Our NCRC Regular business meeting will be he held at 7 PM on Monday Sept 13th.
In addition to business as usual (3 new members), there will be a discussion on JOTA (Jamboree On The Air, for Girl & Boy Scouts). Following the meeting, our guest speaker Chris Codella, W2PA, will give a presentation on Ham Blackout during WWII
Zoom invitations are being sent out late Sunday night.
Ted Wroble, W1GRI, has replaced his 25 year old Coleman 4000 watt generator with a new one, and would like to give it away to any NCRC member that is willing to pick it up from Ted’s house in downtown Newport.
In the interest of full disclosure, the generator was last used in Hurricane Sandy, is about 25 years old, and like many generators of that size, is loud when running, and a handful to move. But the price (free) can’t be beat.
Anyone that is interested, please contact ted at twrobel AT tacticaltech.com or call him at the phone number listed on the club roster.
Just a reminder that meeting videos can be found in Documents/Current Year/Current Year Presentations.
Hi everyone – days just seem to fly by in the summer. Believe it or not, it’s time for a Zoom Club Meeting, Monday August 9th at 7:00 PM. In addition to our usual short business meeting, Jim Sammons, KA1ZOU, and John Mills, K1JSM, will be giving a presentation on using and configuring N3FJP’s Amateur Contact Log (ACL). This is the logging program that the club uses for Summer and Winter Field Day, as well as many of the Parks on the Air events.
Many have asked if we are returning to in-person meetings, and we have started the process of getting permission to do so again. However, as you are well aware, things are going the wrong way with the pandemic, so in person events are not looking advisable at this time. Having said that, don’t forget that some members get together every Thursday for breakfast at Chelsea’s on Aquidneck Ave in Middletown. Folks show up between 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM, when breakfast is ordered.
NCRC will be having our regular monthly meeting via ZOOM on Monday July 12 starting at 7 PM. Members will be receiving an invitation via email. If you would like to attend as a guest, please contact WB4SON at gmail.com
In addition to the regular business items, we will have some preliminary results for Field Day. Our guest speaker will be Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, who will give a presentation entitled “Programs Helping Hams and Young People to Develop New Skills and Get on The Air”. Fred is the current president of the Nashua Area Radio Society (voted best club in America for 2019). He is also a technical mentor for ARISS, and a strong believer in education. Fred is running for the ARRL New England Director position this fall.