Special Event Station - VE Day 80th anniv. - Thurs. 5/8/25

  VE DAY 80TH ANNIVERSARY - ELDRED, PENNSYLVANIA 

  The McKean County Amateur Radio Club will be operating a special event station on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at the Eldred WWII Museum, operating as W3VV to commemorate and celebrate the VE 80th anniversary, while also showing our gratitude to the men, women and children who dedicated their lives to the war effort.

  The radio club will be providing a public demonstration at the Eldred World War II museum while making voice and morse code contacts over the air with other amateur radio operators in North America, Europe and world-wide!  The amateur radio community will also learn about the Eldred World War II museum in Pennsylvania, its collections and mission. There will be a certificate available to those that make a successful radio contact with the station.

McKean County Amateur Radio Club FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/W3VV.CLUB/

World Amateur Radio Day!

Happy World Amateur Radio Day! 100th anniversary!

World Amateur Radio Day, held on April 18 each year, is celebrated worldwide by radio amateurs and their national associations which are organized as member-societies of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). It was on this day in 1925 that the IARU was formed in Paris. American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim was its first president. A major theme for 2025 is celebrating 100 years of IARU.  

More info at: https://www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day#:~:text=2025%20World%20Amateur%20Radio%20Day%20is%20April%2018&text=When%3A%20WARD%20is%20Friday%2C%20April,best%20for%20your%20local%20club.

Meteor Scatter QSO Party 2025

 Did you ever experience a meteor scatter propogation? Its a pretty neat experience. Check out these events coming up later this month and beyond.

HamSCI – The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation is preparing for a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments later this year. The target storms are in August (Perseids) and December (Geminids). Preparation and testing are underway now. This is a combination 'special event' and a contest to generate contact data during meteor scatter events using 10 meters and 6 meters. Contest rules will be released shortly.

Currently, we need operators to be active (i.e., CQ-ing) on MSK144; or passive, if possible, reporting via PSK Reporter as 'monitors'. The best times are early morning hours prior to 10M opening to F2 propagation. Meteor scatter propagation occurs well below F2 and is supported in or near the E layer where the meteor ionization tracks occur. Saturday mornings are being used regularly to announce and coordinate 10M contacts using Ping Jockey Central. Announcements are also made on the Front Range Six Meter groups.io due to the substantial number of meteor scatter operators in that group.

To be successful, this effort needs operators, both active and passive. The upcoming April-Lyrids shower is an excellent time to set up your equipment and join with other operators preparing for the events later this year. If you do not have the time to be active, at least set up passive reporting. PSK Reporter currently has scarce 10M MSK144 monitors; so we need to increase those numbers during the early morning hours.

The best Lyrid times are around midnight and early morning hours, peaking April 21-22, but also for several days before and after the peak dates. We expect large numbers of 10M and 6M MSK144 operators to be both active and passive during the Lyrid events.

Read the whole story here: https://www.hamsci.org/article/save-dates-hamsci-meteor-scatter-qso-party

Learn more about meteor scatter: https://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST%2520Binaries/nt0z.pdf

Radio and Electronics Auction - Clay NY - Wed. April 16, 2025

 

Bear Bait - Radio & Electronics Auction 

 Starting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, April 16th 2025

 Location:     4483 State Route 31, Clay NY

Radios, test equipment, accessories, etc. 

(ALL items must be tagged with callsign and minimum bid or reserve. Electronic and Radio items only! 10%of sales price goes to the club. )

Also, The club will be holding Tech license training class & testing coming up on April 26th & 27th!

Save the date: Upstate New York POTA Meetup - Sept. 6&7, 2025

 Upstate New York POTA Meetup

Get ready for an action-packed weekend of POTA at Watkins Glen State Park the first weekend in September! Whe have the South Pavilion all day Sunday, September 7, and we hope you'll join us on Saturday, September 6, for exploring the park. There is also the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival on Friday, for those who want to come earlier. Many of us are camping all weekend, from Friday evening into Monday morning. The North Country Trail runs through the park, and behind the pavilion, making it a 3-fer! We can't wait to see you there!

More details and RSVP on the Upstate New York POTA Facebook group: 

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BoELhgoxi/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Spring SkyWarn training - CNY & Northern PA

 US National Weather Service Binghamton NY - Spring 2025 SkyWarn Training

More info: https://www.weather.gov/bgm/outreachSKYWARNtraining