FARS Banquet 2023

FARS Banquet - April 28, 2023 [2022] [2023] [2024]

The FARS Banquet is Friday evening, April 28, 2023. The Foothills Amateur Radio Society (FARS) presents this ham radio event and fete. This annual event is open to anyone who wants to attend, but reservations are required.

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Early Spark Gap Transmitters
Prof. Thomas Lee
April 28, 2023 @ 6:00PM-10:00PM

[Program description to be provided]

Speaker Bio

Tom Lee paid his way through MIT by working at places like Frank Kent's TV and Radio Service and Hughes Aircraft. His 1989 doctoral thesis at MIT described the world's first CMOS radio. He has been at Stanford University since 1994, helped design PLLs for several microprocessors from DEC and AMD, and has founded or co-founded several companies.

He is an IEEE and Packard Foundation Fellow, and is also the 2011 recipient of the Ho-Am Prize in Engineering (informally known as "The Korean Nobel"). He is a past Director of DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office, and owns between 100 and 200 oscilloscopes, thousands of vacuum tubes and kilograms of obsolete semiconductors. No one, including himself, quite knows why.

Raffle prizes for the Banquet

We have over a dozen prizes for the banquet raffle. Here is the of prizes to be raffled at the banquet:

Xiegu G90 HF Transceiver 20 watt HF all mode transceiver (1.8-30MHz) – full color screen with spectrum analyzer. Built in antenna tuner and detachable display. EHAM review 4.7/5

uSDX+ QRP HF transceiver - Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder and full DSP

Radioddity QB25 Mobile 4-bands; 25/10 watts; 200 memories; 0.25 uV sensitivity; covers: 2m/136-174MHz, 210-230 MHz, 70cm/400-520 MHz; speaker-mic with key pad entry; CTSS and DCS coding. USB programming cable and software. Includes triband mobile antenna.

ATS-20 All Mode AM/FM/SSB/CW 100KHz-30 MHz; FM Stereo Receiver

Motorola GP68 HT UHF 430-470 MHz transceiver; complete with charger, antenna, new battery, manual; 16 Channel UHF – pre-programmed to local UHF HAM repeaters, Mil Spec 810 – has firmware modifications for direct keypad frequency entry

Nano Tiny SA Spectrum Analyzer - full color touch screen Frequency 0.1-906 MHz. Bandpass filters for 2.6KHz – 640KHz. Built in calibrated Signal generator from 0.1-350 MHz; sine wave output; 240-960MHz square wave output. Complete with cables, telescopic antenna, and LiOn battery

NanoVNA SAA-V2 3 GHz network analyzer with LiOn battery, cables, open, short and 50 ohm reference.

TBJ-1 Triband Base Antenna Covers: 2 meters, 1.25 meters, and 70 cm. Featured in 2017 March QST; designed and built by Ed Fong

Baofeng UV5R HT Dual band handie talkie. Drop in LiOn smart charge, 1800 mAH LiOn, battery, belt clip, antenna. Frequency coverage: 65-108 MHz – FM broadcast – receive only; 136-174 MHZ – VHF – TX/RX; 420-520 - MHz - TX/RX. Full CTSS and DCS coding

Ham Stick mobile antennas - 75 meters, 40 meters, and 20 meters

CFX 324 Triplexer for transmitting/receiving all 3 bands: 144, 220 and 440 MHz simultaneously

COB LED lantern must see to believe. This is the latest in LED technology. COB – Chip On Board LED gives almost twice as much light as a conventional LED. You see these advertised by Atomic Beam on TV.

Voyager - 12 inch nylon utility bag A great durable bag for your tools or use as a go kit. Made of military grade nylon. Will last a lifetime. Fully water proof with compartment both on the inside as well as outside for pens, screw drivers, tools.

Daiwa CS-201A Coax Switch 600 MHz, 1 KW coax switch – 0.12 dB insertion loss

Digital Multimeter Great for all around use. Remember when these use to cost $100’s. Now you can leave a spare in car. 3½ digits; Tests beta on transistor; Includes 24 inch 18 gauge test leads; 600 MHz, 1 KW coax switch – 0.12 dB insertion loss

2Ah LiOn USB Backup pack Great to have, USB charging with solar backup. Has a built in LED Flashlight. Complete with USB charging cable and compass.

Silicone Rescue Tape

Banquet Photos

Photos from the 2019 FARS Winter Banquet:

Photos courtesy Bob Bynum

Sign-in Table

Raffle Prizes Table

Attendees Front

Photos courtesy Rodney Yee

Raffle Sales

Our Speaker

Attendees Back

Scholarship Winner

Prize Winner ICOM 7100

Prize Winner HP PC

Prize Winner HDTV

Prize Winner QB25

Prize Winner GP5/SSB

Prize Winner BaoFeng HT

Prize Winner Triplexor

Prize Winner HT Antenna

Prize Winner LED Flashlight

Prize Winner Multimeter

Prize Winner Fong Antenna

All sign-ups should be received by 6:00 PM on April 21^st. Mailed sign-ups should be posted by April 18^th to be received on time.

All late sign-ups (those received after 6:00 PM Friday, April 21^st) are handled on a best effort basis (that is we must confirm with the restaurant if they have room for additions and your meal choice may be modified). Be sure we have your current email address and phone number so we may contact you. The on-line sign-up is recommended after April 18^th.

Paper Sign-up - You may print this flyer, (which includes a sign-up form) fill it out and mail along with your check for payment. We should receive your sign-up by 6:00 PM Friday, April 21^st. Last minute sign-ups should use the on-line form. See above for late sign-ups.

On-line Sign-up - You must logon to this web site to sign up and use PayPal to make your payment.

Banquet attendees are encouraged to wear their club badges to show their club pride. We have stick on name tags for those who don't have or forget to wear their club badge.

Schedule

Schedule:	6:00PM - Arrival and Mixing 7:00PM - Dinner 7:30PM - Introductions 7:45PM - Presentation 8:45PM - Announcements, Awards, etc. 9:00PM - Raffle

Choice	Menu Description	Price
Beef	Roast Prime Rib of Beef	54
Fish	Broiled Salmon w/ dill sauce	41
Chicken	Breast of Chicken Jerusalem	41
Veg	Pasta Primavera	41

Location

The banquet is held at:

The Blue Pheasant
22100 Stevens Creek Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-255-3300

Refund Policy

Cash or Check Payments

Full refunds will be made for cancellations received by 6:00 PM on Friday, April 21^th, 2023. Refunds are paid by check. Allow up to 30 days to receive your refund.

PayPal Payments

Full refunds will be given for cancellations received by 6:00 PM on Friday, April 21^th, 2023. However, if the cancellation is more than one hundred and fifty (150) days after payment was made, the refund may be reduced to cover processing expenses. Refunds are paid via PayPal. Allow 15 days to receive your refund.

Last updated March 12, 2023