I am pleased to announce that our Guest Speaker for the October Club meeting will be Barry Feierman, K3EUI, and he will be giving a talk entitled “Nano VNA for Rookies” and its applications to ham radio. Barry has given numerous talks on this great device, so I am sure that you won’t want to miss this presentation.
Below is Barry’s biography.
He was first licensed in 1958 (when he was 13 years old) as KN3EUI while living near Philadelphia. His first rig (in 1958) was a Gonset II “Communicator” 2m AM which put out 10 watts and had three xtals. DX for him was working NJ on 2m AM from West Philly.
He upgraded to Extra Class and loved CW at 25 wpm back when he was a teenager. He nearly killed himself once by touching some HV wires inside a Heathkit DX 100 HF transmitter, with which he worked DX on 15 meters AM back when solar cycle was TERRIFIC. For “prom night” in high school, he worked DX (with his date) on 20 m AM from a hilltop in Gladwyne PA at 2 am … the police stopped by, wondering what we were doing!!
Now, fifty years later, he is active in ARES/RACES in Chester County, PA and in regional radio clubs. He was the former Station Manager at W3EOC in the Chester County Gov’t bldg. He has been interested in sound card digital modes since the 1990’s. He is one of the three net control ops and net manager for the PA NBEMS PEMA net on 3583.0 kHz Sunday at 7:30 am. The net has grown to over 60 check-ins.
He began the MidAtlantic NBEMS net in 2023 which meets every Sunday at 10 AM (Eastern) on 7068 kHz with the mode THOR22. The net participants practice EMCOMM traffic over the region within a few hundred miles of Philly.
He also enjoys giving PowerPoint talks to clubs around the country via Zoom. Topics that interest him include antennas, antenna tuners, propagation, basic electronics, SDR’s, Nano VNA, and sound cards.
After the meeting, the recording and any shared content made available to BARS will be added to this post. The meeting will be in-person, at the Chelmsford Bible Church, 128 Gorham St, Chelmsford, MA, and online via Zoom.
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We look forward to “seeing” many of you there on Wednesday at 1900 local time.
