Many have asked about local Skywarn training classes. The NY office has just posted the schedule.
There is a class in Bridgeport. See the following link for details and if you need to register.
Please consider signing up for this event. This will be our third year. Basically we assist with parking, using our radios to communicate. This is a large event. Everything is free and you get to partake of the activities at the event and get some free food too!
Click the link to sign up. You do not have to create an account, just click the checkbox and submit. Enter your details. Thats it!
Many have asked about Skywarn training. The following classes are scheduled. Some of these say there is no registration required, but I would encourage you to track down someone to confirm date and time. See www.weather.gov for your local office. In Norwalk, our local office is http://www.weather.gov/okx/
Listed below are the Basic Spotter Training Sessions that have been scheduled so far for the spring of 2015. Nothing has been scheduled yet for the southern counties covered by NWS New York, (Upton). When they are they will be announced.
Litchfield County Monday April 13th 6:30PM Warren Fire Dept 2nd floor 11 Sackett Hill Road Cornwall Bridge Pre-registration required but the registration link has not been set up yet at the NWS Albany webpage www.weather.gov/aly
Tolland County Thursday May 7th 7:00 PM Andover Firehouse 11 School Road Andover Pre-registration required contact rmacedo@rcn.com
Windham County Tuesday May 12th 7:00PM Ashford Town Hall Room 104 lower level 5 Town Hall Road Ashford No Registration required
Hartford County Monday June 8th 7:00 PM Granby Senior Center 15 North Granby Road Granby (Behind Town Hall) No registration required
See this link, or the Comm Center menu for the current to do list! Please help!
Over a dozen members turned out to operate, talk radio and generally have a good time! Dan made a lot of CW contacts on 15m, several people brought their DMR radios to talk about programming, a new member needed some help with his Yaesu 7900, and a couple of dead HF radios were brought in for others to help fix.
Coffee and bagels were on hand as well. A great radio morning.
Many hams turned out for the first operating event at the GNARC communications center.
Winter field day contacts were made to over 30 states and 36 sections. 20m and 40m were the bands we used. Much food was consumed, and a good time was had by all. Several new members visited the facility for the first time, and got to see it in action. Other hams brought kids to show them a little about the hobby.
Thanks to Sam NV1P for getting this going! See a few pictures below.
For those who haven’t heard, The Society for the Preservation of Amateur
Radio (SPAR <http://www.spar-hams.org/
winter field day every year. It’s a wonderful opportunity to operate in one
of the more relaxed contests, as the bands are far less crowded (there were
55 logs submitted last year), and there can be some back and forth
conversation besides just a signal report. Most of the time you first have
to explain why you’re calling CQ field day 6 months early, but it leads to
some interesting comments.
This year GNARC will be running a field day site at the comm center, and
everyone is invited. Just like the summer field day this won’t be all about
radio. Did I mention we have a commercial kitchen? Bring your friends and
family for a day (and night) of radio fun and non-radio food. You’ll get a
chance to operate great equipment into a great antenna on HF, and enjoy the
benefits of a “Winter picnic” without having to freeze.
We’ll be running from noon on Sat, Jan 24 to noon on the 25th, though it’ll
be appreciated if a few show up a little early for setup.
73,
Sam
