### Upcoming Meetings
-**Thursday, February 14, <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/dm/">Dolley Madison Library</a>, 7:30 PM** Paul Mooney, K4KRE, will demonstrate his Low Cost Software Defined Radio as described in the AMRAD November-December 2012 newsletter. Paul cleverly combined free soundcard-based SDR software from Johan SM6LKH with a direct conversion front end from 40M to base-band audio. He will walk us through his design process, demonstrate operation (if propagation and QRM allows), and discuss enhancements.
+**Thursday, February 14, <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/dm/">Dolley Madison Library</a>, 7:30 PM** Paul Mooney, K4KRE, will demonstrate his Low Cost Software Defined Radio as described in the AMRAD November-December 2012 newsletter. Paul cleverly combined free soundcard-based SDR software from Johan SM6LKH with a direct conversion front end. The conversion takes 40M to baseband audio. He will walk us through his design process, demonstrate operation (if propagation and QRM allows), and discuss enhancements.
<img src="K4KRE_SDR.jpg" alt="The K4KRE SDR Prototype" height="247" width="300">
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### Recent Meetings
**Thursday, January 10 **Jim Veatch, WA2EUJ, twice winner of the ARRL Homebrew Challenge, told us about his projects including the 50 Watt Amplifier.