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SUMMARY:Tech Event - Wire Antenna Build
DESCRIPTION:Wire Antenna Build\n\nSave money and build your own dipole antenna\nOctober 25\, 2025\n9am – 12pm (doors open at 8:30am)\nWhat You Will Learn:\n\nReceive a complete kit with everything needed (provide your own feed-line with PL259 on both ends)\nLearn dipole antenna principles for building a wire antenna\nBuild a wire antenna from step-by-step instructions\, tools provided\nTrim the antenna to tune it for resonance at your desired frequency band\, antenna analyzer provided\nBreakdown antenna component functions and choices\nReceive guided instruction from experienced ham antenna builders\n\nEvent Led by:\nLee Dziekan – N8LJ\nLarry Navarre – N8LJN\nand other local hams\n\nIn-Person Explanations\nQuestions Answered\nMentoring by Club Members\nFriendly and Supportive\n\nWire antennas are the mainstay of amateur radio. Long before commercial antennas were common\, wire antennas were the primary way hams got on the air. Wire antennas are very inexpensive and in this session you will learn the options\, see the parts\, and construct a wire antenna. The frequency band is your choice.
URL:https://www.w8lap.com/event/tech-event-antenna-build/
LOCATION:Lapeer County Amateur Radio Association\, 1778 Imlay City Road\, Lapeer\, MI\, 48446\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tech Event - General Exam Q&A
DESCRIPTION:General Exam Q&A\n\nStruggling with the General Class exam?\nMay 31\, 2025\n9am – 11am (doors open at 8:30am)\nWhat You Will Learn:\n\nYou will learn whatever you want!   That is on the General Class exam\, of course.\nGive us your troubling exam questions\, and we will explain the answers.\nThis is not a crash course on passing the exam\, but instead is an opportunity to gain an understanding of the principles covered in the exam\, and why they are important to you\nThe General Class license enables you to:\n\nGet on HF bands to communicate worldwide\nLearn to speak with confidence on HF frequencies\nUnderstand HF operating conventions and FCC rules\nUnderstand electronics used in radios and modes\nAn introduction to digital modes\nMore antenna principles to build or buy HF antennas\nKnow ionospheric propagation for bands and antennas\nFurther understand electricity for safety at high power\n\n\n\nEvent Led by:  Lee Dziekan – N8LJ\nAnd other local hams\n\nIn-Person Explanations\nQuestions Answered\nMentoring by Club Members\nFriendly and Supportive\n\nBEFORE THE EVENT \nGive us the question numbers you struggle with for us to answer.\nPost your questions to the LCARA Slack channel – #ask-generalclass-questions\nor email to larry@navarreinc.com\nor text to 810-338-4419
URL:https://www.w8lap.com/event/generalprep2025/
LOCATION:Lapeer County Amateur Radio Association\, 1778 Imlay City Road\, Lapeer\, MI\, 48446\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tech Event - Mobile Radio Vehicle Installation
DESCRIPTION:Mobile Radio Vehicle Installation\n\nHit the Road with Your Radio\n\n\nPower Wire Gauge and Terminations\nSizing Your Wiring for Safe Operation\nRouting of Power Wires and Coaxial Feedlines. Avoiding interference. How to Get Through the Firewall.\nFusing and Grounding. One or Two Fuses? Where to ground?\nAntenna Type and Mounting Location. Magnetic-mount or through-hole or lip-mount?\nCrimping Tools and Wire Terminations\nLocation of Your Transceiver and Remote-Control Head Unit\nSystem installation diagrams\, pictures\, and vehicles in the parking lot to see\n\nEvent Led by:  Paul Zuhlke – AB8XL\nAnd other local hams\n\nIn-Person Explanations\nQuestions Answered\nPractice Activities\nMentoring by Club Members\nReference Materials Provided\nFriendly and Supportive\nYouth Welcome\n\nPower Wire Cabling Issues?\nBring your wire\, fuse blocks\, and terminations to get help.\nWe can assist with use of our crimping tools for PowerPoles and common automotive connections.
URL:https://www.w8lap.com/event/tech-event-mobile-radio-vehicle-installation/
LOCATION:Lapeer County Amateur Radio Association\, 1778 Imlay City Road\, Lapeer\, MI\, 48446\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240323T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240323T120000
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SUMMARY:Tech Event - Amateur Radio Antennas
DESCRIPTION:Amateur Radio Antennas\nThe Most Important Item In Your Station\, but the Least Understood\n\nPurpose and Goal of Your Antenna\nPropagation\nAntenna terms\, types\, characteristics\, polarization\, patterns\nImpedance\nFeed lines and connectors\nEfficiency (Gain)\nSafety\nDemonstration example antennas\nPro’s\, Con’s\, and Ham Lore\n\nEvent Led by:  Lee Dziekan – N8LJ\nAnd other local hams\n\nIn-Person Explanations\nQuestions Answered\nPractice Activities\nMentoring by Club Members\nReference Materials Provided\nFriendly and Supportive\nYouth Welcome
URL:https://www.w8lap.com/event/2024-03/
LOCATION:Lapeer County Amateur Radio Association\, 1778 Imlay City Road\, Lapeer\, MI\, 48446\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tech Event - FLDIGI
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URL:https://www.w8lap.com/event/2024-02/
LOCATION:Lapeer County Amateur Radio Association\, 1778 Imlay City Road\, Lapeer\, MI\, 48446\, United States
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