Long Island's Oldest Ham Radio Club Est. 1947
On Sunday July 14, 2024 the Suffolk County Radio Club along with the Town of Brookhaven ARES group mustered up at South Country Ambulance, 420 Station Road, Bellport NY at 1430 hours for assignments and in person briefings. The event went smoothly with radio traffic passing between Net Control and Race Posts fluidly. It was…
It was 9am on Saturday June 22, 2024 and the Tesla Science center was bustling with activity. The Suffolk County Radio Club had descended upon their ARRL Field Day 2024 activity location. The event setup plan was set into motion. Coffee flowed, Generators and batteries were deployed. Tables and chairs were set in place. Radios…
8am on Saturday June 8th, 2024 members of the Suffolk County Radio Club arrived at the Harbor Front Park in Port Jefferson for Maker Faire Long Island. This was the first year since the original Maker Faire LI, back in 2015, that SCRC was in attendance. The club booth was located directly next to the…
On the evening of Friday May 31st, 2024 members of the Suffolk County Radio Club gathered at the Clubhouse for a Maker Night. The project for the evening was a small soldering project, a FM radio receiver. The kit came complete with a pcb, through hole components, a smd ic, headphones and even zipties and…
After the Suffolk County Radio Club May meeting the membership was delighted to host Ken Neubeck, WB2AMU, for a presentation on 6 meters, a.k.a. The Magic Band. The topic was covered with a PowerPoint slideshow along with some audio clips and recordings of 6 meter activity, contacts and Sporadic-E noise. Tropospheric ducting, Sporadic-E bounce and…
All past and present LEO members of the Suffolk County Radio Club were invited to operate the Special Event Call Sign K3FBI/2F at the Fire Island Lighthouse for National Police Week. Lou, NO2C and Salli, K2RYD, of the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club, activated the Fire Island Lighthouse for National Police Week utilizing the…
On Monday May 6th, 2024 a few members of the Suffolk County Radio Club ventured out in an attempt to activate a state park. Ed, N2XDD, John, N3JWM, and Brian, NG2S, gathered at Brookhaven State Park, US-2019, for the event. Gary, KE2YK, VP of the Peconic Amateur Radio Club stopped by to attend and lend…
The Suffolk County Radio Club was once again honored to be in attendance with Elaine Thompson, daughter of Frank John Ryder, the original W2DQ! Unfortunately most memorabilia from the time when Frank lived in Brooklyn had been lost in a fire. However Elaine was gracious enough to bring copies of 2 photographs that survived the…
Presented by Richard J Martino Jr. KB2SNE Richard is retired U.S. Air Force who worked on fixed satellite communications systems as both an operator and maintainer. He belongs to his local CAP: Civil Air Patrol Chapter NY-251 assigned to Long Island Group HQ as a Communications Engineer. He has resumed his USAF retirement rank…
The Suffolk County Radio Club participated in the Solar Eclipse HamSci Research Project on April 8th, 2024. The event was held at the Moriches Branch of the Shirley, Mastic, Moriches Library. Not only did we have many members in attendance but also some members of other local Amateur Radio Clubs as well as Jim Mezey,…