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A paper on Digital Logic and Gates by George KE0QCC Practice With Two Input Digital Functions (260 KB)
Form to request club expense reimbursement PPRAA Voucher (12 KB)
Program a Channel into a Yaesu FT-70D Yaesu FT (36 KB)
BaoFeng Programming BaoFung (24 KB)
Program to extract files from Zip archives pkunzip (29 KB)
PPRAA Contest Award Rules PPRAAContestAwardRules.pdf (52.7 KB)
ARRL’s Public Service Communication Manual pscm.pdf (771 KB)
Weather Observers Handbook obsman.pdf (806 KB)
NTS Message form (requires Adobe Reader) ntsform1.pdf (7 KB)
NTS Traffic Log form (requires Adobe Reader) messagelog.pdf (6 KB)
Amateur Radio Frequency Propagation (PowerPoint presentation by Jerry VerDuft, ADØA) Amateur Radio Frequency Propagation.ppt (3.6 MB)
Technician License Training Slides (Note: these are based on a previous question pool) Tech1.ppt (288 KB)
Tech2.ppt (542 KB)
Tech3.ppt (1.0 MB)
Tech4.ppt (3.6 MB)
Tech5.ppt (1.5 MB)
Tech6.ppt (1.2 MB)
Tech7.ppt (185 KB)
Tech8.ppt (504 KB)
Tech9.ppt (1.7 MB)
Tech10.ppt (1.3 MB)
JOTA Presentation With embedded video (171 MB)
Without embedded video (1.4 MB)

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March (zip) (pdf)
April/May/June (zip) (pdf)
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Ø Beat 2022 January (zip) (pdf)
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June/July (zip) (pdf)
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Ø Beat 2019 January (zip) (pdf)
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Ø Beat 2018 January (zip) (pdf)
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Ø Beat 2017 January (zip) (pdf)
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Ø Beat 2016 January(1.5 MB)
February(1.2 MB)
March(1.6 MB)
No April
May(1.3 MB)
June(1.3 MB)
July(2.4 MB)
August/September(1.4 MB)
October(1.1 MB)
November(1.1 MB)
December(1.1 MB)
Ø Beat 2015 January(1.4 MB)
February(1.0 MB)
March(984 KB)
April(1.4 MB)
May(1.4 MB)
June(1.3 MB)
July(1.9 MB)
August(1.2 MB)
September(1.1 MB)
October(1.1 MB)
November(1.5 MB)
December(1.3 MB)
Ø Beat 2014 January(1.8 MB)
February(1.3 MB)
March(1.5 MB)
April(1.2 MB)
May(1.0 MB)
June(901 KB)
July(1.8 MB)
August(2.1 MB)
September(1.6 MB)
October(1.2 MB)
November(908 KB)
December(954 KB)
Ø Beat 2013 January(1.6 MB)
February(1.6 MB)
March(1.2 MB)
April(898 KB)
May(2.0 MB)
June(724 KB)
July(972 KB)
August(2.4 MB)
September(477 KB)
October(1.6 MB)
November(1.1 MB)
December(1.4 MB)
Ø Beat 2012 January(5.4 MB)
February (342 KB)
March (573 KB)
April (1.1 MB)
May (1.4 MB)
June (740 KB)
July (3.7 MB)
August (2.5 MB)
September (5.8 MB)
September Club Minutes
October (394 KB)
November (464 KB)
December (517 KB)
Ø Beat 2011 January(4.6 MB)
February (1.6 MB)
March (829 KB)
April (894 KB)
May(566 KB)
June (2.3 MB)
July (1.0 MB)
August (4.1 MB)
September(981 KB)
October (1.5 MB)
November (1.8 MB)
December (3.8 MB)
Ø Beat 2010 January(1.9 MB)
February (1.2 MB)
March (688 KB)
April (642 KB)
May(755 KB)
June (647 KB)
July (8.1 MB)
August (510 KB)
September(946 KB)
October (4.35 MB)
November (9.69 MB)
December (1.24 MB)
Ø Beat 2009 January(2.0 MB)
February (736 KB)
March (380 KB)
April (396 KB)
May(416 KB)
June (1.4 MB)
July (2.48 MB)
August (780 KB)
September(1.77 MB)
October (451 KB)
November (3.2 MB)
December (900 KB)
Ø Beat 2008 January(5.94 MB)
February (974 KB)
March (1.10 MB)
April (1.27 MB)
N7LV’s MIR article (122k pdf)
May(620 KB)
June (378 KB)
July (699 KB)
July Club Minutes
July Board Minutes
August (not published)
September (not published)
October (1.12 MB)
November (921 KB)
December (623 KB)
Ø Beat 2007 January(2.49 MB)
February (469 KB)
March (3.37 MB)
April (1.40 MB)
May(529 KB)
June (622 KB)
July (322 KB)
August (798 KB)
September(875 KB)
October (1.2 MB)
November (1.9 MB)
December (2.9 MB)
Ø Beat 2006 January/February (839 KB)
March(329 KB)
April (364 KB)
May (366 KB)
June (898 KB)
July (773 KB)
August (1.34 MB)
September (1.35 MB)
October (722 KB)
November(3.6 MB)
December (656 KB)
Ø Beat 2005 January (555 KB)
February (234 KB)
March (179 KB)
April (517 KB)
May (506 KB)
June (251 KB)
July (291 KB)
August (428 KB)
September (299 KB)
October (558 KB)
November (260 KB)
December (597 KB)
Ø Beat 2004 January (757 KB)
February (411 KB)
March (602 KB)
April (616 KB)
May (600 KB)
June (680 KB)
July (1498 KB)
August (628 KB)
September (104 KB)
October (480 KB)
November (201 KB)
December (229 KB)
Ø Beat 2003 January (425 KB)
February (572 KB)
March (535 KB)
April (535 KB)
May (630 KB)
June (652 KB)
July (239 KB)
August (285 KB)
September (617 KB)
October (560 KB)
November (670 KB)
December (728 KB)
Ø Beat 2002 January (512 KB)
February (547 KB)
March (765 KB)
April (301 KB)
May (325 KB)
June (385 KB)
July (511 KB)
August (328 KB)
September (301 KB)
October (344 KB)
November (325 KB)
December (823 KB)

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