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The 285 TechConnect Radio Club meets on the 1st Saturday of most months at 10AM (coffee, donuts and socialization starting at 9:30). We kick off with a short business meeting at 10:00 followed by a one hour (ish) technical session. Exceptions are in July due to Field Day and the Independence Day holiday and December when we have a club holiday luncheon.

Our regular meetings are held at The Bridge Church at Bear Creek. The church has a very nice meeting room, with ample parking, and is conveniently located near Hwy. 285 and Kipling St. The address is 3101 S. Kipling St., in Lakewood.

Occasionally, due to conflicts, we need to move the meeting location. We will publish updates on the main page of this website as early as possible in the event the meeting has moved, and send an announcement to our mailing list. You can also tune in to the Tuesday night Technet for any club announcements.

Presentation materials for many of our older meetings dating as far back as 2007 are published in our Documents area.

2025 Schedule

  • January 4:
  • February 1: Remote station operations, including a club remote station demo/hands on clinic
  • March 1: Intro to DIY/kit/homebrew projects, presented by Larry Weinstein K0NA, Dave Feldman WB0KAZ and Mark Ehr K0EHR. Topics includes historical circuit board construction techniques, board design and manufacturing, modern board construction and assembly techniques, and a hand soldering and reflow “board cooking” demo.
  • April 5: Digital radio that isn't WSJT-X. There are many, many ways to get involved in digital radio other than FT8/FT4 and derivatives. This includes Winlink (email), digital HF modes (RTTY, *PSK, Olivia, Packet, etc etc) plus DMR, System Fusion, D-Star, etc. This session will provide an overview of the bounty of available digital modes, demos of a few, and recommendations on how to get started.

* May 3: Club anniversary pizza party and show-and-tell / demo sessions

  • June 7: TBD (suggestions welcome)
  • Zoom link Meeting ID: 894 7027 5843 Passcode: 073515
  • July: No meeting
  • August 7: Club field trip (POTA)
  • September 6: TBD
  • October 4: TBD
  • November 8: TechFest (note: this is the second Saturday of November)
  • December 6: Club holiday luncheon (Rusty Bucket in Lakewood)

2024 Schedule

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