We will be having the first regular meeting of the year on Monday, January 12, at KVH Manufacturing (75 Enterprise Drive Middletown, RI 02842).
Eight people are applying for membership, and the night’s presentation will be given by Ms. Allison Phillips, showing us how to design and produce simple PCBs using Express PCB.
See you there!
The Algonquin Amateur Radio Club of Marlborough MA is holding its annual Ham Radio flea market on Saturday, February 14, 2015. VEC licensing exams will also be available, starting at 9:00 AM.
The market will held at the 1LT Charles W. Whitcomb Middle School (25 Union St, Marlborough MA), located within about two miles of the intersection of I-290 and I-495.
Doors open at 6:30 AM for vendor setup and 9:00 AM for buyers. We have alternate/overflow parking at the nearby Marlborough High School with a bus running between parking lots and the flea entrance.
General admission is $5. Vendor tables may be purchased in advance for $15 (before Feb 6 or $20 at the door) and include admission for one.
Details and a flyer with a vendor reservation form are available through our web page: www.n1em.org (aka. www.qsl.net/n1em/)
Further queries can be sent to:
fleamarket@n1em.org
Up to no good as usual, John, WA1ABI, and Bob, WB4SON, engaged in several 2 x Christmas Tree Light QSOs today. You can see a bit of the results on Bob’s post here: http://wb4son.com/wpblog/?p=1424
Tonight marks the final step for six new Technicians who took our classes, passed their exam, and have received a pre-programmed dual-band HT during a class that introduced them to basic radio procedures, net operations, and HT programming/operations.
Please welcome our newest members of NCRC:
KC1CVY – Pete
KC1CVZ – Kathryn
KC1CWA – Harry
KC1CWB – Frank
KC1CWQ – Jason
KC1CWX – Forrest
Our next Technician Class is planned for downtown Newport beginning the end of March, 2015.
SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 6, 2014 from 0000 to 2359Z (So 1900 Local on Friday to 1859 Local on Saturday).
RI Hams can contact WX1BOX, the Taunton/Boston station on VHF (the 146.760 Repeater) as well as WX4NHC, the National Hurricane Center, on 14.325 MHz.