2017 KCRA Board Elections

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Written by Administrator

Published: 17 October 2016

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Please be advised that nominations for all offices of the Kings County Repeater Association Inc., a New York State nonprofit corporation, need to be received by November 4th.

We encourage all members to get involved with the club. Think about becoming an officer or joining a committee. 

 If you are interested in running for office, or would like to nominate someone, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or voice your matter at the October 18th meeting. If no challenger for an office is received by the November meeting, the incumbent (should they choose to accept) shall be deemed re-elected to serve 2017 as a officer/board member of the Kings County Repeater Association, Inc. at the November meeting. If two or more members are running for the same office, a paper ballot election will be held during the November meeting. This notice shall remain posted until election results are available.

The current officers, and the nominations are:

Website Development

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Written by Administrator

Published: 23 January 2016

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The KCRA Website will be going through a series of updates that should make browsing the site easier for members. We will try to complete these updates as quickly as possible. Please pardon our appearance while this maintenance is completed. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Club Website Heartbleed Free

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Written by Gary, KB2BSL

Published: 13 April 2014

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I am pleased to report that our club website is not suspect to the vulnerability known as the Heartbleed Bug. Then again you probably never knew our site was sucurely accessible via SSL (for the NSA parinoid out there), give it a try: https://www.kc2ra.org

Your Membership Dues at Work

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Written by Gary, KB2BSL

Published: 08 April 2013

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You may wonder what the club does with your $35 annual membership dues and other funds we raise. If you haven’t renewed or joined yet, perhaps this will give you some incentive to do so.

As a non-profit corporation, the KCRA uses its funds in various ways, both for the benefit of its members, and for furthering the radio art. By the time 2013 is over the club should have:

Sponsored several FREE licensing classes, helping to bring about 100 new people into the hobby. One class has completed, another is underway with yet a third in the planning stages.

Sponsored two EC-001 Emergency Communications classes, one exclusively for NY Guard soldiers. These classes are free, with a $15.00 test fee for the ARRL certificate.

Sponsored six totally FREE licensing exam sessions, held at the Guild for Exceptional Children every other month. That’s right, with our LARC team, you can upgrade or take the technician exam without any fee whatsoever.

Repeater improvements galore! This extensive, multi-year refurbishment plan to both our 2m analog and 70cm D-Star systems are nearing completion. Once complete, both repeaters will consist of completely new (NOT used) flexible and modern equipment that should last many, many years, at a cost of many thousands of dollars, and much hard work.

Let’s not forget the cost of insuring this equipment, our liability insurance, activates such as Field Day, Light House Weekend, Elmer 101, Hands on Labs, our regular meeting activities, and the donations we make to retain our meeting facility.

Of course this is not a complete list of what the club does, but as you can see, we stretch every dollar as far as possible.

If you’re not already a member, or have not renewed, please consider doing so today!

Big Apple Traffic Net

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Written by Gary, KB2BSL

Published: 13 August 2012

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The Big Apple Traffic Net can once again be heard on the KC2RA repeater system!

The net is held each Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 8:00 PM. The repeater will automatically join the appropriate IRLP reflector at 7:45PM, and will automatically disconnect at 8:45 PM, the net may also be heard on the following repeaters: KC2LEB (440.550, +5, PL 141.3). KC2GOW (445.125, -5, PL 141.3), K2CJP (145.410, -.6, PL 114.8), and of course KC2RA (146.430, +1, PL 136.5). Echolink access to the net is via node 132967 (KC2LEB/R).

If you would like to participate as a net control operator, or for more information on the Big Apple Traffic Net, please visit WWW.BIGAPPLETRAFFICNET.ORG.