 The Unofficial Call Sign of the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club
Upcoming Events
March
- 16 Club Meeting and VE Session
- 17 Cherryville Hamfest
- 24 Splitrock Hamfest
April
- 15 Rookie Roundup - SSB
- 20 Club Meeting and VE Session
June
- 9-10 June VHF QSO Party
- 15 Club Meeting and VE Session
- 16 Kids Day
- 22 Field Day Setup
- 23/24 Field Day
From the Oval Office
Hello again everyone from the Oval Office. It looks like the ground hog was right; spring has arrived early.
The SCARC storage trailer has seen huge improvements and tasks continue to get accomplished. Insulation, windows, shelves and anchor points have been installed. Indoor/Outdoor carpeting and a new 2M radio with integrated TNC is soon to be integrated. The trailer has come a long way and will be a great asset to our club for storage, special events, the Hamfest and Field Day.
We had an Executive Committee meeting last week. We discussed the budget and this year’s events. The new SCARC website and the SCARC-L email reflector were discussed too. We also brought up the need to have more members of SCARC join the technical committee. If you’re interested, please contact N2HMM or N2WM.
The first shot gun email was sent out to all the potential buyers and sells about our Hamfest on July 15th.
On April 21st a work party is planned at the repeater site. We are looking for help from the membership to do a lot of weed whacking and general cleanup of the site. So if you’re around on the 21st we could really use the help.
There’s been some pretty good solar flares that have disrupted HF communications. They haven’t been strong enough to produce an Aurora Borealis this far south thus far. However always keep an eye to the northern sky because it could occur at almost anytime. Solar activity should be pretty active for the next three years or so and propagation on 10 and 15M should be very good.
We’ll be having another Executive Committee meeting probably in May to discuss the VHF Contest, Field Day and the Hamfest. We’ll also address doing other contests such as CQWW-Phone, Sweep Stakes and the 10M Contest.
Don’t forget, we have a SCARC meeting this Friday at the American Legion. Cherryville has their Hamfest this Saturday and the big Splitrock Hamfest is on March 24th in Roxbury. Splitrock is a good one to go to.
Weekly On-Air Meetings
There is a weekly SCARC VHF rag-chew and idea trading on the W2LV repeater frequency 147.300 MHz EVERY Tuesday at 8:00 pm. Newcomers? New to a certain aspect of radio? Experienced operator willing to share in the growth of the hobby? All are welcome and encouraged.
NEW!! We are having a great time on our 75M net on 3.962MHz +/- QRM on Thursday nights. It’s fun getting off the repeater for a change and getting on to HF. This net allows us to experiment with different equipment, antennas and modes of operation to determine what works and doesn’t work at our home station. All topics are open for discussion. Even if you only want to listen, please join us.
Swap n Shop
No new items forwarded to the newsletter team this month. If you have items for sale please
forward your contact information and details on the items for sale to brilorphoto@mac.com or
n2hmm@warwick.net, and we will be sure they get into the next newsletter.
Updates and New Information
If you have something you would like to contribute to the newsletter including a personal
story, technical information, general information or swap 'n shop, please do not hesitate to
forward to Walt at w2lv@scarcnj.org or Brian at brilorphoto@mac.com.
 The Unofficial Call Sign of the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club
Brian Brunsch KC2YON
42 Sterling Street
Franklin, NJ 07416
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