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MOTA (December 18 11 AM to 1 PM) No Sunday event.

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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!

Details can be found by clicking on this link.

Year-end Virtual Party Monday Dec 13 at 7 PM

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You are invited to join Newport County Radio Club online via Zoom (invitation sent via email) for a virtual year-end party on Monday December 13th at 7 PM.

While we can’t offer you hors d’oeuvre and libations, you are more than welcome to partake on your own.

We will have a brief review of what went on during the 2021 year, along with an announcement of an in-person event on Saturday December 18th (11 AM to 1 PM).  Our scavenger hunt will be returning again, complete with prizes for the winners (an end-fed half-wave antenna, club membership, wearable items, and other tchotchkes).  I hear that Paul’s elves have worked on a new score for the club’s song.

Hoping to see everyone Monday at 7 PM!

Virtual Year-End Party Monday December 13th at 7 PM

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Rather than have a year-end party, after two surveys of the membership, it was determined that a virtual party will be held again via Zoom on Monday December 13th at 7 PM.

There will be a brief review of the club activities during 2021 by outgoing President Peter KQ1X.  Nancy KC1NEK will announce an in-person get together for December 18th from 11 AM until 1 PM – A “MOTA” mines-on the air event.  Paul K1YBE and helper elves will have another scavenger hunt with a bunch of nice prizes.  And, the club song with new and improved soundtrack will be revealed.

Club members will receive an invitation on Sunday via email as usual.

Hope you can join us!

NCRC Meeting 7PM Monday November 8

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Our November club meeting will be via Zoom on Monday November 8, at 7 PM.

In addition to the regular business items, we will be holding elections for the 2022 officers.  We have several on-air events coming up next year to discuss as well.

Following the business meeting, Paul K1YBE and Will KO4DLO will give a presentation called “Going around in circles – what IQ can do for you” where he will describe and demonstrate some signal decoding methods using In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) techniques used in SDR.

Club members will be receiving their invitation via email later today

The presentation is at GoingAroundInCircles-What IQ can do for you

Club POTA Event Saturday October 23rd: 11 AM at Colt State Park

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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.