Unusual Antennas



What do a baseball backstop, common seawater and a bridge have in common?

That's the topic of the next meeting of the Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club. All those things can be used as antennas. No kidding. We will have video proof of the fact that they can communicate, in some cases, thousands of miles.

Also club member William Moos has built and will demonstrate an antenna built from two small plates of steel. It sits flat on the roof of a car, but can work the same as a mobile whip.

So it's the unusual, which is pretty usual at the next ham radio meeting on Saturday April 14th. It will also feature technical reports and great fellowship. It will be an interesting meeting and it is open to the public. It starts at 9 A.M. at the Mabank Café on Hwy 198 in Mabank.

The club meets the second Saturday of each month there. The meeting starts at 9 A.M., but many come early for the breakfast buffet. Anyone interested in technology is welcome.

The Cedar Creek ARC has over forty members from the tri-county area. It maintains a VHF and UHF repeater system that provide hand-held radio coverage to hams in the lake area, and mobile and base coverage throughout the three counties. CCARC participates in the National Weather Service SKYWARN program and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. The club also provides classes to those wishing to join the ranks of Amateur "ham" Radio. There no longer is a requirement or test for Morse code. For more information visit
www.k5ccl.org.