[bars] BARS September 2025 Newsletter & Monthly Meeting Announcement

[Juan Jiménez]

Interesting piece about machine learning (the correct name for the "AI"
marketing concept). My take on how ML can influence activities like our own
is in automation of pattern recognition and reaction to what we hear and
observe on our radios.

For example, has anyone thought about programming a CW interface between a
HAM radio and ChatGPT? If a computer can decode CW, it should also work as
a go-between between that and many other similar resources on the internet.
One of the things ChatGPT can do is create a text-based game in the spirit
of the Infocom series (think Zork, Suspended or Hitchiker's Guide to the
Galaxy). Those games have interfaces to which you talk just as you would
talk to a human. It can create an entire universe of a game for you, but
one of the things it does not do well is create horror themes or stories. I
tried asking it for a game based on Ridley Scott's "Alien" movie but
ChatGPT seemed unable to create monsters. I spent hours playing two games
it created, and it was a heck of a lot more interesting than CW'ing to
people about their trip to the barn. :)

ML can also help with all those repetitive activities in HAM radio that can
be automated, but require pattern matching to make decisions, such as
tuning of an antenna.

The concept of a personal Elmer who is available 24x7 and never tires of
answering your questions is a very real one in ChatGPT.

I use ChatGPT at work for one purpose, helping me gather and summarize
information to suggest answers to complex technical questions. It is
exactly the same thing I would do manually with Google searches, but it can
search many more sources simultaneously at blazing speeds, much faster than
my fat Puerto Rican redneck fingers can type. Just remember: "ChatGPT can
make mistakes." Says so at the bottom of every initial screen.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM David Marcucci via bars <bars at w1hh.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We've got another great newsletter ready for your reading pleasure.
> Thanks, as always, to our newsletter editor, Marla, for putting this
> together every month. Also, thanks to those of you who contributed
> articles. Without articles, there is no newsletter. If you have something
> you'd like to submit for a future newsletter, be sure to send it to Marla
> at wa1gsf at comcast.net. Here's the link for this
> month's newsletter posting:
> https://www.w1hh.org/september-2025-billerica-amateur-radio-society-newsletter/
>
> *REMEMBER! MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE BACK TO HYBRID STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.*
>
> This Wednesday, 9/3, is our monthly membership meeting. Note that the
> meetings are now hybrid and will take place at the Chelmsford Bible Church
> at 128 Gorham Street in Chelmsford AND via Zoom at 7 pm EST. You should
> have already received the Zoom meeting info from Bruce via this email list.
>
> I would like to announce that our Guest Speaker for the September 3, 2025,
> club meeting will be Ward Silver, N0AX, who will give a talk on End Fed
> Half Wave antennas and other relevant antenna topics. Ward has written
> several antenna books for the ARRL, so this presentation should provide
> valuable insight into antenna building and construction. You won’t want to
> miss this presentation!
>
> See
> https://www.w1hh.org/september-3-2025-bars-meeting-ward-silver-n0ax-end-fed-half-wave-and-other-antenna-topics/ for
> more information.
>
> Be sure to check out this month's newsletter on w1hh.org, to watch BARS
> TV, and to get more info on our upcoming meetings and events.
>
> As a reminder, BARS dues run from January 1 through December 31. Dues are
> just $15 for the year and help pay for the club's Zoom account, the
> website, Field Day activities, etc. If you have not renewed, you can do so
> online at https://www.w1hh.org/join-or-renew/. If you're not sure if you
> are current or not, email our club treasurer, Bruce Anderson, at
> w1lus at hotmail.com.
>
> 73,
> Dave
> KC1TLF
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