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Amateur News, Club News, POTA

POTA Plaque Event this June 2023

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This year on June 3, 2023 at 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC June 4, 2023. For those in the Eastern timezone that is from June 2nd at 8 pm (2000 hrs) through 7 pm (1900 hrs). There are different award categories for Activators and Hunters also there is a Club award section. All bands and modes are allowed with the exception of the WARC bands of 60M, 30M, 17M, and 12M.

If you want further information it can be found here.
https://docs.pota.app/docs/award_events/plaque_event/plaque_event.html

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Amateur News, Club News, POTA

Snowy Winter POTA Activation

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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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Club News, General

Local HAM pays it forward

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During the spring and summer of 2022 the Central New York Amateur Radio Club started a 50/50 raffle. Selling tickets at local Hamfests, stores, business and racking up a good amount to split with the winner. It was a fun time and the club got the word out about Amateur Radio while selling tickets. Tickets were sold at the Field Day to any visitors that stopped by. Field day was a great success and has a post of its own.

A local Ham operator in Utica KC2IIJ (Mike Long) was the winner of the 50/50 split and being the kind of guy he is he turned around and donated it back to the club. What a way to pay it forward!

The club is planning on holding another 50/50 raffle next spring and summer. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets to help with the repeater and thanks to all who sold tickets.

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Club News, General, POTA

Club Members POTA Activation Nov. 2022

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November 12 was a good day for a dual POTA (Parks on the Air). We had two club members at Chittenango Falls State Park (K-2035) Shaun (N2EWC) and Ed (KD2WNW). Two others were at Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area (K-9103) Marc (KR2HWK) and Josiah (KR2ECP). During their dual park activations they made some great contacts and were able to do a Park to Park on 40m during the day.

There are some photos below from one park where they remembered to take photos, Shaun and Ed while the other park activators forgot, Marc and Josiah. In that list of pictures is also a map of their contacts. It was a busy day for both groups and in total they completed 101 contacts. 30 were accomplished at Chittenango Falls and 71 were completed at Tug Hill. Elevation at Tug Hill was around 1942 ft and Chittenango Falls was about 861 ft.

Both groups had a great time. If you are interested in more information about Parks on the Air (POTA) Check out this website. POTA

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Club News, Field Day

Results of Field Day 2022

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Well this years Field Day for the CNYARC was a huge success with lots of visitors and participants. We operated from start to finish in wonderful weather. It did get a bit hot, but it was workable. We ran entirely from non-commercial power (all battery or solar) so we were able to be a 4A station in Western NY. Our club call sign on the air was N2CNY and we operated the full spectrum available to us on the Extra Class permissions from our president KR2HWK (Marc).

The most successful bands were 80m, 40m, and 20m. This year we were able to operate on FT8 and had a club member assist with making a satellite contact through AO-7 at 1907 hrs. with W8DC a 3A station in Michigan. That was worth standing in the sun to hear, witness, and record. Other good examples of our activities were taking and passing traffic during OCTEN that evening and everyone attempting to utilize different types of antennas and deployment situations.

This activity helped some of our members go out and upgrade their licenses and to improve their CW skills for next year. This also prompted some to upgrade their mobile equipment for a possible deployment of an emergency situation in the future, like for ARES or RACES situations.

All in all we had a good time and learned a lot during the time with several new members participating and assisting. Everyone is already looking forward to next years event. Check out the photo gallery below to see the fun.

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Club News

April Meeting 2022

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Don’t forget that we have our monthly meeting tomorrow night at the Gorman Foundation starting around 6 pm. Food will be provided by one of our members and everyone is welcome to attend. You don’t have to be a member to be welcome at our meeting. The directions can be found on the left hand side of our website.

We hope to see you there and look forward to making your acquaintance.

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Club News, General

February 2022 Meeting Information

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Hello Everyone,

Just a reminder about our upcoming February meeting. We will be at the Gorman Foundation
1081 Northside Shopping Center
Oneida, NY 13421 – Map link is here if needed.

Also, we will be doing things a little differently. There will be a presentation on POTA (Parks on the Air) and the meeting will be following the presentation. The meeting this month will be a type of potluck as some members will be bringing for to share and pass around.

Everyone is welcome to join us for the presentation and to stay for the meeting afterward if they desire. We look forward to anyone that wishes to come to a meeting and enjoy some food fun and fellowship.

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Club News

Membership Information Update

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You can now use the online form under our Become a member page to update your membership information or apply for membership with the club (pending club approval).

Current members, please fill out the online form and update your information.

You can now renew your dues through Venmo instead of sending a cash or check. You can still send in your cash or check if that works better for you, but we now take dues and donations through Venmo.

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