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NCRC Pi Day Eve Special Event!

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To celebrate the night before Pi Day, please join us this Monday March 13th for a NCRC social hour from 6-7pm before the (hybrid) Monthly Meeting starts as usual at 7pm. We will be providing pizza, pies, coffee and cider. So come on down to St. Barnabas straight from work and talk radio with all of us, and have some fun.

(St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 E Main Rd, Portsmouth. Parking Lot off Fairview Lane.)

W1LY has radio gear to raffle; John N1SMX will be on hand to help people renew their NCRC membership; and Dave KC1IPA can help you sign up or renew an ARRL membership so that the club gets a benefit!
Six club members just passed their license/license upgrade exam – so cheers to them, too! John Mills K1JSM and Paul K1YBE have planned Pi day activities, so there will be LOTS going on as we celebrate the return of Daylight Saving Time. (Maybe there will be some singing too?)

NCRC March Meeting

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NCRC’s March Meeting will return to a hybrid in-person and Zoom meeting from 7:00pm to 8:30pm on Monday, March 13.  A ZOOM invitation will be sent out later this weekend.  In-person will be at St. Barnabas Parish Hall, 1697 East Main Rd. at Fairview Lane, Portsmouth RI – Doors open 6:30pm.  Minutes and Business Meeting slides will be posted as available.

A special presentation entitled ÄRTEN™ | NCRC’s ARRL Foundation Club Microwave Grant will given by lead engineer Paul Fredette, K1YBE. Slide deck is available here.

ÄRTEN™ (Amateur Radio Training Experiment Network) is a pilot community engagement learning opportunity in the 1-10GHz Super High Frequency (SHF) ham bands at the intersection of amateur radio + mesh network technology. Learn more about the opportunities unleashed by this $8K grant and how to get involved this year. (Hybrid)

A Volunteer Examiner Tutorial: “How to Navigate the ExamTools [Sandbox] Test Environment”

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This updated presentation from AA1XQ provides a quick look at how the ExamTools Test environment functions by looking at the application using the ExamTools SandBox. Once conversant with the machinations of the process, conducting a faux ExamTools session in the SandBox should take only 10 – 15 minutes.  Having completed this tutorial, a VE will be trained to lead an electronic format license exam session.

All NCRC VEs should complete this training ASAP.

ARRL New England Division Town Hall Meeting – February 23, 2023 at 7 pm

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Phil Temples K9HI, our Assistant Directors, and I will hold our next New England Division Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, February 23rd, at 7 pm ET. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide you with an ARRL update, get your thoughts on what we should be focusing on, and answer any questions you might have about the ARRL and what we are doing on behalf of ARRL members here in New England. We plan to spend a good deal of our time together answering your questions. If you’d like to send us a question in advance, you can do so via an email to ab1oc@arrl.org, or you can just plan to ask your questions during the Town Hall Meeting.We will hold our Town Hall Meeting via a Zoom Webinar. You can get your personal link to join the Town Hall Meeting via the following link (paste the link in your browser to register) –https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-4QVGZj_THG1VXImuTnazQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.  We hope to see you on February 23rd!
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ARRL New England Division
Director: Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC ab1oc@arrl.org
Phil Temples <phil@temples.com>

Willy W1LY Featured in The Jamestown Press

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Willy W1LY was featured on page 11 of the February 9th edition of The Jamestown Press, in a nice story that described his entry into the hobby, as well as the club’s activities during JOTA, WFD and SFD.  Our thanks to The Jamestown Press, and of course to Willy, a tireless member of our club who represents the best of what Amateur Radio is all about!

To see the entire article, please click on this link: W1LY & WFD