The Holiday party was Great success and as usual there was plenty of food and Great company, everybody got doggie bags to bring home. Thank You Gail for a Great Buffet.
Author: KD2NJA
SCRC Field Day, 2022
Another great field day, this year we operated as 2A out in the field with HF and VHF/UHF stations set up at the Longwood Youth Center in Yaphank powered by generators and batteries. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine once again visited (thanks so much!). SCRC members worked together to be welcoming and informative ambassadors of…
SCRC Field Day, 2021
(post updated June 30, 2021)Field Day was a great success, we had a total of 77 people present, set up 3 HF stations, VHF, and UHF. We operated as “3A”. Food was good and the company outstanding, we had a great time. Present was Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, Suffolk County Legislator Jim Mazzarella, ARRL…
RF Exposure Calculator
The Lake Washington Ham Club of Kirkland, WA has posted a great tool you can use to determine safe limits of RF exposure given various parameters including operating power, mode, transmit time, antenna gain, and operating frequency. Check out the tool here. The Javascript contained on this page was derived from a public domain BASIC…
Amateur License Exam – May 6
Have you been looking for somewhere to take the amateur radio test? SCRC will hold a “VE” (Volunteer Examiner) Session on the 6th of May at the United Church of Christ 335, Horseblock Road, Farmingville, NY 11738. Tests begin at 7pm. Bob N2OCH is the main point of contact. There is a limit of 20…
220MHz repeater back online
The 220 machine is up and running! The problem was the power supply went bad, and perhaps “went bad” is understating the issue – take a look at the image below. Mike, KD2UGQ was gracious enough to buy and donate a brand new 70 amp power supply to the club, Thank you Mike!