Practical Information about Test Equipment in the Shack

Speaker: Alan Wolke – W2AEW

Abstract:
This presentation will cover some practical information on how to properly use some of the basic test equipment that you may have in your shack. It will include many of the lesser known tips and tricks, and things to watch out for, when using instruments like VOMs, DMMs, Oscilloscopes, etc.

About our speaker:
Alan earned a BSEE degree in 1985. He has worked as a design engineer, test engineer, validation engineer, and applications engineer in various industries, ranging from fiber optics to hard disk drives. For the past twenty years, Alan has been a Field Applications Engineer at Tektronix.

Having been licensed for 46 years, Alan’s original call sign was KA2IZZ. He now holds an Amateur Extra Class license with the call sign W2AEW. His main interests and activities in ham radio are CW and some SSB. Alan really enjoys the Parks on the Air (POTA) program, and has almost 500 activations under his belt – almost all are QRP CW. He also serves as the Technical Coordinator for the NNJ Section of the ARRL field organization.

In addition, Alan enjoys creating videos for his YouTube channel (W2AEW), which has generated over 30 million views.

Alan lives in Bound Brook, NJ.

Note: The meeting location is 309 Alplaus Ave, Alplaus, NY, and the building is at the corner of Alplaus Avenue and Bruce Drive. Please park in the paved lot adjacent to this building. Do not park in the restricted area in front of the building that houses the fire trucks. We will meet in the Multipurpose Room (entrance is on the North side of this building).