-### Upcoming Meetings
+#Upcoming Meetings
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+**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.
-**Thursday, October 13, 7:30 PM** DOLLEY MADISON LIBRARY, McLEAN. VA. George Heron, N2APB, of Midnight Design Solutions will present his SDR Cube Tranceiver. and talk on Software Defined Radios in general. George's website is www.sdr-cube.com.
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-**Thursday, November 10, 7:30 PM** DOLLEY MADISON LIBRARY McLEAN, VA. Dr. Michael King, an experienced high-performance HF receiver designer, will talk on hardware design for Software Defined Radio systems that hams can build.
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-Please note new location for the September and October meetings: Dolley Madison Library, McLean, VA. 1244 Oak Ridge Avenue, McLean, VA. The meeting room is on the main floor, not the old location in the basement.
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-### Recent Meetings
-**Thursday, September 8** This meeting was affected by the heavy rain which caused many people and the speaker to be caught in traffic. See rescheduled meetings for October and November.
-**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.
+#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.
-### Upcoming Events
+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.
-**September 16-18,** ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, Baltimore, MD, [tapr.org](http://tapr.org/)
+#Upcoming Events
-**September 17** ARRL Roanoke Division Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia (http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/roanoke-division-convention-virginia-beach-hamfest)
+**May 17, 18, 19, Dayton Hamvention™** Hara Arena. <a href="http://www.hamvention.net">www.hamvention.net.</a>
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+**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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