Dr. Leif Svalgaard has studied solar physics for over half a century and is a co-discoverer of the Svalgaard-Mansurov effect which provides convincing evidence that the Earth’s magnetosphere is permanently open to the solar wind.

He joined Stanford University in 1972.

During 1980-2000 Svalgaard was in private industry, including serving as consultant to SHAPE.

In 2009 Leif returned to Stanford University. His latest research is on reconstruction of the historical sunspot number series and on prediction of solar cycles.

Leif’s research web page is https://www.leif.org/research.

Several presentations and a paper of interest are:

• https://leif.org/research/Radio-and-Sunspots.pdf
• https://leif.org/research/Prediction-of-SC25.pdf
• https://leif.org/research/Prediction-SC-25-JSWSC.pdf

Tom Schiller, N6BT, founder, Force 12, Inc. and Next Generation Antennas; author, “Array of Light” and published articles; co-founder of Team Vertical; developed first trapless tribander; several patents related to wireless communications; antenna research including flying drones through antenna patterns since 2014; licensed 1959, ARRL Life Member, CWops #281; contester, DXpeditions; co-founder of the NCJ.

John Miller, K6MM, was first licensed as WV2BQJ in 1958 while living in Syracuse, NY. In 1976, his career took him to Silicon Valley, where he reconnected with amateur radio in the late 90s. Since then he has focused heavily on DXing, contesting, and recruiting new operators into the hobby. John is a DXCC Honor Roll member, holding 8-Band DXCC (he is working on completing 160M for a 9th band). His article “The No Excuses 160M Vertical” won the QST cover plaque award for the June 2009.

John enjoys operating in DXpeditions, including PJ7E Saint Maarten, K9W Wake Atoll, K1N Navassa Island, K5P Palmyra Atoll, and KH1/KH7Z KH1 Baker Island. He was a pilot and webmaster for NH8S (Swains Island), C82DX (Mozambique), FT4TA (Tromelin), 3G0ZC (Juan Fernandez), and VK0EK (Heard Island).

John is the current President of the Northern California DX Foundation, Past President of the Northern California Contest Club, a former Director of the Northern California DX Club, and a founding member of the CW Operators Club. He is also a member of the editorial staff of the National Contest Journal, and Co-chairman of the International DX Convention for 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

In addition to Amateur Radio, John's interests include website design, piano composition, four grandchildren, and exploring Bay Area back roads on a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Dr. George Erickson is a best-selling author of five pro-science books. He has spent parts of 38 summers “bush-flying” in Alaska and northern Canada. He is a former VP of the American Humanist Association, a member of the National Center for Science Education, a member of the Thorium Energy Alliance, and a member of a group of about 50 independent physicists, engineers, MDs, energy experts and journalists who are deeply concerned about climate change, the environment and energy issues.

Dr. James Hansen, former chief climate scientist at NASA, called Dr. Erickson's op-eds on climate change and energy issues “brilliant.” Those writings are based on Dr. Erickson’s fifth book Unintended Consequences: The Lie That Killed Millions and Accelerated Climate Change. The book is offered as a free download from https://tinyurl.com/unincons or from Dr. Erickson’s website www.tundracub.com.

Dr. James Hansen, former chief climate scientist at NASA, now chief climate scientist at Columbia U.: “Your writing is brilliant and so clear -- I will want to borrow some of the things.”

Martin Goodman MD: “Unintended Consequences is excellent. I recommend it widely. I am impressed with the strength of your well documented writing.

Dr. Tim Maloney: “By comparing the safety, reliability and emissions footprint of nuclear reactors to carbon fuel combustion and intermittent wind and solar, Dr. Erickson sends a clear message to people who love the earth – nuclear is the rational way forward.”

Richard Steeves, MD, PhD: “I am writing to recommend George Erickson’s Unintended Consequences: The Lie that Killed Millions and Accelerated Climate Change.”

Mathijs Beckers: “This great book reveals why the green movement is wrong on nuclear energy.”

Dr. Rod Coenen: “Unintended Consequences is rational thought for those seeking a sustainable planet. Thank you for spelling it out in lay language.”

Chris Codella, W2PA, is a Ph.D. electrical engineer who works on quantum computing at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Chris caught the radio bug in the 1960s as a kid listening to shortwave radio. He was Novice WN3LXK, and later General WA3LXK. In the early 1970s, he was active in DXing, contesting, and traffic handling on several New Jersey nets. He received PSHR, BPL, net certificates, A1-OP, DXCC, WAC, and WAS. He was also a member of Navy MARS holding call sign N0TLC.

As a high school student he passed the Amateur Extra Class exam. He remained active through college and graduate school at Rutgers, Michigan, and Cornell respectively. He received his current call sign, W2PA, in 1977. After a period of inactivity following college, Chris got back on the air in 1989.

He is a ham who solders and writes code. In 2007 he rebuilt a Heathkit SB-101 transceiver and restored the HW-100 that he originally built when he was 15 years old. In 2008, Chris restored a Collins S/Line, including 516F-2 power supply, 75S-3B receiver, 32S-3 transmitter, 312B-4 speaker and console, and SM-1 microphone.

In 2016, Chris dove into software defined radio (SDR) with an Apache Labs ANAN-8000DLE based on the OpenHPSDR designs. He became a contributing software developer, contributing a database update, I/O, MIDI controller support additions, QSK, and miscellaneous fixes.

Today Chris can be found on the HF bands from 10 through 160 meters, propagation permitting—about half CW and digital modes, and half SSB.

K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Luca Younes, KN6HBW, is a young ham and recent licensee. Luca is 14 and has been licensed since February 2019.

He has a self-professed “obsession” with science fairs and got licensed in order to do projects. Luca spends time on the N6NFI repeater, discussing projects with other hams who are interested.

He tends to spend hundreds of hours researching and designing projects on paper before deciding whether to build or not. An example he is particularly proud of was a 70-cm band “UART over rf” project. UART stands for Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter. A UART's main purpose is to transmit and receive serial data.

HF phone: Golden Bear Amateur Radio Net, 3,975 kHz LSB at 1900 Pacific time daily.

E-Mail: k6oik AT arrl.net

Articles: /docs/k6oik

Steve Stearns, K6OIK, started in ham radio while in high school at the height of the Heathkit era. He holds an FCC Amateur Extra and a commercial General Radio Operator license with Radar endorsement. He previously held Novice, Technician, and 1st Class Radiotelephone licenses.

He studied electrical engineering at California State University Fullerton, the University of Southern California, and Stanford, specializing in electromagnetic theory, communication, engineering and signal processing.

Steve worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory in San Jose, California. He retired as a Northrop Grumman Technical Fellow.

Steve is serving as vice-president of the Foothills Amateur Radio Society, and served previously as assistant director of ARRL Pacific Division. He has over 100 professional publications and presentations and ten patents. Steve has received numerous awards for professional and community volunteer activities.

K6YA is the Club radio call sign for the Foothills Amateur Radio Society. The current trustee for K6YA is KA6MZE. This picture is of the Field Day 2007 set up crew.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • Radio Shack 25Amp Power Supply switcher for HF radios w/ binding posts #22-510
   • Nano Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) 2-port network analyzer with SMA connectors, broad frequency coverage 50 kHz to 1.5 GHz, measures S11, S22, S21 and S12, includes calibration kit (SMA open, short and 50-ohm). Updated version. Use it to measure filters, tune duplexers, match antennas, and more
2. Choice of one of:
   • BaoFeng UV-5R Dual Band VHF/UHF HT
   • Canon 12 megapixel digital camera
3. Journey's Edge Pocket Tool - includes bright LED Flashlight. I can’t live without mine
4. Workman KS-2 SMA Mag Mount Mobile Radio Antenna
5. COB lantern (Chip On Board) twice as bright as conventional LED lights
6. RG214U Coax Cable 25ft w/ N connectors(also known as Belden 8268); 450 MHz 5.2dB per 100 ft.

Kenneth Wyatt is principal consultant of Wyatt Technical Services LLC, as well as past senior technical editor for Interference Technology Magazine (2016 to 2018). He is based in Colorado and has worked in the field of EMC engineering for over 30 years with a specialty in EMI troubleshooting and pre-compliance testing.

Kenneth teaches training classes and speaks internationally, is widely published, and is the co-author of the popular EMI Troubleshooting Cookbook for Product Designers and EMC Troubleshooting Trilogy (Vols 1-3). All are available through Amazon. He may be contacted through his web site, http://www.emc-seminars.com.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • * Professional Motorola GP68 – UHF 430-470 MHz transceiver complete with charger, antenna, new battery, manual - 16 Channel UHF – preprogrammed to local UHF HAM repeaters, Mil Spec 810 – has hardware modifications for direct keypad frequency entry
   • Nano Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) 2-port network analyzer with SMA connectors, broad frequency coverage 50 kHz to 1.5 GHz, measures S11, S22, S21 and S12, includes calibration kit (SMA open, short and 50-ohm). Updated version. Use it to measure filters, tune duplexers, match antennas, and more
2. * Radio Shack 25Amp Power Supply switcher for HF radios w/ binding posts #22-510
3. * Pittsburgh Digital Caliper 6 inch Digital Electronic Caliper, large 4-digit LCD display, accurage to 1/1000 inch
4. * APC power strip Commercial grade, 840 joules protection, 7 outlets, phone/modem protection, resettable circuit breaker, Green/Red LED fault detection
5. * HT Antenna 2m and 70cm SMA connector
6. * USB Power Station 5 ports

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* Indicates prizes that were awarded. [The original Baofeng UV5R 2nd prize was replaced with the Radio Shack Power supply]

HF phone: Golden Bear Amateur Radio Net, 3,975 kHz LSB at 1900 Pacific time daily.

E-Mail: k6oik AT arrl.net

Articles: /docs/k6oik

Steve Stearns, K6OIK, started in ham radio while in high school at the height of the Heathkit era. He holds an FCC Amateur Extra and a commercial General Radio Operator license with Radar endorsement. He previously held Novice, Technician, and 1st Class Radiotelephone licenses.

He studied electrical engineering at California State University Fullerton, the University of Southern California, and Stanford, specializing in electromagnetic theory, communication, engineering and signal processing.

Steve worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory in San Jose, California. He retired as a Northrop Grumman Technical Fellow.

Steve is serving as vice-president of the Foothills Amateur Radio Society, and served previously as assistant director of ARRL Pacific Division. He has over 100 professional publications and presentations and ten patents. Steve has received numerous awards for professional and community volunteer activities.

Other:

Refreshments
Raffle prizes
Questions for Dr Know-it-All

We will be raffling off prizes at this meeting:

1. Choice of one of:
   • Simpson 260 Multimeter Lab standard w/ Agilent probe set
   • Radioddity GD-73A HT world’s smallest full featured DMR/analog UHF transceiver. Palm size 2600mAH battery, charging cable, belt clip, earpiece - 2 watts output – 1024 memories 1 watt audio output - comes complete programmed to Bay Area code plug (Ed Fong’s version)
   • Nano Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) 2-port network analyzer with SMA connectors, broad frequency coverage 50 kHz to 1.5 GHz, measures S11, S22, S21 and S12, includes calibration kit (SMA open, short and 50-ohm). Updated version. Use it to measure filters, tune duplexers, match antennas, and more
   • * Radioddity QB25 Mobile Tx/Rx: 136-174, 210-230, and 350-520 MHz (includes non-amateur frequencies), 0.25 uV Rx sensitivity, 10/25 watts out, CTSS and DCS coding, 200 memories, good looking color display, direct entry via microphone key pad, programming software and cable; Radio comes pre-programmed for many Bay Area amateur repeaters courtesy of Ed Fong WB6IQN; If you have been looking to get on 220 MHz, this radio is for you
   • CountyComm GP-5 SSB General Receiver LW/AM/FM/HF (2.5-30MHz), Full SDR w/ SiLabs 4743 chip, and nice stereo FM receiver
2. * BaoFeng UV-5R Dual Band VHF/UHF HT
3. * COB lantern (Chip On Board) twice as bright as conventional LED lights
4. * Non-stick Silicone Rescue tape fuses to itself with no glue
5. * Velcro tie wraps 20 pieces

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* Indicates prizes awarded.