The following is a list of presentations that have been given at RARS general membership meetings over the years.
Links are provided to the presentation materials that the presenters have given us permission to post.
Please note that not every meeting included a presentation—some had an event, like awards, elections, or show & tell,
instead—and not every presentation had slides.
Please also note that updating this page with prior years' presentations is an ongoing effort.
2023
RARS Repeater Update, presented by Chuck de Court W3WZN
and Danny Hampton K4ITL, April 11, 2023
A Radio Astronomer's View of Propagation, presented by Dr. Kerry Kingham
WA4BQM, January 10, 2023
(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)
3D Printing, presented by Paul Holzworth
KD4BFN, January 11, 2022
(PDF)
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
Awards, RARS Birthday Party, and RARSfest Update, March 8, 2022
Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), presented by Josh Landewee
KF0JIL, Bridgecom Sales Representative, April 12, 2022
AUXCOMM, presented by Virginia Enzor NC4VA, May 10, 2022
Field Day, presented by Curt Phillips W4CP June 14, 2022
Mid-Air Refueling Mission & Communication Methods Used, presented by Joe Owen
K4HEW, July 12, 2022
(EXciter)
Small Resonant HF Loop Antennas, presented by Richard Quick
W4RQ, August 9, 2022
(PDF)
Things Hams Were Taught That Are Not True, presented by Chuck Till
K4RGN, September 13, 2022
Esperanto and Amateur Radio, presented by Murray Merner
K4MHM, October 11, 2022
RARS Officers Elections and Show and Tell by RARS Members, November 15, 2022
Parks on the Air Explanation, presented by Ben Davis
KN4RFT, December 13, 2022
(PDF)
2021
Currently Available Handheld Transceivers, presented by Steve Molo
KI4KWR, January 12, 2021
Homebrew Building a Transistor Single-Conversion Superheterodyne Receiver, presented by Alan Victor
W4AMV, February 9, 2021
Bletchley Park, UK—History of the WWII Allied Code Breaking Centre, presented by Ray Burlingame-Goff
G4FON (SK), March 9, 2021
ARRL Update, presented by Marvin Hoffman
WA4NC, ARRL NC Section Manager, April 13, 2021
N1MM Field Day Logging Program (Contest Logging Program), presented by Tom Lewis
N4TL, May 11, 2021
Field Day, presented by Curt Phillips W4CP, June 8, 2021
Intro to HF Propagation, presented by Carl Luetzelschwab
K9LA, July 13, 2021
(PDF)
New RF Safety Rules, presented by Chuck Till
K4RGN, August 10, 2021
(PPTX)
Wind Turbines, Solar Power & Traditional Ways of Generating Electricity, presented by Brian Henderson
VE6ZS, September 14, 2021
NCPACKET,
presented by Tadd Torborg
KA2DEW, October 12, 2021
Show and Tell by RARS Members, November 9, 2021
Meteor Scatter, presented by Zach Thompson
KM4BLG, December 14, 2021
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
