Our next quarterly meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 7 from 7 - 9 PM in Meeting Room B at 50 Skyline Drive in Worcester.

We are going to spend the first 20 - 30 minutes discussing some general news and business, and then move into the main activity. WECT Director Dirk Hart KB1HKN will be leading up a "Build Your Own Roll-up J-Pole Workshop". We will purchase the materials ahead of time for everyone, it will cost $15 per J-pole. Dirk will then lead up the activity and take us step by step through the construction, with everyone following along and building their own J-pole as we go.

A roll-up J-pole antenna is an excellant EmComm go-kit antenna. Since this J-pole is constructed primarily of 300 Ohm twinlead, it's very lightweight, easy to store and carry, easy to deploy, and gives significantly more gain than your standard HT antenna.

We need a count on the number of J-poles that we will be building. If you would like to build a J-pole in this workshop, please sign up for it using this form.

Please let us know by completing the website form no later than November 2 if you would like to build a J-pole during this meeting so that we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. We will try to have some extra on hand but we can't guarantee to have the materials for you unless you sign up by then.

Be aware that we will be providing an SMA antenna connector. If you require a different type, please bring your own adapters or a solder-on style connector that will mate with RG-58 coax.