The following is a list of programs and presentations at the RARS general membership meetings over the years.
Links are provided to presentation materials that the presenters have given us permission to post.
You may also find some presentation materials in
past issues of the EXciter, which may or may not be linked below.
Please note that not every meeting included a presentation—some had an event, like awards, elections, or show & tell—and not every presentation had slides.
Please also note that updating this page with prior years' presentations is an ongoing effort.
2025
The Origins of PacketCluster, presented by Tom Lewis N4TL, May 13, 2025 (PDF)
Advanced Techniques for Contesting, presented by Nathan Moreschi N4YDU, April 8, 2025 (PDF)
RARSfest™ 2025, presented by Nancy Torborg KB2TNR, RARSfest Chair, March 11, 2025
(PDF)
The NC QSO Party, presented by Marty Young W4MY, NC QSO Party Chair, and The RARS Club Bonus Station, presented by Fin Gold NC4FG, RARS President, February 11, 2025
(PDF)
Turning an Android Phone into a 2M HT for $35, presented by Vance Vagell KV4P, January 14, 2025
2024
P25: The Digital Radio of Public Safety, presented by Jon Suen KG6K, December 10, 2024 (PDF)
All About Coax Connectors, presented Bill Weinel W4WHW, November 12, 2024 (PDF)
The Elements of Switch-Mode Power Supplies, presented by Richard Kroeger N1FUA, October 8, 2024 (PDF)
Making UHF Work for TV: Lessons Learned, presented by Mark Nelson AJ2X, September 10, 2024 (PDF)
New Tools: The NanoVNA and the Tiny SA, presented by Lee Johnson N4WYE, August 13, 2024 (PDF)
DX Expedition to the Indian Ocean, presented by Krish Kanakasapapathi W4VKU, July 9, 2024
RARS Field Day, presented by Field Day Co-Chairs Curt Phillips W4CP and David Burt W4OFO, June 11, 2024 (PDF)
NextGen TV, ATSC 3.0, presented by Ryan Gladson, Chief Engineer, CBS 17 Raleigh (WNCN), May 14, 2024 (PDF)
Principal Events 2023: Brief Presentations on the NC QSO Party, RARSfest and Field Day,
presented by Marty Young
W4MY,
Nancy Torborg
KB2TNR,
and
Curt Phillips
W4CP,
respectively,
February 14, 2023
(EXciter)
A Radio Astronomer's View of Propagation, presented by Dr. Kerry Kingham
WA4BQM, January 10, 2023
(PDF)
2022
Parks on the Air Explanation, presented by Ben Davis
KN4RFT, December 13, 2022
(PDF)
RARS Officers Elections and Show and Tell by RARS Members, November 15, 2022
Esperanto and Amateur Radio, presented by Murray Merner
K4MHM, October 11, 2022
Things Hams Were Taught That Are Not True, presented by Chuck Till
K4RGN, September 13, 2022
Small Resonant HF Loop Antennas, presented by Richard Quick
W4RQ, August 9, 2022
(PDF)
Mid-Air Refueling Mission & Communication Methods Used, presented by Joe Owen
K4HEW, July 12, 2022
(EXciter)
Field Day, presented by Curt Phillips W4CP June 14, 2022
AUXCOMM, presented by Virginia Enzor NC4VA, May 10, 2022
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), presented by Josh Landewee
KF0JIL, Bridgecom Sales Representative, April 12, 2022
Awards, RARS Birthday Party, and RARSfest Update, March 8, 2022
The SDR Transceiver Comes of Age – A Comparison: IC-7300 vs FTDX101D, plus Free Remote Station Operation,
presented by Gary Schwartz
K3OS of Hickory, NC, February 8, 2022
3D Printing, presented by Paul Holzworth
KD4BFN, January 11, 2022
(PDF)
2021
Meteor Scatter, presented by Zach Thompson
KM4BLG, December 14, 2021
Show and Tell by RARS Members, November 9, 2021
NCPACKET,
presented by Tadd Torborg
KA2DEW, October 12, 2021
Wind Turbines, Solar Power & Traditional Ways of Generating Electricity, presented by Brian Henderson
VE6ZS, September 14, 2021
New RF Safety Rules, presented by Chuck Till
K4RGN, August 10, 2021
(PPTX)
Intro to HF Propagation, presented by Carl Luetzelschwab
K9LA, July 13, 2021
(PDF)
Field Day, presented by Curt Phillips W4CP, June 8, 2021
N1MM Field Day Logging Program (Contest Logging Program), presented by Tom Lewis
N4TL, May 11, 2021
ARRL Update, presented by Marvin Hoffman
WA4NC, ARRL NC Section Manager, April 13, 2021
Bletchley Park, UK—History of the WWII Allied Code Breaking Centre, presented by Ray Burlingame-Goff
G4FON (SK), March 9, 2021
Homebrew Building a Transistor Single-Conversion Superheterodyne Receiver, presented by Alan Victor
W4AMV, February 9, 2021
Currently Available Handheld Transceivers, presented by Steve Molo
KI4KWR, January 12, 2021
2020
Heil Sound, presented by Bob Heil K9EID (SK), December 8, 2020
The IEEE MOVE Truck, presented by Jay Diepenbrock KM4EP, November 10, 2020
RARS Officers Nominations and Show and Tell via Zoom, presented by Election Committee & Club Members, October 13, 2020
Antenna Tuners, presented by Doug Hall K4DSP (SK), September 8, 2020 (PDF)
An Introduction to the NanoVNA, presented by Dan Marks KW4TI, August 11, 2020
Patrolling The Ether: The FCC's Radio Intelligence Division (RID) in WWII, presented by Brian Harrison KN4R, July 14, 2020
Field Day, presented by Bob Starkenburg W4TTX, June 9, 2020
Radio and the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, presented by Brian Harrison KN4R, May 12, 2020
A Tribute to the Golden Age of Radio: A RARS Variety Show, presented by Virginia Enzor NC4VA, April 14, 2020 (EXciter)
RARSfest Update, presented by Tara Goodwin W4TSW, March 10, 2020
DXpeditions in the Western and Eastern Caribbean with the Medical Amateur Radio Council, May & Oct 2019,
presented by Bob Conder
K4RLC, January 14, 2020
2019
RARS Pot Luck Holiday Party & Officers Induction, presented by the Election Committee, December 10, 2019
RARS Officers Election And Show And Tell, presented by the Election Committee & The Membership, November 12, 2019
RARS Officers Nominations, RARS Auction, presented by the Election Committee & Carl Davis W8WZ, October 8, 2019
Open Source Design Tools For Amateur Radio, Including KiCad, presented by Dan Marks KW4TI, September 10, 2019
What Makes FT8 Work?, presented by Chuck Till K4RGN, August 13, 2019
Portable Solar Power, presented by Ron Morin KD4LOE, July 9, 2019
Field Day, presented by Bob Starkenburg W4TTX, June 11, 2019
Amateur Radio Direction Finding, with a Demonstration on 2 And 80 Meters, presented by Ruth Bromer WB4QZG &
Joseph Huberman K5JGH, May 14, 2019
Restoration Of A Collins KWM-1 Transceiver, presented by John Green KX4P, April 9, 2019
Awards, RARS Birthday Party & RARSfest Update, presented by RARSfest Chair Tara Goodwin W4TSW, March 12, 2019
Using A Drone to Capture Video Images For UNC TV, presented by Bob Gunter, PBS VideoGrapher, February 12, 2019
The World Of High Power Medium Wave and Shortwave Broadcasting, presented by Lauren Libby W0LD, January 8, 2019
2018
RARS Pot Luck Holiday Party & RARS Officers Induction, presented by the Election Committee, December 11, 2018
RARS Officers Election & Show And Tell, presented by the Election Committee & The Membership, November 13, 2018
RARS Officers Nominations & RARS Auction, presented by the Election Committee & Carl Davis W8WZ, October 9, 2018
Satellite Communications, presented by Tucker McGuire W4FS, September 11, 2018
Linear Amplifiers, presented by Bob Naumann W5OV, August 14,2018
Civil Air Patrol, presented by Don Williams AB4IO, July 10, 2018
Field Day, presented by Bob Starkenburg W4TTX, June 12, 2018
Communications Nostalgia, presented by Tom McKee K4ZAD, May 8, 2018
Digital Mode Demo, Including FT8, presented by Louis Alexander K4BYN & Tom Lewis N4TL, April 10, 2018
Awards, RARS Birthday Party & RARSfest Update, presented by RARSfest Chair, Tara Goodwin W4TSW, March 13, 2018
Emergency Communications And Amateur Radio, presented by Karl Bowman W4CHX, February 13, 2018
RFI Tracking And Location, presented by Dave Wood W4EJ, January 9, 2018
2017
Writing For QST & Arduino CW Trainer, presented by Tom Lewis N4TL, January 10, 2017
Navassa Island Dxpedition 2015, presented by DVD, February 14, 2017
Awards, RARS Birthday Party &
RARSfest Update, presented by RARSfest Chair Ian Hewitt N0IAN, March 14, 2017
DXpedition To St. Paul Island
August 19 - 29, 2016, presented by Will Roberts AA4NC and Murray Adams WA4DAN, April 11, 2017
Skywarn Training, presented by Virginia Enzor NC4VA, May 9, 2017
Field Day, presented by Field Day Chair Marty W4MY, June 13, 2017
Recent Advances In Radio Frequency Imaging Research For Aviation Security, presented by Daniel Marks
KW4TI, July 11, 2017
Show And Tell, presented by The Membership, August 8, 2017
Bring'Em Back From The Dead—Old Radio Restoration, presented by Charles A. Davis Sr. WA3UTC, September 12, 2017
RARS Officers Nominations & RARS Auction, presented by the Election Committee & Charles A. Davis Sr.WA3UTC, October 10, 2017
RARS Officers Election And & Digital Mode WSPR, presented by the Election Committee & Tom McKee K4ZAD, November 14, 2017
Build A Multi-Band Off-Center Fed Attic Dipole, by Dan Marks
KW4TI, Novemer 7, 2017
(PDF)
RARS Pot Luck Holiday Party, presented by the Election Committee, December 12, 2017
2016
Putting Up a Tower and Antennas in 1980 (Some RARS History) & A Survey On Meeting Topics, presented by Frank C. Weiss KY4W, January 12, 2016
RARS Repeater Update & Selected Comments on the ARRL NC Section, presented by Karl Bowman W4CHX, and a presentation by Paula Lipford and Tim Vonstetten of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, February 9, 2016
Awards, RARS Birthday Party & RARSfest Update, presented by Ian Hewitt N0IAN, March 8, 2016
Operating in the Bahamas (C6A) for the ARRL DX SSB Contest 2015, presented by Rob Katz K4OV, April 12, 2016
Basic Antennas, presented by Bert Michaud N4CW, May 10, 2016
Field Day, presented by Dennis Keith NC4DK, June 14, 2016
Global Weather Models, presented by TC Moore , July 12, 2016
Antenna Modeling, presented by Fred Benson NC4FB, August 9, 2016
Modern Methods To Learn The Morse Code, presented by Dan Atchison N3ND, September 13, 2016
RARS Officers Nominations & RARS Auction, presented by the Election Committee & Rick Kelly-Crapse KB4TKQ, October 11, 2016
RARS Officers Election & Show And Tell, presented by the Election Committee & The Membership, November 8, 2016
RARS Pot Luck Holiday Party & RARS Officers Induction, presented by the Election Committee, December 13, 2016
2015
The January 13, 2015 meeting was cancelled due to weather and the presentation was moved to September 2015
How Antennas Radiate, presented by Daniel (Dan) Stancil WY3O, head of NCSU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, February 10, 2015
Awards, RARS Birthday Party & RARSfest Update, March 10, 2015
The Elecraft Kx3 Transceiver, presented by Bert Michaud N4CW, April 14, 2015
What Is Electromagnetic Compatibility and Why it is Important For Radio Operators, presented by Jay Diepenbrockc KM4EP, with input from Dr. Bruce Archambeault, May 12, 2015
Field Day, presented by Dennis Keith NC4DK, June 9, 2015
Raspberry Pi, presented by Tadd Torborg KA2DEW, July 14, 2015
The MS Bike Ride, presented by Paula Lipford, and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), presented by Mike Jackson from the Eaton Corporation, August 11, 2015
World Radiosport Team Championship, July 8-14, 2014, presented by Nate Moreschi N4YDU, President of the North Carolina Chapter of the Potomac Valley Radio Club, September 8, 2015
RARS Officers Nominations & RARS Auction, presented by the Election Committee & Rick Kelly-Crapse, KB4TKQ, October 13, 2015
RARS Officers Election & Show And Tell, presented by the Election Committee & The Membership, November 10, 2015
RARS Pot Luck Holiday Party & RARS Officers Induction, presented by the Election Committee, December 8, 2015
2014
Ham Radio Logging, Then And Now, presented by Tom Lewis N4TL, January 14, 2014
Analyzing The Spectrum Analyzer - Some Practical Ham Applications, presented by Doug Hall K4DSP, February 11, 2014
Awards, Birthday Party & RARSfest Update, presented by John Snellen AI4RT, March 11, 2014
Remotely Operating A HF Radio Station, presented by Jim Jordan K4QPL, April 8, 2014
VU7AG Lakshadweep Island 2013 Dxpedition, presented by Krish Kanakasapapathi W4VKU, May 13, 2014
Field Day, June 10, 2014
Wireless Research Center & Antenna Design, presented by Gerald Hayes KE4QBT, July 8, 2014
Email Without The Internet - Winlink 2000, presented by Frank Pleshe N3FRP, August 12, 2014
US Naval Radio Communications - The 1950's Internet, presented by Nick England K4NYW, September 9, 2014
RARS Officer Nominations & RARS Auction, presented by Rick Kelly-Crapse, KB4TKQ, October 14, 2014
Frequency Standards and Accurate Frequency Measurement, presented by Doug Hall K4DSP, and RARS Officer Elections, November 11, 2014
RARS Pot Luck Holiday Party & Collection for the Marines’ Toys For Tots Charity & RARS Officers Induction, December 9, 2014
2013
Christmas Party and Installation of Incoming Officers, December 3, 2013
VE Test Session, Board Elections, and
a presentation on FlexRadio by Tim Ellison W4TME, November 5, 2013
RARS Auction, presented by Rick Kelly-Crapse KB4TKQ, October 1, 2013
ARDF – Amateur Radio Direction Finding, presented by Joseph Huberman K5JGH, Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Emergency Communications, presented by Frank Pleshe N3FRP, Wake County AUXCOMM Coordinator Date, Tuesday, August 6, 2013
SKYWARN Spotter Training, presented by Virginia Enzor NC4VA, and
Nick Petro WX3H, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, July 2, 2013
Field Day 2013, presented by Bob Starkenburg W4TTX, June 4, 2013
The AAIM417C Antenna Analyzer, presented by Lou Alexandar K4BYN,
Hank Montgomery K4HM, and
Virginia Enzor NC4VA, May 7, 2013
Some Legal Aspects of Ham Public Service, presented by
John Snellen, Jr. AI4RT,
Dan Sears KD4AGQ,
Bill Cole KG4CXY,
and Tom Hansen, Esq.,
and the presentation of RARS Awards (EXciter), April 2, 2013
RARSfest Update, presented by John Snellen, Jr. AI4RT
and RARS Awards & Birthday Party, March 6, 2013
2012 Sable Island CY0 DXpedition, presented by Ron Oates AA4VK & Murray Adams WA4DAN, February 5, 2013
The Collins 51S-1 HF Communication Receiver, presented by Karl Bowman W4CHX, January 14, 2013
