Changes to POTA Naming Conventions

The POTA program has been in the process of changing all park prefixes from their original format to a new format that follows the ISO standard for naming entities.  On March 20, 2024, parks in the US will change from being listed as “K-xxxxx” to “US-xxxxx” (the K changes to US).

Changes for other countries have either already taken place or will take place soon. For example, The Bahamas used to begin with C6, and is now BS.

Keep in mind that there never has been a requirement to transmit your park information, not even if you are doing a park-to-park contact.  All of that is automatically handled when logs are uploaded.  But you will certainly see these changes on the POTA spotting network, and will likely hear them on the air soon.  Just remember to send “US” starting March 20th!!!

See this URL for information:  https://docs.pota.app/docs/changes.html

March 2024 Monthly Meeting

NCRC’s March 2024 Meeting will be a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting from 7:00pm to 8:15pm on Monday, March 11.  The ZOOM invitation was provided by email.  In-person will be at St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 East Main Rd. at Fairview Lane, Portsmouth, RI.  Doors open at 6:00pm for setup and 6:30 for socializing.  Zoom should be up and running by then.  Join us!  March Minutes and Business Meeting slides will be posted as available.

Following the business meeting, Paul Fredette K1YBE will provide a presentation entitled, “A History of Electronics – Amber to Quantum Dots”

Please review February Business Meeting Minutes (w1sye.org) and 2024Financials.xlsx (w1sye.org) on the W1SYE.org website and be prepared to discuss and vote on them.

February 2024 Monthly Meeting

NCRC’s February 2024 Meeting will be a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting from 7:00pm to 8:15pm on Monday, February 12.  A ZOOM invitation will be sent out the weekend before.  In-person will be at St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 East Main Rd. at Fairview Lane, Portsmouth, RI.  Minutes and Business Meeting slides will be posted as available.

Following the business meeting, WB4SON will provide a presentation entitled, “Portable Operation Power.”

Doors open at 6:00pm for setup and 6:30 for socializing.  Zoom should be up and running by then.  Join us!

WFD 2024 is in the books!

I want to thank everyone who helped with Winter Field Day 2024. NCRC operated 1O phone only (1 station, outdoors) this year instead of the usual 2O phone & CW.  We completed 748 HF Contacts, 1 satellite QSO, and sent and received 1 Winlink Message. We did not have the best weather this year.  Weather was fine on Saturday, but Sunday was raining all day and cold. However, it was nice and cozy in ticket booth shack.  Midnight to 8 am we had no operators so we had to shut down the station.  Again, Thank You to all.

Dave Neal W2DAN

First Meeting of the New Year!

NCRC’s January 2024 Meeting will be a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting from 7:00pm to 8:15pm on Monday, January 8.  A ZOOM invitation will be sent out the weekend before.  In-person will be at St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 East Main Rd. at Fairview Lane, Portsmouth, RI.  Minutes and Business Meeting slides will be posted as available.

Doors open at 6:00pm for setup and 6:30 for socializing.  Zoom should be up and running by then.  Join us!