Sweeney, WA4LPR, "GPS-Locked Frequency Standard"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Paul Mooney, K4KRE, "Crystal Receiving Sets (slides)"
Jan-Feb Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Operating tubes at Low Plate Voltages"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ian McFadyen, KI4HLV, "AMRAD Participation in the 2005 Marine Corps Marathon"
"AMRAD Annual Meeting Report" and Treasurer's Summary Report"
2005
Nov-Dec Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, "The Xero-Point: Feedign a Dipole With Coax Without a Balun"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Bob Curry, KC3VO, "KiloWatt Motorcycle Trailer"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Henry Lee, KB1PE, "LF Experiments"
"FRS, GMRS, and PMR446"
"Manassas BPL Events"
Sep-Oct Mike Tuggle, WY3B, "One-JFET BFO Low-Frequency Crystal Receiving Set"
"Pictures of AMRAD Van at Field Day"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ed Kennedy, "HAARP"
Mike Chisena, KA2ZEV, "From Our Middle East Correspondent"
Jul-Aug André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "The Ohm's Law Puzzle"
"AMRAD Extra-Ordinary Board of Directers Meeting May 7, 2005"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "The 802.11 Protocol"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Attaching Coax Connectors"
Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Review of: Practical Radio Frequency Test & Measurement"
May-Jun Fritz Raab, W1FR, Mike Gladu, N1FBZ/2, & Dan Rupp, "Complementary Class-D Power Amplifier for LF and MF"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Ohm's Law, and All That..."
Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Frank Maas, "Video Compression Methods"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "An Emergency Supply for the Home"
Jan-Feb "AMRAD Van Work Party" With Pictures
"Minutes of AMRAD Annual Meeting December 9, 2004"
"Minutes of AMRAD Board of Directors Meeting December 18, 2004"
"Treasurer's Report 2004"
2004
Nov-Dec Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Improvised Antennas"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Steve Cerwin, WA5FRF, "BPL Measurements"
Sep-Oct André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Calibrating your Receiver S-meter"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Tom Lauzon, KI4AFE, "RF Safety"
Jul-Aug Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "First Steps in Python for the Radio Amateur"
Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Call for Participation in AMRAD's Vehicle Project"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Of This and that"
May-Jun Alan Melina, G3NYK, "A Possible Way of Forecasting Good Radio Propagation Conditions on 136kHz"
ARRL, "FCC proposes wide-ranging changes to Amateur Service Rules"
ARRL, "FCC okays RF Identification tags at 433.5 to 434.5 MHz"
ARRL, "ARRL Technology Task Force Forum Set for Hamvention 2004"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Digital Radio Mondiale on the Cheap"
Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU, "Python: A Computer Language"
Tom Azlin, N4ZPT, "Concept: Automatic BPL Monitor"
Jan-Feb "AMRAD Annual Meeting, December 11, 2003"
"Pictures from new AMRAD Repeater site at Tysons Corners"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Operating Relays on 1/2 Their Rated Voltage"
"Foundation for Amateur Radio solicits Scholarship Applications"
2003
Nov-Dec John Champa,K8OCL, Gerry Creager,N5JXS, Ron Olexa,KA3JIJ, "HSMM Microwave Digital radio"
"22nd ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference"
Sep-Oct André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "BPL in Maryland"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "AMRAD HomePlug Test Bed"
Jul-Aug André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A 16-Pole Audio Filter?"
Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Ron Payne, WA6YOU, "Antenna Construction Made Easy: A 440MHz J-Pole"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "European NDB Lists"
FCC Actions: NOI on BPL, NPRM for unlicensed devices
May-Jun Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, "From Internet to RF Nets: Software and Amateur Radio"
Ian, G3ZHI, "Internet Radio Linking Project"
Mar-Apr Dick Barth Synopsis of presentation by Jim Howland, MITRE, "Wifi: 802.11 Protocols"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "The I5TGC LF-Preamplifier Redux"
"Minutes of AMRAD Board of Directors Meeting January 11, 2003"
"AMRAD Annual Meeting, January 9, 2003"
Jan-Feb "Minutes of AMRAD Board of Directors Meeting December 21, 2002"
"Correspondence on AMRAD's Tacos Server"
Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "LF News"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A Very Low-Power 136 kHz Test Transmitter"
"News from the IARU Region 1 Conference"
"New Video Coding Standard Delivers Major Advances in Image Quality"
"ARRL High Speed Multimedai Web Site, www.arrl.org/hsmm"
2002
Nov-Dec Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "LF Network Analyzer"
Charles W. Rhodes, "Digital Television (DTV) Briefing to AMRAD"
Sep-Oct A. Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, "Internet Remote
LF Receiver"
Jul-Aug Paul L. Rinaldo, W4RI, "AMRAD
HF Flexible Loop Antenna"
May-Jun: Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "AMRAD LF Noise Generator"
Apr-May: M Johnston via Alan Melia, G3NYK, "A History of Rugby
Radio"
Jan-Feb: André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "A Remote
LF Receiver"
Paul Rinaldo, W4RI and George Lemaster, WB5OYP, "Amateur Digital
Voice Debuts"
Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Digital Voice Bibliography"
2001
Nov-Dec: Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "The AMRAD LF Upconverter Project"
Sep-Oct: Olivier Ernst, F5LVG, "A Simle Frequency Stabilizer"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "AMRAD LF Toolbox Concept"
Jul-Aug: Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "On Digital ATV"
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Volna K Review"
Dick Barth, W3HWN, "Bluetooth," presentation by James Howland
George Lemaster, WB5OYP; Terry Fox, WB4JFI; Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, "Digital
Amateur Television"
May-Jun: Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Unraveling the dBm at
LF"
Dick Barth, W3HWN, "Ultra-Wideband Technology," presentation by Dr Robert
Fontana
Frank Gentges, KØBRA, "Early Intermodulation History"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "LF Notes"
Mar-Apr: Dominique Delerablée, F1FRV, "Interface for use
with Packet Modems"
Jan-Feb: Dominique Delerablée, F1FRV, "Interface
for Connection between Modems and Transceivers"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "LF Notes"
André Kesteloot, N4ICK, "Bok Review: The RSGB's Low Frequency Experimenter's
Handbook"
Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, "Digital Audio Processing," a book review
Bob Bruhns, WA3WDR, "Reducing FSK Bandwidth with GMSK"
Last modified: December 28, 2010 by WB4JFI