Presenter: Steve Yothment W4OGM

Steve graduated from Purdue University in 1975 with a BSEE degree.   He has worked at the following companies, mostly as an RF Engineer:

• Motorola, Two-Way Products Division
• Magnavox, Government Electronics Division
• Scientific Atlanta  (Cable TV Products Engineer)
• Panasonic Automotive (Car Radio Design Engineer)

Steve became a ham in 1973 as WN9NWX and was active with the Purdue University Amateur Radio Club (W9YB).   He has also held call letters of WB9NWX, WD9AVB, WD0HGB, and W4OGM.  Steve is also the current FCARC Club Treasurer.

Presenter’s Notes;  Maybe the title is a bit facetious, because I don’t expect hams to buy a lot of test equipment.  The fact is that we don’t even need the old-fashioned idea of a bench full of test equipment.  There are much less expensive options available today.  Much of the equipment that we already have can be used for testing our radios with good success.  We can also download free PC or cellphone software to provide many functions, like an audio generator, audio analyzer, or oscilloscope.   Modern SDRs provide a frequency spectrum display and other features that can substitute for a Spectrum Analyzer and Modulation Analyzer.   I plan to show how we can do measurements of radio performance with inexpensive tools that we probably already have, using free software to make it all happen.

I invite you to bring your 2-m HTs to the meeting and we can measure FM modulation level with simple equipment that I will have at the meeting.

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