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27 PAPA members and friends came out Saturday to San Diego for our February meeting. We started with license testing with four in attendance. There is a new Technician now, and we had one candidate “renewing” their license privileges by passing both the Technician and General elements! Our other two candidates were not as fortunate, however we hope to see them try again in the future.

Phil KA9Q was our raffle winner, selecting an Anytone DMR HT. Our presentation was on the “HotSpot Radio” AllStar node. Marshall KE6PCV shared on this device and his business that manufactures them.

With the Yuma Hamfest just a week away, Cecil gave us an update on all-things Yuma. PAPA’s own Michael AF6FB will be presenting on Meshtastic at 9am and the VGC NR-7x radio line at 2:20pm. Chris AA4CD updated us on system upgrades, in particular the planned power management system upgrade for PAPA 40 at Black Mountain scheduled for the return trip from Yuma.

Remember, there will be volunteer opportunities at Yuma, and if you have radios or equipment you no longer use, please consider donating them to PAPA for sale at Yuma. Proceeds will go to maintaining our repeater system.

Join us next month on Saturday March 21!

If you have an idea for a San Diego meeting topic, know someone who would like to give a presentation, reach out to me, Dave KO6BAF, the San Diego meeting coordinator and I can make that happen.

73 de KO6BAF

Enjoy these images from Mike K6OLY