Category Archives: Announcements

PLEASE Don’t Forget to Register for Field Day

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Field Day is only TWO weeks away.  The “Field Day 2019” Tab has been active on our website since April, but VERY FEW have used it to register for Field Day.  We need this information to ensure that we have enough food to feed all the volunteers that assist in setup & take-down, plus the operators.

You will see the “Field Day 2019” tab along the bottom of the page banner like this:

About a third of the way down the page is the registration section.  Please click the link that says “Please Click on This Link to Register”

NCRC Meeting Monday May 13 @ 7 PM

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We will have a regular NCRC meeting on Monday May 13, at 7 PM, at KVH (75 Enterprise DR, Middletown, RI).

It will be a busy meeting.  In addition to the regular business meeting, we will be having the first reading of Constitution and Bylaw changes to clarify some membership issues.  In addition there will be a presentation by John K1JSM, and Jim KA1ZOU on QSLing and Logging.  Willy W1LY will be discussing some things to watch out for during Field Day logging.  And of course, we will be discussing Field Day itself.

Hope to see everyone there!

Hands On Radio Event: SDR Workshop May 30th

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NCRC is holding its fourth Hands On Radio event on May 30th from 6 PM to 8 PM at All Saints STEAM Academy, 915 W Main RD, Middletown RI

This event will focus on how inexpensive USB software-defined radio dongles (<$30) can be coupled with Matlab Simulink software running on a PC to demodulate various radio signals.

See more information and register on the Hands On Radio tab

FMT April 12

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It’s spring, so it must be time for another Frequency Measuring Test (FMT).  Here’s the ARRL Announcement from the April 2019 QST (Note: This is actually 10 PM EDT on THURSDAY):

A few NCRC members have been known to participate in the FMT in the past.

Meeting Reminder: Monday April 8, 7PM KVH

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The second Monday of the month is just a few days away and that means it’s time for a NCRC meeting:  Monday April 8, 7:00 PM at KVH Manufacturing (75 Enterprise Drive, Middletown).

Following a short business meeting, we will be having a presentation on the Titanic Radios given by Mark Rudd, as well as an introduction to the upcoming Hands On Radio event in May on Software Defined Radios (SDR) by Paul K1YBE.

See everyone Monday!