08 Aug AUGUST 2024 CLUB MEETING – Second-Life LiFePO4 E-Bike Battery Pack Rebuild by AI6MS
Join us for the in-person August 2024 meeting of the Fayette County Amateur Radio Club on 8/29 @ 7pm. All are welcome.
This month’s speakers will be Marcel Stieber, AI6MS – Second-Life LiFePO4 E-Bike Battery Pack Rebuild. Marcel’s biography:
I am an Electrical Engineering alumnus of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and also serve on the Cal Poly Electrical Engineering Industry Advisory Board. I was former President and am current Industry Advisor to the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (www.W6BHZ.org). I am regularly volunteering to help at local repeater workdays as an RF technician and tower climber. I also enjoy helping with community events and providing communications for bike rides and triathlons. I also volunteer as a Technical Advisor for several event management companies and local repeater groups.
I am also an ARRL Life Member and in 2021 was appointed as an ARRL Technical Specialist. I am volunteer examiner with GLAARG, ARRL, W5YI, and Laurel VECs and have helped license over 2000 hams since 2009! In 2020, I got involved as a volunteer with the Fully-Remote Exam Administration working group to help develop testing methodologies and procedures for VE Teams and VECs looking to modernize their exams and support fully-remote testing using ExamTools and remote video conferencing programs.
I especially enjoy portable stations and events, APRS, ARDF, and out of the ordinary operating locations (like on a jetski or bicycle!). You will occasionally also find me operating HF portable. In 2013, I was appointed to the ARRL Committee on Youth by President Kay Craigie N3KN and was pleased to serve the Amateur Radio community in this position. I serve as the trustee and technical lead for the Cupertino ARES UHF repeater, W6TDM. This system was rebuilt with W6KWF in 2014. I am the Technical Deployment Manager for the Cupertino ARES ARKnet Project which is building up a high-speed wireless intranet for the emergency responders in Cupertino.
Meeting will be held at the Fayette County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 110 Volunteer Way, Fayetteville, GA. The EOC is co-located with the 911 center.
Online meeting access information via Zoom:
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