Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association has scheduled three September activities for central Colorado operators: a technical club meeting on Tuesday, September 8, the Colorado QSO Party on Saturday, September 12, and a fox hunt on Saturday, September 26. The meeting begins with a 6 p.m. social hour followed by the 7 p.m. program at the Casa del Rio Clubhouse, 27665 County Road 313 in Buena Vista. A Zoom option is also available through CLARA.
The September program pairs software simulation with hands-on test equipment. Marty Glapa, WT0Z, will demonstrate EveryCircuit, which lets users assemble analog and digital circuits and watch current, voltage, and component behavior change during simulation. Bill Sample, N0IET, will demonstrate how an oscilloscope reveals waveforms in physical circuits. Together, the presentations should provide a practical bridge between visualized theory and measurements on actual hardware.
CLARA’s monthly update also places the Colorado QSO Party and a late-month fox hunt on members’ calendars. The QSO party offers a statewide operating opportunity on September 12, while the September 26 hunt gives participants a chance to practice radio-direction-finding skills. The club says additional operating details will be distributed through its Groups.io community.
The update also poses an emergency-communications scenario involving destructive winds, widespread power failures, and ridge-top repeater outages lasting several days. That exercise is especially relevant in the Arkansas Valley, where communications infrastructure depends on remote mountain sites. The full CLARA Current includes the meeting invitation, activity schedule, and emergency-planning discussion.
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