Sunday Breakfast Get Together
Sunday breakfast is usually the 2nd Sunday of almost every month, unless the restaurant is closed, holidays. We LRRA members, visitors, guests, spouses, and friends, like to get together to take care of LRRA business, swap lies and tell stories. You don’t have to be a LRRA member to attend. All are welcome.
Spring, summer, fall months we meet 7 AM @ various restaurants around Lake Winnipesaukee. Winter months we may meet at 9:30 am.
We also meet at other different restaurants. The Welcome page of our website posts the most current info regarding time and place of our next breakfast meet-up.
Please note, these are subject to change and sometimes are cancelled due to bad weather.
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What is radio on our Sunday breakfast review?
Radio is part of a broader spectrum
What are radio frequencies on our Sunday breakfast review?
“Frequency” means how often something happens in a specific time window.
In radio, frequency is the number of waves per second. You’ll see frequencies listed like “840 kHz” or “300 MHz”.
Hz stands for Hertz, which means one wave.
What is wavelength on our Sunday breakfast review?
A wavelength is the physical length from peak to peak on a wave.
Wavelength and frequency are an inverse relationship. The higher the frequency, the lower the wavelength.
What does HF, VHF, and UHF mean?
High Frequency (HF), Very High Frequency (VHF), and Ultra High Frequency (UHF)
- High Frequency (HF) is 3-30 MHz
- Very High Frequency (VHF) is 30-300 MHz
- Ultra High Frequency (UHF) is 300 MHz to 3 GHz
There are of course other sections like Low Frequency, but you don’t hear much about them because they aren’t used for civilian radio.
What are radio bands?
There are 27 amateur radio bands. These are the most popular:
| Range | Band (Meter) | MHz |
|---|---|---|
| HF | 80 | 3.5 – 4.0 |
| HF | 40 | 7.0 – 7.3 |
| HF | 30 | 10.1 – 10.15 |
| HF | 20 | 14.0 – 14.350 |
| HF | 17 | 18.068 – 18.168 |
| HF | 15 | 21.0 – 21.450 |
| HF | 12 | 24.890 – 24.990 |
| HF | 10 | 28.0 – 29.70 |
| VHF | 6 | 50 – 54 |
| VHF | 2 | 144 – 148 |
| UHF | 70 cm | 430 – 440 |
But most beginner’s focus on just two bands: 2 meter / 144-148 MHz and 70 centimeter / 430-440 MHz.
Additionally, 2 meter and 70 centimeter are the bands used by local emergency radio services such as the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, and Community Emergency Response Teams.