Ithaca Technician Class - TCARA

Greg Lawrence Email Link: GWL1@cornell.edu

Liverpool ARC - Extra Class - coming in March 2019

Hello everyone

Here is the schedule for the Amateur Extra Class in March.  Anyone interested in attending OR presenting any part of this program is asked to send an email to training@w2cm.com.  This allows us to be able to maintain a complete distribution list for any updates or additions.  We will distribute a list of attendees to everyone so you might be able to partner up for travel or study.  Please note that this program is open to ANY current General Class license holder irrespective of membership.  Anyone (brave souls) interested in joining the class without the General Class license will need to pass that exam before they can take the Extra Class exam.

We encourage everyone to obtain the ARRL License Manual prior to the start of class.  Also, we have found that anyone who regularly utilizes any of the websites dedicated to the ARRL Question Pool more than DOUBLES their chance on passing the final exam.  Use that tool to identify the areas of weakness so you are able to utilize your study and class time to improve your understanding.

Thanks for your interest in advancing your skills in Amateur Radio to take full advantage of the added (and less crowded) bandwidth.

Liverpool Amateur Repeater Club

Schedule and Course Outline below:

Raspberry Pi workshop - RARA

RaRa Academy Workshops

What is a Raspberry Pi
— or —
If you already have one, how would you use one?
Saturday January 19th

 

These questions will be answered during the next RaRa Academy session about the Raspberry Pi. We will look into what exactly it is, how to set it up, and then what to do with it, with an emphasis on how it can be used in the ham shack.

Here are a few of the topics we will discuss:

•  What is a Raspberry Pi

•  Differences between the Arduino and a Pi

•  How to set it up

•  Installing software on the Pi - and keeping it up to date

•  Programing the Pi in Python

•  Transmitting and receiving with the Pi

•  The Pi as a tool in the ham shack

•  Resources that can help to get started (and keep going)

Latest Academy information is available at https://www.rochesterham.org/rara_academy.htm

Academy Workshops are held at the BSA Headquarters, 2320 Brighton Henrietta Town Line Rd, 10am to noon.

You can sign up for Academy Workshops by emailing education@rochesterham.org.

Please take advantage of the RaRa sponsored training and operating opportunities.

Timothy Brown,
FCC Callsign: WB2PAY
RaRa Education Coordinator

cell: 585 750 2087

email: education@rochesterham.org

email: tjbrown@rochester.rr.com

Lockport Winter Hamfest - 1/26/19

more info at http://www.lockportara.us/larahamfest2019

CNY Ham Radio Breakfast on January 26th, 2019

The next breakfast is scheduled and the event is open to ALL local Hams. It will be Saturday, January 26th, 2019 at 8:30 am. This is a great chance to meet up with some of the folks you talk to on the air, but possibly have never met in person. Come on all you drive time radio jockeys, "6M QCWA Netters", CNY SWAP and Hobby Net check-ins - we hope to see you all there.

Location: The "Finally Ours Diner" is at 3788 West Seneca Turnpike, at the corner with Cedarville Rd. in the Onondaga Hill area of Syracuse (see directions here: http://finallyoursdiner.com/hours-contact ).

Thanks to K2WOP; Curt for his continuing efforts for this excellent get together.

Questions? contact Curt; K2WOP on the 146.67 repeater.

Finally Ours Diner link: http://finallyoursdiner.com 

220 mhz Friday night NET is expanding

The 220 mhz Friday night NET is reaching out further! The KD2SL 224.120 Repeater in Syracuse that hosts the Friday night 220Mhz Net at 7pm, has added more links through the AllStar network. Recent weeks have had 220 Repeaters from all over the country!

This is a general net, open to various discussion topics, but the main intent is to promote use of the 220 mhz band. So come join our net control host; Bob; KD2KKG on this growing Friday night net! 

There is still potential to add in other 220 MHz repeaters in the future for this Friday evening net (through ALLSTAR linking). 

A big Thank you! to Kevin; KD2SL, Dave; W2ACC and Mike; KA2NDW our repeater trustees for adding this great linking capability to their repeaters and hosting this net from here in CNY! Also your host Bob; KD2KKG and his assistant Tim; N2VZD

Some recent Friday night linked in repeaters:  (always looking for more!)

Node Mode  Callsign Channel CTCSS  Location

2592  Transceive  KA1MXL         IRLP #9870  BM TG 31444

27273  Transceive  K2ETS 223.960  110.0  Watchung, NJ

27854  Transceive  WB8GRS 224.98  123    Little Elm, TX

41306  Transceive  N6TBQ 927.900  311          Loma Prieta, Ca

42596  Transceive  KA2NDW        224.470  82.5  Clyde, NY

42693  Transceive  W2ACC 224.260  110.9  Stanley, NY

47463   Echolink  N2DOW         224.120  324784  Kirkville, NY