-### Upcoming Meetings
+#Upcoming Meetings
-**Thursday, August 11, :30 PM** AMRAD meeting to be announced.
+**Thursday, June 13, 7:30 PM, <a href="http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/dm/">Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA.</a>** Terry McCarty, WA5NTI, will make a presentation on the JT65 weak signal digital soundcard mode. JT65 can decode signals many decibels below the noise floor making an exception to the old rule “if you can’t hear them, you can’t work them.” Terry has racked up an impressive list of contacts on nearly every band. The mode was developed by Joe Taylor, K1JT as an offshoot to his WSJT weak signal mode widely used in moonbounce contacts. Although JT65 was originally intended for troposcatter and Earth-Moon-Earth paths, Terry is one of the pioneers in using it for low power HF contacts. Terry will tell us where to get the free software, how to configure it, and what you can expect in a contact.
-### Recent Meetings
-**Thursday, July 14** This meeting was a preparation for our Manassas special event of 21-24 July jointly with the Ole Virginia Hams. See Upcoming Events, below.
-**Thursday, June 9** Chris Paton, W3CUM talked about Skywarn. See a recap of his talk in the July-August AMRAD Newsletter.
-### Upcoming Events
+#Recent Meetings
+May 9, Karl Berger, W4KRL, shared his adventure exploring the possibilities for using the Arduino microcontroller in amateur radio projects. Karl set out a few months ago to make a stand-alone touch screen display for a portable antenna analyzer. He broadened his objective to include a flexible graphic display system that a ham can adapt to station control, test instruments and data logging. Along the way, he overcame challenges in converting his program from “in line” coding to the “object oriented” style and solving unexpected problems with hardware control.
-**July 17,** BRATS Hamfest, West Friendship, MD. [bratstv.org](http://bratsatv.org/)
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-**July 21, 22, 23 and 24** AMRAD, along with Old VA Hams, will be operating a special event station on the Manassas Battlefield this July 21 through 24, 2011 to commemorate the Battle of First Manassas (also known as First Battle of Bull Run). AMRAD's Special Event Call will be W3U and OVH's Special Event Call will be W4C. Operating QRP with CW, PSK-31 and SSB. Frequencies to be posted on www.amrad.org.
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-The Park Administrator has approved a special use permit for this event. We need to provide him with the name of people who will be operating the station along with the make, model and license plate number of their automobile. Once he has this information the permit will be issued.
+April 11, Ron Payne, WA6YOU, demonstrated how to build UHF Yagi antennas for receiving off-air DTV stations, or, for any UHF band application. Ron demonstrated his method of building antennas using spun copper wire for the antenna elements and how to get great results with low cost construction.
-Operations of the stations will have to be during the hours that the park is open on each day (Sunrise to Sunset). This means we should be on the air from 8 AM to 8 PM. Any one who is interested in participating, please email me their information and when they feel they can operate the Special Event Station. Bill Fenn, N4TS, bfenn@cox.net
+March 14, Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM, former Vice Director ARRL Southeastern Division, was our guest speaker. She touched on two topics: "How to Involve Youth in Ham Radio and A Look Inside the ARRL Board Room.” She recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology and is now located in the Washington area.
-**August 7,** Berryville Hamfest, Berryville, VA [svarc.us](http://svarc.us/hamfest/)
+#Upcoming Events
-**September 16-18,** ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, Baltimore, MD, [tapr.org](http://tapr.org/)
+**May 17, 18, 19, Dayton Hamvention™** Hara Arena. <a href="http://www.hamvention.net">www.hamvention.net.</a>
-**September 17** ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia (http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/roanoke-division-convention-virginia-beach-hamfest)
+**June 9, Manassas Hamfest** Prince William County Fairgrounds, Manassas, VA
+<a href="http://manassashamfest.org/"> http://manassashamfest.org</a> Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club.
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+**August 4, Berryville Hamfest ** Berryville, VA, <a href="http://w4rkc.org/hamfest"> http://w4rkc.org/hamfest</a> Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club.
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