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NCRC Pi Day Eve Special Event!

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To celebrate the night before Pi Day, please join us this Monday March 13th for a NCRC social hour from 6-7pm before the (hybrid) Monthly Meeting starts as usual at 7pm. We will be providing pizza, pies, coffee and cider. So come on down to St. Barnabas straight from work and talk radio with all of us, and have some fun.

(St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 E Main Rd, Portsmouth. Parking Lot off Fairview Lane.)

W1LY has radio gear to raffle; John N1SMX will be on hand to help people renew their NCRC membership; and Dave KC1IPA can help you sign up or renew an ARRL membership so that the club gets a benefit!
Six club members just passed their license/license upgrade exam – so cheers to them, too! John Mills K1JSM and Paul K1YBE have planned Pi day activities, so there will be LOTS going on as we celebrate the return of Daylight Saving Time. (Maybe there will be some singing too?)

NCRC March Meeting

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NCRC’s March Meeting will return to a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting from 7:00pm to 8:30pm on Monday, March 13.  A ZOOM invitation will be sent out later this weekend.  In-person will be at St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 East Main Rd. at Fairview Lane, Portsmouth RI – Doors open 6:30pm.  Minutes and Business Meeting slides will be posted as available.

A special presentation entitled ÄRTEN™ | NCRC’s ARRL Foundation Club Microwave Grant will given by lead engineer Paul Fredette, K1YBE. Slide deck is available here.

ÄRTEN™ (Amateur Radio Training Experiment Network) is a pilot community engagement learning opportunity in the 1-10GHz Super High Frequency (SHF) ham bands at the intersection of amateur radio + mesh network technology. Learn more about the opportunities unleashed by this $8K grant and how to get involved this year. (Hybrid)

NCRC February Meeting

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NCRC’s February Meeting will be a remote only meeting from 7:00pm to 9:00pm on Monday, February 13.  A ZOOM invitation will be sent out later this weekend.  Minutes and Business Meeting slides will be posted as available.

A special presentation entitled “SPY” Radio Operations, Enigmas & CIA “BUGS”, will be given by Dr. Tom Perera W1TP.

Tom will describe the desperate attempts by the resistance to build and hide secret radios so they could keep informed about the progress of the war. He will show how spies communicated critically important intelligence information back to the Allies while being ruthlessly hunted by direction-finding teams. The role of the ENIGMA and the latest CIA “Bugs” and radios will also be discussed.

Tom is a retired professor of neuroscience. He has been an active ham for over 69 years while collecting, researching, lecturing and writing about WW-II radios, telegraph keys and German Enigma cipher machines. His website: http://w1tp.com shows and describes over 3000 telegraph keys and radios and his online Enigma museum: http://EnigmaMuseum.com shows Enigma history and technology.

NCRC January Meeting

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NCRC’s January Meeting will be a hybrid in-person and remote meeting again.  It will be held at St. Barnabas Church, 1697 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI 02871.  The doors will open at 6:30 and the meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.  A zoom invitation will be sent out later this weekend.

The primary purpose of the meeting will be to discuss Winter Field Day and induct new members.

NCRC December Meeting

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NCRC’s December Meeting will be a hybrid in-person and remote meeting again.  It will be held at St. Barnabas Church, 1697 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI 02871.  The doors will open Monday December 12th at 6:00 PM for the purpose of mingling.  Donuts will be served along with some other tasty snacks.

While the purpose of this meeting is mostly social, it also gives us a chance to reflect back on our accomplishments.  There will be a very short business meeting to vote on new members as well as the proposed change to the Bylaws that was discussed in November.  The business meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.  Those joining remotely should connect at this time (although you can join earlier if you desire).  Of course there will be a Yankee Swap to liven things up!

The Zoom invitation will be sent later this weekend.

NCRC had an amazing year, and has a wonderful new set of officers ready to continue to move the club forward in 2023.  We share our best holiday wishes to one and all.