Our Spring 2018 General License Class, held on March 24th and 25th was a huge success. All students passed their General Exam and one student also passed his Extra Exam!
2018 Spring General Class
Congratulations to the following club member who are now General Class operators:
Dan Pooler, KC1JDY
Keith Sangillo – KC1IMK
Mark Sangillo – KC1IML
Girish Sripathi – KC1IGD
Charlie Reynolds – KC1IFY
Craig Bailey – N1SFT
Andrea Perdicaro – KC1JDX
Bill MacFeeley – KC1JDZ
Avanti Borucki – KC3DZG
Bobby Hazelton – KC1JEE
Thomas Luteran – N1SUW
Dan, KC1JDY and Fred, AB1OC
Congratulations to Dan Pooler, KC1JDY/AE for also passing his Extra Exam!
Abby, AB1BY teaching about the OO program by reading her “Good Operator” OO card!
Thanks to our Instructor Team and our VE Team for all of the hard work to teach the class and run the exam session!!
Were you first licensed in 2016, 2017 or 2018? Are you hoping to operate at Field Day and want to get some QSOs under your belt? Do you want to try out contesting but need some practice before operating in the CQ WW contest? Join us on April 15th for the ARRL Rookie Roundup!
ARRL Rookie Roundup
The ARRL holds 3 contests for “Rookies” each year. The ARRL Rookie Roundup SSB is coming up on Sunday, April 15th from 1800z (2:00pm Eastern time) to 2359z (7:59pm Eastern time). The Rookie Roundup RTTY is on August 19th and the Rookie Roundup CW is on December 16th.
2016 ARRL Rookie Roundup SSB Certificate
We will be fielding a multi-op entry using the N1FD callsign from AB1OC/AB1QB’s Station. This will be a great opportunity for newly licensed Hams to get on the air. We will be here to Elmer you along with some experienced “Rookies”.
Elmering Session
We will hold an elmering session starting at 11:00 am on Sunday to help familiarize you with operating, using our station, and the contest rules.
During the contest, operators will work in pairs, with one operator logging and the other behind the mic. This will give you 2 sets of ears for identifying callsigns. The operators can switch off halfway through their operating time. Depending on the number of operators, we’ll switch operator teams after 2 hours or so.
If you are interested in joining us, or have any questions, please email Anita, AB1QB at [email protected].
For more information on this event, see the Calendar entries at https://www.n1fd.org/event/elmering-session-for-arrl-rookie-roundup/ and https://www.n1fd.org/event/arrl-rookie-roundup/2018-04-15/
Are you a new Ham and interested in what you can do with your license? Or have been licensed for a while but have not been on the air? We will be holding a New Ham Open House at Fred, AB1OC, and Anita, AB1QB’s QTH on Saturday, March 17th starting at 1:00 pm for new Hams.
AB1OC/AB1QB Shack
HF Operation
We’ll have a tour of our antenna farm and we’ll have our HF Station setup for you to make some contacts.
AB1OC Antenna Tower
Satellite Operation
Satellite 3.0 Antennas
We will also have our Satellite Station setup for you to make contacts.
Fox Hunt and Demos
A crew going on a foxhunt
We will also have a fox hunt (Weather Permitting) and demos of the High Altitude Balloon and some Raspberry Pi projects.
HT Programming
Kenwood TH-D74 HT
We will also help you to program your HTs using RTSystems or Chirp software. Bring your HT and a programming cable if you are interested in this.
Hope to see you on March 17th. See the Calendar for details. It starts at 1pm but will go all afternoon so you can arrive any time in the afternoon.
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