October 2025 Monthly Member Meeting

Presentation: Amateur Radio Pro Tips

This month, we look forward to hearing from club members about their amateur radio “pro tips.” These are nuggets of wisdom or experience that you’ve gained over the years that you’d like to share with the club.

Example Pro Tips:

• How to make a “good enough” filter to block out a nearby station with random pieces of coax
• How to know when a station you’re looking for might be active (hint: PJ6Y will be our working example)
• Tips on connecting your Mac to an IC-705 without any Windows OS emulation
• Insights from the Microwave Update conference in Tuscon, where keynote speakers are rebuilding the nav and comms equipment from the Apollo missions

Bring your own piece of wisdom and share with us! We have a member (Robin W7YED) who is active in Saba as PJ6Y right now—maybe he will join us! Lots of fun things going on!

Meeting Schedule

6:00 PM - Meeting Begins:

• Show and Tell (bring your cool things!)
• Ham Help (bring your questions and challenges!)
• News and upcoming ham events and activities

6:30 PM - Presentation:

• Amateur Radio Pro Tips from club members

Location & Attendance

In-Person: Building 31, Microsoft Campus
Address: 3730 163rd Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052

For those new to how physical meetings work, we monitor the 2m alternate call channel (146.580). If you need an escort (i.e., not a badged employee), call when you arrive, wait at or near the entrance door, and someone will come and escort you to the meeting room. Bring your HT and do your part to help with this process! Feel free to bring your dinner to enjoy during the program.

Directions to Building 31

From SR-520:

• Get off at NE 40th St and head east (downhill) toward Lake Sammamish
• Turn right at the light at 163rd Ave NE heading south

From Bel-Red Road:

• Head west (uphill) at NE 40th away from Lake Sammamish
• Turn left into the Microsoft campus at the first light at 163rd Ave NE heading south

From NE 40th and 163rd Ave (going south):

• Building 31 is the third left into the surface level parking lot between Building 31 and 32
• Do not turn at the sign for Building 31
• Do not turn at the sign for Building 31 this will take you into the underground parking garage where you will need a badge to get into the building
• Parking is available in the surface lot closest to Building 31

Virtual Attendance via Microsoft Teams

Join the Meeting:
Microsoft Teams Meeting Link

Meeting Details:

• Meeting ID: 241 220 373 306
• Passcode: HU7v8Nr9

Dial in by Phone:

• +1 425-707-5929,,65802745# (United States, Redmond)
• (844) 304-5076,,65802745# (United States, Toll-free)
• Phone Conference ID: 658 027 45#

Microsoft Teams Help Link

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