We had a total of 13 students who completed the Technician Class. Not all were able to take the exam, but 9 passed the exam on May 20th and joined the club. We are expecting four others to take the exam on June 8th.
We look forward to offering another Technician Class in the fall of 2013.
The regular meeting for NCRC will be held at the Fire Station on Monday May 13th at 7 PM.
The presentation for the evening will be a on-the-air Field Day exchange simulation between Willy (W1LY) and John (WA1ABI).
Ed (W1NQH), Jack (N1JK), John (WA1ABI), and Willy (W1LY) were at it again on April 27th, installing custom made Heliax cables and resolving RF noise that was desensing the receiver. You can read about the latest update HERE, and see photos of the repeater site and update HERE
The club is very grateful to all those involved in the update, which when completed, will result in a fine ECOM repeater for all of the East Bay area.
Gary Pearce, KN4AQ, who produces the Ham Radio Now webisodes, has interviewed the three net control operators who are responsible for the Boston Marathon and direct the efforts of approximately 240 hams before, during, and after the race. The interview deals with the bombing, and has been split into two parts.
You can find the first part here: http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0074.html
Following the activity list presented by John King during the last club meeting, Rick, Ed, John, and Willy, were at it again this weekend, performing additional upgrades to the W1SYE repeater. A document describing their activities can be found here. More work is needed in the future, especially with respect to the receiver performance.
Also they need someone to design a AC power fail detector circuit that can give them a logic level output when power is good and when power is failed. If anyone is interested in this project, please contact Willy MacLean or John King.