October 2024 Membership Meeting

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Topic: Stealth Operation from Hotel Rooms and Other Unlikely Locations

​Ross Ballantyne VK1UN will talk about operating during his travels including inside various hotels and some other unlikely places. He had planned to present this material at the May 2024 Four Days in May Symposium but ran into some travel issues preventing him from making the appearance. He will be adding some recent material regarding some new innovations on tuners. He will talk about all operations and the various equipment and gear that are necessary. He will provide a systematized approach to the optimization of QRP AND very portable operations.

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Presenter Bio:

Ross Ballantyne - VK1UN/VK8UN/EX0AA/6O0O/G6BTE

 

Ross was first licensed in Australia 1978 with the callsign VK3YKX. He has studied medicine, languages, linguistics, computer science and international Law. 

 

He has had multiple interesting career paths, including Civil Service in Australia and as a Customs Officer. He started United Nations postings in 1992 to Cambodia, South Africa, Bosnia, Iraq, Western Sahara, East Timor, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan along with duties in many neighboring countries.

 

Ross got hooked on WSPR in March 2008 and has since operated in many countries while performing his work. He is primarily based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with a ring of 5000m mountains around.  

 

Ross has also held some other call signs including T61AA, 4W6UN, custodian of 4U1ET, CN2UN, S07UN, 9A9UN, T9/9A9UN, C91UN, XU0UN and reciprocal permits for VR2 (HKG) in Denmark.

 

His favorite call is for his Somali/Puntland lifetime license: Six Oscar Zero Oscar 6O0O

 

He has done a lot of traveling to some great locations around the world.

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MONTHLY MEETING LOCATION:

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NEW LOCATION: Building A, Room 207

Pima Community College, NW Campus

7600 N Shannon Rd.

Click HERE for Map and Directions.

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Don't miss the Monthly Raffle at the meeting !

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An electronic process has been created to allow you to purchase your raffle tickets on-line, and a separate "randomization program" will select a winner.

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For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE.

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