Club POTA Event Saturday October 23rd: 11 AM at Colt State Park

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We have just put back a POTA Tab on our website, which we will populate with information that might be helpful to POTA  Activators and Hunters.

More importantly, Next Saturday (Oct 23) Jim KA1ZOU, John K1JSM, and Andy AB1BX, will be holding a NCRC club-wide POTA adventure at Colt State Park in Bristol RI. We’ll be on the air with two K3 radios on 20 & 40m. The event will start at 11 AM. Club calls W1SYE and NE1RI will be used on air..

This is primarily a show & tell for any NCRC club member who has an interest. Other members who are POTA veterans are welcome and needed to help explain POTA operations to others.  Since this is an outdoor location (and stunningly beautiful too), this is a COVID safe activity.

You will be able to see the simple hardware (radio, battery, antennas) that can be used as well as electronic logging via laptop (N3FJP’s ACL – Amateur Contact Log.  In some ways, it is easier to get on the air from a car/truck/van than from a home location.  20m and 40m bands are excellent for working dozens of POTA contacts.

Be sure the check our website BEFORE heading to Colt State Park.  We may be able to provide some more specific location details.  Also, in the event of cancellation due to bad weather, will we post a cancellation notice on the website.

Email invitations will be sent out shortly to club members and will have a cell phone # for John Mills so he can help you locate the spot.

NCRC October Meeting MONDAY Oct 11 at 7 PM

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Our October NCRC Zoom Meeting will be held at 7 PM on MONDAY October 11th (Yep Columbus Day).  In addition to our usual business meeting, we will present the proposed list of officers for the November election, and discuss the upcoming JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) event that will be going on October 15th through 17th.

Following the meeting will be an introductory presentation on Winlink, which is an email system used for emergency communications or remote locations only accessible via RF.

Invitations will be emailed to members the day before the meeting.

NCRC Meeting for September: Zoom @ 7:00 PM Mon Sept 13

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Our NCRC Regular business meeting will be he held at 7 PM on Monday Sept 13th.

In addition to business as usual (3 new members), there will be a discussion on JOTA (Jamboree On The Air, for Girl & Boy Scouts).  Following the meeting, our guest speaker Chris Codella, W2PA, will give a presentation on Ham Blackout during WWII

Zoom invitations are being sent out late Sunday night.

JOTA planning underway.

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JOTA-JOTI is the world’s largest digital Scout event taking place online and over the air. The educational event brings together more than 2 million Scouts every year in October for a weekend of Scouting and friendship.

NCRC has supported this activity at the Glen in Portsmouth for many years.  We are planning a number of activities but in the minimum you can participate from home by being available for QSOs with the Scouts. Save some time on October 16.  More at the meeting on the 13th and at  https://www.jotajoti.info/