Paul Fredette, K1YBE, is planning to hold a seminar intended to help folks who are studying for the General or Extra exam.  He will cover subjects like AC Circuit analysis, antennas, propagation, etc. which tend to be challenging.  Rules&regulations, band plans, and other memorization items will mostly be left to the student.

The seminar is scheduled to begin this coming TUESDAY September 18, at 5:30 PM at St Lucy’s Church, 909 West Main ST in Middletown.  If you are interested, please let Paul know ASAP. You can contact Paul directly, or call him via phone:
Paul’s email:    k1ybe@yahoo.com
Paul’s phone:  401-339-3024

An excellent study tool can be found at https://hamstudy.org/  If you register at the site, it will keep track of your progress over time.  There is no fee to register.  You should probably begin by using “Flash Cards” and move to “Practice Exams” as you become more comfortable with the material.  Students can find study books at amazon.com written by either Gordon West or the ARRL.  The ARRL books are far more technical.

Thanks to Paul K1YBE, and Willy W1LY, for stopping by the repeater site and getting W1SYE back on the air.  We aren’t 100% certain, but it looks like the non GE controller may have failed.

The club is monitoring the situation and may have to take additional steps in the future if the repeater hardware has become unreliable (it also went off-line about a month ago).

Unfortunately the Technician Class scheduled to begin next Tuesday, Sept 18, will not be held due to a lack of students (if you teach a class and there is nobody there, does anyone learn anything).

A new class will be scheduled at a future date.