The FCC has revised Amateur Service Part 97 rules to grant credit for written examination elements 3 (General) and 4 (Amateur Extra) to holders of “expired licenses that required passage of those elements.”. The FCC will require former licensees – those falling outside the 2-year grace period – to pass Element 2 (Technician) in order to be relicensed.
Our regular club meeting will be held this coming Monday, June 9 beginning at 7:00 PM, at the KVH facility in Middletown (for directions see: https://w1sye.org/?page_id=54). In addition to regular business, the meeting will be devoted to Field Day planning.
In addition, members are reminded that we will be running a HF station, open to the public, at the Beavertail Lighthouse this weekend. You are all invited to pop in and get on the air or simply enjoy the beautiful location. For details see: https://w1sye.org/?page_id=1069
If you are a newly licensed ham (less than a year), or a ham that has been off the air for two years, your help would be greatly appreciated as an operator for our Get On The Air (GOTA) station, this Field Day (June 28 from 2 PM, until June 29 at 2 PM). See our Field Day 2014 Web Page for details. If you might be interested, please contact Bob, WB4SON
Those of you who are interested in Broadband Hamnet (aka High Speed Multimedia Mesh Networking – HSMM-MESH), will find a new RI oriented website at:
http://www.bbhn-ri.com
The website has the PowerPoint presentations that were given at the CCRI meeting at the end of April.
The Red Cross has decided to move out of its Middletown facility, and hopes to eventually find a new location somewhere on the island (more space, more parking, handicapped accessible, etc.).
Willy Maclean spent a good part of today (with Henricus) removing all club equipment and uninstalling the outside antennas. We all owe Willy a debt of gratitude for taking care of that. Many thanks to the Red Cross for sharing their space with us for many years — we hope to continue our relationship at their new location.