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…
On Saturday May 4,2024 Suffolk County Radio Club was invited by the Shirley Mastic Moriches Library to take part in Masticon. This years celebration coincided with Star Wars Day (May the 4th), There was plenty of Jedis and Siths running around but that did not ruin the great time had by members manning the table….
This months meeting will be a week early due to Memorial Day. We will be Meeting on May 20, 2024 at 7:00pm. at the Longwood Youth Sports Association building in Yaphank . This months guest speaker will be Ken Neubeck , WB2AMU. His presentation will be about 6 meters, AKA the Magic Band. Ken has…
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…