Today we finished installing the shelving and wood strapping around the trailer. The tents are now help upright at the front, with eye hooks and bungee cords/rope. All power cords, coax, surge protectors, Ethernet cabling, etc is stored in the totes you see on the shelves. The tables and plywood are leaning on the left side. A more permanent way to keep them secure is still needed, but what we have works. The heaviest bins, with the ropes and lights stay on the floor with the coolers.
See attached photos.
A few pictures of recent goings on! N1ZD, W1PPL and KC1YL assembled some shelves that will be mounted in the GNARC trailer this week. KC1YL and WB2JVB assisted the Norwalk Seaport Association with clean up of Sheffield Island Lighthouse, to get it ready for the season opening. GNARC operates from the island, so it was important to volunteer to help. N1CT and KC1YL admire the flowers at the comm center.
Today, at our normally scheduled VE session, two new hams were minted! One technician and one general (who did both at the same time). We will post the calls signs when they are available.
We also had two visitors today, one was non-ham who is interested in a tech class. So if we can get enough folks, we will start a new tech training class. If you know anyone please let Jon AI1V or Paul WB2JVB know.
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W1PPL, under guidance from horticultural director KC1YL, spreads some mulch on the garden at 100 Fairfield!
(Yes, the FD gave us permission!)
Thanks to Tom K1TA, Dee N1ZD, Lisa KC1YL, Paul W1PPL, Rob (K3PUG soon) and Paul WB2JVB, the trailer has been inventoried and cleaned up. Thanks to Lisa for providing a great breakfast with homemade egg casseroles and pastries (see, you should show up at these things!!).
Plans were made on how to install some shelves to better hold the boxes of supplies. Dee and Paul W1PPL will be working on this. The club expects to spend some funds to finalize the trailer.
Also, 4 of the older tables were deemed unusable and are going to the dump. The club will need to get 4 or 5 plastic picnic tables to replace them. We save the 3 large tables normally used for the kitchen setup at field day.
This Saturday, April 22, we will be pulling the GNARC trailer out of the lot and taking it to KC1YL’s house to inventory and clean it out. If you can help, please let us know! Free breakfast could be involved….!!
Last night at the GNARC comm center, we minted 17 new hams. 16 technicians and one general. This follows a 6 week class taught by Jon AI1V and Paul WB2JVB. Tom K1TA, Lisa KC1YL, Paul W1PPL and Curt W1FSM all helped with the class.
Special thanks to the many other VE’s who came by to help us get through the testing! Ernest, Steve, Jeff, Phil, Bill, Donna. I am probably forgetting someone!
If you hear some new KC1 calls on the air in a couple of weeks, please say hello.
