Please support HacDC by becoming a member or donor or volunteer. Lot’s of exciting stuff planned for 2016.
Al Taylor is speaking January 13th @ HacDC 7:30 PM
Our speaker for the January 13 meeting is Al Taylor, KN3U. He is an electrical engineer who has been involved in emergency preparedness and disaster response at the local, state, and Federal level for over thirty years, initially as a volunteer communicator and later as a full-time employee of the US Public Health Service. He will be talking about opportunities for technically-minded individuals to use our skills to make a huge difference in the lives of others – and play with some cool stuff.
CQ World Wide Cw Dx Contest
HacDC is the place to be if you are an amateur radio operator or if you are interested in learning about amateur radio, antennas, radio propagation and Morse Code. The CQ World Wide CW DX Contest is the worlds largest radio event of the year. Our transmitting power is 100 watts. The contest starts Friday, November 27th at 7 pm and continues til Sunday, November 29th at 7 pm. We bounce radio signals around the world. Visit CQWW.com for details and contest rules.
RF Propagation Mapping presentation November 11th @ 7:30 pm
Mike Benonis, KI4RIX will be teaching us how to use RF Propagation Mapping software, which uses digital terrain information and a mathematical model to simulate radio transmissions between two fixed sites or between a fixed site and a mobile.
