Category Archives: Announcements

Next ECTTC Class Starts March 3

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John King, WA1ABI, has announced the next Emergency Communications Technician Training Course (ECCTC) will begin at 7 PM on Tuesday March 3rd.  This class will be held on seven consecutive Tuesdays at the Portsmouth EOC.  The course is open to all licensed Amateur radio operators. Preference is given to residents of Newport County, but enrollment is open to all Amateur operators on a space available basis.

This training course equips the student with the knowledge and skills needed to serve as an Emergency Communicator in an Emergency Operations Center, a Red Cross evacuation shelter, or a Medical Emergency Distribution System Point of Dispensing. These skills are applicable to operations in many other public safety emergency communications venues. No prior knowledge of public safety or emergency communications is assumed or required. See the course syllabus for information on the subject areas covered in this course.

More details can be found in this document

Meeting Reminder: 7 PM KVH TONIGHT

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We will be having the first regular meeting of the year on Monday, January 12, at KVH Manufacturing (75 Enterprise Drive Middletown, RI 02842).

Eight people are applying for membership, and the night’s presentation will be given by Ms. Allison Phillips, showing us how to design and produce simple PCBs using Express PCB.

See you there!

OSECA Net a Rousing Success!

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The OSECA net debuted this past Tuesday, December 2, at 1900 local time on the KA1RCI Network.  By any definition, it was a rousing success, with 32 check-ins in just over an hour.  John King, WA1ABI, had the honor of being the first Net Control station.

OSECA stands for Ocean State Emergency Communion Alliance.  It was formed with a goal of providing a forum for those hams involved in EmComm throughout the state.  Representatives from multiple EMAs checked in (Providence, Coventry, No. Smithfield, Wakefield, Narragansett, Westerly, and Portsmouth, to name a few), as well as other served agencies and non-emergency public service groups.

The OSECA net is held on the FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of each month at 1900 local time on the KA1RCI Network.  Despite its focus on EmComm, all hams, especially those who are looking for an agency to join, are encouraged to participate.

Congratulations to new officers for 2015!

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A new slate of officers was elected during last night’s club meeting.  The officers are as follows:

President: Jim Sammons, KA1ZOU
Vice President: Rick Brendlinger, N3RWB
Treasurer: John Mills, K1JSM
Secretary: Bob Beatty, WB4SON

In addition to the officers listed above, the Executive Committee will consist of the immediate past-President Willy Maclean, W1LY, and two voting members of the club: Sam Sanborn, N1SRV and Pete Lawson, W1LAB

Many thanks to Ed Gossling and Willy MacLean, our departing officers and to Dave Brown, our departing Executive Board member, for all their help and guidance during 2014, a year that saw fantastic growth and on-the-air opportunities for our members, along with the creation of NCECT.  The impact of NCRC was felt far and wide this past year!