July monthly meeting

Tthis Thursday's PVARC monthly meeting at Hesse Park presents Bob Brehm, AK6R, of Palomar Engineers speaking on "The Secrets of End-Fed Wire Antennas." 

Our meeting starts as usual at 7:30 pm, preceded at 6:30 pm with our "What's Next?" group to provide guidance and answer any questions about amateur radio. 

The characteristics of these simple antennas will be discussed and how to effectively match their high-
impedances with your 50-ohm radio. Hams with antenna restrictions can throw a long-wire into a tree,
hang one from a 2nd floor, or use long-wire antennas while vacationing. But just a single wire is only half
an antenna—so some type of ground or counterpoise is also essential.

Bob has over 50 years of ham experience with interests in contesting, RTTY, amplitude modulation, vintage
radio restoration, boat anchors, linear amps and unique antennas. Bob is often asked to speak at
conventions and radio club meetings about RFI, antenna matching, using baluns/ununs, stealth antennas,
amplitude modulation, RTTY/digital modes, ESSB, ham radio on boats, and a variety of other subjects. He
holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from U.C. Berkeley. His firm Palomar Engineers sells a
wide variety of ferrite products for either changing impedances or stopping interference from all sorts of
electrical sources including solar power systems, “grow lights,” common transformers in homes, and
electric power line noise.

After Bob's presentation we'll show a short video about the 2018 ARRL Field Day at 18 sites in the ARRL Los Angeles Section--including some "off-the-beaten-path" locations.