Keith Snyder, KI6BDR, is a master power user of the FEKO numerical electromagnetics code for antenna modeling and analysis. He started using FEKO 23 years ago as user no. 8 in the U.S. and no. 1 at Northrop Grumman.

Keith is an expert at reverse engineering antennas using photos and AutoCAD to import complex models into FEKO.

Keith studied antennas under at The Ohio State University. He had the great fortune of having Professor John Kraus as his electromagnetics instructor. Keith’s aunt was Kraus’s secretary! Keith graduated from Ohio State in 1980 and picked up a Telecommunications Certificate from U.C. Berkeley.

Keith has considerable antenna design experience having worked on a wide variety of antenna applications including: AM antenna matching at Harris Broadcast in Quincy, Illinois; reflector antennas using the NECREF code at GTE in Needham, Massachusetts; patch antenna arrays at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado; radar antenna design at Aydin Radar in San Jose; broadband antennas at GTE in Mountain View; shaped reflector antennas at Space Systems Loral; Keith worked on modelling antennas on multiple aircraft for Northrop Grumman first in Sacramento, then San Jose and now in San Diego.

His current position is with Northrop Grumman Space Systems Division’s Dulles, Virginia, location. He is working on the Gateway project which is a space station that will circle the moon as part of Project Artemis.

In addition, he is working on a project to improve antenna links in the battlefield including drones and drone mitigation.

Finally, Keith has been preparing for retirement and has picked up hobbies. Mainly photography (SpaceX launches with a 500mm lens) and flying his DJI Mini 2 drone (in Hawaii and beyond).

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • DSO03D12 100 MHz dual trace scope with probes - features a built in DVM and signal generator
   • Radioddity QB25 Mobile Quad Band (144/220/440 MHz) 25W mini mobile transceiver w/ 50W antenna
   • Nano VNA H4 10 kHz to 5.4 GHz, HF, VHF, UHF, 4-inch touch screen, time domain reflectometer (TDR) function, includes cables and calibration kit. Measures S parameters, standing wave ratio, phase delay, Smith charts. Use to tune antennas, duplexers, filters, and more
   • uSDX+ QRP HF Transceiver Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder, full DSP noise reduction. Complete with 3000 MaH LiOn battery, AC adapter/charger, Speaker/microphone
   • MFJ-4230MV Compact 25A Switching Power Supply - adjustable 4-16V
   • Tiny Spectrum Analyzer Frequency 100KHz-350MHz, resolution 2.5KHz-640KHz. Bandpass filters for 2.6KHz-640KHz. Built in calibrated Signal generator from 100KHz-960MHz. Complete with cables, telescopic antenna, and LiOn battery
2. Choice of one of:
   • MFJ-264 1KW Dummy Load - good to 650 MHz
   • ATS-20 All Mode Receiver AM/FM/SSB/CW 100KHz-30 MHz - FM Stereo Receiver
   • BaoFeng UV-5R x2 Dual Band VHF/UHF HT, 136-174MHz VHF (5W TX), 420-520MHz (4W TX), FM Broadcast, 128 channel memory, 1.8-Ah Li-Ion battery, drop-in smart charger
3. Choice of one of:
   • Energizer AA lithium batteries 8 pack
   • Non-stick Silicone Rescue tape fuses to itself with no glue
   • Flashlight 800 lumens Mil spec - 800 lumen aircraft aluminum LED flashlight with 18650 3000mAh battery and AAA battery adapter

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K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

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K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

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K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

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* Indicates prizes awarded.

K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

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* Indicates prizes awarded.

K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

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Adrian Motamedi, K3ADM, graduated in the field of microwaves and high-frequency technology. After university, he started his professional career as a high-speed digital circuit design engineer at Siemens, later Infineon Technologies.

In 2007 he joined Juniper Networks, where he worked on system, chip, package and EMI designs. For Juniper's MX2020 flagship product for the Edge market, he developed the first backplane having 3000 links at 10- and 25-Gbps.

At Aruba networks and subsequent chip startup, his team developed a 3.2-Tbps switch chip for switches at commercial data centers. The startup was acquired Cavium Inc., and then by Marvell Semiconductors.

He then joined an automotive/clean energy company and worked on EV infrastructure in the US and abroad.

Adrian currently works for an AI startup. He has six patents in the field of high-speed design and simulation. He speaks at JEDEC & Design-Con conferences. He is a member of the IEEE and is a volunteer on the boards of directors of FARS and a physics non-profit. Adrian is an avid hobbyist who holds licenses for Amateur Radio, boating, and as a student Pilot. He enjoys hiking, flying small airplanes, following the stock market and financial statistical analytics and prediction algorithms and software.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • DSO03D12 100 MHz dual trace scope with probes - features a built in DVM and signal generator
   • Nano VNA H4 10 kHz to 5.4 GHz, HF, VHF, UHF, 4-inch touch screen, time domain reflectometer (TDR) function, includes cables and calibration kit. Measures S parameters, standing wave ratio, phase delay, Smith charts. Use to tune antennas, duplexers, filters, and more
   • Tiny Spectrum Analyzer Frequency 100KHz-350MHz, resolution 2.5KHz-640KHz. Bandpass filters for 2.6KHz-640KHz. Built in calibrated Signal generator from 100KHz-960MHz. Complete with cables, telescopic antenna, and LiOn battery
   • * Radioddity QB25 Mobile Quad Band (144/220/440 MHz) 25W mini mobile transceiver w/ 50W antenna
   • uSDX+ QRP HF Transceiver Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder, full DSP noise reduction. Complete with 3000 MaH LiOn battery, AC adapter/charger, Speaker/microphone
2. Choice of one of:
   • MFJ-264 1KW Dummy Load - good to 650 MHz
   • * BaoFeng UV-5R x3 Tri Band VHF/UHF HT, 136-174MHz VHF, 220-240MHz VHF, 420-520MHz, 1/4W TX
   • * Retekess portable radio Covers AM/FM/SW. Built in MP3 player/recorder. Great for emergencies, WWV monitoring. Built in LiOn battery
3. Choice of one of:
   • Flashlight 800 lumens Mil spec - 800 lumen aircraft aluminum LED flashlight with 18650 3000mAh battery and AAA battery adapter
   • Non-stick Silicone Rescue tape fuses to itself with no glue
   • * Workman KS-2 Mag Mount Mobile Radio Antenna w/ adapters for BNC, SMA female, and SMA male
   • S-Pixie 40M 180mW CW Tranceiver completed built and tested. Includes headphone, power connector for both 12v and 9v battery

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Clay Couger, N5YJZ, was first licensed in the early 1990's while a student at Oklahoma State University. Upon graduation, Clay got married and moved to the Bay Area where he worked as a program manager first for Cisco and later Ciena.

His interest in Amateur Radio rekindled in 2017. Upon retiring in 2023, he fell in love with Parks on the Air (POTA).

Scott Nacey, KK6IK is a long term Amateur Radio operator first licensed as WA1YOJ in the late 1970’s while in Junior High School. In college, Scott earned both engineering and business degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

Professionally, Scott spent decades in computer hardware and software engineering, management and global technology & business innovation.

Now retired, Scott has been rediscovering ham radio and the many amazing things that are happening with the hobby. Check out Scott’s QRZ.com page for some additional detail of his Amateur Radio journey and of the radio technologies and activities he has been rediscovering.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • * DSO03D12 100 MHz dual trace scope with probes - features a built in DVM and signal generator
   • Nano VNA H4 10 kHz to 5.4 GHz, HF, VHF, UHF, 4-inch touch screen, time domain reflectometer (TDR) function, includes cables and calibration kit. Measures S parameters, standing wave ratio, phase delay, Smith charts. Use to tune antennas, duplexers, filters, and more
   • uSDX+ QRP HF Transceiver Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder, full DSP noise reduction. Complete with 3000 MaH LiOn battery, AC adapter/charger, Speaker/microphone
   • MFJ-4230MV Compact 25A Switching Power Supply - adjustable 4-16V
2. Choice of one of:
   • BaoFeng UV-5R x3 Tri Band VHF/UHF HT, 136-174MHz VHF, 220-240MHz VHF, 420-520MHz, 1/4W TX
   • * RK-560 50MHz-2.4GHz frequency counter - CTSS/DCS decoder
   • Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD head phones with eggshell case; gen 2
   • MFJ-557 Code Practice Oscillator
3. Choice of one of:
   • Radio Shack RS-22-502A 12V 1.75A Unregulated Power Supply
   • Workman KS-2 Mag Mount Mobile Radio Antenna w/ adapters for BNC, SMA female, and SMA male
   • * Palomar CMNF-500-50 Common Mode Noise Filter - 1-60MHz - common mode choke
   • S-Pixie 40M 180mW CW Tranceiver completed built and tested. Includes headphone, power connector for both 12v and 9v battery

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John Portune, W6NBC, is a native of Los Angeles California. John received a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Oregon State University in 1960.

He was licensed Advanced WB6ZCT in 1965 and Extra in 1972. He holds UK Amateur license M0GCK and FCC GROL and General Radio Telegraph commercial licenses.

His career was as a television broadcast engineer and instructor, and included KNBC Los Angeles TV Channel 4 KNBC and Sony Broadcast San Francisco.

John has published over 35 articles in Amateur Radio magazines, notably QST and OTA.

Since retiring, he’s been active on HF, VHF, UHF-SSB, FM, digital modes and ham satellites. John is married to KF6OEB, has three children, and 12 grandchildren. His other interests include team railroading, pipe organ, and sushi enthusiast. John’s web site is https://w6nbc.com.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • DSO03D12 100 MHz dual trace scope with probes - features a built in DVM and signal generator
   • Nano VNA H4 10 kHz to 5.4 GHz, HF, VHF, UHF, 4-inch touch screen, time domain reflectometer (TDR) function, includes cables and calibration kit. Measures S parameters, standing wave ratio, phase delay, Smith charts. Use to tune antennas, duplexers, filters, and more
   • * uSDX+ QRP HF Transceiver Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder, full DSP noise reduction. Complete with 3000 MaH LiOn battery, AC adapter/charger, Speaker/microphone
   • MFJ-4230MV Compact 25A Switching Power Supply - adjustable 4-16V
2. Choice of one of:
   • BaoFeng UV-5R x3 Tri Band VHF/UHF HT, 136-174MHz VHF, 220-240MHz VHF, 420-520MHz, 1/4W TX
   • HP Chromebook - 14 inch w/ Touch Screen - 32GB SSD; 4GB RAM. Great camera for zoom calls
   • * CountyComm GP-5 SSB General Receiver LW/AM/FM/HF (2.5-30MHz), Full SDR w/ SiLabs 4743 chip, and nice stereo FM receiver
3. Choice of one of:
   • MFJ-557 Code Practice Oscillator
   • * Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD head phones with eggshell case; gen 2
   • * Radio Shack RS-22-502A 12V 1.75A Unregulated Power Supply
   • Workman KS-2 Mag Mount Mobile Radio Antenna w/ adapters for BNC, SMA female, and SMA male
   • S-Pixie 40M 180mW CW Tranceiver completed built and tested. Includes headphone, power connector for both 12v and 9v battery

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Kristen McIntyre, K6WX, has been interested in radio since she was five years old. As a youth, she built many radio kits including her favorite: a one-tube radio kit.

Kristen started in Amateur Radio by getting her Technician’s license in the late 1970s while an undergraduate student at MIT. She built a 2-meter repeater with an autopatch to use while on campus at MIT. Kristen now holds an Amateur Extra class license and also is licensed in Japan as JI1IZZ. She is active on 2 meters, 1.2 GHz, and HF. She built an Elecraft K2 while on vacation. Kristen likes to work HF mobile using the K2 and a hamstick. She also operates from her apartment using an Icom IC-7600 driving an Ameritron AL-811H power amplifier into a homebrew helical vertical dipole. She loves to chase DX using mostly CW, and works contests from time to time.

Kristen’s professional career has been diverse. In the early 1980s, she designed high-power linear amplifiers. She spent five years in Japan, architecting and designing precision analog test systems while learning the Japanese language and culture. Kristen returned to the U.S. and has worked at or consulted for Silicon Valley tech firms. At Adobe Systems, she architected PostScript Level 2 and its RTOS underpinnings as well as AppleTalk networking for PostScript printers. In the early 1990's, she became a consultant and later founded an Internet service provider and a network consulting firm. At Sun Microsystems Laboratories, she did research on the robustness and emergent properties of large distributed computer systems. She is currently a senior software engineer at Apple Computer, working on OS X and iOS.

Kristen holds a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was officer and president of the Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association (PAARA). She was ARRL Technical Coordinator for the East Bay Section, and in 2018 became ARRL Pacific Division Vice Director. Kristen is currently serving as ARRL Pacific Division Director and ARRL First Vice President.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • * DSO03D12 100 MHz dual trace scope with probes - features a built in DVM and signal generator
   • Nano VNA H4 10 kHz to 5.4 GHz, HF, VHF, UHF, 4-inch touch screen, time domain reflectometer (TDR) function, includes cables and calibration kit. Measures S parameters, standing wave ratio, phase delay, Smith charts. Use to tune antennas, duplexers, filters, and more
   • uSDX+ QRP HF Transceiver Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder, full DSP noise reduction. Complete with 3000 MaH LiOn battery, AC adapter/charger, Speaker/microphone
   • MFJ-4230MV Compact 25A Switching Power Supply - adjustable 4-16V
2. Choice of one of:
   • ATS-20 All Mode Receiver AM/FM/SSB/CW 100KHz-30 MHz - FM Stereo Receiver
   • * BaoFeng UV-5R x3 Tri Band VHF/UHF HT, 136-174MHz VHF, 220-240MHz VHF, 420-520MHz, 1/4W TX
   • HP Chromebook - 14 inch w/ Touch Screen - 32GB SSD; 4GB RAM. Great camera for zoom calls
   • * AL-207F 2m/709cm Antenna - Dual band base antenna - VHF/UHF; ½ wave at VHF, two 5/8 wave at UHF
3. Choice of one of:
   • MFJ-557 Code Practice Oscillator
   • Pittsburgh Digital Caliper 6 inch Digital Electronic Caliper, large 4-digit LCD display, accurage to 1/1000 inch
   • * Workman KS-2 Mag Mount Mobile Radio Antenna w/ adapters for BNC, SMA female, and SMA male
   • S-Pixie 40M 180mW CW Tranceiver completed built and tested. Includes headphone, power connector for both 12v and 9v battery

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Jeff Kabel got his Amateur Radio license when he was 14 while in middle school. He upgraded to Extra a few years later while in high school and went off to college to become an electrical engineer.

After taking a break from ham radio for a few years, he got back into the hobby after moving to California. Jeff is an avid SOTA activator. His activations can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/@hambitious. He enjoys home brewing, VHF+ contests, and CW contests.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • * DSO03D12 100 MHz dual trace scope with probes - features a built in DVM and signal generator
   • Nano VNA H4 10 kHz to 5.4 GHz, HF, VHF, UHF, 4-inch touch screen, time domain reflectometer (TDR) function, includes cables and calibration kit. Measures S parameters, standing wave ratio, phase delay, Smith charts. Use to tune antennas, duplexers, filters, and more
   • uSDX+ QRP HF Transceiver Covers 160-6 meters – SSB, CW, digital QRP transceiver. 5 watts CW – 10 watt SSB. Built in CW decoder, full DSP noise reduction. Complete with 3000 MaH LiOn battery, AC adapter/charger, Speaker/microphone
   • MFJ-4230MV Compact 25A Switching Power Supply - adjustable 4-16V
2. Choice of one of:
   • ATS-20 All Mode Receiver AM/FM/SSB/CW 100KHz-30 MHz - FM Stereo Receiver
   • BaoFeng UV-5R x2 Dual Band VHF/UHF HT, 136-174MHz VHF (5W TX), 420-520MHz (4W TX), FM Broadcast, 128 channel memory, 1.8-Ah Li-Ion battery, drop-in smart charger
   • * HP Chromebook - 14 inch w/ Touch Screen - 32GB SSD; 4GB RAM. Great camera for zoom calls
3. Choice of one of:
   • * MFJ-557 Code Practice Oscillator
   • * Pittsburgh Digital Caliper 6 inch Digital Electronic Caliper, large 4-digit LCD display, accurage to 1/1000 inch
   • * S-Pixie 40M 180mW CW Tranceiver completed built and tested. Includes headphone, power connector for both 12v and 9v battery
   • Non-stick Silicone Rescue tape fuses to itself with no glue

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* Indicates prizes awarded.