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Please welcome our new president, Brian Listvan, KJ5CNC. Let’s all join in to welcome Brian and support him in guiding the club in new directions.

The next club meeting will be on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 10 am.

Program: Presented by Gerry Jurrens, N2GJ.

An Update on the Joys of Low-Power Ham Radio operation – 5 watts or less!

• What is “QRP?”
• Based on my published article in “CQ” Magazine – February, 2020, pages 26, ff.
• My background with QRP
• How QRP works
• Why it works – proof of its efficacy
• The importance of a good antenna
• SOTA and POTA defined
• Appendices

Total of 81 slides (slides 32 to end are “appendices.” I can easily cover the first 31 slides in 45 minutes or so….I have printed it to PDF for upload to the club website. I will need a projector and a laptop with video output (mine does not have this). I will bring a USB stick with the file(s). 

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