ASHLAND, MA PEBMIT NO.7 - Quarter Century Wireless Association

*HAfffiR r,ep*rt*
From left, Bill Horton, W4DDK; Jim Hill, W5A0E Seclfres; and Grover Gaskins
w4GZ0.
to sign on the the Convention oboord the cruise ship loter
this yeor in October. lts going to be o reol fun trip.
Ralfi Mott, N4RM
Chopter 91, Vic Clqrk (VA)
Stories ond photos from oll of our Chopter's octivities ore
found on our website: http:/ /www.qcwo-91 .org/ , on
eosyto-remember olios for thot website's reol lnternet
oddress or universol resource locotor (URL). Whot follows
ore iust brief sketches.
Jonuory: Feoiured speoker Bruce Corpenter, W3YW,
tolked on "Bonding ond Grounding for the Amoteur
Stotion." Bonding ensures thot metol things which should
remoin ot the some potentiol for sofety's soke do so under
oll conditions, while grounding provides on omple currentcorrying
poth from your bonded things to o grounding
electrode neorby thot hos been driven for into the ground.
A list of "best proctices" con be found in the story on our
website.
Februory: We ogoin toured the Rodio History Museum
in Bowie, Morylond. As our lost visit wos in 2002, this
time qround we sow some new exhibits, including o
recently-ocquired Collins I KW tronsmitter modified for
,l60 meter operotion. Docents Tony Young ond Michoel
Beoghen were our hosts.
The mqin port of the Museum is locoted in o house
built in ,l9,l6, while its collection of vintoge omoteur rodio
geor is now locoted in o cinder-block building neorby. You
con see some of whot we sow by going to
http ://web. me.com,/rrucker/cho pter9 1
-photos-2009/
ln the photo (token by Fronk Hoynes, W4NUA, using
his new comero) ore Phil Poullin, W4PXP; Steve Floyd,
W4YHD; Lydio ond Mike Huhn, K3IEZ; ond Dick Rucker,
KM4ML.
Phil Paullin, W4PXP; Steve Floyd, W4YHD; Lydia and Mike Huhn, K3TEZ; aml Dick
Bucker, KM4ML, at the Radio History Museum.
Jim Veatch, WMEUJ, & his TAK-40.
Morch: Jim Veoich, WA2EUJ, one of the two winners
of the ARRL's first HomeBrew Chollenge compeiition, wos
our feotured speoker. Jim told us obout the iterotive design
process he used to creote his "TAK-40," on innovotive,
microprocessor-controlled, QRP rig for CW ond SSB operotion
on 40 meters. As required by the lerms of ARRL's
chollenge, he built it for iust under $50 in reodily-ovoiloble
ports, plus o few items from his iunk box.
Since his orticle on how others cqn build their own
TAK-4Os wos published in the Moy 2008 issue of QSI o
lot of interest hos been generoted. There's o lorge group
now on Yohool dedicoted to building them. Go to:
http: / / gr oups.yo hoo. com/g rou p/ARRLH BC/
"HBCU is short for "HomeBrew Chollenge."
Thqt's Jim in the phoio holding the version of the TAK-
40 described in the Moy 2008 issue of aST. A loter version
is pictured on our website.
Dkk Rucker, KM4ML (SK)
QCWA Journal . Summer 2OO9 . w\\\ /,qcwa,org