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!
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Date: Thursday - November 20th, 2025 Dinner and social hour starts at 6:00pm 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 |
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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 |
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