19 Sep SEPT 2025 – Club Meeting on 9/25 – W4OGM Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur
Meeting Date Thursday 9/25/25 @ 7pm
Join us for the in-person meeting of the Fayette County Amateur Radio Club on Thursday 9/25/25 @ 7pm. All are welcome to attend.
The location and time are same as always:
Time: 7pm EDT
Location: Fayette County Emergency Operations Center at 110 Volunteer Way, Fayetteville, GA.
Topic: Test Equipment for the Radio Amateur
Presenter: Steve Yothment, W4OGM
Presenter Bio:
Steve graduated from Purdue University in 1975 with a BSEE
degree. He has worked at the following companies, mostly as an RF Engineer:
- Motorola, Two-Way Products Division
- Magnavox, Government Electronics Division
- Scientific Atlanta (Cable TV Products Engineer)
- Panasonic Automotive (Car Radio Design Engineer)
Steve became a ham in 1973 as WN9NWX and was active with the Purdue
University Amateur Radio Club (W9YB). He has also held call letters of
WB9NWX, WD9AVB, WD0HGB, and W4OGM. Steve is also the current FCARC Club Treasurer.
Presenter’s Notes:
Maybe the title is a bit facetious, because I don’t expect our members
to buy a lot of test equipment. The fact is that we don’t even need the
old-fashioned idea of a bench full of test equipment. There are much
less expensive options available today. Much of the equipment that we
already have can be used for testing our radios with good success. We
can also download free PC or cellphone software to provide many
functions, like an audio generator, audio analyzer, or oscilloscope.
And modern SDRs provide a frequency spectrum display and other features
that can substitute for a Spectrum Analyzer and Modulation Analyzer. I
plan to show how we can do measurements of radio performance with
inexpensive tools that we probably already have, using free software to
make it all happen.
I invite members to bring their 2-m HTs to the meeting and we can
measure FM modulation level with simple equipment that I will have at
the meeting.
Meeting Location
The meeting will be held at the Fayette County Emergency Operations Center at 110 Volunteer Way, Fayetteville, GA.
The club meeting will also be live streamed if you are not able to make it in person.
Zoom Meeting Details
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Meeting ID: 255 894 6756
Passcode: 654863
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Apologies in advance for the last minute change. Someone reminded me (thank you) that the FCARC typically meets for dinner in September at City Cafe and Bakery in order to take advantage of the festive Oktoberfest environment. This has been a fun time for everyone in the past and we would like to keep going again this year.
So, in keeping with tradition and to take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity, the location of the Eating Before the Meeting has changed to:
Location: City Cafe and Bakery, 215 Glynn St S, Fayetteville, GA 30214.
Time: The time is still the same at 5:00pm.