At our last meeting on 9/17/19, we enjoyed a webinar about J pole antennas given by Dr. Ed Fong, WB6IQN, a long time ham and professor at UC Santa Cruz- Silicon Valley. You can find out more information about Dr. Fong or purchase his antennas on his website. It was interesting to learn about the…
Compass course completed!
Bruce, WB2ADF, presented a compass training course Sunday 9/15 at Southaven Park. It was very informative, and Bruce made it more interesting by employing many different techniques to present the material. Members in attendance all had a good time with a great teacher! Thank you Bruce!
September Breakfast 9/1/19
The Sunday breakfast was enjoyed by all, What a great time we had at the breakfast. Radio and non-radio conversations where flying all around the tables.
W2PW returns to talk AllStar
I would like to thank Pres Waterman, W2PW, local AllStar expert for coming to the meeting last night 8/20. He spoke enthusiastically about Allstar and the many ways we can use it to improve our Ham Radio experience. We had 19 members present and many questions were asked about the system of nodes and reflectors…
Sunday Breakfast 8/4/19
The Sunday Breakfast was enjoyed by all, it was a great time, the Breakfasts are the first Sunday of the month at the California Diner in Patchogue, NY at 9:30am – all are welcome. We had a great time this morning. The conversations went from one side of the spectrum to the other. Hope more…
Summer Field Day, 2019
Our Summer Field Day was a great success and a great time was had by all. We put up the tent on Friday night and set up tables. Saturday morning we started to set up antennas and radios but not before we stuffed ourselves with Pancakes, Eggs, Bacon, Coffee and juice. We started at 7am…
Guest speaker W2PW
Preston, W2PW who operates the WR2UHF repeater gave a great presentation to our club last night going over many aspects of DMR, D-Star, Fusion, and All-star. WR2UHF ( 444.700 MHz ) is, at times, connected as a node on the East Coast Reflector (which is actually a coast to coast US IRLP network – see…
SCRC at LIMARC hamfest
Hamfest 6/9 Sunday LIMARC outdoor event with a lot of vendors. We saw a lot of good stuff. Guy, K2HOT and I manned the table for the club.
SCRC at Dayton 2019
Several members attended the Dayton Hamvention at the Green County Fairgrounds & Expo Center. This annual ham radio convention held in Xenia, OH is sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (W8BI) from which the event takes its name. Lots of great ideas were brought back which will hopefully be put into action!
SCRC at 100th Camporee
Ken KD2DZZ set up at the Suffolk County Council’s 100th Anniversary Camporee at Southaven Park in Yaphank, NY on Saturday, May 4, 2019. Ken was the sole representative from SCRC and estimates that about 2,500 scouts were in attendance. Ken set up a 10 x 20 pop-up to keep dry as it rained or drizzled…