Join us on the 10th of September for the regular monthly meeting of the Holland Amateur Radio Club!
The meeting will start at 6:30pm, with the location being the ChickOwa Club, 9279 Ottagan Road. We’ll have our regular business meeting, then a presentation. The subject and presenter will be announced soon!
As usual, Rich will have the coffee and cookies ready for us!! Join us for the fun!
EAT Meetings are the fourth Tuesday of each Month, at 6:30pm, at the GroundWorks space inside Holland District Library, 300S River Ave., in Holland MI.
Below are the topics of the video lectures by professor Richard Wolfson for September, October and November. After viewing the video lecture is a lab based on the lecture contents. The labs focus on providing hands on experience with components, breadboards, power supplies, DMMs, oscilloscopes, function generators and more. Often there is an amateur radio component to the labs.
Lecture topics.
September 24. Flip-Flop Circuits
By combining logic gates and positive feedback, obtain circuits with two stable states. These “flip-flop” circuits “remember” their current states until they are forced into the opposite state. Learn the inner workings of several types of flip-flops as they lay the foundations for memory circuits.
October 22. Shift and Divide-Your USB and Your Watch
Learn how electronic devices “talk” to each other by using flip-flops to send computer “words” one bit at a time, and observe how recipient devices reassemble incoming bits using serial-to-parallel conversions. See how Universal Serial Bus (USB) connections transmit communications between devices, and how the T flip-flop is utilized as a frequency divider in quartz watches.
November 26. Digital Memory
Examine the circuits that enable your devices to “remember” everything from contact information to your browsing history to the keystrokes you type on your computer. Compare random-access memory versus sequential memory as well as volatile and non-volatile memory.
Also keep an eye on the Herrick District Library website for upcoming events such as:
Wild Robot: Kids Learn to Solder – September 14, 1000am – 1200pm
Holland Repair Cafe – October 12, 1000am – 200pm Throw it away? No way!
Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi – November 23, 1000am – 1200pm
https://herrickdl.org
Join us on the 13th of August for the regular monthly meeting of the Holland Amateur Radio Club!
The meeting will start at 6:30pm, with the location being the ChickOwa Club, 9279 Ottagan Road. We’ll have our regular business meeting, then a presentation. The subject and presenter will be announced. We have presenters lined up for September, October, and November; I’d love to hear ideas and proposals for the other months!
As usual, Rich will have the coffee and cookies ready for us!! Join us for the fun!
Join us on the 9th of July for the regular monthly meeting of the Holland Amateur Radio Club!
The meeting will start at 6:30pm, with the location being the ChickOwa Club, 9279 Ottagan Road. We’ll have aour regular business meeting, with a bit of extra action — we’ve a nomination for Secretary, a job Rich WA8MTI has been covering in addition to his Treasurer duties. It is important to attend on Tuesday, though — we cannot elect the Secretary unless a quorum of members are present, so please come if you are able, for that reason alone!
We’ll have wrap-ups of the Field Day events, presented by Doug Papay, with a predicted score, and he will be talking about our participation in the AMSAT Field Day as well.
Also scheduled is a presentation. The subject and presenter will be announced. We have presenters lined up for September and October; I’d love to hear ideas and proposals for the other months!
As usual, Rich will have the coffee and cookies ready for us!! Join us for the fun!
Join us on the 11th of June for the regular monthly meeting of the Holland Amateur Radio Club!
The meeting will start at 6:00pm, with the location being the Herrick Library North Branch, 155 Riley Street. We will be discussing Field Day, and our Chair, Doug Papay, will be giving us the rundown!!
Also scheduled is a presentation by Eric Lynema about his tower installation experiences.
As usual, Rich will have the coffee going! Join us for the fun!
HARC Education and Training meeting, 6:30 PM Tuesday May 28th at the Herrick District Library – Groundworks Area, 300 S River Ave, Holland, MI 49423.
Groundworks is located on the west side of the Main Library’s first floor.
This month the topic is More Fun with Op-Amps
“Explore peak detectors that “remember” the maximum voltage reached, as well as Schmitt triggers whose output retain their value until the input changes sufficiently to “trigger” a change in the output. Use these concepts to design a practical circuit: an alarm to warn if your freezer’s temperature has been above freezing.” Understanding Modern Electronics
For those not familiar with the “Understanding Modern Electronics” course it is a series of video lectures presented by Professor Richard Wolfson of Middlebury College. The course consists of 24 lectures that provide a conceptual explanation of the principles of how electrical circuits work and are used to control everyday devices in our modern world. Components and topics that are covered include transformers, transistors, resistors, capacitors, diodes, semiconductors, Ohm’s Law, and analog and digital levels.
The Herrick District Library is asking that individuals register for this event. Event registration can be found at
https://herrickdl.bibliocommons.com/events/65bbd2f7f797a6fee5737b85
HARC education and training sessions are open to the public and you do not need to be a HARC member or have an amateur radio license to attend. If you have questions about amateur radio equipment, operating practices, licensing, test and measurement, or anything remotely related to amateur radio, this is the place to be.
“Ham in a Day” will be held on Saturday, August 10, 2024. This is an opportunity for anyone wishing to get their amateur radio technician license to study and take the exam all in one afternoon. Directed study begins at 1:00PM and continues till 6:00PM, when the test will be given.
The testing location is the Chick-Owa Sportsman’s Club located at 9279 E. Ottogan St., Holland, MI 49423. Again, the “Ham in a Day” study hall begins at 1:00 PM, and the test session begins at 6:00 PM.
For registration and more information, go to: http://tinyurl.com/holo-hiad-ve. Cost for the Ham in a Day study session is $15. After you pass your Technician exam, the results will be sent to the FCC, who will in turn send you an email with instructions on how to pay their $35 application fee to receive your license. (The FCC charges $35 only for new licenses, renewals, and vanity call requests – not upgrades. The Holland Amateur Radio Club does not charge for any paperwork whatsoever.)
Note: This is a federal exam and the FCC requires you to have a Federal Registration Number (FRN.) You can obtain your FRN before the test by going to this website: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do . The FCC FRN process is simple and quite fast.
In addition to the Ham in a Day students, anyone can arrive at 6:00 and take the technician, general, or extra class exam. Please see the post below for additional testing requirements.
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On Saturday, November 9, the Holland Amateur Radio Club will be holding licensing exams for anyone wishing to obtain or upgrade their amateur radio license. The testing session will begin at 6:00 p.m. The Holland ARC has no charge for any testing; however, the FCC does charge a $35 application fee for new licenses. Upon passing your Technician exam, the FCC will email you instructions for payment. (This $35 fee also applies to license renewals and vanity call requests, but not upgrades.) No Morse code is required for any grade license.
The testing location is the Chick-Owa Sportman’s Club, located at 9279 E. Ottogan St., Holland, MI 49423. Again, the test session begins at 6:00 p.m.
For registration and more information, please go: http://tinyurl.com/holo-hiad-ve
What to bring with you: If available, bring a legal photo ID such as a driver’s license or passport. If no legal photo ID is available, bring 2 pieces of legal ID. Anyone 18 years old or younger must have a parent or legal guardian present for the entire testing session. IMPORTANT… If you currently hold a ham radio license, bring the license and a copy of the license to the test session. (Copy will be sent in with the testing results.)
Note: This is a federal exam and the FCC requires you to have a Federal Registration Number (FRN.) You can obtain your FRN before the test by going to this website: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do. The FCC FRN process is simple and quite fast.
For further information on license testing, please email Bob Broene, K8RJB, at k8rjb[dot]ham[at]gmail.com.
