1. May 2018 Meeting

2. Agenda Introductions with a twist Old Business New Business
Tour DE Cure Aug 8, 2018
BCRO Logo
Arkansas QSO Party 9am to 9pm May 13th
New Business
Awards
Field Day June 23-24, 2018
SDR Transceiver on the cheap

3. BCRO Official Logo Proposal
Gregg KF5ZIM has submitted this great looking logo for our official club logo.

4. Arkansas QSO Party This Saturday 9 AM to 9 PM Local Time
Sponsored by ArkanHams
Fun contest
Good practice for Field Day

5. Field Day June 23-24 What is Field Day?
It is a picnic
A Campout
Practice for emergencies
An informal contest. Hi, Hi
What type of FD are we going to have?
Hard core contesting?
Test our emergency skills?
Fellowship?
Fun day on the radio?
All the above.

6. Where is Field Day?

7. Setup Setup Saturday Morning 9ish
Call sign we will be using is WX5BC for our contact
We will be X Alpha
As in the past we will use N3FJP Field day logging software
Open Discussion

8. SDR Transceiver on the Cheap
SDR Transceiver Issues
SDR Radio go from $1100 and up
Many while technically SDR are still stand alone transceivers.
Most have closed software, if the company goes under then you won’t get any upgrades

9. SDR Receivers
SDRPlay RSP1A/RSP2 are really good receivers. My RSP2 has better ears than my Flex 3000.
Even RTL with a “Ham It Up” up converter can provide some features.
Many others are out there.

10. Solution Share you traditional radio with your SDR.
WARNING – Antenna Switches are not Transmitter Switches. It will fry your SDR Receiver.
Transmitter switch MFJ-1708SDR for example.

11. Solution OmniRig to keep your radios in sync
SDRUno supports OmniRig as does many software packages.
However N3FJP software currently doesn’t support OmniRig
HRCP and HamBus is currently being developed by OmniRig author Alex VE3NEA and some guy known as WA1GON which address some issues.

12. Conclusion Hybrid solution is very affordable
Low cost SDR Receivers have good ears for the cost.