Next Meeting – Saturday, March 15, 2025

Usual location – Glenwood Springs branch library, 815 Cooper Avenue 

Time: 9:30 a.m. first arrivals and setup, meeting starts at 10:00 a.m.

This meeting will be held in the upstairs classroom.  As always coffee and donuts will be provided, as well as the drawing for door prizes.  You are welcome to bring your show and tell items or for sale items.

1. Introductions.
2. Mike Ferguson KØMF will have a short topic to discuss.
3. Don Moore WØCTX will update us on progress of assembling simple receivers for 500 KHz to 30 MHz.  A parts kit will be ± $70, bring money if you want to participate.  See below for more details.
4. Bob Ludtke K9MWM will present the video postponed from last month featuring Bob Heil K9EID, SK about optimizing amateur radio audio.

From Don Moore WØCTX:

I’m ready for you to open registration for up to 8 participants.

I’d like to reserve 2 guaranteed registrations for Graham , Jeremy, and their sons.  I’ve spoken to Graham and he indicated he definitely wanted to do it. I have not spoken to Jeremy so I need to see if he is interested or not.

We will need a library room with a screen so I can put up pictures of assembly stages.

My plan is to provide the kits in stages. The first stage would be the modules to be attached to a wood bread board. The second session would involve wiring power and ground and some audio lines. The last session would be providing the pre-programmed PICO-2 micro controller that controls the DDS and the display.

This version will not have the DSP audio chip. It could be added later. I have the complete radio running without it and it has excellent reception on CW and single side band anywhere from 1.8 through 30 MHz.

Most of the building would be done between sessions and I would provide printed pictures of the board stages so they could duplicate..

Again this is a very good performing radio. Easy to use and very good to excellent sound for both a headset and small speaker.

Maybe we can meet or talk early next week so an email can get out. I’d like to have this wrapped up in early April.

Please advise any questions and how we need to proceed on this. I’ll wait to hear from you, but I will contact Jeremy find out his level of interest.

Above was dictated.😎

73, Don, WØCTX