-### Upcoming Meetings
+#Upcoming Meetings
-**Thursday, 15 December, 7:30 PM** MEETING DATE CHANGE. AMRAD's Annual Meeting. This will be an opportunity for Board Members and Members to report on technical projects and to discuss plans for 2012. Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA.
+**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.
-Elections will be held at the meeting. Nominations may also be made to Secretary Karl Berger, w4krl@dcm-va.com, up until the beginning of the December meeting. Directors whose terms are expiring are Bill Fenn, N4TS; Frank Gentges, KØBRA; and Paul Rinaldo, W4RI. Those three receiving the most votes will become Directors. Those receiving the next two number of votes will become Alternates. Paul Mooney, K4KRE and Rob Seastrom, AI4UC are incumbent Alternates for 2011.
-**Thursday, January 12** Greg LeSage will be our guest speaker. His topic is performance modeling of the Terminated Folded Dipole.
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-### Recent Meetings
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-**Thursday, November 10, 7:30 PM** Dr. Michael King talked on hardware design for Software Defined Radio systems.
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-**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.
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-### Upcoming Events
-**January 14** Greenwood Hamfest, Greenwood, SC, www.w4gwd.org
-**January 14** Winston-Salem FirstFest 2012, http://FirstFest2012.w4nc.org
+#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.
-**February 4** Virginia State Convention (Frostfest 2012), Richmnd, VA, www.frostfest.com
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-**February 4** South Carolina State Convention, Ladson, SC, www.wa4usn.org
+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.
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+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.
-**February 26** Vienna Wireless Society Winterfest, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA, http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php
+#Upcoming Events
-**March 17** Charleston WV Area Hamfest, Charleston, WV, www.w8gk.org
+**May 17, 18, 19, Dayton Hamvention™** Hara Arena. <a href="http://www.hamvention.net">www.hamvention.net.</a>
-**March 31** Greater Baltimore Hamboree & Computerfest, Timonium, MD, www.gbhc.org.
+**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.
+**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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