The club hosted another guest speaker this month, Mike KD2UWR, who presented a comprehensive and informative talk on POTA operations. He touched on all aspects of the activity including terminology (hunter / activator), registering at https://pota.app, discussed optional logging programs (Mike’s favorite is HAMRS – find it at https://hamrs.app/), radio gear required. Mike is a…
Club moves to .org as primary domain
The club has been using suffolkcountyradioclub.com for some years as our primary domain but to better reflect our non-profit status, we are moving to suffolkcountyradioclub.org as of Oct 28, 2023. We’re working on moving our email addresses and groups to .org as well, so please be patient during the transition!
SCRC Aug, 2023 meeting
There was a nice turn out for the August meeting with some old members returning and new friends welcomed. Bob, KD2TRG gave an in-depth presentation on the nanoVNA, a low cost handheld Vector Network Analyzer using DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology developed in 2019. Bob’s presentation materials, including some links to web resources including videos…
Winter Field Day, 2023
SCRC operated 3I as W2DQ on Saturday, Jan. 28th at the LYSA Youth Center. Eric, KD2HCU sent in these fantastic pictures.
Winter Holiday Party 2022 a success!
The Holiday party was Great success and as usual there was plenty of food and Great company, everybody got doggie bags to bring home. Thank You Gail for a Great Buffet.
Celebrate 75 Years With Us
Celebrating 75 years as Long Island’s oldest radio club On Saturday October 8, 2022 from 1500z to 2359z we will be operating a Special Event Station to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the club. The event will be held at the historic laboratory of Nikola Telsa (Wardenclyffe) located in Shoreham, N.Y. We will be active on…
August 2022 meeting
On Monday August 29, 2022 the club met at the Longwood Youth Sport Association clubhouse in Yaphank. Our very own Pres W2PW did a presentation on the handheld that everyone loves to hate, the Baofeng. Pres went over some common menu settings and showed some shortcuts for programming memories.
SCRC Field Day, 2022
Another great field day, this year we operated as 2A out in the field with HF and VHF/UHF stations set up at the Longwood Youth Center in Yaphank powered by generators and batteries. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine once again visited (thanks so much!). SCRC members worked together to be welcoming and informative ambassadors of…
QSO with N2XDD about M17
Learn about the M17 project which is building an open source digital radio modulation mode for VHF and above from M17 project Community Manager and current Suffolk County Radio Club Vice President, Ed N2XDD in this interesting hour long QSO Today interview with Eric, 4Z1UG. Look for the Listen to Podcast button to play the…
New Meeting Location for 2022!
Our meeting venue is scheduled to change starting with our next meeting: April 25, 2022. The new location is: Longwood Youth Center210 Meadows Blvd E Yaphank 11980 For other details about meetings see the Club Meetings page