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The Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club / K4RC newsletter - Short Circuit

2009

May 2009 - Volume 3 Number 5 - Short Circuit. May 2009. Upcoming Jamestown Special Event, Pedal the Parkway report, May Program - Field Day, Meeting notes, Tech Stuff, Parkway photos, editor's notes.
April 2009 - Volune 3 Number 4 - Short Circuit. April 2009. Ham EXAMS, VA-QSO Party, QRP Bench #9, Portable Antenna, Due$ Are Due, Jamestown Event notice, Editors Comments.
March 2009 - Volume 3 Number 3 - Short Circuit. March 2009. Half-Marathon, K5D DXpedition, Around Town, Program, APRS by Randy WB7URZ, Meeting notes, Editor's repeater etiquette.
February 2009 - Volume 3 Number 2 - Short Circuit. February 2009. New President, Around Town, Tech Class, February Program, QRP Bench, VA QSO Party announcement, Editor's Notes.
January 2009 - Volume 3 Number 1 - Short Circuit. January 2009. Happy New Year!, Election results, Upcomming Classes, Photo review of 2008.

2008

December 2008 - Volume 2 Number 8 - Short Circuit. December 2008. Thanksgiving, Upcoming Election, Around Town, QRP Bench #7, Look at APRS, Meeting Notes, Seasonal Message.
November 2008 - Volume 2 Number 7 - Short Circuit. November 2008. Yorktown Event, Upcoming Election, Around Town, QRP Bench #6, Editor on CW SS, Pictures from Yorktown, Meeting Notes.
October 2008 - Volume 2 Number 6 - Short Circuit. October 2008. Triathlon Report, Meeting Program, DIY Mini Solder Pot, Meeting Notes.
September 2008 - Volume 2 Number 5 - Short Circuit. September 2008. Club Breakfast, PVRC Recruitment, QRP DIY, Meeting notes, Sept Program, QCWA Convention announcement.

July-Aug 2008 - Volume 2 Number 4 - Short Circuit. July and August 2008. Field Day report, CW report, August Program, Comments from Prez and editor, QRP Antennas and N1LO Switchable BALUN DIY

BALUN Plan - Full size plan for Mark Lowell's BALUN Project from Aug newsletter.

June 2008 - Volumn 2 Number 3 - Short Circuit, June 2008. The freshest news about club happenings in town. This month we have reports of last month's Jamestown special event, plus an announcement of the upcoming CW event for July. There is some news from here and there as well as an antenna project for you HF fans. Bill's "Scope Cart" is finally ready along with some neat antenna tuners for the QRP guys. And don't forget that Field Day is just around the corner, so the June meeting's major focus will be on FD, including the program. Add more info from Chris on past and future ARES events, wrap it up with notes from the Prez, and you have another newsletter. Download or read on-line today. Check it out and let Bill (NR4C) know what you think, or what ideas you have at newsletter@k4rc.net.

May 2008 - Volumn 2 Number 2 - This month we have info on the Jamestown Special Event Station, the April ARRL Test Session, Field Day notes, and news ofup-coming program for the May meeting. Ken follows up last month's QRP Bench with info on the Rockmite and Bill shows some neat stuff from an interesting web site with notes on uses for amateur radio. George gives us a source for ham news, while Chris lines up ARES events for May. Mark shows off a 4 element quad antenna you can build and Dan offers up notes on the April meeting. Hershel tops it off with his comments and sites for some nice contest calendars.

April 2008 - Volumn 2 Number 1 - Letter from Bill Conkling (NR4C), the new editor. Latest news, special event activities, meeting minutes, upcoming programs, QRP Bench (from NU4I), NYLO's Notepad (from N1LO). Ok, I'm getting tired of writing and there is lots more to go. Trust me, there is lots of good stuff in here. Just a short download, and you can enjoy it too.