A very different kind of field day this year, but still a lot of fun!
First SCRC Health net held
Ed, N2XDD, was net control for our first Health Net on Sunday, March 15 at 8pm on our club’s VHF 145.210 MHz repeater. The net is modeled after a similar Health and Welfare net taking place each weeknight at 7pm on the BNL repeater UHF 442.400 MHz and some members of SCRC are participating in…
VE Session cancelled
The VE Session previously scheduled for Thursday March 26th at 8pm has been cancelled. Fingers crossed we can hold an April session for you!
March, 2020 meeting cancelled
To All Suffolk County Radio Club Members: Do to the virus epidemic we will be canceling the March 17th meeting. Notification from local and Government organizations are against most social gatherings, and the ARRL has also confirm this. Remember to stay away from crowds and keep washing your hands! Members can expect email updates as…
Jim Mezey, W2KFV stops by our meeting
It was a good meeting last night 2/18/20, Jim Mezey, W2KFV from the ARRL dropped by and spoke on many subjects including changes in the ARRL to better serve the Ham community, changes to ARES, and a new magazine that is available. Jim expressed a desire to attend our meetings on a more regular basis.
Winter Field Day, 2020
Our Winter Field Day was a great time had by all! Total Score: 1820 pts; Number of Contacts: 51; 3 countries outside U.S.(Canada, Italy, France); 3 contacts to California and 1 to Oregon. It was a nice day and a lot of fun.
SCRC hosts CERT at meeting
At the January meeting the board convened at 7pm and many items were discussed including fund raising ideas for 2020. Most of the fund raisers in 2019 were led by a small core of members – getting more members involved in these efforts is key to meet our goals for this year, the largest of…
Happy New Year!
Congratulations to the new Slate of Officers: President Richie Geraci KD2NJA Vice President Ed Wilson N2XDD Secretary Vince Cigna KC2WPP Treasurer Guy Langeliotti K2HOT and the 2020 Board of Directors: Bob Ciappa WB2NFL Bob Goldstein N2OCH Ken Spiegel KD2DZZ Bill Lunt KD2COL Steve Casko W2SFC What a good way to start the New Year. There…
Allstar build update
There have been several Allstar project build meetings over the past month at the home of Pres, W2PW where members gathered to modify radios, construct cables, and program their raspberry pi to create functioning Allstar nodes. For the most part the project has been a success and a lot of fun. The meetings are continuing…
Playing with SSTV
After last night’s weekly Wednesday night net a couple members met up on our 70cm repeater to test out sending and receiving some SSTV images. This was inspired by listening to the W3HZU Keystone VHF Club net over echolink who held an SSTV net Tuesday night at 8pm. What is SSTV?SSTV is an acronym for…