HARVEST FAIRE

The club participated in the annual Harvest Faire at the Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown, RI, on September 29th and 30th. As usual, we setup a HF and VHF station; however, this year we operated our special event station using the call sign, K1R.  We used the club's Jupiter transceiver on HF.  The HF antennas consisted of a R8 vertical, and a G5RV wire dipole.  As the R8 just covers 40 through 10 meters, the G5RV was used on 80 meters.  A VHF transceiver was used with a portable J pole antenna on two meters.

Red Cross Disaster Tent and Equipment

The theme of this year's Harvest Faire was Emergency Communication. The Newport Radio Club and the America Red Cross, Rhode Island Chapter cooperated in the emergency communication area.  We showed what Ham Radio could do in an  emergency,  and the Red Cross showed the some of the facilities they use during  an emergency. The hams 

 support the Red Cross as one of their served agencies, and the Red Cross depends upon the Hams to provide back up communications in an emergency.

Larry Beaver W1GTA With Dave Sagamang AC0CQ Operating

The Red Cross disaster tent and equipment.  Seated in front of the tent is Nick Logothets, the Red Cross Emergency Services Director for Rhode Island, and Celeste Logothets.

Officers.

The Club Officer elections were held in December.  

President – Dave Sagamon, (AC0CQ)

Vice President –Willy Maclean, W1LY

 Secretary – John Mills, K1JSM

Treasurer – Rich Travers (N1ZSR)

 Executive Committee – Jim Kyle (KC1SD) and Ron Franklin (K1RAF)

Meetings:

The Newport County Radio Club meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 PM. We are happy to report that the Portsmouth VFD has agreed for us to continue to meet in the volunteers' room. We thank them and look forward to a long lasting relationship. We have now set up an operating station in the back corner of this room. - Portsmouth Fire Station (RT 138), Portsmouth, RI 02871.

Membership:

Come join our club! Our friendly membership guy, Willy Maclean, W1LY will be happy to assist you in becoming a member.  Club dues are $20 per year($10 after July). Click this link to download (PDF) a membership application.  You can fill it in on your computer and print it out, or if you prefer, you can print it out and fill it in by hand.  Then, either bring it to a meeting and join there, or mail it to:  Willy Maclean, W1LY, 74 Stern Street POB 547, Jamestown, RI  02835.  If you have any questions, please email Willy at k8cyc@aol.com for assistance.

Breakfast:

The Newport County Radio Club meets informally for breakfast every Thursday morning at 8:15 AM. The breakfast place is Chelsea's, located on Aquidneck Ave in Middletown. Please come join us for interesting conversation and comradeship.

Test Sessions:

NEXT VE SESSION.
 Club sponsored sessions are held at the Middletown Baptist Church (upstairs in church hall), 1818 West Main Road (RT 114), Middletown, RI 02842.

All sessions start at 9:00 AM. Be sure to bring a completed (available at the session or you may download a PDF version) 605 form, a copy along with the original of any CSCE or Amateur Radio license you may hold and a state issued ID. New test fee $14.

Repeater:

Thanks to Chas Greene, W1CG and Jim Kyle, KC1SD, a new 440-control receiver has been installed at the repeater Site. The repeater now can be controlled either on Two Meters or on 440 hz. Congratulations to the repeater committee.

Newsletter:

The Newport County Radio Club newsletter, The Modulator, needs a new editor and publisher. If you are willing to spend a little time to help your club, please consider this opportunity.  The most recent issues are available for download. Adobe's Acrobat Reader is required for reading the newsletter. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free and you can download the Modulator from the on the right.

email List:

Members stay in touch with club news and events via e-mail. The N.C.R.C. has an e-mail list group setup at Yahoo! Groups. To join visit the NCRC-W1SYE group.

Club Nets:

All nets meet on the W1SYE repeater 145.450 - (PL 100Hz)

·  Monday - Friday 7:00 PM - The Newport County Radio Club Net

·  Sunday 8:15 AM - Red Cross Net