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POTA Change of Venue Sept 30
*** POTA CHANGE OF VENUE. ***
Sat July 30 at 9:30 at Ft. Wetherill Park in Jamestown.
The park at Ft. Adams, Newport is closed for the Jazz festival.
See attached maps. We will meet in the Parking Lot marked ON MAP BELOW with red balloon near the bottom of the map.
DIRECTIONS:
From Newport, turn Right immediately after the toll booths, sign to Jamestown, at stop sign Left turn. Follow road along waterfront. At stop sign (Narragansett Ave), go straight. Continue on Wilcox Ave, stay Left at triangle in road. First Right is entrance into Ft Wetherill Park.
Take the first entrance, then a right turn, and go halfway around the square.
Call either of the following cell phones as you approach for close in guidance.
401-258-8604, 401-595-9653. Or use the W1SYE repeater, 145.450
Bring water and sun hat.
Hope to see you there!
Parks on the Air: Sat July 30
Newport County Radio Club Parks on the Air (POTA) Activity
When: Saturday July 30, 2022 at 0930 EDST
Where: Ft. Adams State Park: POTA K-2874
Who: All club members and license classes welcome
All members are welcome however those with a General license are especially encouraged to attend.
Optional: bring your own HF radio, microphone and the radio’s manual. We’ll try to use it to get on the air. POTA experienced members will provide help you might need to further your understanding of your own radio. In addition, batteries, antennas, turners, other HF radios, etc. will be provided.
Club members can participate in this POTA activity in two ways:
1. Operate on the air as an “activator” at the park using call sign W1SYE.
2. Operate from home and contact W1SYE as a “hunter” on the day of the event. Activators are listed on the following POTA web site: https://pota.app/#/
Call the W1SYE activators!
Club members are encouraged to come out to our activation to share knowledge or learn about portable setups and operations, different modes of operation (CW, phone, digital), how to manage/work pileups, and even operate HF bands with a control operator in a relaxed environment.
Ft. Adams is in Newport. We will setup on the bluff behind the Eisenhower House. Turn left as soon as you enter the park.
GOTA@GOTA next Saturday
Our first Gatherings On The Air happening.
NCRC will be providing a Get On The Air activity on Saturday June 18 from 2:30 to 5 pm at the St Barnabas Festival in Portsmouth.
We will include an HF station on 40, 20 and 15m and a demonstration on our W1SYE repeater with a personal safety chat by Prez Nancy, KC1NEK. If you can’t make the Festival, please join us on the air to give kids and families a pleasant radio contact experience. We will use the NE1RI call sign and hopefully get folks to know about Field Day on the following Saturday. Questions? email k1ybe@yahoo.com
Festival details at: 2022 Festival Poster[816]
NCRC Meeting Monday June 13 at 7 PM
Hello all!
Our next meeting is this coming Monday, June 13th at 7 PM. As usual, it will be held via Zoom. Members will be receiving a Zoom invitation via email within the next day. As usual, our business meeting will be short, and members are advised to check the Committee Reports for detailed information of things that have been going on.
Our classes have successfully completed along with 3 VE sessions, all of which were expeditiously completed electronically using tablet computers. Congratulations to 15 new Technicians and 5 folks upgrading to General and Extra.
After the business meeting, we will focus on Field Day preparations (June 24/25/26), then we will have set of longer breakout meeting rooms for casual conversation, followed by the big room for chatting until the wee hours.
If you can help with Field Day setup/takedown/feeding, please use this form to let us know