Meeting Presentations

This can be perhaps the most valuable aspect of club membership. Miss a meeting? Didn’t quite get what was said?  No problem – it’s recorded and made available right here on the web!

If you were a presenter and would like to have your presentation posted here, please contact Bryan (AFØW) at af0w@w0eno.org or any LARC board member.

2024 December – No meeting (Christmas party)

2024 November – David Vest (K8DV) – DXCC (DX Century Club)

2024 October – Carl Luetzelschwab (K9LA) – Sunspot Cycle and Propagation

2024 September – Colin Dielmann, St. Vrain Valley Innovation Center Flight Instructor – Aviation Program

2024 August – No meeting (Movie in the Park)

2024 July – Chuck Poch (KØITP) – Past, Present, and Future LARC Events and Board Activities (no video)

2024 June – No meeting (Field Day)

2024 May – No meeting (cancelled)

2024 April – Alex Reitzig – St. Vrain School District’s Innovation Center

2024 March – Desiree Baccus (N3DEZ) – RMHAM (Rocky Mountian Ham Radio (not a Club))

2024 February – Chuck Poch (KØITP) – LARC CLub and Taking Radio Equipment on the Road / GoBoxes

2024 January – Chuck Poch (KØITP) – Before You Become a Silent Key…. Helping your Family, Friends and Estate Planners with Your Amateur Radio Equipment


2023 December – No meeting (Christmas party)

2023 November – Roundtable Discussion (no video)

2023 October – Jim Otis (KJ7QFK) – Communications During the Apollo 11 Mission

2023 September – Craig Caudill, Director, Nature Reliance School (https://naturereliance.org/) and member of the National Disaster Resilience Council’s Personal Resiliency for Business Continuity – How to Maintain “Business as Usual” (Even When the World is Crumbling Around You)

2023 August – No meeting (cancelled)

2023 July – Paul Simmonds, VK5PAS – QSL Cards (video)

2023 June – Field Day (video)

2023 May – Carl Leutzelschwab, K9LA – What Makes Ionospheric Propagation Work (video)

2023 April – Mark Wohlschlegel, WC3W – DX Marathon (video)

2023 February – Anthony Luscre, K8ZT – Technicians (and Others) – Life Beyond Repeaters (video)

2023 January – Ralph Bilal, WDØEJA – Isotron Antennas (video)

2022 October – Raman Sinha, KVØN – Incident Command System for Events (video)

2022 September – Peter Parker, VK3YE – Hand-Carried QRP Antennas (video)

2022 August – Scott Allen, WØSJE – Indian Peaks Radio Club – Nederland (video)

2022 July – Dick Paige, KEØVT, and Bob Smith, NØZFB – LARC Field Day (video)

2022 June – No meeting – Field Day

2022 May – Desiree M. Baccus, KM6CTR – NOTA – NASA on the Air – Website (video)

2022 Apr – Dick Davies, W7ZCO, Frank Skinner, KØJQZ, Air Force MARS – Military Auxiliary Radio System (video)

2022 Mar – Jack Roland, KEØVH, SkyHub Link System – Website (video)

2022 Feb – Allen Bishop, WB0MH, BCARES – BCARES Website (video)

2022 Jan – Mike Hickerson, WBØMH, Quirks of Call Signs – AE7Q Website (video)

2021 Dec – (Christmas Party)

2021 Nov – Clint Bradford, K6LCS, ARISS and Working Satellites with an HT – Clint’s Website (video)

2021 Oct – Jim Andrews, KH6HTV, Amateur TV (ATV) –  Jim’s Website (video)

2021 Sep – Ned Stearns, AA7A, Journey to the Edge 2016 – South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands DXPedition (video)

2021  Aug – Jeremiah Bagula, NØKMO, Parks on the Air and APRS (video)

2021  Jul – Chriss Hammerschmidt, KFØEFV, Radio Propagation and Modeling (video)

2021  Jun – Joe Carcia, N1JQ, W1AW Memorial Station (video)

2021  May – Ward Silver, NØAX, Grounding and Bonding (presentation) (video)

2021  Apr – Tom Medlin, W5KUB, Pico Balloons (video)

2021  Mar – Bob Heil, K9EID, Biography and Ham Audio (video)

2021  Feb – Jason Oleham, KM4ACK, Author of Build-A-Pie (video)

2021  Jan – Ed Fong, WB6IQN, J-Pole Antennas (video)

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2020  Dec – Christmas Social Get-Together

2020  Nov – Nick Meacher, AAØNM, Family Emergency Plan (video)

2020  Oct – Bob Witte, KØNR, author of VHF, Summits, and More: Having Fun with Ham Radio (video)

2020  Sep – Presentation about the ARRL by Jeff Ryan KØRM Rocky Mountain Division  ARRL Director (video)

2020  Aug – Presentation by Amanda Alden K1DDN describing her involvement with HAMNATION (video)

2020  July – General Roundtable Discussions (video)

2020 June – Jeff Ryan – The History of Amateur Radio (video)

2020 May – Don Lewis (KEØEE) Operating FT-8 (video)

2020 Apr – Chuck (KØITP)  ‘What is a Ham Shack?’ (video)

Chuck’s Powerpoint

Kat and Bryan’s HamShack Presentation

2020 Mar – Meeting cancelled due to Coronavirus

2020 Feb – Cameron Gordon, WØCAM, First HF Contacts and Dipole Trimming 

2020 Jan – SkyWarn presentation by a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Boulder

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2019 Nov – Chuck Poch, KØITP, and Bryan Gonderinger, AFØW, “Satellite Communications on the Cheap”

Also see file called Pre-Meeting_Demo_Slideshow” for additional satellite-related pictures.

2019 Oct – James Cizek and Wayne Hall, Summits on the Air  (SOTA)

2019 Jul – Ron, K2RAS, demonstrated peer-to-peer packet messaging between Go-Boxes using both VHF and HF along with a review of the LARC emergency exercise program.

2019 Jul – Jerry, NØOUW, presented a ‘Tour’ of the club’s website

2019 Jun    Review of Exercise #1 and a look forward to the next Exercise. 

2019 May – Ron, K2RAS, VHF Packet Presentation  

2019 Apr – Ron, K2RAS, Emergency Exercise and Packet Communications using WinLink

2019 Mar – Gary, ADØWU, ACRS Presentation

2019 Feb – Ron, K2RAS, Mag Loop Build Project and  GOBOX and Emergency Exercise Program

2019 Jan – Ron Collins, KEØMJW, CERT Presentation

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2018 Sep – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, LARCbbs Overview

2018 Aug – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Magnetic Loop Construction Project

2018 Jul – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, SharkRF OpenSpot

2018 Apr – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Disconnecting from the Grid

2018 Mar – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Loop Antenna/SDR Presentation

2018 Feb – Frank Harris, KØØIYE, presentation on interesting radio-building activities

2018 Jan – Bob Steenburgh of the Space Weather Prediction Center

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2017 Nov – Presentation by EOSS (Edge of Space Science) club

2017 Oct – HT Antenna Workshop – FT-8  Video – WSJT-X Software    (YouTube link by K1JT) (Video no longer available)

2017 Sep – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, LIVE night of HF activity using a Flex 6500 SDR

2017 Aug – Jack Bottorf, KCØJAX, APRS

2017 Jul – Jeremiah Bagula, NØKMO, Mesh Networking and the CARBBN system in Colorado

2017 Jun – Ray Rayburn, N1IUU, Emergency Preparedness

2017 May – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, DMR – How-to

2017 Apr – Joey Stanford, NVØN, RMHAM – DMR Network

2017 Mar – Toshen Golias, KEØFHS, D-Star

2017 Mar – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, LARC Repeater Update

2017 Feb – James Cizek, KIØKN, Repeater 101

2017 Jan – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Packet Communications

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2016 Oct – Bryan Gonderinger, AFØW, Chirp Software 

2016 Oct – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Multimode Digital Radios (packet.pdf not found)

2016 Feb – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Fun with Digital Modes

2016 Jan – Not a presentation, by WØGMO provided us a link to the 2002 DXepedition to the South Sandwich Islands 

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2015 Nov – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, Operating off Grid / Lightning Protection

2015 Sep – Ron Schwartz, K2RAS, HF Operating

2015 July – Jim Andrews and Don Nelson, ‘Digital’ Amateur Television

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2014 July – James Cizek, Care and Feeding of Lead Acid Batteries

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2013 Apr – Jack Ciaccia (WMØG) – HF / DX Operating Procedures

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2012 May – Sebastian, NSØW, CW Proficiency

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2009 Feb – Leonard Leeper, Kit Building

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2008 May – Sebastian, NS0W, IRLP

2008 Feb – Jeremy, WG9T, RF Impedance & Smith Charts

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2007 Jun – Jeremy, WG9T, Icom IC-7000 Tutorial adapted from Icom manual.

2007 Jan – Ed, KIØRU, Amateur Rockets and Radio

Unknown – VLA Presentation by Dr Z – check out this powerpoint presentation