The National Weather Service will be offering Skywarn Training on Thursday May 22, 2014, from 7 PM until 10 PM at the Tiverton Emergency Operation Center (Fire Station), on 85 Main Street, Tiverton RI.
The course is free, but Pre-registration is required. Please RSVP via email to Rob Macedo-KD1CY: rmacedo@rcn.com and Bill Tavares-KB1SDM: billtav62@gmail.com
The East Bay Newspapers published a story about the JotA event held this past weekend. NCRC receives a nod.
Please click here to see the article
Ted Wrobel demonstrated one variety of dual-band “roll-up” high gain antenna for use with HTs during our August meeting.
His antenna came from N9TAX: http://www.2wayelectronix.com/
Another source using smaller coax and twin-lead is from Nelson Antennas on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/nelson_antennas
International Lighthouse and Lighthouse Weekend (ILLW) was held this past weekend, and W1SYE was on-the-air both days, making about 350 contacts with other stations throughout North America and Europe. Several contacts were made with other stations participating in the ILLW. Members of the public, enjoying the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum on a very nice weekend, stopped into visit, as did several members of NCRC, adding a few guest operators to the log.
NCRC member Dave Brown, KC1AAA, was there and put together a very nice picture book of the event, which can be viewed here: NCRC at Beavertail Aug 2013
Our thanks to all the NCRC members who made this event a success, and a special thanks to Varoujan Karentz, and the other members of the lighthouse board, who granted us access to the “Oil House” as an operating location, as well as use of the Lighthouse’s Vertical tower as an antenna.
NCRC will be offering a second Technician Class starting September 16, 2013 at the American Red Cross facility in Middletown. Classes will be held on six consecutive Monday nights from 7:00 – 9:30 PM. An exam will be given on October 28th at 7:00 PM.
The class fee is $10, and the exam fee is $15.
People interested in the class may go to this URL for more details and to signup: