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Meeting Minutes October 28, 2022

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Meeting Minutes from October 28, 2022

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Meeting Minutes October 14 2022

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Minutes from the General Meeting on Friday, October 14, 2022

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Meeting Minutes September 23 2022

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Meeting minutes from September 23, 2022

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Meeting Minutes September 9 2022

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Minutes from RVARC meetings September 9, 2022

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NanoVNA as an Antenna Analyzer

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Presentation by William N4ZSG at the RVARC meeting 2/25/2022 Nano VNA Basics  

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FYI – Alessandro Volta

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On This Day: March 17

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It was on 17th March 1834 that Gottlieb Daimler was born. He was an engineer and inventor. Quote: A good scientist

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Learning and Improving Morse Code

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Ever wondered about learning morse code? Tried and struggled with it? Got the basics, but lack the confidence to go

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On This Day: Feb 5

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On 5th February in 1924 that the hourly time signals from Royal Greenwich Observatory were broadcast for the first time.

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On This Day: Jan31

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It was on this day in 1958 that the first American man made satellite was launched into orbit around the

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Mailing Address
ROANOKE VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
PO Box 2002
Roanoke, VA 24009
USA

Meetings are held at:
Roanoke Valley American Red Cross
352 Church Avenue, SW
Roanoke, VA 24016

We meet on the 2nd & 4th Friday of the month at 7 p.m. Except for June and November when we only meet on the 2nd Friday. We DO NOT meet any Friday in December.

NET

We have a weekly social net on Wednesday at 7 p.m. or 1900 hours local on the W4CA repeater. The repeater is located on 146.985 (-) pl 107.2.

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