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
Anyone who has attended recent NCRC meetings knows that we’ve outgrown our long-time home at the ARC. For the past several months the club has been looking for larger accommodations. We are happy to announce that beginning in October, meetings will now 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.
The next meeting of the Newport County Radio Club will be on Monday September 9th at the Middletown ARC facility.
In addition to a short business session, Bob, WB4SON, will give a brief demonstration on the use of Anderson Powerpole connectors. If you have any equipment that you would like Powerpoles installed on, please bring it with you as Bob will have the tools and connectors available (no charge).
NCRC will be offering a second Technician Class starting September 16, 2013 at the American Red Cross facility in Middletown. Classes will be held on six consecutive Monday nights from 7:00 – 9:30 PM. An exam will be given on October 28th at 7:00 PM.
The class fee is $10, and the exam fee is $15.
People interested in the class may go to this URL for more details and to signup:
Hopefully everyone survived the heat wave (this author managed to be in Wyoming and Montana, enjoying blissfully cool nights and almost no humidity).
The next NCRC meeting will be held on Monday August 12th at 7 PM at the American Red Cross. The business meeting will discuss the upcoming ILLW (Aug 17/18), the next Technician Class (Sept 16), and the Jota (October 19/20).
Following the business meeting, Bob Beaudet, W1YRC, our Rhode Island Section Manager, will be giving an overview presentation on Ham Radio. In addition, Bob Beatty, WB4SON, will be giving a demonstration on Powerpole connections, crimp tools, and accessories. Anyone interested in having Powerpole connectors applied to their power cables can bring their cables to the club and they will be crimped on while you wait.