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AARC Meeting Notes Archive

After each Monthly Meeting, relevant slide-decks, handouts and other relevant files, once they’re available, are posted here for club member reference.

Note: The next meeting Topic and Speaker: https://austinhams.org/#NextMonthlyMeeting

2025 Monthly Meeting Notes Archive

October Topic: TBD	November Topic: TBD	December Topic: TBD
July Topic: TBD	August Topic: TBD	September Topic: TBD
April Topic: TBD	May Topic: TBD	June Topic: TBD
January Topic: Understanding and Using the GAMBIT Ionosonde Product Solar Weather Presentation: Understanding and Using the GAMBIT Ionosonde Product by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	February Topic: TBD Club Business Meeting Minutes	March Topic: Directional Antennas and HF Long-Range Propagation (Part 1) Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Directional Antennas and HF Long-Range Propagation

2024 Monthly Meeting Notes Archive

October Topic: Introduction to Army MARS Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Introduction to Army MARS by Rodney Warner, KF5DWX Meeting Minutes	November Topic: Deploying Travis Co ARES Emergency Communication Trailer Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Deploying TCARES EmComm Trailer by Glenn Meter, W5MTR Meeting Minutes	December Topic: TBD
July Topic: Field Day Results & Photos Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Field Day Results & Photos by Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW Meeting Minutes	August Topic: Lightning Mitigation for Amateur Radio Antennas Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Lightning Mitigation for Amateur Radio Antennas by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	September Topic: Amateur Radio Jumpkits Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Amateur Radio Jumpkits by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes
April Topic: TBD Club Business Solar Weather	May Topic: TBD	June Topic: Field Day 2024 Planning Club Business Solar Weather Presentation: Field Day 2024 by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Presentation: AARC Field Day 2024 VHF-UHF by Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW
January Topic: TBD	February Topic: TBD	March Topic: TBD

2023 Monthly Meeting Notes Archive

July	August Topic: 3D Printing for Hams Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation: 3D Printing for Hams by Tim Deagan, KJ8U Meeting Minutes	September Topic: Intro to Ham Radio Digital Modes Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation: Intro to Ham Radio Digital Modes by Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW Meeting Minutes
April	May Topic: HF Antenna Tuners Club Business Solar Weather by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	June Topic: Field Day 2023 at the Red Cross Club Business Solar Weather Field Day 2023 — High Frequency (HF) Antennas by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Field Day 2023 — UHF/VHF Antennas by Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW Field Day 2023 — Travis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (TCARES) Trailer by Robert "Rex" Schiller, K8REX Meeting Minutes

2022 Monthly Meeting Notes Archive

April	May	June Topic: Ham Radio at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High School Amateur Radio Club, K5LBJ Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation by Ronny Risinger, KC5EES, Trustee, K5LBJ, the LASA High School Amateur Radio Club Field Day 2022 — High Frequency (HF) Antennas by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Field Day 2022 — UHF/VHF Antennas by Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW Field Day 2022 — Travis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (TCARES) Trailer by Robert "Rex" Schiller, K8REX Meeting Minutes
January Topic: National Ham Organization (ARRL) Activities Update with Emphasis on Member Services Club Business Solar Weather National Ham Organization (ARRL) Activities Update with Emphasis on Member Services by John Stratton, N5AUS Meeting Minutes	February Topic: TBA Club Business Solar Weather Lew’s Amazing, All-Encompassing, In-Depth, Annual Solar Weather Briefing by Lew Thompson – W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	March

2021 Monthly Meeting Notes Archive

October Topic: Mobile Radio Installation and Mobile Antenna Performance Club Business Solar Weather Mobile Radio Installation and Mobile Antenna Performance by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	November Topic: AC emergency generators, portable, select circuit and whole house. The goal is to determine what works for each family based on fuel, generator type, size and cost Club Business Solar Weather AC emergency generators, portable, select circuit and whole house. by Kerby Sprueill, KG5DLD Meeting Minutes	December Topic: Field Expedient Antennas Club Business Solar Weather MARS Field Expedient Antennas by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes
September Topic: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) Antennas: Theory, Practice and Construction Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation: NVIS Antenna Theory and Practice and NVIS Antenna Design and Construction by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	August Topic: Use of The NanoVNA For Antenna Measurements Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation: (7 AUG 21: Based on good questions from the audience, I ran some accuracy comparisons to evaluate this NanoVNA again my Array Solutions AIM 4170C VNA. The AIM 4170C was evaluated by the ARRL Test lab and was considered to be of laboratory quality when compared with their Agilent 4291B. Therefore the NanoVNA is pretty darn accurate VNA as discussed in this revised version.) by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Meeting Minutes	July Topic: The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) & Amateur Radio — Supporting the Mission Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation by Lew Thompson, W5IFQ Special Field Day Presentation by Jeff Schmidt, N5MNW Meeting Minutes
June Topic: Grounding and Bonding Your Ham Shack Club Business Solar Weather Topic Presentation by Tim Duffy, K3LR, CEO of DX Engineering Meeting Minutes	May	April
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