New!!! DeepVNA Part II - At the December 2024 meeting of the Caravan Club, Larry Goga AE5CZ gave a presentation on the DeepVNA 101.  This is one of the many forms of the nanoVNA that are currently available in today’s marketplace.  The presentation was Part-1 of a two-part talk and was well received by those attending the December meeting.  Larry was asked if he would return, and present Part 2 of his talk and he agreed to do that at the March 2025 meeting.

NanoVNA topics to be covered at the March 14, 2025 Caravan Club meeting will include Calibration procedures and practices, S-parameters, Touchstone files, the very basics of the Smith Chart and an example usage of Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) as it applies to examining coaxial cable with a nanoVNA.  If you have any interest in learning about the nanoVNA, how it works and what you can do with one you should not miss this presentation.

We meet at the Heights Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 8600 Academy Rd NE (SE corner of Academy & Moon).  We start gathering about 6:30 PM, start the meeting at 7 and must be out of there by 8:30ish so the night watchman can lock up the church.  If you have never attended before, please park in the rear of the church, enter through the  single door back there, walk all the way down the hallway and you will hear us. We hope to see you there!

New Mexico QSO Party – The Caravan Club’s board of directors is already making plans for the 2025 New Mexico QSO Party. This will be held on Saturday, April 12th (8 AM to 8 PM MDT).  They announced that we will return to the picnic area on the west side of the Petroglyph National Monument again this year. This site is off Atrisco Vista Blvd roughly opposite the Double Eagle II Airport.

New !!! Radio Fun in the Park to Continue - Caravan Club president John Mocho KC5QOC, mentioned at our February meeting that Radio Fun in the Park for 2025 will begin in May on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays (9AM ~ 1 PM) again at Sister Cities Park. We will meet under the trees on the Harper St. (north) side of the park. This activity is expected to continue monthly through to about September or whenever the weather gets too cold.  We look forward to being “radio active” in this beautiful park throughout the summer.

New!!! Technician & General Licensing Classes – Larry Goga, AE5CZ, Lead Instructor for the Frank Warren Instructor Group is starting to put together some new classes (maybe more than one) for the Technician license to be held later this spring and a General class to be held in the Fall. For more information about either class, Click Here.

New!!! Winterfest 2025 An Outstanding Success !!! – The Amateur Radio Caravan Club sponsored its annual Winterfest on January 11, 2025 at the Olive Garden on San Mateo Blvd NE.  Our sincere THANK YOU to the Club’s Special Events Director John Gleason K5JVG for coordinating this fun activity.  He announced that 40 hams and spouses gathered to share delicious meals and awesome fellowship.

Getting Started in Ham Radio - A page has been added to the Become a Ham tab titled Getting Started in Ham Radio.  Thanks to Pete Stine for this write up to help those interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio Operator.

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