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President's Message - February 2012 |
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Written by Vinny, KB2PSI
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 ATTENTION: The next club meeting is Tuesday, February 21st. We will have a very special guest speaker, Bill Pasternak of “Amateur Radio News Line” fame! Bill was one of the founding members of the club in the late Sixties, and has many great stories about some of the equipment we were using in those days. Bill will be appearing live via video conference from his home in California. We will be trying many new things like this in the future, including the possibility of streaming live feeds of the club meetings.
I would like to thank the members of the club that gave up there Super Bowl weekend to teach soldiers of the New York Guard. The instructors were KB2BSL Gary, Charlie WA2GUG, Jim KB2LEB, Joe N2TEE and myself. We held the class at the historic Manhattan armory for a two day condensed Technician class and test. The instructors presented extensive all day lessons from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. We discussed electronic theory with power point slides, and backed it up with hands-on demonstrations of electronic theory. Everyone enjoyed the class, and we have been invited back to hold additional HAM radio classes.
Repeater Status: The repeater has been off the air for a few weeks, and a GE Master II (donated by Steve, WB2WAK) is in the process of being tested by Jim, KC2LEB. The newly cut crystals for our frequency have been installed. The repeater is being burned on a bench, for a stability test. What’s left is some controller programming, and to test the new Echolink/IRLP node. We have a lot of work left to do on at the repeater site. The next trip to the site, we will be installing the new repeater, removing the old equipment, and if time permits, installing a newer antenna. Please be patient, we will be back on the “Air” shortly.
In the interim, the KC2LEB UHF (440.5500 / 445.5500 PL-141.3, Staten Island North), and the clubs WG2MSK D-Star repeaters are available for use. Look for the KCRA Monday Night Club Net @8:30 following the Big Apple Traffic Net on Jim's repeater.
We are looking for some Ideas on meeting topics for 2012, comments are welcome. Please send a note to
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Become Radioactive! Come to the KCRA meetings! Learn something participating in our Hands-On-Labs! The Kings County Repeater Association needs your support at our monthly meetings!
If you have any ideas that pertain to amateur radio, we would like to hear from you!
Have any interesting HAM related pictures, old members, old events, send us a note; we would like to post it on the site!
I think most of us are members of the ARRL. If you are not, I would like you to consider becoming a member of the ARRL. The ARRL has a lot to offer you in many ways, and they protect the amateur radio bands from commercial use!
73’de KB2PSI, Vinny |
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President's Message - January 2012 |
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Written by Vinny, KB2PSI
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Greetings to all club members, Friends of the KCRA and fellow HAM’s!
2011 was a good year for the Club with several fun events. This year we sponsored HAM Radio University, January 8th, and gave classes in both the NTS and D-Star. I was at the club table meeting other HAM’s with Mike, Gary, John and Joe. HRU is a great way to meet other clubs, and talk to them about what we are doing. There were many great classes, with very knowledgeable instructors! I would like to welcome the new members, and old members that renewed at HRU.
The next club meeting is Tuesday, January 17th. We will be discussing what is happening to the 146.430 repeater, and what we are doing to fix it. Also on the agenda will be discussing club events we are working on, your input is important to us. Let us know what you would like to see us do. The main events we did last year were: Field-Day; National Night Out; September 11th; Boy Scout Camporee; International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. Look on our WEB site for more details on these events. This year we hope to add a BBQ and Rabbit Hunt!
New this year will be meetings during July and August. These could be used for workshop type of meetings… and hopefully getting a rabbit hunting party together for the great rabbit hunt!
In February, we will be holding our first Technician class in many years. We have held these in the past at the Fort, and hope we can continue to do this next year. Our first class is closed, open to members of the New York Guard only. This will be an interesting learning experience, as all of the instructors are new. Be on the lookout for other classes.
We are looking for some Ideas on meeting topics for 2012, comments are welcome. Please send a note to
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Become Radioactive! Come to the KCRA meetings! Learn something participating in our Hands-On-Labs! The Kings County Repeater Association needs your support at our monthly meetings!
If you have any ideas that pertain to amateur radio, we would like to hear from you!
Have any interesting HAM related pictures, old members, old events, send us a note, we would like to post it on the site!
I think most of us are members of the ARRL. If you are not, I would like you to consider becoming a member of the ARRL. The ARRL has a lot to offer you in many ways, and they protect the amateur radio bands from commercial use!
73’de KB2PSI, Vinny |
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President's Message - December 2011 |
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Written by Vinny, KB2PSI
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Greetings to all club members, Friends of the KCRA and fellow Ham’s!
The KCRA’s annual Holiday Party is this month, at the China Buffet on Hyland Boulevard Staten Island. All Members and Friends are invited to our festivities. It will be Tuesday, December 13th at 7:00 pm. It's $12 per person. For more information and to RSVP, please use the clubs event registration system on the website.
We have reached the end of the year with many great events and some great public exposure for the club! We were at Ham Radio University last year, and will be sponsoring it again next month in January. Look on our Web site for more details. We had some great fun on a summers evening during National Night Out, where we were on the boardwalk at South Beach SI. The Boy Scout Camporee in October was also a very good experience, and may have some new Ham’s from that one! The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend was another great public event we do at Coney Island! Just to name a few of the things we were involved in this year.
During our November Club meeting, Gary KB2BSL held a how to become a VE class, there will be five new VE’s available to join the team!
The Board member elections were held, and I would like to congratulate Joe, N2TEE for joining us. Joe is replacing Phil K2RUH who is unable to continue the position as recording secretary.
Next year we are looking forward to holding a Technician class in Brooklyn. It will be a Saturday & Sunday in February. We will be posting more in information on this class soon, please check the WEB site.
We are looking for some Ideas on meeting topics for next year, comments are welcome. Please send a note to
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Become Radioactive! Come to the KCRA meetings! Learn something participating in our Hands-On-Labs! The Kings County Repeater Association needs your support at our monthly meetings! If you have any ideas that pertain to amateur radio, we would like to hear from you.
I think most of us are members of the ARRL. If you are not, I would like you to consider becoming a member of the ARRL. The ARRL has a lot to offer you in many ways, and they protect the amateur radio bands from commercial use!
73’de KB2PSI, Vinny |
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President's Message – November 2011 |
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Written by Vinny, KB2PSI
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Greetings to all club members, Friends of the KCRA and fellow HAM’s.
It’s beginning to feel like winter, but the weather is holding for some outdoor radio fun! If anyone is able, and would like to join us for some QRP in the park, Please send a note to
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We are looking for some Ideas on meeting topics for next year, comments are welcome. Please send a note to
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I would like to thank all our members that helped out during the year with the hands on lab’s and equipment demonstrations. I would like to thank Dave for bringing in his HT Museum. He had many interesting stories to tell about the history of each of the HT’s and other equipment.
This month’s meeting, or VE team will be giving a class on how to become a VE. All General and above are welcome to take the test at the end of the meeting. The Board member elections will also be held at the end of the meeting.
Become Radioactive! Come to the KCRA meetings! Learn something participating in our Hands-On-Labs! The Kings County Repeater Association needs your support at our monthly meetings! If you have any ideas that pertain to amateur radio, we would like to hear from you.
I think most of us are members of the ARRL. If you are not, I would like you to consider becoming a member of the ARRL. The ARRL has a lot to offer you in many ways, and they protect the amateur radio bands from commercial use!
73’de KB2PSI, Vinny
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President's Message – October 2011 |
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Written by Vinny, KB2PSI
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Greetings to all club members, Friends of the KCRA and fellow HAM’s. The summer is over, and fall is here! We had a great year with many events.
We have added a new event to the Calendar, the Boy Scouts of America have invited us to Camp Pouch on Staten Island for their fall Jamboree! The event will be on October 15th, from 9:00 am to about 5:00 pm. We will be helping them with the communication merit badges. Now is your chance if you would like to do some overnight camping from Friday October 14th till Sunday the 16th . There are plenty of good spots available!
The surprise event this year, and the one that turned out the best for public exposure of our hobby, was National Night Out on Staten Island Boardwalk! We had a very comfortable large corner spot near the parking lot entrance. We were only there about 5 hours, but were able to set up quickly, and make some excellent overseas contacts using 5 watts! We had two HF radios running SSB, vhf/uhf using digital and FM modes.
The International Light-House & Light Ship in Brooklyn was a big success with the Seagate community. There were many non-HAM visitors that stopped by to see what we were doing. We were able to get some of the kids to put down their iPhones and talk on a real radio… They could turn out to be future HAM’s’!
The 911 event at the Conference House Museum was a difficult event, but we managed. We were given a postage stamp sized spot near noisy power lines. It made making contacts on HF very difficult, but we did make some overseas contacts. We wound up using 6m & 10,20m, but made all contacts on 20m.
Become Radioactive! Come to the KCRA meetings! Learn something participating in our Hands-On-Labs! The Kings County Repeater Association needs your support at our monthly meetings! If you have any ideas that pertain to amateur radio, we would like to hear from you.
I think most of us are members of the ARRL. If you are not, I would like you to consider becoming a member of the ARRL. The ARRL has a lot to offer you in many ways, and they protect the amateur radio bands from commercial use!
73’de KB2PSI, Vinny |
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