Monthly Casual Tech Saturday

Meeting Location Details

Meeting Time & Date

Cancelled Until Further Notice.

Monthly on the 2nd Saturday (Except April and May 2026)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Meeting Location

Deer Valley Airport Civil Air Patrol Building
932 W Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85027

Photos from Previous Casual Tech Meetups

Presentation & demo of TBARC's Wires-X Fusion repeater.
More fun with raising an HF antenna outside the CAP base office.
Fun with raising an HF antenna outside the CAP base office.
Ruben's Go-Kit going into its Go-Box.
Ruben’s VHF/UHF Go-Kit going into its Go-Box.
The Radio Room at the Civil Air Patrol Base.
The Radio Room at the Civil Air Patrol Base.
Playing with antennas at the Casual Tech Meetup.
Playing with antennas at the Casual Tech Meetup.
Digi-Pi kit by K7EBB, fully assembled.
Ruben’s Go-Box ready to go, complete with a big battery.
View of teh CAP Meeting Room as seen from the Radio Room.
The CAP Meeting Room as seen from the Radio Room.
Ruben and company installing the balun at the Casual Tech Meetup.
Ruben and friend raising a balun at the Casual Tech Meetup.
Ruben's Go-Kit going into its Go-Box.
Digi-Pi digital interface kit by K7EBB, fully assembled.
Casual Tech Meetup at Civil Air Patrol building at Deer Valley Airport
Civil Air Patrol building at Deer Valley Airport. Thanks to Ruben Kafenbaum, WA2NBL, for inviting us into his shack.

Above, left: Paul explaining his kit-built QRP transceiver. Center: Chris KC9AD explaining his Nexus DR-X digital interface HAT on a Raspberry Pi 4. Right: Interior view of Paul’s kit-built QRP labs transceiver.