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 One of a two-part talk and was well received by those attending the December meeting.  Larry returned with Part Two at the March 14th 2025 meeting.

NanoVNA topics he covered included 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.

Both of Larry’s presentations are available under the “Presentations” tab on this website.

Weekly Online Amateur Radio Operating Classes - A free, weekly, 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 3 and run every Thursday through June 19 at 6:30 PM Eastern time (4:30 PM MDT).  The presenters will be experienced folks in the various subjects.

A detailed syllabus will be published before the classes begin.  Attend them all, or any that you like, but you must register for the classes.  To receive registration information, contact Rol Anders, K3RA, at roland.anders@comcast.net. To see the 19 subjects, Click Here.  Our thanks to Alec Fordyce KI5EFG for alerting us to these classes.

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.

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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