2016 - Programs, Activities, and Events |
What’s up for the club in 2016?
Planning has started for the new year, and already we’ve got quite a few suggestions on the “wish list”. Some are things we like to do each year, so we put some money in the budget for them. These include the monthly club meetings and educational guest speakers program, and major yearly club events like Field Day, Hamfest, and more recently a summer picnic. But we also like to do other things too. We’ve started up a monthly Tech Saturday Forum out at our Clubhouse – it’s part socializing, part “Elmering” in a more 1-on-1 or casual small group setting – ideal to learn how to use that great new radio you picked up over the holidays, or to play radio at the club’s station, or for pretty much any other radio related questions that you would like to try and have answered.
We support ARES/RACES emergency communications preparedness activities. We offer radio communications support to several local charity walks. We participate in Skywarn in conjunction with the National Weather service. We’ve made presentations with hands-on radio demonstrations to local Scouting groups. We support volunteer examiner program for license upgrade testing. Our members participate in on-air special events, often from our clubhouse station as was done during the W1AW portable stations operations, and annually during the Original 13 Colonies On-The-Air.
Many of our members are avid DX chasers, often using the clubhouse or another club member’s superstation to hunt the airwaves for new countries they can contact, or to participating in international DX contests. We’ve had field trip outings to be guest operators on board the Battleship New Jersey, and have run an occasional radio direction finding hidden transmitter “fox hunt” that can be entertaining for the whole family.
Have an idea for an activity or event that you would like to see?
How about a guest speaker you know, or maybe something you yourself could share at our next club meeting? Let’s hear from you!
What activity or event would you like to see in 2016?
Planning has started for the new year, and already we’ve got quite a few suggestions on the “wish list”. Some are things we like to do each year, so we put some money in the budget for them. These include the monthly club meetings and educational guest speakers program, and major yearly club events like Field Day, Hamfest, and more recently a summer picnic. But we also like to do other things too. We’ve started up a monthly Tech Saturday Forum out at our Clubhouse – it’s part socializing, part “Elmering” in a more 1-on-1 or casual small group setting – ideal to learn how to use that great new radio you picked up over the holidays, or to play radio at the club’s station, or for pretty much any other radio related questions that you would like to try and have answered.
We support ARES/RACES emergency communications preparedness activities. We offer radio communications support to several local charity walks. We participate in Skywarn in conjunction with the National Weather service. We’ve made presentations with hands-on radio demonstrations to local Scouting groups. We support volunteer examiner program for license upgrade testing. Our members participate in on-air special events, often from our clubhouse station as was done during the W1AW portable stations operations, and annually during the Original 13 Colonies On-The-Air.
Many of our members are avid DX chasers, often using the clubhouse or another club member’s superstation to hunt the airwaves for new countries they can contact, or to participating in international DX contests. We’ve had field trip outings to be guest operators on board the Battleship New Jersey, and have run an occasional radio direction finding hidden transmitter “fox hunt” that can be entertaining for the whole family.
Have an idea for an activity or event that you would like to see?
How about a guest speaker you know, or maybe something you yourself could share at our next club meeting? Let’s hear from you!
What activity or event would you like to see in 2016?
Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 1930 Hours at:
Pfeiffer Community Center
301 Blue Bell Road (Main Street and Blue Bell Road)
Williamstown, NJ 08094
GPS Heading : 39.682622°, -74.993315°
January 6, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
Mark Gottlieb, WA2DIY
Pick up any cool new radio gear for Christmas this year? It sure looks like Mark, WA2DIY did! He'll be demonstrating and sharing his experiences so far with a new gizmo called the DV4 MEGA. Advertised as "the Swiss Army Knife for Digital Voice", MEGA is a collective name for digital voice and data related kits and modules. The concept is very intriguing. Can one device really serve as a mini Digital Voice and Data Hotspot for D-Star, DMR, and Fusion? |
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Come on out to the meeting, and lets find out together what this new category of emerging amateur radio tech can do!
February 3, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
Ham Radio Related Videos
Tom, KE2ES
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March 2, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
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My presentation will cover New Jersey State Police (NJSP), Office of Emergency Management also called NJOEM and how it interfaces with County and Municipal Government in times of disaster. I will also touch on how NJOEM coordinates with FEMA when the President signs a disaster declaration, for example Superstorm Sandy.
Joining me will be Art Arnold, N2CPR from Cherry Hill and Deputy Radio Officer and Emergency Coordinator for Camden County. Art will give an overview of the importance of Preparing for Disasters, including ones' own family. Art will also touch on his volunteer efforts over the past 10 years with MS-150 and the importance of volunteering. We will also touch on County RACES and its interface with NJOEM at NJSP Division Headquarters (Call Sign NJ2EM) in West Trenton.
Joining me will be Art Arnold, N2CPR from Cherry Hill and Deputy Radio Officer and Emergency Coordinator for Camden County. Art will give an overview of the importance of Preparing for Disasters, including ones' own family. Art will also touch on his volunteer efforts over the past 10 years with MS-150 and the importance of volunteering. We will also touch on County RACES and its interface with NJOEM at NJSP Division Headquarters (Call Sign NJ2EM) in West Trenton.
Saturday, March 19, 2016 - Fox Hunt VIII
"The Luck of the Irish Fox Hunt"
Somewhere in Gloucester County
Check-in @ 1000 Hours on the 147.180 MHz Repeater
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April 6, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
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My presentation will be an overview of what I use to clean, restore, repair, and some hints and tricks. The focus will be a restored 1948 GE Model 102 Tube Radio, and also three transistor radios (1965 Zenith 755M Long Distance AM Radio, 1958 Sony TR-84 AM Radio, and a 1965 AMC AM/FM Radio).
GE Model 102 Tube Radio
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Zenith 755M Long Distance AM Radio
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Sony TR-84 AM Radio
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AMC AM/FM Radio
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May 4, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
John Zaruba, K2ZA
D-STAR : The advantages of this digital methodology
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June 1, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
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Following the business portion of the meeting, we’ll finalize our field day plans for later in the month, hear all about the new goodies and experiences of Dayton from those who made the trip this year, and then enjoy some socializing over free pizza.
Also, if you have any mid-year items you don’t want to hold onto until our Hamfest in September to swap or sell, you are welcome to bring them to this meeting to put on a side table to show off, giving fellow club members a first chance to look at, to swap, and/or buy.
What doesn’t sell, you, as a club member, are welcome to get posted for free on our club’s website, with pictures if you have them, under the “Swap Meet” tab. This is a great service offered by our club.
Jim will also show some pictures including the ones Bill Price, NJ2S, took atop the Pitman water tower of our current antenna installations.
Also, if you have any mid-year items you don’t want to hold onto until our Hamfest in September to swap or sell, you are welcome to bring them to this meeting to put on a side table to show off, giving fellow club members a first chance to look at, to swap, and/or buy.
What doesn’t sell, you, as a club member, are welcome to get posted for free on our club’s website, with pictures if you have them, under the “Swap Meet” tab. This is a great service offered by our club.
Jim will also show some pictures including the ones Bill Price, NJ2S, took atop the Pitman water tower of our current antenna installations.
July 6, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
Field Day Review and Pictures
Summer Family Picnic Preview
Saturday, July 23, 2016 - GCARC Summer Family Picnic
1200 to 1600 Hours
Red Bank Battlefield Park, National Park, NJ
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August 3, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
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September 7, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
Social Networking, Hamfest 2016 Preview
Sunday, September 11, 2016 - Hamfest
October 5, 2016 - General Membership Meeting
The program for the October 5, 2016 General Membership Meeting is a presentation by Urb LeJeune, W1UL, of Tuckerton, NJ. Urb has been a ham for 66 years and also taught Computer Science at Stockton University for close to 20 years. In his own words Urb stated, “Ham radio has been good to me, it may well have saved my life by keeping me out of combat during the Korean War.” Urb additionally states “ I’m now in my “give back phase” of my ham radio career.”
Urb has created a website to help people get their Technician, General, and Amateur Extra Class licenses in half the time of other website or methods. The W1UL Ham Cram Method has three identifying characteristics:
The website is : www.ham-cram.com
Each class of license has study sessions and practice test sessions each of which is considered a preparation session. To date, just a little under 50,000 prep sessions have been served.
As Urb states, “You may be closer to a license or upgrade than you realize.”
Urb has created a website to help people get their Technician, General, and Amateur Extra Class licenses in half the time of other website or methods. The W1UL Ham Cram Method has three identifying characteristics:
- Incorrect answers are not studied.
- Only the questions most likely to appear on the actual VE test are studied.
- Use of the site is absolutely FREE.
The website is : www.ham-cram.com
Each class of license has study sessions and practice test sessions each of which is considered a preparation session. To date, just a little under 50,000 prep sessions have been served.
As Urb states, “You may be closer to a license or upgrade than you realize.”
Also on the agenda for the October Meeting is the nominations for 2017 Club Officers
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Somewhere in Gloucester County
Check-in @ 1300 Hours on the 147.180 MHz Repeater
Check-in @ 1300 Hours on the 147.180 MHz Repeater