[bars] BARS September 2025 Newsletter & Monthly Meeting Announcement

[Christopher Lennon]

"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."

Well duh.  The real excitement topics of any rag chew are the classics:

What I had for breakfast.

Getting a haircut.

Chris
W2BPL

Sent from my phone.

On Sat, Aug 30, 2025, 11:40 AM Juan Jiménez via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:

> 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
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/128+Gorham+Street?entry=gmail&source=g>
>> 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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