Category Archives: Education

Technician Class & General/Extra Study Starts April 21st

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I’m happy to report that we have scheduled our next Technician Class to begin at 5:30 PM on Tuesday April 21st at St Lucy’s Church (909 W Main Rd, Middletown, RI 02842).  Classes will run from 5:30 PM until approximately 8:00 PM on six consecutive Tuesdays.  We will have the exam on June 2nd, same time and place.  There is a $10 fee for the student manual, if you need one (we use the Gordon West Technician book), and a $15 fee for the exam.

You can use the following link to register for the class:  https://forms.gle/2mTska1G33jwqPnZ6

The General/Extra Study Group will begin at the same time, and you can contact Paul Fredette  K1YBE@Yahoo.com

Hands On Radio Event: SDR Workshop May 30th

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NCRC is holding its fourth Hands On Radio event on May 30th from 6 PM to 8 PM at All Saints STEAM Academy, 915 W Main RD, Middletown RI

This event will focus on how inexpensive USB software-defined radio dongles (<$30) can be coupled with Matlab Simulink software running on a PC to demodulate various radio signals.

See more information and register on the Hands On Radio tab

Stem4Girls at Umass Dartmouth was awesome!

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The Newport County Radio club really stepped up big time.  Mike Cullen  supplied an FT-8 radio workshop that worked to several countries,  Our VP, Jim Sammons, filled in on a catapult workshop for a sick person and I had 2 folks from the club (Mary Nebilo and Dick Bianco) helping in the TinkerCAD/circuits Engineering workshop along with two EE graduate student ladies. Both Melissa and Onelis are in my Antenna Theory class so I have them to ask about homework and maybe a club question.  The Wrobles and Beth Cullen worked as chaperones.   Wonderful weather too.  Around 250 girls from grades 3 to 8 attended.

What an inspiration to the girls!

More details will be published here: STEM4Girls – The Kaput Center

73, Paul, K1YBE

Mike K1NPT Speaking to the Stem4Girls audience

Participants erecting antenna used for HF FT-8

Next Technician Class Starts Tuesday September 18

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Our next Technician Class will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM starting on September 18, 2018, at St. Lucy’s Church, 909 West Main RD, Middletown RI.  The exam will be held on Tuesday November 13.  (Because of holidays and Election Day there will be no class on October 9 and November 6.)

The class is free, but there is a $10 charge for the study guide and a $15 charge for the exam.

Interested parties are asked to sign up for the class by clicking THIS LINK