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…
SCRC at Children’s Spring Festival in Medford
Guy K2HOT and Ken KD2DZZ represented the club on Saturday, April 27 at Children’s Spring Festival, an event sponsored by the Medford Chamber of Commerce for the community held at Medford Memorial Park Other members stood by on air to provide radio contacts for anyone interested in “playing radio” that day from the park. Our…
ARRL Director Jairam visit
SCRC meeting with Ria Jairam, Director of ARRL Hudson Division. Note that the ARRL Hudson Division also includes Long Island. She spoke on many different topics and would like feed back on anything you have a problem or question about. Ria’s contact info can be found here
SCRC at LIMARC hamfest
Members of Suffolk County Radio Club were in attendance and manned tables at LIMARC’s hamfest on February 24, 2019 at Levittown Hall in Levittown, NY.