Willy W1LY was featured on page 11 of the February 9th edition of The Jamestown Press, in a nice story that described his entry into the hobby, as well as the club’s activities during JOTA, WFD and SFD. Our thanks to The Jamestown Press, and of course to Willy, a tireless member of our club who represents the best of what Amateur Radio is all about!
To see the entire article, please click on this link: W1LY & WFD
Hats off to Paul K1YBE, Mike KC1NEJ, Chuck N1CKT, and Nancy KC1NEK for a successful Get On The Air event on June 18th at the St Barnabas Festival in Portsmouth.
The gathering was a great success as an in-person club event. We set up and operated two stations; HF and D-Star. This was a great display of HAM radio resilience operating off battery in less then desirable weather.
We successfully activated POTA Washington-Rochambeau Mutli-state Trail(K-4582) and Case Mine (MOTA) for the first time. We also completed an IOTA (NA-031), on Aquidneck Island. Being 2540m from Hog Island Lighthouse doesn’t meet the 1 km rule but so what. More event pictures at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Q5T7
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Thanks to Nancy (KC1NEK) Austin, for making this event happen despite the rain and an unexpected family emergency. Great teamwork everyone! Thank you, Ted (W1GRI) & Mike (AA1XQ), for bringing your radio gear out in the wet WX. Thank you, Bob (WB4SON) Beatty, for the spot that got the frequency going. As a group we made 65 contacts total in just over an hour (16:46-17:49 UTC).
Stayed tuned for more events like this.
GREAT JOB TEAM!
NCRC had an in-person get together at Lehigh Grove in Portsmouth on Saturday December 18th from 11 AM until 1 PM. Since the weather did not dampen our intrepid members from participating on Saturday, we will NOT use the rain date on Sunday.
A more complete report on the event is being prepared but we did make 30 contacts on 40m.
This was the club’s first MOTA (Mine on the Air). It also qualifies as a US Island on the air, International Island on the Air, Lighthouse on the air, and Park on the Air – more events than you can shake a stick at!
We have just put back a POTA Tab on our website, which we will populate with information that might be helpful to POTA Activators and Hunters.
More importantly, Next Saturday (Oct 23) Jim KA1ZOU, John K1JSM, and Andy AB1BX, will be holding a NCRC club-wide POTA adventure at Colt State Park in Bristol RI. We’ll be on the air with two K3 radios on 20 & 40m. The event will start at 11 AM. Club calls W1SYE and NE1RI will be used on air..
This is primarily a show & tell for any NCRC club member who has an interest. Other members who are POTA veterans are welcome and needed to help explain POTA operations to others. Since this is an outdoor location (and stunningly beautiful too), this is a COVID safe activity.
You will be able to see the simple hardware (radio, battery, antennas) that can be used as well as electronic logging via laptop (N3FJP’s ACL – Amateur Contact Log. In some ways, it is easier to get on the air from a car/truck/van than from a home location. 20m and 40m bands are excellent for working dozens of POTA contacts.
Be sure the check our website BEFORE heading to Colt State Park. We may be able to provide some more specific location details. Also, in the event of cancellation due to bad weather, will we post a cancellation notice on the website.
Email invitations will be sent out shortly to club members and will have a cell phone # for John Mills so he can help you locate the spot.
