Save the date!

I am working to try to set up an inaugural meeting of Summit County radio amateurs and friends of radio amateurs.

If all goes well, this inaugural meeting will be Wednesday, July 1, 2026 from 6PM to 8PM at the North Branch of the Summit County Library.  This is at 651 Center Circle, Silverthorne, CO 80498.  Please do not just show up for this meeting!  Please check back to make sure the meeting will be going forward.

But please save the date.  And please post a comment below with your suggestions for the agenda.

Proposed agenda with other topics welcome:

• Put in your name for a door prize.  A Meshcore starter kit!  A study book for the Technician ham radio exam!  Take a ticket for either or both of the door prizes.
• Introductions around the room.  Probably we will find that some attendees are more experienced in particular areas and might be willing to “elmer” some less experienced attendee who wants to learn about some particular area.
  • Brief break time during which some attendees “pair up” for elmering in future days.
• Live demonstrations of elmering:
  • Experienced hams helping a less experienced ham use a 2-meter repeater for the very first time.  I imagine we will use the WB0QMR repeater (146.7000 – and 107.2).  Demonstration of repeater etiquette.  (Less experienced ham might be yours truly.)
  • Experienced hams helping a less experienced ham set up a DMR hot spot and configure a DMR 2-meter handheld to use the hot spot.  (Less experienced ham might be yours truly.)
• Introduction to Meshcore, including repeaters and companion devices.  Presentations by volunteers who have set up Meshcore repeaters in Summit County.  Review of map of installed repeaters in Summit County.  Hands-on looking at actual repeater and companion-device hardware.  Demonstration of actual messaging.  Demonstration of remote management of a repeater.  Optional — discussion of possible next sites for repeaters.
• Drawings for door prizes.  Somebody will win the study book for the Technician ham radio exam.  Somebody will win the Meshcore starter kit.
• Possible next activities —  a VE exam session?  Pick an approximate date for a next meeting?