The antennas have been raised, and the rigs have been tested, so NCRC is all ready for the Boy Scout Jamboree which starts Saturday morning and continues through Sunday at Noon.
Listen to W1SYE if you get a chance and help the scouts with a on-air contact. Complete information on JotA can be found here.
If you click on this link you will see how Willy, W1LY, launched one of the lines used to support the HF antenna (a 135 foot dipole): W1LY Launching Antenna
Club members are reminded that the next meeting of the club, Monday, October 14, will be held at the Gilbert-Burton VFW Post, 52 Underwood Lane, Middletown, RI.
This is a much larger facility with ample parking and is located right off of Coddington Highway.
A survey was sent to all our members today to determine how many might be interested in an Upgrade Class to General to be held next spring. So far the survey has been mailed only to NCRC members, but we might open it up to a state-wide audience at a later date.
Please fill in the short form and return it (its an Email thing — just fill in the blanks and press the SUBMIT button at the bottom).
The latest NCRC Technician Class began on Monday September 16, with seven students. Classes will be held for the next five Monday, and an exam will be held on October 28th. As we did last session, students who pass the exam and join NCRC for two years will receive a HT once they receive their license.
Remember that the October NCRC meeting will be held at the VFW Post
Ted Wrobel demonstrated one variety of dual-band “roll-up” high gain antenna for use with HTs during our August meeting.
His antenna came from N9TAX: http://www.2wayelectronix.com/
Another source using smaller coax and twin-lead is from Nelson Antennas on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/usr/nelson_antennas