The report-back on the meeting is [here]. The first page of photos is [here].
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| Chris / ZS1CDG shows off his homebrew CW keyer |
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| The keyer / decoder in action |
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| Chris / ZS1CDG's 28 MHz mini beacon |
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| Chris's box of well-constructed projects |
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| John / ZS1AGH demo's a smartphone CW app |
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| The app by IZ2UUF teaches Morse Code by the Koch method |
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| Richard / ZS1RIC demo's a crank-up coaxial mast design, similar to that he built for the CTARC's main mast. |
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| ...and a fold-over mast that can be rotated from below. Note the thrust bearing on the platform to protect the rotator. |
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| Hans-Jurgen / ZS1HJH demo's a very nifty Software Defined Radio unit. |
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| Here Hans-Jurgen runs the SDR via a tablet PC 10 kHz to 2 GHz coverage... |
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| Noel / ZS1FW shows his Code Practise Oscillator |
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| Hylton / ZR1HPC ran the raffle for antenna funds |
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| Paulo was invited to randomly select the winning ticket, which was won by Tony / ZS1TK, who generously donated his winnings back to the CTARC. |
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| Afterwards discussion and debate was the order of the day |
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| Left to right: Gerald / ZS1GRM, Rob / ZS1SA, (unid), Danny / ZS1BL |
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| Ian / ZS1SX had a variety of goods for sale |
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| Widgets in boxes... |
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| There are still some swops left for sale at the CTARC. They will be up for swop again at our October meeting. |