April 13, 2010 -  Stephen Reinen, N8BP - McKinney Amateur Radio Club Website overhaul; a tour of the new site's features and the
                               migration plan.

March 09, 2010 -  Kip Moravec, AE5IB - Plano Amateur Radio Klub Repeater and other Deployed Equipment.

February 09, 2010 -  Mike Baker, W8CM - Renewable Energy.

January 12, 2010 -  Rick Wilson, W5TUX - Weather Radar Software.

Club Meeting Programs for 2009

October 13, 2009 -  Software Defined Radios presented by Marvin Arnold, K5MRA.

September 08, 2009 -  The program is “show and tell” – club members are encouraged to bring in an interesting project, equipment,
                               qsl, qso story, etc, etc to share with the members.

August 11, 2009 -  Dan Brookshire KE5LHC & Charles Bess AD5EN - Emergency Radio Packs - How to assemble a quick "to-go" setup for
                                   emergency deployment. .

July 14, 2009 -  Chuck K7NWM on power pole connectors.

June 9, 2009 -  Field Day prep.

May 12, 2009 -  Don WA6EE on grounding.

April 14, 2009 -  Larry Essary K5XG presents a mentoring session.

March 10, 2009 -  Jack AD5VO, presenting on “Line Measurements”.  Topic includes Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) techniques and equipment.

February 10, 2009 -  Open

January 13, 2009 -  Jack AD5VO, presenting on “Line Measurements”.  Topic includes Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) techniques and equipment.

Club Meeting Programs for 2008

December 9, 2008 - Annual MARC Christmas Party at Golden Corral in McKinney, Dec 9th, with door prizes, white elephant gift exchange, Toys For Tots collection

November 11, 2008 - Jack AD5VO, presenting on “Line Measurements”.  Topic includes Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) techniques and equipment

October 14, 2008 - Loney, W0GZV, presenting on “A Special Collins Radio Story.”  Undisputedly the most technical advanced HF mobile radio of WW-2, this radio more than any other propelled the 160 person company that designed it toward the avionics giant that it is today

September 9, 2008 - Forest Cummings W5LQU, and David Russell W2DMR, presenting on “VSWR and Reflected Power (where does it go?)”

August 12, 2008 - Doug Kilgore, KD5OUG gives his Wild Ride presentation.

July 8, 2008 - Larry Essary, K5XG will lead a presentation on practical technical basics for new hams, including how to put on a coax connector, etc.

June 10, 2008 - Field Day 2008 Preparations

May 13, 2008 - Chuck Clark, AF8Z and Rusty Haddock, AE5AE present 8 Pts per Contact - On the Cheap!
In the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes contacts at or above 2.3-GHz are worth 8-points a piece. Few hams believe that they have microwave equipment to use but in reality, if they have a computer that's WiFi-capable, they do! This past January,  Chuck and Rusty tried a different approach in contesting. In this talk they will discuss WiFi and it's use in the VHF Sweepstakes by a rover. A demo of plain text and audio/visual contacts will be made. Members are welcome to bring their WiFi equipped laptop and join in the demo!

April 8, 2008 - Dave N0RQ, presenting on PROPNET

March 11, 2008 - Karen Adkins, McKinney Emergency Coordinator, presenting on CERT

Feburary 12, 2008 - D-Star 101 by Pete AE5PL

January 8, 2008 - Dan Rowe from InnerWireless, Inc. will present a presentation called  “In-Building Wireless Solutions”

Club Meeting Programs for 2007

December 11, 2007 - MARC Christmas Party at the Golden Coral.  Arrive between 6:30 and 7PM

November 13, 2007 - RF Impedance Transformation (what the books never tell you), by Forest Cummings W5LQU and Dave Russell W2DMR

October 9, 2007 - VHF/UHF DX’ing by Paul Goble ND2X

September 11, 2007 - NVIS Antenna by Larry Randall

August 14, 2007 - W5MRC/R VHF repeater tour at the 75/380 water tower site

July 10, 2007 - Rusty – AE5AE will be presenting the ARISS contact with Virginia Run Elementary School (Centreville, VA).  Presentation of a DVD with video and several sequences of still pictures from the preparations and setup of the 10-minute contact with Astronaut Suni Williams on the ISS.  This DVD was put together by the Vienna Wireless Society (Vienna, VA) and also includes two clips from Channel 4 (Washington, DC) TV station newscasts.  The ISS contact was on March 2, 2007.  The DVD itself runs about 20-minutes in length and he can add about 5-10 minutes of introduction

June 12, 2007 - Neil West – KE5BUS will be leading the final preparations for MARC’s Field Day outing.

May 8, 2007 - Dave Piekarski – K5EEN will be discussing the basics of VHF and UHF Winlink as well as how it fits into the Emergency Communications Plans for Collin County.

April 10, 2007 - Bob Klunn, W5BIG, on antenna impedance analyzer seen in his article for Nov 2006 QST magazine

March 13, 2007 - Todd Beckman, PhaseComm, local rep for Times Microwave - LMR coax etc

February 13, 2007 -  Rickey Hargrave, McKinney Fire Department Chaplain, on 9-11 experience (same presentation he gave at CERT Olympics dinner that several MARC members attended and liked)

January 9, 2007 - Doug Loughmiller, W5BL, on High Altitude Balloon Launch

Club Meeting Programs for 2006

December 12, 2006 - MARC Christmas Party

November 14, 2006 - Club Elections and then Forest Cummings, W5LQU, Antenna Analysis with Software

October 10, 2006 - Show & Tell Night

September 12, 2006 - "The Long Wave, High Power World of VLF - TACAMO" by Loney Duncan  - W0GZV

August 8, 2006 - "Digital Radio for the Last Mile" by Pete Loveall AE5PL

July 11, 2006 - "Intro to Contesting" by W0VX

June 13, 2006 -  The club will discuss and plan for Field day 2006.

May 9, 2006 -  Barry Goldblatt will be here to talk about HamCom 2006.

April 11, 2006 - Ted Best, KD5JEO, will bring us up to date on the Skywarn system, its programs and benefits to both amateur radio and the public with his presentation  of  “The Unique Role of Amateur Radio in Storm Spotting”.

March 14, 2006 - Dick Weber, K5IU, will make a presentation titled "Vertical Antennas with Elevated Radials or Perhaps Much Ado About Nothing".

February 14, 2006 -  A video presentation titled "A History of Collins Radio".

January 10, 2006 - Mike Baker, W8CM - Proper mobile installation practices

Club Meeting Programs for 2005

December 6, 2005 - MARC Christmas Party, 6:30 PM at the Golden Corral

November 8, 2005 - Steve Hicks, N5AC - "How I learned to stop worrying and love microwaves".

October 11, 2005 - "Show and Tell"

September 13, 2005 - Steve Hicks, N5AC - "How I learned to stop worrying and love microwaves"   Canceled

August 9, 2005 - Jim McClellan, N5MIJ - D-Star

July 12, 2005, Dave Robinson, WW2R - Telling us about his participation in the Rodriguez Island DXPedition. 

June 14, 2005, Field Day 2005 Prep 

May 10, 2005, Barry, WA5KXX - president of PARK and fearless leader of Hamcom discussed Hamcom 2005. 

April 12, 2005, Dave , N0RQ - Beverage Antennas. 

March  8, 2005, Jon, WB5KSD - Winlink 2000.

February 8, 2005, Pete, AE5PL - Introduction to APRS.

January 11, 2005, Bill Fell, KK5PB - Assistant EC for Collin County will speak & demonstrate his Emergency Radio GO Box.

Club Meeting Programs for 2004

December 14, 2004 - Annual MARC Christmas Party at the McKinney Golden Coral.  Bring the family and celebrate the holidays.

November 9, 2004, John Beadles, N5OOM - High Speed Multi Media (HSMM) is an ARRL project to bring high speed data services to amateur radio. We will discuss the HSMM project, applications, equipment and information sources.

October 12, 2004, Phil Salas, AD5X - The subject will be antenna building. He will include short antenna efficiency, mobile & portable construction, along with tools & accessories.

September 14, 2004, Mike Baker, W8CM - Repeater Coverage, using software to plot coverage maps, propagation, etc...

August 10, 2004,  Mike Baker, W8CM - Repeaters 101.5.  Mike will give a presentation on how repeater systems are built and operate.  He will explain all of the components and the proper methods of installation.  You will come away with a new appreciation of what it takes to successfully build, support, and operate a reliable repeater system.

July 13, 2004 Roy Rabey - ARRL NTX Section Manager will visit the club meeting with an update.

June 8, 2004 Field Day 2004 - Final Planning and training session prior to Field Day.

May 11, 2004 Show and Tell Night - MARC Members bring their favorite personal projects to share with other club members. This format is always a program favorite with the membership.

April 13, 2004 Kelly Stone, Director of Homeland Security for Collin County - Kelly will make a presentation describing the duties of his newly created office & position, including the Emergency Preparedness Plan for Collin County.

March 9, 2004 Dick Weber, K5IU - Dick will make a presentation on "Tower Climbing Safety". The subject is very timely after a fatal tower accident involving an amateur in North Texas in recent months.

February 10, 2004 2004 Eric Silverthorn, NM5M, and MARC Member - Eric will discuss the salient nuances of successful VHF and UHF operations while living within the constraints of a deed restricted neighborhood.

January 13, 2004 Mike Baker, W8CM and MARC Member - Mike will discuss lightening arresting techniques, available arresting devices, his own installation, and preventive measures in amateur grounding systems.

2003 Programs

December 9, 2003 Annual Christmas Party - Golden Coral on east side of Hwy 75, south of Louisiana-Virginia Exit. 7 PM.

November 11, 2003 Jay Terlerleski, WX0B - "Designing & Building an HF Communications Station for the Army 3rd Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, NC." Part I - Understanding the mission and propagation to design the antennas. Watch for Part II in 2004.

October 14, 2003 Jim Haynie, W5JBP, President of the ARRL - Discusses BPL, future of Morse Code, and other pertinent activies of the Radio Amateur Service.

September 9, 2003 Loney Duncan, W0GZV - The ART-13, A Paradigm Shift Radio. Probably no other radio had the impact on aircraft communications during WWII as the Collins Autotune ART-13 Transmitter. Presentation includes a live demonstration.

August 12, 2003 Dick Weber, K5IU - World famous radio antenna lecturer will discuss the effects of guy wires on antenna radiation.

July 8, 2003 Joe Jurecka, N5PYK and Dave Robinson, WW2R - Texas Microwave Society members will give a presentation on weak signal UHF/Microwave Propagation, including a live demonstration fo a microwave link.

June 10, 2003 Field Day 2002 - Final Planning and training session prior to Field Day.

May 13, 2003 Bruce Dingman, N5BYL - Bruce is President of the Plano Amateur Radio Club and Collin County Emergency Coordinator for ARES. Subjects will be an update on Collin County Emergency Planning Status and a presentation on disaster recovery communications support for the Shuttle Columbia loss over Nacogdoches in February.

April 8, 2003 J. B. Jenkins, W5EU - J. B. is well known antique radio collector and former employee of Collins Radio. His presentation will focus on the early radios manufactured by Collins Radio Company and first amateur radios personally used by Art Collins personally.

March 11, 2003 MARC Member Show & Tell - MARC Members be bringing home brew projects to share the construction and performance details with other club members.

February 11, 2003 Jennifer Johnston - Jennifer is a Graduate Student in Biology at University of North Texas. She is in preparation of a thesis entitled "Radiotelemetric Post-Release Survival Rate and Home-Range Establishment of Orphaned Great-Horned Owls in Denton County, Texas". MARC members will be assisting her research in coordination with the Heard Museum in tracking (via RDF) Raptors that have been equipped with tail mounted radio transmitters.

January 14, 2003 Mark Harper, KD5TAO - Mark is a member of the Texas Repeater System and will make a presentation on the IRLP operation and linking of repeater systems

2002 Programs

December 10, 2002 Annual Christmas Party - Golden Coral on east side of Hwy 75, south of Louisiana-Virginia Exit. 7 PM.

November 12, 2002 John Barber, N5JB - John will make a presentation entitled "Learning and having fun with Foreign Languages using Ham Radio"

October 8, 2002 Dick Weber, K5IU - Dick, well recognized antenna/tower specialist and consulting engineer will make a presentation entitled "80 Meter Antenna Study".

September 10, 2002 Bill Swan, K5MWC - ARES N. Texas Emergency Coordinator will make a presentation on "Emergency Communications and Amateur Radio in the North Texas Section"

August 13, 2002 Loney Duncan, W0GZV - MARC Club Member will make presentation on computerized antenna modeling basics using EZNEC software system.

July 9, 2002 Randy Hora, KM5OL - Presentation on WSJT, meteor scatter data mode of operation

June 16, 2002 ***Special Meeting*** - Tom Christian, VP6TC, From Pitcairn Island will Speak at a special meeting. He will detail his years of existance and life on Pitcairn, and remember the 100,000 contacts from that remote region.

June 11, 2002 Field Day 2002 - Final Planning and training session prior to Field Day.

May 14, 2002 - Richard Raitt, WA5VKS - MARC member and AMSAT Vice President provides basics of Satellite communications, complete with demonstration of techniques and equipment required

April 9, 2002 - Warren Breeney - Long term Ex-Collins Radio Employee discusses his experiences in amateur antenna development while at Collins

March 12, 2002 - Martin Reynolds, N6LIF - MARC member discusses and demonstrates the nuances of "Fox Hunting"

February 13, 2002 - Jesse Royall, KC5LOS and Gary Cumbie, W5GDC - Club members offer presentation and demonstration of current APRS technology

January 8, 2002 - Jim Haynie, W5JBP, President of the ARRL. We are proud to have the current President of the ARRL to speak at the monthly club meeting

2001 Programs

December 11, 2001 - MARC Christmas Dinner. Location - Golden Coral on east side of Hwy 75, south of Louisiana-Virginia Exit. 7 PM

November 13, 2001 - Randy Hora, KM5OL, Presentation on feed-line losses, how to compute ERP based upon feed-line specifications and antenna gain numbers

October 9, 2001 - Tour of the Collin County Emergency Operations Center

September 11, 2001 - Mike Baker, W8CM, Presentation on Lightning protection techniques. The presentation is timely as we begin to progress into the fall thunderstorm season.

August 8, 2001 - Sohn Small, KM5LO, and Dick Raitt, WA5VKS, Joint presentation on their trips to the Submarine USS Cavala and Destroyer Stewart as part of the "Subs and Ships on the air" programs

July 10, 2001 - Dave Piekarski, K5EEN, Will give a presentation regarding the capabilities and availability of numerous computer logging programs.

June 12, 2001 - Final Planning and training session prior to Field Day.

May 8, 2001 - Beverly Marting, McKinney Red Cross, will speak regarding activities that the local Red Cross is involved that could require the assistance of Amateur Radio Operators as Communicators.

April 10, 2001 - Jeff Steinman, N5TJ, Jeff Will be recounting his experiences on the winning Team USA at the WRTC in Slovenia

March 13, 2001 - Richard Raitt, WA5VKS, Dick will make presentation on the history and current status of the A0-40 Satellite.

February 13, 2001 - Dave Piekarski, KB8KBA, McKinney Club Member will present a program and demonstrate PSK31.

January 9, 2001 - Eric Silverthorn, NM5M, As a member of MARC, Eric will give a talk and slide show on his DXpedition trip Antigua operating as V26B for the 2000 CQ Worldwide DX Contest.

2000 Programs

December 12, 2000 - MARC Christmas Dinner. Location - Golden Coral on east side of Hwy 75, south of Louisiana-Virginia Exit. 7 PM

November 14, 2000 - Don Tyrell, W8AD, President Of Alpha Delta. Subject "Antennas - Mystery and Myth - and a few facts". Don's presentation will address Gain, Front to Back ratio, Antenna Height, and Performance.

October 10, 2000 - John Fillingim, WN5PFI, ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator - John will speak on Special Services Clubs and present MARC with the renewal certificate.

September 12, 2000 - Dave Redfearn, N4ELM, and Eric Silverthorn, NM5M, QRP Both members of MARC will present construction projects and successful operating techniques for QRP ham radio.

  August 8, 2000 - Jesse Royall, KC5LOS, and Dave Piekarski, KC8KBA, will make a presentation on APRS Dave Redfearn, N4ELM, and Eric Silverthorn, NM5M, QRP Both members of MARC will present construction projects and successful operating techniques for QRP ham radio.

June 13, 2000 - Final Planning and training session prior to Field Day.

May 9, 2000 - Donald E. Smith, W5EXP, will provide us with a preview of the upcoming Ham Com being held in Arlington June 10th. Club will also receive hands on demonstration and instruction on the use of the logging program to be used for field day.

April 11, 2000 - Phil Salas, AD5X, Presentation on Low Cost Antenna Construction. Phil will discuss simple and low cost antennas that can be built with readily available plumbing parts and aluminum tubing. Focus will concentrate on vertical antennas, traps, whips, and base and house mounts.

February 8, 2000 - Allen Koch, KB5SVL, Presentation on "Personal RF Radiation Exposure". Presentation will include Government Radiation Guidelines and recommendations for radiation safety in amateur radio. Allen is a past member of MARC, and a Microwave Radio Program Manager Specialist at Alcatel Network Systems.

January 11, 2000 - Don Mathis, KB5YAM, "Meet your Section Manager". Program to include recent Licensing restructuring and Section Plans for 2000.

1999 Programs

December 14, 1999 - Annual Christmas Banquet. San Miguel Grill in McKinney.

Noveber 9, 1999 -Don Tyrell, W8AD, President of Alpha Delta

October 12, 1999 - Steve Gibbs, Ph.D. Candidate in EE at UTD, on Special leave from Ericsson as Senior Training Coordinator. Topic: Developments in Wireline Telephony over the last 30 years to description of the four wireless technologies used in PCS.

September 14, 1999 - Todd Beckman, Local Rep for Poly Phaser and Times (Microwave) LMR Coax Division. He will address coaxial cable & lightning arrestor issues related to ham radio.

August 10, 1999 - Field Day awards Presentations & slide program. Presentations by Richard Raitt, WA5VKS (Presidnet)

July 13, 1999 - Jim Haynie, W5JBP, West Gulf Coast Regional Director, ARRL

June 8, 1999 - Final Planning and training session prior to Field Day.

May 11, 1999 - Jay Terleski, WX0B, "A Short Study of Yagi-Uda Stacked Arrays" Discussion to include real world antenna stacking and how to control the take-off angle of the stacked array. What happens when you split directions in stacks, F12 C3 Tri-band Stacks for little pistols who want a big signal, and 40m shorty 40 stacks vs full size 3 ele 40m beam.

April 13, 1999 - Glen Zook, K9STH, "Lightning Protection and Radio Frequency Grounding". Presentation to include brief theory session on the causes of lightning, how it affects amateur radio antennas, and tips on how to reduce the possibility of a lightning strike hitting the amateur antenna. Included are some inexpensive tips which can be included in the antenna installation to reduce the possibility of a strike by up to 99%.

March 9, 1999 - John Barber, N5JB, well known North Texas Contester and serious satellite station operator will deliver a presentation on propagation, including daily peiodic and cyclical cycles. He will analyze the ionization layers and their effects. He will also show us how to interpret and use information from QST, CQ, WWV and ARRL Bulletins.

February 9, 1999 - Ed Goodman, N5NUG, President/Owner of Uni-Hat Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance vertical antennas. He will describe the theory and circumstance behind the development of the "Capacitance Terminated Short Vertical Radiator", a multiband vertical for the lower ham bands.

January 12, 1999 - Brent Childers, W5WW and Ron Chambers, K5PN, will tell of their adventure to Granada operating as J3A for the 1998 CQ Worldwide SSB contest.

Meetings of the McKinney Amateur Radio Club are open to all licensed Amateur Radio operators, their families, and guests with an interest in Amateur Radio activities