NCRC club member Dave Neal, W2DAN, is YCCC RI Area manager and wants you to be aware of two big CQ WW contests at the end of this month and next.
CQ WW Contest Dates
SSB: October 30 – 31, 2021
CW: November 27 – 28, 2021
Starts: 0000 UTC Saturday Ends: 2359 UTC Sunday
Anyone looking to join the Yankee Clipper Contest Club ( http://yccc.org/ ) should contact Dave Neal
Email: w2dan@arrl.net
Cell: 401-241-9888
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.
The current condition of the shed:
The changes that will be proposed to the Town of Portsmouth:
A proposed Memo of Understanding (MOU) with the proposed changes will be submitted as soon as a letter of agreement with 4H of RI is received. 4H indicated agreement but we are waiting for the letter to be provided.
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.