Utica Hamfest - 7/26/25

 Utica Amateur Radio Club's "RadioCom 2025", Utica NY Hamfest

more info at: https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/utica-amateur-radio-club-s-radiocom-2025-utica-ny-hamfest

Southern ADK Hamfest - Sat. 8/9/2025

 

more info at: https://www.adkhamfest.org/

Ithaca Hamfest - Sat. 8/2/25

 Tompkins County Amateur Radio Association (TCARA) Hamfest.

An ARRL Sanctioned Hamfest listed on the ARRL website.

Saturday, August 2, 2025

7 A.M. to Noon        Rain or Shine

Trumansburg Fairgrounds, 2150  Trumansburg Road (NYS 96)

Trumansburg, NY 14885

• $7.00 Adult Admission. Includes outside tailgating and door prize entry. Children under 12 FREE with paid Adult.
• Handicapped Accessible
• Food will be available - Burgers, hotdogs, coffee, soft drinks, and prepackaged pastry.
• A FOXHUNT will be held starting at 9 AM with prizes
• Talk-in station on the 146.940 Repeater Offset: negative, standard 600 kHz PL tones: RX: 103.5 Hz, TX: 103.5 Hz
• A VE Testing Session for all 3 license classes will be available nearby at the Trumansburg Firehall at 74 W Main Street at 9 AM

For more information: https://www.tcara-ny.org/hamfest

 

Thanks

Kirk Smith K2CSA

TCARA Hamfest Coordinator

E-mail:            rsmith210@twcny.rr.com

Mobile:           607-342-7984

 

RAGS Syracuse Hamfest - 7/12/25

 

More info at: https://ragsclub.org/ham-fest/

RAGS Field Day activities (Syracuse)

Please stop by the RAGS Field Day Site.  You can operate, or just observe operations.  Have a cold soda, visit,  and enjoy the fellowship at a FUN activity.  Set-up begins at 8A Saturday and operations are from 2P Saturday thru 2P Sunday.  See location details below.

Jerry, NK2C,

315-727-2762

More info at: https://ragsclub.org/field-day/

13 Colonies Special Event July 1st-7th

 

 HF bands will be in play, including the WARC bands, with the exception of 60 meters. Simplex on 2 meters and 6 meters is encouraged.

The SE stations are on the east coast and, are very close to each other. It will be harder for these states to contact each other so, use of 40m-160m is encouraged.

All modes of operation may be represented - SSB, CW, RTTY, Digital, Etc. - The mode of operation is up to the individual colony state station. Please refer to the State information pages for details.

More info at: http://www.13colonies.us/

Field Day 2025 - June 28-29

 

Field Day is ham radio's open house. Every June, more than 31,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.

The object of Field Day is to work as many stations as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 Meter HF bands, as well as all bands 50 MHz and above, and in doing so to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions. A premium is placed on developing skills to meet the challenges of emergency preparedness as well as to acquaint the general public with the capabilities of Amateur Radio

Field Day locator map: https://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator

Is your club or group doing something special? Let us know, so we can share it here.

Cortland Hamfest - Sat. 6/14/25

 The 43nd annual Cortland Hamfest and Technology Fair will take place on Saturday June 14th at the Cortland County Fairgrounds , 4301 Fairgrounds Dr. in Cortland. 7am-1pm

Admission: $6.00 per person, under 12 free. Outdoor Flea market is free with admission. There are 25 indoor flea market spaces with electricity available for $10.00 per 10' length, first come first served. BYO Table.

VE tests will be available off site beginning at 9 AM. Directions will be provided.

Breakfast will be provided by the Cortland County 4-H

Travel Directions: I-81 to exit 54; follow signs to Ithaca and Route 281. Turn left on to Route 281 South. In 8/10 mile, turn left on to Fisher Ave, then right on to Fairgrounds Drive.

From Ithaca: Route 13 North to Route 281 North. Drive past all the car dealers and fast food places etc. Turn right onto Fisher Ave, then right on to Fairgrounds Drive.

For your GPS: 4301 Fairgrounds Dr. Cortland, NY 13045

 We hope to see you there!

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Andrew Slaugh KB2LUV
Secretary, Skyline Amateur Radio Club
Owner of the 145.490 PL 71.9 Repeater in Cortland, NY

More info: https://www.arrl.org/hamfests/hamfest-technology-fair

Rochester Hamfest - Sat. June 21, 2025

 

More info at: https://www.rochesterham.org/hamfest.htm

Lockport Hamfest -June 7th, 2025

 

Another interesting Amateur Radio publication

We stumbled upon another intersting monthly club publication this week.

Check out the Logger's Bark, the newsletter & magazine of W7DK, The Radio Club of Tacoma! You can read about the club at www.W7DK.org and if you're ever in Tacoma, WA on a Saturday, the club holds open house almost every Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and all are welcome. Full details at the link here: https://www.w7dk.org/images/rct_bark/bark_2025_05.pdf

In this month's May 2025 issue of The Logger's Bark magazine:

- Lamptenna 3: CQ WPX 2025 using SSB with nothing but a FLOOR LAMP for an antenna!

- Numbers Stations: All about them and "are they still a thing"?

- The Japanese WOODEN CubeSat satellite - first wooden satellite ever built!

- Hands-on review of the RTL-SDR V4 receiver dongle

- History of DPRK DXpeditions

- Kits Corner: Great beginner's kit - the Elenco AM-780A build and review

- Review: Wouxun KG-935H tri-band HT that includes the 1.25m band

- How FT8 Works: Love it or hate it, FT8 is here to stay. Here's how it works

- Look Back at the Knight Kit T-60 CW & AM Transmitter

- 2025 W7DK Field Day Plans coming together - see the site layout plan

And a whole bunch more - photos, tips, tricks, blurbs, puzzles, all about amateur radio and NEVER any ads!

Check out the clubs web site at: https://www.w7dk.org/

Thousand Islands Hamfest - Sat. 5/17/25

Get the details at:  https://www.tirepeaterclub.com/

Interesting Amateur Radio publication

We recently stumbled upon this interesting Amateur Radio publication. The Communicator is published by Surrey Amateur Radio Communications group. The group seems to be very active. The Communicator is over 100 pages and has interesting articles, along with regular columnists.

Now read in over 165 countries, the May-June issue brings you 120+ pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and around the globe. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.

Check it out here: https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-communicator-may-june-2025.html

SARC (Surrey Amateur Radio Communications – formerly “Club”), with 140+ members, is one of the largest and most active amateur radio organizations in Canada, offering a wide variety of ham-related activities, training opportunities and mentoring, all by volunteers dedicated to technical proficiency and service to the community. Learn more about SARC here: