• 7:00 PM
• Fire District 6 Training Room; 2123 Jackson Highway; Chehalis, WA

1. AC Power Engineering - Transmission
2. End-fed Antennas
3. Homemade Variable Capacitors
   
   
4. Potpourri
   1. Resistor Color Code

AC Power Engineering - Transmission:

1. Power System Overview:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission
2. "Understanding High Voltage Power Lines":
   https://www.omac-italy.com/understanding-high-voltage-power-lines/
3. ACSR - Aluminium conductor Steel Reinforced Cable:
   https://ctcglobal.com/datasheets/
4. Practical Engineering - "How Do Electric Transmission Lines Work?":
   https://youtu.be/qjY31x0m3d8
5. Practical Engineering - "How Does The Power Grid Work?":
   https://youtu.be/v1BMWczn7JM
6. "U.S. Electric Power Transmission Lines":
   https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=d4090758322c4d32a4cd002ffaa0aa12
7. "Three Phase Transformers":
   https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/transformer/three-phase-transformer.html
8. "Lewis County PUD Quincy Place Substation":
   https://www.google.com/maps/@46.6620899,-122.9741919,89m/data=!3m1!1e3

End-fed Antennas:

1. "Zeppelin Antenna":
   https://www.qsl.net/kk4obi/Article%20Zepp%20Antenna%202-Band%20HF%20Dipole.html
2. "The 'Best' Random Wire Antenna Lengths You Should and Should Not Use!":
   https://ve3ips.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/the-best-random-wire-antenna-lengthsrandom-wire-lengths-you-should-and-should-not-use-jack-ve3eed-sk/

Homemade Variable Capacitors:

1. Leyden Jar:
   https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/museum/leyden-jars-1745/
2. Parallel Plate Capacitor:
   http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/pplate.html
3. Relative Permittivity Chart:
   https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/relative-permittivity-d_1660.html
4. Build Your Own Transmitting Air Variable Capacitors!:
   https://www.qsl.net/n4dfp/buildcaps.html
5. High Voltage DIY Butterfly Capacitor For Magnetic Loop Antennas:
   https://www.ta2wk.com/high-voltage-diy-air-capacitor-for-magnetic-loop-antennas/

Resistor Color Code:

1. 1930s Body-End-Dot Color Code:
   https://www.stevenjohnson.com/web-pics/rma_resistor_color_code.gif
2. Modern Stripe Color Code:
   https://eepower.com/resistor-guide/resistor-standards-and-codes/resistor-color-code/