Category Archives: ARRL

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)

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>

Very Nice Analyzer (VNA) assembly event

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NCRC invites you to a learning experience on Vector Network Analyzers, the most common instrument for RF component measurements.  This is a kickoff for the ÄRTEN™ project funded by a recent ARRL grant to NCRC.
Place: FabNewport,
Address: 1 York St, Newport, RI 02840
Time: 6:30 pm to 9pm
The first 2 minutes of the youtube DIY Vector Network Analyzer Kit explains the instrument concept but we hope to bring this knowledge to a much younger and older audience.  The remainder of the video deals with the software aspects.  To me the VNA is a fancy AC Ohmmeter for RF components.
Agenda for Friday is to review the material in the UVNA-63 box and have the team mount the pieces and connect the coax cables with a proper torque wrench.    We will then attempt to measure some common components like a resistor, capacitor and inductor and measure filter parameters of the supplied test circuits like filters.  Another skill used will be the calibration of the instrument that is typical of any VNA like the NanoVNA.  A Very Nice Analyzer learning tool indeed.
Hoping to see you and we will attempt a recording to share if you can’t.
For more info contact : VicePresident@W1sye.org