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About the Club
The 285 TechConnect Radio Club - NAØTC was formed in 2006 by Steve - AIØW, Jim - KAØNZZ, and Nancy - KØNNC to provide a forum for technical discussions, presentations, and projects. We are an ARRL Affiliated Club.
We want to provide a wide-range of learning for people interested in the technical and operating areas of ham radio to increase knowledge and license levels and provide a forum for technical learning and sharing of information. Everyone is welcome!
TechFest
We are pleased to announce the 2024 Techfest is coming up November 2nd! We have 5 great presentations for your enjoyment and education. Please visit the TechFest page for details and updates.
TechNet
Please join us every Tuesday evening at 7PM on the CRA 145.145 repeater for the TechNet on-air discussion.
Mailing List
Notices go to our e-mail list. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please click here. This list is used for club announcements only.
Discussion List
We have a group discussion list at groups.io for club members. To join the group, and participate, the link is https://groups.io/g/na0tc. Once you've joined the group, you can use e-mail, an app, or your web browser to post new topics and replies. When you apply for membership in the group, please be sure to specify your first and last name and your call sign.
Ways to Support Us
Become a club member!
The 285 TechConnect Radio Club is registered with the King Soopers Community Rewards program. You will need to be a SooperCard participant to enroll in this program and choose our club as beneficiary. Search for the club name, or use our id number, KN433.
Member Interest Poll
We recently polled our active membership, to see what sort of topics and activities are of interest. Here are the results. Speaking of which…
Call For Speakers
The club is always looking for speakers for our meetings. If you would like to share your knowledge of amateur radio operation or a related technical topic, or know of someone who can speak at one of our meetings, please contact our speaker coordinator.
Club-sponsored remote station
The club is operating a remote station for club member use. As always, we welcome offers of assistance for this effort. Please see the Remote Club Station page for more information.
2024 Meeting Schedule
We usually have regular meetings on the 1st Saturday of each month at 10AM, except July and December. Please subscribe to our mailing list for announcements.
Our next regular meeting will be on November 2nd, 2024, at the The Bridge Church at Bear Creek, 3101 S Kipling St, in Lakewood. This is our annual TechFest event.
Directions
From US 285 and Kipling, go North on Kipling 1/2 mile, then turn right (East) on Dartmouth Ave. Take the next right onto Dartmouth Place – you'll see the church on your right. The immediate next right is Kipling St., and from there you can turn into the church parking lot. Please proceed to the West side of the building for parking. The meeting room entrance is on the West side of the building. Satellite view of the Bridge Church from Google Maps.
The meeting is on the 2nd floor - stairs are on the right as you walk into the building. An elevator is available.
We have coffee and doughnuts available prior to the meeting.
- January 6th:
- Elections – it's time to elect club officers
- Mark Ehr - KØEHR; Microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi for Amateur Radio. Slides: Microcontrollers and Amateur Radio
- February 3rd: Tony Montoya - KØMCW; FT8 and Radio Propagation - The Rabbit Hole. FT8 -- Down the Rabbit Hole
- March 2nd: Allen Bishop - KØARK; Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (BCARES) VOIP. Presentation (YouTube)
- April 6th: Jon Budoff - KFØABR and Art Bullock - NØAIU; Winlink Discussion with peer to peer demonstration.
- NA0TC Technical Presentation: Winlink (YouTube)
- May 4th: Club anniversary pizza party, Show'n'Tell, Open discussion – Bring your radio projects to share with the club!
- June 1st:
- Larry Weinstein - KØNA, HF Propagation. Basics of HF radio wave propagation using visual aids, NEC antenna modelling to illustrate angle of radiation vs height, and use of VOACAP to help identify the optimum time to work a station. Slides - HF Propagation
- July 6th: No meeting
- August 3rd: “Make & Take” Build Party
- Larry - KØNA will talk about attenuators and surface mount components, with a demonstration of using a CNC mill to cut traces.
- Corey - N5YCO will be doing a DIY 2M/70cm HT antenna
- Members will be able to build either of these projects at the meeting
- September 7th: Club field trip; Robert - NØCFM will conduct a fox hunt, at Bear Creek Greenbelt Park, 2900 S. Estes St. The park is on the East side of Estes St., S of Yale Ave, with parking available. Robert will hide 4 transmitters. The 1 Watt and 1/2 Watt will transmit a series of musical sounding tones followed by his call sign in Morse code (NØCFM). The other two will transmit his callsign continuously as Morse code.
- 146.445 MHz, 15 mW, 45 seconds on 10 seconds off
- 146.565 MHz, 15 mW, 45 seconds on 5 seconds off
- 146.400 MHz, 1/2W, 45 seconds on 3 seconds off
- 146.490 MHz, 1 Watt, 50 seconds on 50 seconds off
- October 5th: KCØRPS - Jim will talk about amateur radio uses for high altitude ballooning. Slides: Radio Operations for Balloons
- November 2nd: TechFest
- December 7th: Holiday Lunch at The Rusty Bucket, 11AM, 3355 S. Wadsworth Blvd.
- 2025 – January 4th:
- Elections
- Solar Cycle 2025 Update with Rob Steenburgh - ADØIU. Rob works at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder.
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