September 9, 2024 – 6:30pm

This meeting is in-person and Zoom.

In-Person Location

Portland Fire & Rescue Training Center
4800 NE 122nd Ave
Portland, OR 97230

Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/Scep5j8MAVyQbBgs7

Parking Directions: https://w7lt.org/fire-station-2-map

Meeting Topic

Our guest speaker for the September  meeting will be Ed Fong (WB6IQN).  As many of you know, he is the inventor of the DBJ-1 and DBJ-2 antenna that was featured in the February 2003 and March 2007 QST.    His most recent antenna was the TBJ-1 – a triband base antenna that was published in March 2017 QST.  The DBJ-1 is a highly effective dual band VHF/UHF base station antenna and the DBJ-2 is the portable roll up version.   The DBJ-2 won the QST Plaque of the Month Award. Both of these antennas are featured in the ARRL VHF antenna Handbook and also in the ARRL Antenna Classic Handbook.  There are over 40,000 of these antennas in use today.   About half are used by hams and the other half by government and commercial agencies.

Ed will give a history on how these antennas were developed and the theory on how and why they work so well.  There is no “black magic” to antennas.  He will explain in a non-mathematical manner to convince you for overall performance and simplicity his approach is one of the most practical.

Zoom Registration Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lduCvrz8oHtKrOQzTs8Joq_-oYVjVrMWU