ARLA/CLUSTER: Clube de radioamadores vai usar o Skype para palestra com Eric Swartz, co-fundador da Elecraft company

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Radio hams use Skype for club talk

The Fond du lac Amateur Radio Club will be using their Skype equipped
meeting room for a presentation by Eric Swartz, co-founder of the
Elecraft company

The meeting takes place on Monday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. at Moraine Park
Technical College in Fond du Lac. This meeting will be held in room
A112, which is the World Link room on the Fond du Lac Moraine Park
campus. The room is equipped with a very large projection screen which
will be used for a "Skype" contact to the headquarters for Elecraft in
Aptos, California, a company that produces high quality Ham Radios in
kit form delivered around the world. The guest speaker for the event
will be Eric Swartz, co-founder of the Elecraft company.

Why would someone want to build their own Ham radio? Some enjoy
building so much that they'll build a kit for others! Most would tell
you that hand-assembling a modern transceiver offers a much richer
experience than simply operating it. And when you're finished, you'll
have a radio that you can understand, repair, and even modify. But
these radio kits from Elecraft have performance and features you
simply won't find anywhere else.

New hams might be surprised to learn that just a few decades ago, most
operators built at least some of their own equipment. Hands-on was the
rule, not the exception. This aspect of the hobby has seen a
renaissance recently, thanks to the efforts of kit-oriented clubs and
small manufacturers. Elecraft was founded in the midst of this kit
revival.

Read the full story at
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/local/community/
2015/01/29/local-ham-radio-enthusiasts-will-examine-kit-built-ham-radio-live-via-skype/22566031/

Fond du lac Amateur Radio Club
http://www.fdlhams.org/