At the last meeting of the membership, June 8, 2015, the final reading of the proposed Constitution and Bylaws modifications was made. The membership then voted to adopt the changes, which add a new membership category (Youth, for under 18 members), having full voting privileges, but a dues rate that is to be “no more than half” the regular dues.
A revised Constitution and Bylaws document will be posted to the member-only part of the website soon.
Steve Hodell, KA1RCI, has returned the KA1RCI Portsmouth RI node back to the air at its normal location.
Special thanks to Brian Swann N1BS, John King WA1ABI, Jeff Lynch WA1VQY, and Roland Daignault N1JOY for all their help with the project to upgrade the 147.075 hardware and get it back on the air.
Note that the repeater is in its “Shake-Down” phase. Please report any issues to Steve
| 147.075 | + | RI | Portsmouth | KA1RCI | 67.0 | 67.0* | Newport | 524799 K1RSR-R |
on the air – linked fulltime |
Two membership applicants were presented to the membership at tonight’s NCRC meeting, and were voted into the club. NCRC extends its thanks and welcomes:
All Saints Academy was one of fourteen schools and organizations that submitted proposals to host an Amateur Radio contact with the International Space Station (ARISS). They are moving into the final stage of the selection process. Schools or organizations ultimately selected will host a scheduled Amateur Radio contact with an ISS crew member during the first half of 2016.
Congratulations to Mike Cullen for writing a successful proposal, to Rob White for all his efforts with Mike in growing young ASA hams, and to KVH Industries, Newport County Radio Club, RIDOE, FabNewport, and ATC Tech for being event sponsors.
See the official ARRL announcement here: http://www.arrl.org/news/fourteen-us-schools-groups-on-list-to-host-ham-contacts-with-space-station
According to the ARRL, the FCC has notified congress that they intend to eliminate fees for processing vanity call sign requests (they were spending more money than they were collecting in fees). It will take at least 3 months for the change to be published and to take effect.
See the article here: http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-eliminates-amateur-radio-vanity-call-sign-regulatory-fee