Desert RATS Document Library

Here you will find useful documents and presentations from our past meetings. Some will be downloadable and some will not – depending on permissions from the authors.

 

Interesting Articles

Two Interesting perspectives on ARES and the  Maui Fires:

 

Cable Loss Calculator (Excel File):

 

ARRL Safety booklet on RF fields and related safety issues. (Addresses new FCC regulations on RF measurement and reporting – see below):

 

FCC Report and Order governing RF power measurements and changes that affect Amateur Radio operating practices 2021-04-16:

 

“A Moxon Antenna for 220MHz”: By Glenn Morrison WB6RLC. Published in QST magazine March 2021.

 

“A DMR Primer, by Rick Lee, N6PSP”: A short introduction to the world of DMR Radio – with references.

 

Presentations from our Monthly Meetings

 

John Portune – “Designing Home Brew Yagis” March 2024

Slide Presentation given by John at our March 2024 meeting:

 

Scott Morse KC6SKM – “Message Passing Basics” February 2024

Slide Presentation (note this document contains all three of Scott’s presentation, including the PowerPoint):

 

Also, the ARRL NTS Manual Scott mentions in his presentation is available here.

 

Rob Sherwood NC0B – “Transceiver Performance and Selection of a New Radio” September 2023

Slide Presentation:

 

Antenna Noise Gain (2 documents):

 

 

HF Propagation – Presentation from Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA at the January 2023 Meeting:

 

Coaxial Cables and RF Connectors for Ham Radio – Presentation from Eric Dausman to the November 2021 Meeting:

 

Emcomm Presentation from Marty Wohl to the July 2020 Meeting:

 

Bioenno Battery Presentation 2021-01-20:

 

Desert RATS Club Documents

 

Constitution and Bylaws 2018-01-16: