World's First VHF Synthesized Handie Talkie

Ed Fong, WB6IQN

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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Ed Fong, WB6IQN, tells the story of the World’s first VHF frequency-synthesized handie talkie. The year was 1979. The radio was introduced as the Henry “Tempo S1.” However, it was really a re-branding of a design owned by AOR Inc. AOR was a design house with offices in Tustin, CA, and in Tokyo, Japan. The radio’s synthesizer locked from 140-160 MHz, state-of-the-art at the time. Equally challenging was designing the circuit to work at less than 10 mA current draw.

Ed brings a prototype serial # 0001 and demonstrates that it still works to original factory specifications. Ed tells the interesting story of the Tempo S1 and his work on the innovative PLL for this radio.

FARS Winter Banquet

A Milestone in Fusion Energy

Dr. Tammy Ma
Director for the Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

This meeting convened as an in person only meeting (NO Zoom Access) at the Blue Pheasant in Cupertino. Reservations required.

MiniDXpeditions to Monaco (French Riviera) and St. Barts (French Caribbean).

Jim Peterson, K6EI

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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There are many kinds of ham radio travel adventures where one may operate away from home, sometimes far away. POTA, SOTA, Field Day, and major DXpeditions are well known to hams. Jim Peterson, K6EI, talks about a different kind of ham radio travel adventure – a vacation to operate from a foreign country, called a “mini-DXpedition.”

Tonight he talks about two such adventures, operating from Monaco and St Barts Island. Jim’s adventure to Monaco was featured in QST, January 2026. Monaco, best known as a destination for either gambling at Casino de Monte Carlo or shooting film for movies, such as Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, or the James Bond films GoldenEye and Never Say Never Again, is a sovereign city-state or “microstate” in Western Europe.

Monaco is located on the French Riviera, not far from Italy, and is bordered by France to the north, east, and west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Monaco is just 10 miles west of the Liguria region of Italy. Jim talks about planning, equipment, set up and operating his private miniDXpedition in this beautiful setting.

St. Barts is a Carribean island and territory of France. It is a volcanic island encircled by shallow reefs, with a population of about 10 thousand. The island was a Swedish colony for nearly a century before French rule, and retains a trace of Swedish art and culture despite being French in language and cuisine. The island is a popular tourist destination during the winter holiday season, geared towards the high-end, luxury tourist market. The name St. Barts is due to Christopher Columbus, who named the island after his brother Bartholomew. Jim talks about travel to, and operating from, this island paradise.

Radio Direction Finding – History and Methods

Prof. Ben Friedlander, AD6JA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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Details to be provided.

To be Announced

Carol Milazzo, KP4MD

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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Details to be provided.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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This meeting is a week earlier than usual. It has been scheduled for the 3rd Friday instead of the usual 4th Friday of the month due to Amateur Radio Field Day. Be sure to put the correct date on the calendar.

To be Announced.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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To be Announced.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
This meeting is also available on-line via Zoom.

To be Announced.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
This meeting is also available on-line via Zoom.

To be Announced.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
This meeting is also available on-line via Zoom.

To be Announced.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
This meeting is also available on-line via Zoom.

This meeting is a week earlier than usual. It has been scheduled for the 3rd Friday instead of the usual 4th Friday of the month due to Thanksgiving. Be sure to put the correct date on the calendar.

To be Announced.

To be Announced

TBA, K6YA

This meeting is scheduled to convene in the Covington multipurpose room.
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This meeting is two weeks earlier than usual. It has been scheduled for the 2nd Friday instead A of the usual 4th Friday of the month due to Christmas. Be sure to put the correct date on the calendar.

To be Announced.