Congratulations to new ham, new Extra, and new member, John Haefele, AB1YI, who joined NCRC at Monday’s meeting. With John’s addition, our membership is now over 80.
Welcome aboard, John!
NCRC Regular Meeting Nov 9 @ 7 PM
A regular meeting of NCRC will occur at KVH Manufacturing, at 7 PM Monday November 9th.
In addition to elections, and discussion of some recent educational results, we will be having a drawing. The winner will take home a field tested Cushcraft R7 Vertical antenna.
Want to help MARS stations?
There is an exercise between MARS and Amateur Radio Stations that is being held this Sunday, November 8th. Beginning about 8 AM local time and continuing through about 11 AM on the KA1RCI network, MARS stations that are also hams will ask for county status reports from hams. Please note these are ACTUAL conditions, not simulated:
“The requests from MARS amateur radio operators will be for the status of power, water, sanitation, medical facilities, communications and transportation. Amateur operators are to respond to the best of their knowledge, and it is perfectly acceptable to say “I don’t know”. MARS amateur operators may thus talk with several amateur radio operators to try to develop a fuller picture of that county’s status. Again, amateur stations should report only actual conditions.”
The purpose of the exercise is demonstrate the MARS operator’s capability to develop a situation picture for their area of responsibility.
Great Results from Foster Tech Class
NCRC’s Technician Class in Foster, RI completed last night.
We had 18 who took the exam. 15 passed with 7 exams having no wrong answers. The remaining students only missed a few.
One of our students had nothing wrong on all three exams so he is now an extra. Three others including Chief Marsland got their General.
Overall an excellent outcome: 11 Tech, 3 Gen, 1 Extra
Our thanks to Chief Marsland from the Foster Fire Department for sponsoring the class and allowing us to teach there. Also thanks to the members of the Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC who helped with the VE exam.
NCRC Hosts JOTA at Glen Park
For the third year in a row, NCRC is hosting Jamboree on the Air at Glen Park (same place that we do field day). Two troops (Portsmouth and Wakefield) will be joining us between 5 PM Friday and 11 AM Sunday.
If you would like to give W1SYE a shout, try the following HF frequencies (probably 20-meters during the day)
HF SSB Voice
| Band | WOSM Calling Frequencies | Suggested Band Segment for US Stations | Notes |
| 80 m | 3.940 & 3.690(1) | 3.920 – 3.940 3.670 – 3.690 (1) |
(1) Extra segment |
| 40 m | 7.190 & 7.090 (2) | 7.180 – 7.200 7.270 – 7.290 |
(2) 7.090 not available in Region 2 |
| 20 m | 14.290 | 14.270 – 14.290 14.320 – 14.340 |
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| 17 m | 18.140 | 18.140 – 18.150 | |
| 15 m | 21.360 | 21.360 – 21.400 | |
| 12 m | 24.960 | 24.960 – 24.980 | |
| 10 m | 28.390 (3) | 28.350 – 28.400 (3) | (3) Includes Novices & Techs |
W1SYE will also be on 2-meters
Here is the plan for the weekend:
Friday
3:00pm – Rob, Bob and Willy HF station set up
Bob – antenna, paracord, balun, chairs(2), table
Willy – antenna launcher, club radio & power supply, table (for VHF station)
5:00pm – Rob, Matt KB1FUP station setup
6:30pm – Scouts arrive
Saturday:
8:00am – 8:30am arrive/setup
VHF station setup: Rich (station, chairs), Paul S, Chuck
8:30am – pre-meeting at Pavilion for control operators (Jim with Bob, Willy, Rich, Rob, Matt)
9:00am – welcome Scouts at Pavilion and GO!
5:00pm to 6:00pm – wrap-up and Sunday plan
Sunday:
8:00 AM – TBD
11:00am -Tear Down