Silent Key: John King

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of John King today (August 29) about an hour ago.  John was a very important member of the club, one of the founders of the 49ers, and held an A1 Operator Certificate.  The W1SYE repeater was a recent gift from John to the club.

Details will be announced in the future.  Several on-air events are planned, including a “Final Call” on the OSECA net (7:00 PM Tuesday September 4th on the KA1RCI network).  The VHF Net at 7 PM tomorrow, Thursday, is being run from the Portsmouth EOC.

Our thoughts and deepest sympathy goes out to his three children and to all those who feel this loss.

Boxboro MA Hamfest Right Around Corner

There are only a few more days left before you can no longer pay
by US mail.  If you wish to use this option, please make sure
to visit their website by this coming Friday.  They will continue
to accept Paypal payments until September 5th.

If you are planning to stay overnight, rooms are available at
the convention discount rate of $99/night.  Friday night is now
sold out at this rate.  There are still a few rooms left on
Saturday.  Call 978-263-8701 and use the discount code NEHAM!

http://www.boxboro.org

Our thanks to Paul N1PSX for getting W1SYE back on air!

Many of you know that our W1SYE repeater went off the air during the storms of last Friday Aug 10th.  Various remote attempts to restore operation were not successful.

Paul N1PSX (who, when not working for Amazon, or RI ARES, is one of the gurus behind the KA1RCI/NB1RI network), volunteered to go to the site to see what the problem was.  He reports that a simple power cycle did not do the trick, but removing several of the plug in cards, spraying DeOxit on the contacts, and reseating them, did.

Our thanks to Paul for getting things working again!

 

Next Technician Class Starts Tuesday September 18

Our next Technician Class will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM starting on September 18, 2018, at St. Lucy’s Church, 909 West Main RD, Middletown RI.  The exam will be held on Tuesday November 13.  (Because of holidays and Election Day there will be no class on October 9 and November 6.)

The class is free, but there is a $10 charge for the study guide and a $15 charge for the exam.

Interested parties are asked to sign up for the class by clicking THIS LINK