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/
We have been working with Hudson Memorial School near Nashua, NH to prepare for a possible ARISS Crew Contact. The ARISS folks work with schools and their Ham Radio helpers to prepare for these contacts. ARISS provides recommendations for ground station equipment to help ensure a good experience for the students. The ground station recommendations provide a solid set of specifications to support communications with the ISS on the 2m band. The recommendations include things such as:
A requirement to build both a primary and a backup ground station
Radio and power specifications (a 200W amp is recommended)
Antenna specifications including recommendations to provide for switchable LHCP and RHCP
Computer controlled azimuth/elevation positioning of antennas to track the ISS
Use of a receive preamplifier at the antenna
You can read more about our ISS Contact upgrade plans via the link below…
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