RI ARES is having a J-Pole build party this Saturday afternoon. Details:
All Are welcome!
We will be building the antenna. Some Kits still available.
AT: Warwick Public Library
600 Sandy Lane
Warwick, RI 02889
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
In large conference room
NCRC will be having its regular club meeting on Monday February 8th. However the start time will be 15 minute earlier at 6:45 PM. This is to allow time for the SKYWARN Class that will begin at 7:30 PM.
In addition to our usual business meeting beginning at 6:45, we are pleased to offer a full SKYWARN Certification class, offered by Rob Macedo (KD1CY) who is the ARES SKYWARN Coordinator for NWS Boston/Norton Massachusetts. This class will take 2 hours to complete. Please note, even if you have been certified in the past, it is recommended that your repeat the class every 2-3 years.
Club Members will receive a Zoom Invitation for the meeting. Should you also be interested in the SKYWARN Class, you must register for the class no later than Saturday Feb 6. Your registration information will be given to Rob so he can complete your certification.
RI ARES will be activating Beavertail Lighthouse in Jamestown on July 20th… 10am till 4:30pm… setup will commence at 9am… teardown after 4:30… all are welcome, although we are calling this event a general membership event…
RI ARES will be offer the ARRL Intro to Emergency Communications Course EC-001 as a hybrid, with 2 sessions as live presentations by experienced Emergency communicators… these live sessions will be held on August 10th and 17th, from 10 AM until 2 PM at the Coventry EOC. Please confirm that you are planning on attending to info@riares.org
The online materials are available on the ARRL website and while it is not required that they be completed before the live sessions, it is recommended that they be begun soon, and the final exam will be required in order to get credit for the class. The course can be found at: https://www.arrl.org/
As many of you know, the National Weather Service is hosting a Hurricane Awareness Tour that is coming to RI, at Quonset Point Airfield on Monday May 6th… Our membership, will provide communications support for the first Hurricane Awareness Tour to visit New England in 11 yrs.
We need as many volunteers as we can muster. Tasks include making contact with the National Hurricane Center on HF, guiding visitors to planes, to exhibits, controlling flow of visitors through the demonstrations, and at least one net control station for VHF. We will have at least one VHF Station set up for local communications, and one HF Station set up for comms with the NHC
We need volunteers to arrive at AT 8AM. Bring your HT.
We are seeking as many members as we can muster. I realize this is a weekday, and many of us work. But I do hope we can get a good number of you to support this event.
Contact Paul N1PSX (N1PSX@arrl.org) with your availability…
Thank you on behalf of RI ARES