Congratulations to the following members for their new tickets!
- Jeff KE2AUB – New Technician
- Ed KD2WNW – Upgraded to General
- Shaun N2EWC – Upgraded to Amateur Extra
Category Archives: Amateur News
Snowy Winter POTA Activation
On Feb 25th, CNYARC hosted an outdoor activation activity at Moscow Hill in Charles E. Baker State Forest (K-5166). It was a snowy and bitter cold day with temperatures in the teens but that didn’t stop the 5 participants from getting on the air!
A total of 3 stations were set up and the team logged 142 contacts. Jeff KD2MTL succeeded in activating his first park and Shaun N2EWC became the lead activator for the park.
Here’s a map of some of the QSOs:
Shaun (N2EWC)
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Upcoming April HamFest
If anyone is interested, here is some information about an upcoming HamFest. Warren County Radio Club is organizing its first annual Ham Fest/Swap Meet
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ARRL Message Programs
If you are looking for a way to store and keep track of your ARRL Radiogram messages then check out the links below. There are two programs to help you with that. These programs were made to help eliminate paper and to give people a place to keep track of their messages and in some cases a way to copy them down faster.
Take a look and try them out to see which best suits you.
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Field Day 2022
The Club will be operating from Oxbow Falls Park upper location this year on Saturday June 25th to Sunday June 26th. We welcome all who wish to visit, work some calls and just generally meet and greet our club members. Field day will be from 2 pm EDT Saturday to 2 pm EDT on Sunday.
Hope to see you there.
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SPRING SkyWarn Training
Spring SkyWarn Training – Online or in-person
Posted: 26 Apr 2022 04:57 AM PDT
Spring SKYWARN Spotter Training Classes are coming!
Most upstate NY counties are conducting SkyWarn Training in April and May.
The training will be held at various area locations and on-line. This class is for beginners or anybody that has a general interest in weather (some advanced classes available). These classes train volunteers how to accurately observe and report hazardous weather to the National Weather Service. The classes are free and open to everyone; no age requirements, previous training, or equipment is required.
The SKYWARN program is a nationwide program that provides real-time severe weather reports to the National Weather Service. “Trained weather spotters provide valuable lifesaving information to the National Weather Service and we encourage those who have an interest in weather to participate in this critical program in Binghamton NY. Despite all the technological advances, SKYWARN Spotter reports are still crucial to the National Weather Service in providing more accurate severe weather warnings.
See the full training schedules at:
Binghamton (Syracuse-CNY): http://www.weather.gov/bgm/outreachSKYWARNtraining
Buffalo (Rochester-WNY): http://www.weather.gov/buf/Skywarn
Albany(ENY) :https://www.weather.gov/aly/skywarn
Learn more about SKYWARN and Amateur Radio at: http://www.upstateham.com/p/skywarn.html
Upcoming Onondaga RACES/ARES Training on 1/25/22
Onondaga County RACES / ARES Quarterly Training
Tuesday Jan. 25, 2022 at 7:00 PM via ZOOM
ZOOM LINK: Go to RAGS website (ragsclub.org), Public Service page, for link.
https://ragsclub.org/ares-races-live-meetings/
Agenda:
– Admin Update
– County Alerting
– Public Service Events Upcoming
– Activation / Deployment Preparation
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT – COMPLETE PRIOR TO TRAINING:
– Prepare a list of equipment, supplies, etc required by you for a 48-hour deployment, away from your residence
– We will review the lists and discuss at Training Session
– Download from RAGS Public Service website the Frequency List and have frequencies programmed into your radios (vhf/uhf)
John Perkins – RACES Training Officer
Amir Findling – Emergency Coordinator
Walt Bordett – Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Andriy Gronau – Assistant Emergency Coordinator
Notice sent from:
John Perkins; K2VTT
RACES Radio Officer – Onondaga County
k2vtt@arrl.net
Winter Field Day 2022 is Coming!
Winter Field Day is being held on January 29/30, 2022. You can work from three different types of locations. It’s a great opportunity to learn new skills and try out new techniques.
You can be at Home, using your normal equipment and antenna. You can be Outdoor, where you use a location other than home, and is physically outside even in your own vehicle with antenna set up that is not fixed. Or lastly you can operate Indoor, using a location that is remote from your usually location and where an amateur station is not located.
It is an opportunity to test out your emergency communications procedures while also learning ways to activate in the field with limited resources. If you are interested follow the link below to get more information and prepare yourself for an interesting weekend.
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Local VE Testing sessions
Just to keep everyone up to date. The Rome Radio Club has started Amateur testing again. If you are interested in upgrading your license or just getting your Technician license to start into Amateur Radio, stop by their location the second Tuesday of each month currently to take your test. No CW (Morse code) needed anymore.
Here is the address and the website for more information.
592 Hangar Rd, Rome NY, 13441
https://www.romeradioclub.com/?page_id=23
Simulated Emergency Test Weekend
Amateur Radio Simulated Emergency Weekend is Oct. 2-3, 2021. If you can get on battery or generator power and check into OCTEN during the weekend it would be great if not at least notify if you are using commercial or emergency power.
More information can be found from the ARRL about the weekend and to let you know more in general.
Thank you and we hope you stay safe.
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