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2022 Quarterly Meeting Scheduled Speakers
December 17, 2022 ● Guest Speaker Mic Stwertnik
The guest speaker for the month of December of 2022 will be Michael W. Stwertnik. Mic is the owner of “NCG” or better known as the National Communications Group Co LTD.
Mic is the state side distributor for all Comet items sold in the United States. Mic will bring with him a lineup of the items he sells and maybe a few of the items coming out in the future. So please make a mark on your calendar to attend this meeting.
We will have a raffle at this meeting
I am sure we will be able to tie the holiday season into this meeting.
September 17, 2022 ● Guest Speaker Kevin Zanjani
Our guest speaker was Kevin Zanjani. [ KI6DHQ ] from Bioenno Power.
sale@bioennopower.com ● (714) 234-7363 or (888) 834-1986
Kevin is the National Sales Manager of Bioenno Power based in Santa Ana, CA. Bioenno Power is a manufacturer of lithium iron phosphate batteries used for ham radio applications. The company has been in business since 2010 and has been profiled in CQ and QST magazines.
The company also has attended various hamfest events across the country. This exciting presentation will highlight the technology, answer frequently asked questions, and talk about various applications.
There will be DOOR PRIZE of a Bioenno Power 12V, 20Ah LFP (PVC, BLF-1220A) Battery and charger, a value of over $200.00.
A fifty-fifty drawing will also be held. You must be there to be eligible to win. See you there!
2023 Quarterly Meeting Scheduled Speakers
March 18, 2023 ● Guest Speaker Dick Norton ● N6AA
ARRL Southwestern Division Director Dick Norton, will speak on the ARRL and current happenings in Amateur Radio.
Dick was first licensed in 1955 as KN2PHF. Initially active in traffic nets and DXing, he is mostly active today on-the-air in contests.
Operating in CQ WW DX contests from all 40 zones has given him an opportunity to see the world and meet with amateur HAM radio operators from every corner of the globe.
Dick is currently the ARRL Southwestern Division Director which includes Arizona, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Santa Barbara. Dick is also the president of the Southern California Contest Club. He has spoken frequently at Dayton, Visalia, and other conventions.
Please mark your calendars and join us as we welcome this prestigious guest who is committed to making amateur radio better for all of us.
Mr. Richard J. Norton • N6AA
Director • ARRL Southwestern Division
21290 West Hillside Drive • Topanga, CA 90290
(310) 455-1138 Phone
N6AA@arrl.org Email Address
2023 Quarterly Meeting Scheduled Speakers
June 17, 2023 ● Guest Speaker Arnie Shatz ● N6HC
Arnold “Arnie” Shatz has been a FCC licensed amateur radio operator for 65 years and earned an Extra Class ticket in 1976.
Arnie will present an introductory talk about FT8.
- What is FT8?
- How and why to get on FT8.
- What equipment you need to run FT8 mode.
- A little bit about Dxpedition mode in FT8.
Arnie is a resident of Orange County, California, and a retired Board-Certified Urologist. His affiliations include more than a 60-year history of ARRL membership with inclusion in the ARRL Legacy Circle, membership in the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF), Southern California DX Club (SCDXC), Orange County Amateur Radio Club (OCARC), Medical Amateur Radio Council, Ltd. (MARCO) and Chiltern DX Club (CDXC – UK).
He is a Volunteer Examiner (VE) and ARRL / CQ awards Field QSL Card checker. He serves as station Trustee for the Dorothy Grant Elementary School Amateur Radio Club (K6DGE) in Fontana, California. He enjoys operating HF CW, SSB, digital modes and VHF/UHF/microwave contest rovering. He is an active contester, DX chaser and DXpeditioner. He has earned DXCC #1 Honor Roll status (Mixed/Phone) and Honor Roll status (CW), DXCC (RTTY), 9 band DXCC and WAZ (CW & Phone).
Since 2005, he has been a team member and medical consultant on 14 major Dxpeditions to many exotic and uninhabited islands in the North and South Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans. He has been a featured speaker at numerous amateur radio clubs and conventions around the country.
Dr. Arnold "Arnie" Shatz • N6HC
Retired • Board-Certified Urologist
10931 Hunting Horn Drive • Santa Ana, CA 92705
(714) 573-2965 Phone
N6HC@AOL.com Email Address
September 23, 2023 ● Guest Speaker Douglas Dowds ● W6HB
Licensed and continuously active since 1962, I enjoy chasing DX or ragchewing and am currently active on 80 through 2 meters. I am also E51DLD and try to operate from Raratonga in the South Cook Islands when possible.
Workwise I have a diverse background having commissioned mobile aircraft control "towers", maintained a one-man electronics shop for a fleet of tuna clippers and freighters, taught electronics, managed drug stores, built surface combatants for the Navy, managed cogeneration plants, served as a project manager commissioning power plants and worked in support capacities providing ground services for various cruise lines.
I am a Life Member and multi-term past President of the United Radio Amateur Club and was the trustee for their K6AA for many years. I joined URAC in 1970 when I relocated to Southern California after I was discharged from the Army where I served as an electronics instructor at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
I am the President, co-founder and a Lifetime Associate of the Battleship Iowa Amateur Radio Association (BIARA), whose mission is to support the success of the Museum Battleship Iowa, the Pacific Battleship Center and the National Museum of the Surface Navy in San Pedro, California. All associates are required to be badged volunteers of the Pacific Battleship Center and many wear numerous hats. Listen for our NI6BB operations from the message center on the main deck mid ships. We use the discone to operate 20 through 10 meters and the cage for 80 through 30. We also utilize the 14' trussed monopole atop the Aviation Service Station on the aft deck for a second 10 to 30 MHz antenna. Depending on the operator's choice we work SSB, CW and digital.The photo above shows our current QSL card. Please visit our https://biara.org for much more information about radio on the IOWA including info on NEPM and NE6PM. We also have a NI6BB 2-meter repeater aboard ship awaiting final TASMA coordination.
Mr. Douglas L. Dowds • W6HB
President
QCWA Chapter 7
- Life member of the ARRL, BIARA, URAC and 10-10.
- Memberships in the NCDXF, OOTC and INDEXA.
- Past President & Vice President of the So. California DX Club.
415 East 238th Street • Carson, CA 90745-5810
December 16, 2023 ● Guest Speaker Robert G. Heil ● K9EID
First licensed in 1956, Amateur Radio has been the foundation of my careers in the sound reinforcement industry as well as bringing high quality, articulate audio to Amateur Radio. Entering this great hobby during the best sun spot cycle helped me to focus on designing and building one of the first VHF SSB KW stations. Throughout the years, I have enjoyed designing many antennas, from the 128 element two meter ''J' Beam array in 1960 to the latest - phased arrays on 40 and 75 meters. I enjoy all of the bands from 160 meters through two meters working my many friends and especially newcomers to this great hobby.
Mr. Robert G. Heil • K9EID
Founder
Heil Sound • https://heilsound.com
Heil Ham Radio • https://heilhamradio.com
5800 North Illinois Street • Fairview Heights, IL 62208
2024 Quarterly Meeting Scheduled Speakers
July 20, 2024 Guest Speaker Bill Kreutinger ● KM6SLF AREDN: An Introduction and Interactive Demonstration
Bill Kreutinger holds a General class ham radio license and currently serves as the technical director and chief radio officer of Tri-Cities RACES, serving the cities of San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and Dana Point. He served in the NY Army National Guard and as an auxiliary police officer in Niagara County, NY before moving to California in 2014.
That, and his several years working in the electronics industry and life-long love of computers and technology made AREDN a keen area of interest when he first learned about it in 2018.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill, like many of us, picked up a couple “pandemic hobbies”- gardening and AREDN.
Since then, Bill has advised and helped train EmCom groups from the Adirondacks to the West Coast on AREDN. While Bill’s garden is now dead and generally untended, his regional AREDN network is stronger than ever, providing substantial coverage to 3 cities, with equipment located at an EOC, two Community Centers and other strategic locations, and supporting digital services including live IP camera feeds, an NTP server, Google Docs-like collaborative file editing with Nextcloud, TeamTalk5 for virtual meetings and screen sharing, maps, geolocation and routing, VOIP phones, TAK/WinTAK and Winlink.
WINLINK Global Radio Email and VHF packet RMS (Radio Mail Server) gateway technician.
Bill spoke at the recent WARA event and brought 4 portable VoIP phone kits, the TCR Bullet Camera kit and a battery box, and a Mikrotik HAP AC3.
For K6PIN, Bill will bring the same equipment, but also bring the Raspberry Pi 4 and Slate node that hosts the digital services we demonstrated at the WARA meeting.
Bill might also bring along the Pelican case shown in the link below, and a ruggedized mini-PC with map and routing services set up.
What weighs under 25 pounds and supports critical communications services on the emergency data network? — Tri-Cities RACES
Click on the link below to see the web page.
AREDN
Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network
The AREDN Development Team was formed February of 2015 by former members of the BBHNDev team interested in making mesh software work for the needs of Amateur Radio Operators and emergency networks. The AREDN® work is based on the experiences and skills gained working on the BBHNDev team.
Our mission is to provide the Amateur Radio Community with a quality solution for supporting the needs of high speed data in the Amateur Radio and Emergency Communications field.
January 18, 2025 ● Michael Rickey ● AF6FB
HAM Operator Experience
Michael has been a ham since his Junior year in high school, originally licensed in 1981. Later earning General and Extra class licenses. He has worked with MESAC (in Costa Mesa) and Red Cross. Now he focuses most of his time on The PAPA System. Michael has worked primarily in VHF and UHF (both analog and digital voice), but has experience with HF and many of the digital modes used on HF.
Professional Background
Michael’s professional background includes software development, tech support, quality control, project management, and some retail sales. More recently Michael has been working with the MMDVM Project to further their work.
What's keeping me busy?
More recently, Michael has become interested in projects like M17 and Meshtastic. You will frequently hear Michael on the PAPA System using analog, DMR, or P25.
Michael's info and social footprint:
Michael R. Rickey [AF6FB]
Amateur Extra
26840 Patterson Street
Perris, CA 92570
(949) 298-0529 | Voice / Text
Michael.Rickey@Gmail.com | Email Address
https://mrickey.com | URL
Websites:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelaf6fb/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roger.michael.rickey
- Mastodon: @michaelaf6fb@mastodon.radio
- Matrix: @michaelaf6fb:matrix.org