{"id":4005,"date":"2018-07-17T11:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2018-07-17T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:29:13","slug":"signup-for-july-19-hands-on-radio-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=4005","title":{"rendered":"Signup for July 19 Hands-on Radio Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first Hands-on Radio Event will be\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_74584651\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday July 19th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at All Saints STEAM Academy,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/All+Saints+STEAM+Academy\/@41.525249,-71.2947227,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e5aecbf76c8323:0xdfd4c2e5a85424fc!8m2!3d41.525249!4d-71.292534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/All%2BSaints%2BSTEAM%2BAcademy\/@41.525249,-71.2947227,17z\/data%3D!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e5aecbf76c8323:0xdfd4c2e5a85424fc!8m2!3d41.525249!4d-71.292534&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1531927615060000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3wwJ3jJf8it8VyPzmk68Yb30aIA\">915 W Main Rd, Middletown, RI 02842<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Our topic for this meeting will be VHF radios, antennas, and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Wynn, AC1DW, will be our coordinator for the first event, and has asked that we list out a number of the items that we will be demonstrating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chuck N1CKT &#8211;\u00a0a field portable VHF go-kit that is used by\u00a0the Portsmouth Emergency Management Agency.\u00a0Several of his VHF radios including iCom V-80, iCom ID-51A+ [D-star], iCom IC-M92D [maritime], and a Kenwood TM281A with a Samlex power supply, LiFePo batteries, and several antennas.<\/li>\n<li>Mike AC1DV &#8211;\u00a0a very small mobile vhf unit that he uses on his sail boat. It can be mounted with hook&amp;loop (Velcro) to your dash.\u00a0No Drilling holes in your dash required.<\/li>\n<li>Willy W1LY &#8211;\u00a012 or 13 element VHF yagi for display (and sale).<\/li>\n<li>Ted W1GRI &#8211;\u00a0another go-kit (personal rig not EmCom)<\/li>\n<li>Bob WB4SON &#8211;\u00a0Kenwood DM710GS (which is essentially a dual band mobile radio &#8212; one side tuned to APRS).\u00a0 Will also bring DSTAR HT and TH-D72A (full duplex HT, which allows\u00a0talking AND listening at the same time).<\/li>\n<li>Mike K1NPT &#8211; demo of APRS for the event. (Automatic Packet Reporting System) It&#8217;s more than just GPS reporting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>We would appreciate it if you would register in advance so that we can have enough pizza and drink for those attending.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd9mSwh-8MwQBo_ytWBEDKeXM1rwpoqL7JZsqueqQwVEZJpdQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd9mSwh-8MwQBo_ytWBEDKeXM1rwpoqL7JZsqueqQwVEZJpdQ\/viewform?usp%3Dsf_link&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1531927615060000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHWTCzG6DGBlj4FllYMaRGUeV5CeA\">Please fill in the registration form here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first Hands-on Radio Event will be\u00a0Thursday July 19th from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM\u00a0at All Saints STEAM Academy,\u00a0\u00a0915 W Main Rd, Middletown, RI 02842.\u00a0\u00a0Our topic for this meeting will be VHF radios, antennas, and accessories. Paul Wynn, AC1DW, will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=4005\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-hands-on-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4006,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4005\/revisions\/4006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}