NCDXC meetings are generally held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Exceptions are April due to IDXC, July due to our Annual Picnic and December due to our Holiday Party.

Programs and related information are updated as soon as the board notifies the webmaster. Contact a board member if you want to be a presenter or with suggestions.

Visitors are ALWAYS welcome!

Next Meeting:

Date:  Thursday - November 20th, 2025

Dinner and social hour starts at 6:00pm
Meeting starts at 7:00pm until we are all partied out.

Program: Instant Tuning for a Manual Tuner

Speaker: Connie Stillinger, W6EFI

Description:A random wire with a small manual tuner can be an effective antenna setup for portable operations. Add a portable network analyzer or small VNA to your kit and tuning can be made more precise, but is still a matter of trial and error, albeit guided. In this presentation we describe a method for going straight to the optimum tuner settings, giving a previously-gathered one-time characterization of the tuner and a one-time sweep of the antenna. This method is an adaptation of Melville and Hamilton, “Silent Tuning: Matching a transmitter to an antenna without emitting a signal” (MILCOM 2021).

Dr. Stillinger was originally licensed in the 1970’s as WN2EFI – passed the 5 wpm code test – but it lapsed before even making it into the callbook. About two years ago she rediscovered ham radio as a great way to make friends, hike around parks, and have fun tinkering together. She enjoys operating all modes on HF ranging from CW through Hellschreiber to SSTV.

Location: Wagon Wheel BBQ -861 Leong Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043

See Email for Zoom Meeting Details

If you would like to be a speaker, please contact any of our current board members

Upcoming Meetings & Events:

 

December 6th - Holiday Party 10:30am-2:30pm - Michael's at Shoreline, Mountain View

January 15th - Paul Ewing, N6PSE - Dayton "How to" Guide

February 19th - Gary Johnson, NA6O - W6SRR Remote Site

March 19th - TBD

April 16th - TBD

May 21st - TBD

June 18th - TBD

NCDXC How to Guide

We have created a document for NCDXC members on how to do some basic things as it relates to the club and the website. You can view this document HERE.

Past Presentations

If you would like to see a past presentation you can find some them in the past presentations section of the website. It is password protected, so you have to be a member to view. We have also posted videos linked to our private YouTube Channel.

Please join our Facebook page as well as follow us on Twitter. Club donations are always welcome around the year if you would like to contribute you can do so at any time. You will be listed on out Donor Page.

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