Since this Thursday is July 4th, the first Thursday of the month, there will be NO breakfast at Rome Point. Enjoy the holiday!
Beach Island Activation
*** UPDATE ***
The activation was successful, but it was hard going as band conditions were awful.
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On Beach Island – John K1JSM in the background, Willy W1LY on Left, Jim KA1ZOU on right. Photo by Pete W1LAB
A good friend of Island Activations, who we lovingly call Lighthouse Jim (KA3UNQ — a club member too) calls the NCRC Island Activators “The Boys in the boat”.
Well, activation season is underway, and today, June 30th, will be the first for this summer season. They are on Beach island, USIslands RI-015, which has never been activated. They just got on the air, at 14.265 MHz, and will move to 7.265 a bit later on (plus/minus QRM).
Weather is always a challenge, and today is keeping with that trend. Severe thunderstorms are in the forecast, so they may have to get off the air quickly.
Thanks to all that support these efforts!
Field Day 2019 is a wrap!
Willy W1LY and Paul AC1DW gathered material for the event early, avoiding the rain on Thursday, and setup mostly avoided rain on Friday afternoon. By late Saturday morning generators were humming quietly (very quietly, the birds were louder), tents were up, and people were making RF to stake out their spots before the 2 PM starting bell.
That starting bell was short-lived as a Thunder/Lightning/Hail storm passed over Glen Park at 2:30, followed by two more storms (another with hail). Operation resumed around 5:30 PM . So it was a slow start for sure. Nevertheless things got rolling after an excellent early meal supplied by Ed and Brian, and cheers were often heard coming from the GOTA tent as visitors made their first HF contacts.
Weather was much nicer after the storms passed early Saturday evening, bringing cool temps and low humidity overnight. By 2 PM Sunday, when the final bell rang, it was up to the mid-80s with gentle breezes and low humidity — perfect take down weather. By 4:30 the final tower (VHF/UHF) was coming down, and all the others had been loaded on top of Willy’s van. Expectation is it will be a ghost town (the park) by 5 PM.
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Left tower supports GOTA 80/40 dipole and moxon to the middle tower with SSB beam. Rightmost tower is VHF/UHF station (6m/2m beam)
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Newly licensed ham Ryan KC1KUF, doing great in the GOTA tent (3 Qs a minute rate). Can’t wait for Ryan to get his General. (John K1JSM logging to his right, and Paul, K1YBE coaching to his left)
NCRC Meeting Reminder: Mon Jun 10 @ 7 PM
Hi everybody, it is time for a Newport County Radio Club meeting this Monday June 10th at 7 PM, at KVH.
This is our last meeting before Field Day, and there is lots to cover. In addition to our regular business items, we will be having the second reading of proposed Bylaw changes (introduced in May).
As a reminder, please don’t forget to register for Field Day. Not only can you list your interest in helping to setup/take-down, and your desire to operate, but it also lets us know how many to expect for Saturday Dinner (6 PM). Without that information, we might not have enough food!!!
PLEASE Don’t Forget to Register for Field Day
Field Day is only TWO weeks away. The “Field Day 2019” Tab has been active on our website since April, but VERY FEW have used it to register for Field Day. We need this information to ensure that we have enough food to feed all the volunteers that assist in setup & take-down, plus the operators.
You will see the “Field Day 2019” tab along the bottom of the page banner like this:
About a third of the way down the page is the registration section. Please click the link that says “Please Click on This Link to Register”