Keyer
The Keyer has been a monthly Ventura County Amateur Radio Club newsletter containing articles, information on past and upcoming club events, and news about the club and ham community. Written by members, officers, and local hams, this newsletter has been tirelessly assembled by many editors over its 88-year history.
Today, with the internet, we no longer have to wait until the next newsletter to provide you with up-to-date information. Within minutes an article or news item can be posted on our new website, and include vibrant photos and clickable links. Because our new website duplicates many of the functions the Keyer provided, the Keyer has been retired. The April 2024 issue was the last one.
A big thank you to all the Keyer editors over the years, and especially to Robert KM6RSS – our most recent editor. Your work will live on in the archives.
Dave AI6VX – President
Previous Keyer Newsletters can be found here
Club Articles
- VP Says – Sept 2024
Hello Ventura County Hams, Summer is great: the family is all out of school, we get to go hang at the beach, travel out of town, and enjoy not having to do – or grade – homework. And while I will mourn the passing of the educational summer now that… Continue reading - Pres Says – Sept 2024
September 2024 President’s message Welcome to September – we’re in the last 1/3rd of the year. Kids are back in school, which should make my commute to work easier, and soon we’ll be seeing pumpkin drinks sold everywhere. There are only 3 more club meetings before Decemberfest and our last… Continue reading - Nasa Makes Discovery ‘As Important As Gravity’ About Earth (By Sarah Knapton August 29, 2024 as featured in Yahoo!news “The Telegraph” Suggested by Clement KM6OKZ)
Scientists have now discovered that Earth has three energy fields – James Cawley A new planet-wide electric field that is as fundamental to Earth as gravity has been discovered in a major scientific breakthrough. The ambipolar electric field, which begins 150 miles above the planet, has been described as a “great invisible… Continue reading - The Worst Solar Storm in History and What It Would Do TodayBy Reynier Squillace, suggested by Clement KM6OKZ On the evening of Aug. 28, 1859, a telegraph in New York took on a life of its own. As its operator, J. C. Crosson, fought to transmit messages, the current fluctuated wildly. The battery that powered the machine was supposed to supply… Continue reading
- Electromagnetic Oddities by Reese West KQ6TT
Some time back I wrote about the E-field not being continuous in radiated fields. I had been taught that they were. Recently, I returned to that idea to take a look at it. Remember that all I write is not of published quality. It is stream of thought as I… Continue reading
