The PAPA San Diego Luncheon
at Cocina Del Charro on Saturday February 17, 2024
On Saturday, March 16th, 24 PAPA members and guests came out on a beautiful Spring day to attend the lunch meeting in San Marcos. Prior to the meeting, amateur exams were administered. Three candidates took exams resulting in two new Technicians and one upgrade to Extra.
1970′ Revisited
Chris, AA4CD, gave a presentation on popular handheld VHF amateur radios of the 1970’s. This was a time when radios required two crystals per channel and features were few and far between. He showed the grail radio of the era, the Motorola HT-220, explaining the many different configurations the radio could have including multiple channels, PL, high power, and DTMF. Also included in the discussion was the SRC-146A from Standard Communications, an affordable six channel handheld from Wilson Electronics of Henderson, Nevada, and a rugged portable offering from Genave. A rare Heathkit VHF handheld was displayed. Typically, the Heathkit was built by the amateur and then returned to the factory for final alignment using bench grade test equipment. VHF Engineering also had a handheld radio in kit form during that time. He had examples of the earliest synthesized handhelds from Icom and Tempo which ushered in the 1980’s.
Join us on April 20th for our next San Diego Luncheon!
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