Video from 2012 NEWS BBQ

Last saturday I attended the Northeast Weak Signal Group annual BBQ and Microwave MDS test session. It's a great time, we almost always have great weather and the location is perfect. Lots of goodies for sale, I picked up a number of Items.

Here is a quick video I took of the microwave setups that people brought to test. I almost got irradiated by some 24GHz signals :)

Edit:  I also did a similar video back in 2007, that video is a bit longer and shows more of the setup and operation of the MDS testing. That video can be found here:

Upcoming VHF/UHF/Microwave Events

Upcoming VHF/UHF/Microwave events:



7/21-22/2012:  CQ WW VHF Contest - I'll be operating from the home QTH in FN42la


8/4-5/2013: ARRL UHF Contest - I'll be up at K1WHS in Maine


8/18-19/2012:  ARRL 10GHz cumulative contest - first weekend

9/8-9/2012:  ARRL September VHF QSO Party - I'll be up at K1WHS in Maine


9/15-16-2012: ARRL 10GHz cumulative contest - second weekend

W1RJA EME event with Arecibo

The EME event at the Eastern VHF Conference was a big success! We participated in the Echoes of Apollo on the air event and successfully made contact with KP4AO at the Arecibo Observatory. I put together a 10 minute video that shows the station and our contact. I also has some comedic relief towards the end!

Arecibo Moon Bounce this weekend

This coming weekend (April 16-18th, 2010) is the Echos of Apollo EME event. A group of hams will be operating EME from the world famouse Arecebo observatory in Puerto Rico.

This weekend is also the Eastern VHF Conference hosted by the NEWS group. I will be in attendace at the conference doing some video taping.

A bonus for anyone attending the conference, Dave, K1WHS, has been hard at work building a 432MHz EME station that will be assembled Saturday morning. This station is complete with a 1500w amp and dual long-yagi's on an Az-el rotor. Should be a fun time for anyone in attendance, hopefully we'll have some video sometime next week.