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Written by KB6YNO
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Friday, 15 January 2010 07:17 |
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Good day, all! The new year is here and I want to put a call out to all members about paying dues for the year. The annual dues are $20.00 and can be paid to Brenden Kettner, our illustrious treasurer. The dues help pay for repairing current equipment or purchasing new items. Most importantly, it helps pay for outgoing QSL cards. Postage isn't cheap... well, sort of. However, we are receiving more and more QSL cards, and it is customary to send one back. Paying dues will also get you the combination to the shack. No dues, no combo. It's an incentive of sorts... The station has been performing well, but sadly we don't have many members coming by to operate. Currently we have HF and VHF available. As we get time to identify cables on the tower, we will have more frequencies to play with. That is pretty much why we haven't hooked up the rest of the radio gear. I plan on bringing in a KAM+ multimode controller, so we can do digital modes. I will also be bringing in (when I finally remember) an 80M dipole, so we can get on lower frequencies and have some more antenna options. More to follow. That's it for now. Swing by the shack at lunch time or find us in the galley on Friday's @ 1130. Eric, KB6YNO, club president.
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Last Updated on Friday, 15 January 2010 07:20 |
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Written by Rick McCusker
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Saturday, 12 September 2009 09:49 |
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What do I remember about W2AIR... Hmm.... It all began in Boot Camp at Alameda in 1970. I scored very well on the Morse Code apptitude test (I had been a Boy Scout) and requested RM school. "No openings!" So, after graduation with Oscar Company (Tuba player), off I went to the mighty USCGC Tanager as a deck ape. Striking BM while aboard so I could get off and get to a small boat station - HAH! Called in by the XO and told I was going to strike QM instead as I was pretty good with charts and navigation. So, I immediately put in for ASM school. Accepted, flight physical, etc... until a budget cut eliminated my slot at school. RM school instead. Since I was coming from the field and had absolutely no desire to ever go back to chipping paint on a "big white one" I was ecstatic to be a student at RM school at Governor's Island. Assigned a room, complete with a roomie - Dennis Brooks. Dennis would disappear in the evening and I had no idea where he was going. One night I had the 'fire watch" at the school and Dennis walked in and went upstairs. I followed him and he unlocked the door to W2AIR. Fired up the Collins "S" line and started working stations in Europe!!! I didn't know he was N3BRY until that evening. So, instead of going to the EM club like everyone else (most of them flunked out), we would go to W2AIR and work CW on the ham bands! That got me through the dreaded CW portion of the school - which eventually lead to being stationed at NMC (Point Reyes), meeting my wife, etc. All because of my "roomie." Many a wonderful evening spent at W2AIR!!! Rick McCusker, WF6O RM2 USCG - 1970-77
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 11:43 |
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Written by KB6YNO
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Saturday, 22 August 2009 10:50 |
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Good Day!, So, we were FINALLY able to get the shack moved from building 51 to 54 on Tuesday (8/18/09). I'll post a picture when I remember to take one! Thanks to Dave/KB1NDE to make that happen! The tower is almost cranked all the way down at the moment. We also fished out the coax from the conduit that was under the building. Fortunately, all ends are terminated with N-Connectors, with the exception of one run of RG-8. All other runs are 1/2" heliax! Good stuff. We're shooting to get on the air on weekend of Sept 18th. We also plan on being on the air the weekend of Oct 17th for the CG Auxiliary 70th anniversary. More to follow. We'll keep you posted as we get more updates. 73 de Eric, KB6YNO
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Written by KB6YNO
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Saturday, 19 September 2009 09:57 |
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Good morning, The station is on the air! Dave Rice/KB1NDE (with his little harmonics) & Brenden Kettner/KD8JCH were able to check into the Coast Guard Amateur Radio Net (http://www.w5cgc.org) and make contact with Net Control (Dick Anderson/KE7A) as well as many other stations that checked into the net. Tim Harris/W6RMC & myself KB6YNO were also able to check into the net, but couldn't hear the station on groundwave. Brenden was able to check in with W6NMC from his vehicle. The antenna was stuck facing south because we don't have the controller for the rotor! Bummer. Hopefully, we'll have a dipole strung up by the time the station comes back on the air for the next net. 73 de Eric, KB6YNO Club Prez
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W2AIR officially moved to CG Island |
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Written by Eric Simmons
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 08:50 |
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It's official. W2AIR has moved to CG Island. More details can be found at: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=785508 http://www.qrz.com/db/w2air 73 de Eric, KB6YNO
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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 August 2009 10:58 |
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