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Sunday, January 26, 2020

RARA Winterfest - Rochester 2/15/20



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Labels: Clubs, Events, Rochester

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Lockport Winter Hamfest - Sat. 1/25/20

link: http://www.lockportara.us/lara-home/yearly-lara-events/hamfest-2019
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

RARA meeting location change Wednesday 1/15/20


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Sunday, January 12, 2020

LARC Extra Class starts March 17th, 2020

To sign up for this class – please contact Peter Sochocki at k2vgn@w2cm.com


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Labels: Clubs, Syracuse, training, VE exams

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Winter Field Day 2020 - January 25th & 26th

As winter weather starts to arrive in Upstate NY, its time to start thinking about Winter Field Day!

 more info at: https://www.winterfieldday.com/

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There is a lot of information to be found here. In the wide LEFT column you will find news stories in chronological order. In the RIGHT column you find various resource groups and links. Scroll down the right to find info by TOPICS.

Featured Post

Utica Hamfest - 7/26/25

Front Page resources:

  • 2025 Upstate NY Hamfests and Events
  • RECENT Repeater Changes
  • HF Activity Group
  • Some Upstate NY NETS:
  • CNY/Finger Lakes Repeater list
  • GMRS - Syracuse/Ithaca/Rochester area repeaters
  • APRS tracking map
  • Common USB cable and driver issues
  • CNYICC Public Service communications network for CNY
  • DMR basics
  • Digital Voice (DV) for Amateur Radio
  • EchoLink info
  • Allstar nodes - CNY
  • NetLogger -
  • Monday Night Hobby Net/Ham News (146.67) resources
  • NY Statewide UHF Linked Repeaters - System 1 "The Empire State Network":
  • Portable Operations, SOTA and QRP
  • RFI - Radio Frequency Interference - "Noise"
  • SKYWARN - Severe weather reporting program
  • Software Defined Radio (SDR) information
  • So you want to be a Ham? (or take an UPGRADE EXAM?)

Repeater web links:

  • Adirondacks/NNY Repeaters
  • ADK-Greater Adirondack Repeater Assoc. (GARA)
  • Albany/Schenectady repeaters
  • Binghamton Area Repeater list
  • Buffalo- BARRA repeaters
  • Buffalo/Lancaster Area Repeaters
  • CNY 220 Mhz Repeaters
  • CNY/Finger Lakes Repeater list (June 2021)
  • Corning/Elmira/SouthernTier
  • Eastern NY Repeaters - Albany/Hudson/Lake Geroge
  • Finger Lakes - Southwest - KLARA repeaters
  • Fulton - WN8Z 147.39 repeater
  • Ithaca TCARA Repeaters
  • Lockport/LARA repeaters
  • Niagara Falls repeaters
  • Northern NY-ADK Repeaters and NETs
  • Rochester Repeater List (from RARA)
  • Rochester WR2AHL 145.110 wide coverage
  • St.Lawrence Valley/ADK ARES/RACES list
  • Syracuse KD2SL 2 meter repeater
  • Syracuse KD2SL 6&10 meter repeater blog
  • Syracuse LARC Repeaters
  • Thousand Islands Repeater Club/Watertown
  • UNYREPCO repeater coordination
  • Utica - MOARC repeaters
  • Utica/Rome CNY Repeater List
  • WNYSORC - WNY/Ont. repeater coordination

Band Conditions

Pics

Pics

Schedule of favorite Nets:

Link to the Net schedule: http://www.upstateham.com/p/some-upstae-ny-nets.html

(the list was getting big, so we gave it it's own page)


Some of our favorite Radio Links:

  • ADS-B Flight Tracking
  • AE7Q's Call sign database search tools
  • Amatuer radio codes (RST, morse, alpha, etc.)
  • AMSAT - Amateur radio satellite information
  • Antenna Search
  • AOR AR-DV1 resource page
  • APRS - map
  • APRS info
  • Beverage Antenna site by W0BTU
  • Car Radio History
  • Catalogs/Magazines -- World Radio History
  • Chirp - radio programming software
  • Dave's Radio News....mostly receiver reviews
  • Digital Frequency (Scanner) Search
  • Distracted Driving/ Motor vehicle laws
  • DX Heat.com - Dx cluster site
  • Eham equipment reviews (nice!!!)
  • Engineering Radio Blog
  • Find cell towers
  • Frequency allocations, BandPlan - ARRL
  • GMRS/FRS/MURS information
  • Ham Call - call lookup
  • Ham Radio 101 - Getting started in Ham Radio (RARA)
  • Ham Radio for Beginners - Wholly Outdoor
  • Ham Radio School
  • Its Ham Radio blog
  • K0BG Mobile Ham site - excellent install and Antenna advice!
  • K8ZT propagation links - Wow!
  • K8ZT web site - lots of links!
  • LightningMap.org - great for summer time
  • Miklor - Great China Radio Info - Baofeng, Wouxon, etc.
  • Old Ham Radio callbooks
  • QRZ.com - a must have for all!
  • Radio Direction Finding (RDF)
  • Radio QTH - Vanity Call sign search
  • Radio Reference.com
  • Radio-Electronics.com - engineering resources
  • Repeater Builder.com
  • RF Interference tips
  • Rig Reference.com
  • Scanner Digest Newsletter
  • Shortwave Central
  • Skywarn - Binghamton NWS
  • Southgate ARC News
  • Summits-on-the-air SOTA
  • SWLing - Pirate Radio
  • Tropospheric Ducting Forecast
  • Vintage books from the tube era

A few Ham Radio Dealers I use:

  • Arrow Antennas
  • DX Engineering
  • HRO - Ham Radio Outlet
  • MTC - Main Trading Company
  • Quick Silver Radio
  • RW Antenna Store - Lockport NY
  • Stewart W. Smith, Syracuse - Electronics parts

A few Upstate Clubs/Groups

  • Adirondacks/NNY
  • Albany Amateur Radio Assoc. - TCARA
  • ARAST - Amateur Radio Assoc. of the Southern Tier/Elmira
  • Auburn/FingerLakes area
  • BARA - Binghamton
  • Batavia - Genesee Cty. Radio Amateurs
  • Bear Bait Radio Club - Clay & Long Lake
  • Boonville/Lewis County - BRVARC
  • Buffalo - Niagara Frontier QCWA
  • Buffalo - Radio Amateurs OF WNY(RAWNY)
  • Buffalo - Southtowns - STARS
  • Buffalo/Lancaster - LARC
  • Buffalo/Niagara WNY DX Assoc
  • Canandaigua - SIARC
  • Chenango County - CVARA
  • Cortland - SkyLine
  • Drumlins - Lyons/Newark
  • East Greenbush ARA (Albany)
  • Fulton Amateur Radio Club
  • Hamilton County ARA - Speculator
  • Herkimer - FHARA
  • Ithaca - Cornell Amateur Radio Group
  • Ithaca/Tompkins County - TCARA
  • Keuka Lake ARA (KLARA)
  • Lockport - LARA
  • Mohawk Valley (MVARA) Montgomery County
  • Niagara Radio Club - Niagara Falls
  • NNYARA - NNY and ADK's
  • Ontario County - SIARC
  • Plattsburgh - Champlain Valley CVARC
  • QCWA - Finger Lakes Chapter - Syracuse
  • Rochester - DX Assoc. (RDXA)
  • Rochester RARA
  • Rochester RRRA
  • Rochester VHF Group
  • Rochester/Webster - XRX Amateur Radio Club
  • Rome Radio club
  • Schenectady/Albany - SARA
  • St. Lawrence County - Oswegatchie
  • Syracuse - RAGS
  • Syracuse/Liverpool - LARC
  • Thousand Islands Repeater Club - TIRC
  • Troy - TARA
  • Utica/Rome - CNYARA- CNY
  • Utica/Rome - MOARC
  • Warren County - WCARC

Good old days!

Good old days!

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about this blog:

Managing repeater and NET frequencies was a tough problem for me. So I started to keep my notes on frequencies, NET's and Club and Hamfest information here. Over time we have added all kinds of information of interest to Upstate NY Radio enthusiasts. I will also try to update old posts with confirmations and updates as I get new information .I have a broad range of interests and love to share much of the cool stuff I stumble across.


We will try to post information for Upstate New York from Albany west to Buffalo and from Binghamton north through the 1000 Islands and Adirondacks. You may notice more news from Central and Northern NY (because that's where I live and recreate.....), but we will try to cover as much of the Upstate New York Region as possible.


More about the author: http://www.upstateham.com/p/more-about-author.html


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