We just completed another successful Extra License class! Congratulations to the new Extras, Abby Finchum, KC1FFX, John Mara, KB1UX, and Tom Linehan, KB1VON.
Abby Blows out Candles on Birthday Cake
Abby celebrated her 13th birthday on Saturday during the class. She was able to identify the Common Emitter Amplifier on the cake before she blew out the candles! Her wish came true on Sunday!
Dave N1RF doing Antenna DemoFred, AB1OC demos Test Equipment and Waveforms
In addition to the classroom instruction, we had an Antenna Demo by Dave, N1RF and a demo of Test Equipment by Fred, AB1OC.
New Extra John Mara, KB1UX with Wayne Wagner, AG1A
Thanks to all of our instructors and VEs for all of the hard work that it took to put on this class:
KC1FFX, Abby, KC1ENX, Jamey, and W1AKI, Aron recently operated in the ARRL Rookie Roundup Ham radio contest using the N1FD Callsign. Certificates were sent out this week and N1FD received one for placing 1st in their category of Multi-Op Area 1!
2016 N1FD NEQP Certificate
AG1A, Wayne, KC1ENX, Jamey, and AB1OC, Fred operated in last year’s NEQP as a mobile and recently received a certificate for placing 2nd in the New England Multi-Op Mobile category. They are planning to enter the contest again this year on May 6-7. They would like to be joined by a CW operator to help them make a run for the #1 spot. If you are interested in joining them, please contact Fred at [email protected].
These certificates and other awards that the club has received can be found on our awards page.
We recently received a request from the Police Athletic League (PAL) in Nashua, NH to put on a Get On The Air (GOTA) demonstration of Amateur Radio for the kids there. The folks at PAL are trying to create activities that promote STEM and Amateur Radio interest among kids.
GOTA Station
Jamey, KC1ENX and I went to PAL a little while back and set up our portable station using the screwdriver antenna on my truck.
Kids on the Air at Nashua PAL
We had some of the worst propagation conditions that we have seen in a while on the day we were at PAL, Fortunately, Mike, K1WVO got on to try to give the kids a few contacts.
QSL Cards
We also brought some QSL cards and Jamey spent some time with the kids explaining QSLs and some of the places that were contacted.
HAB and Foxes
We also brought our High Altitude Balloon (HAB) and our 2m Fox Hunt transmitters for the kids to see. There was lots of interest in the HAB platform and what it would be like to see the video that it will record.
Due to the poor propagation conditions, the kids did not get to make many contacts. The folks at PAL invited us to come back another time when the conditions are better and we plan to do that later this summer. We also invited the PAL folks to visit us during our Field Day operation coming up and try out the GOTA station there.
Special thanks to Jamey, Matt, and Mike for helping us with our GOTA event at PAL.
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