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At almost every monthly CVARC meeting, there is a presentation on a subject related to Amateur Radio. We have invited speakers from outside as well as from within the CVARC membership.

Below is a sampling of recent subjects.

APRS home-brew kit building on a budget
Ham Radio at 300 MPH - Streamliner Racing at Bonneville
Packet Radio
The Sun's Role in Amateur Communications
"Now as Then" - a look at military programs
Northrop B-2 Flying Wing Program
Field Day 2005 Operations Plan
Exact Time and Precise Time Measurment
Building a J-Pole Antenna - hands-on project
History and State of the Art in Communication Satellites
Mapping VHF/UHF Coverage Using Software
Architectures of Modern Synthesized Radio Transceivers
Hands-on Mobile/Handheld Tune-up Session
Batteries: Applications and Care of Different Battery Chemistries
Packet Radio and APRS
Ethernet
The ARRL and you - ARRL Southwest Division Director
Preparations for Field Day
Casual DXpeditioning
EchoLink
Ham Radio Outlet Equipment Demo Night
Technical Aspects of Motion Picture Sound Tracks
Internet Radio Link Project (IRLP)
Soldering Techniques, with practice session
Homebrewing
Radio Direction Finding
The History of Ham Radio
Emergency Preparedness
Ham Radio's role in the annual Rose Parade
Quantum Electrodynamics Devices for Digital Nanoelectronics
The Care, Feeding, and Use of an Oscilloscope

Note: The descriptions above are not the titles under which presentations were given. They have been edited for clarity. If you are interested in more details of past technical presentations, please check out the announcements in past newsletters.