Long Island's Oldest Ham Radio Club Est. 1947
On a brisk Saturday morning under the cover of cloudy skies 6 members of the Brookhaven ARES group gathered for the pre-event briefing in the Smith Point Park parking lot. It was the morning of the 2024 Smith Point Bridge 5k for Literacy on September 07, 2024. Assignments were disseminated, the event route and protocols…
The monthly club breakfast was held on August 18, 2024 at McDonalds in Farmingville. Most arrived at 0800 but we still had members arriving after 9am. In total there were 15 or more members in attendance. We enjoyed a yummy breakfast and socialized as well as discussed some club related business in side conversations. The…
It was a hot and humid evening on Monday the 5th of August at 7pm when the Brookhaven ARES group met for their monthly meeting and SKYWARN Spotter training. The training was provided by Brian Ciemnecki, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton NY. The training was specific,…
At 6pm on July 24th the Suffolk County Radio Club in cooperation with the Mastic-Moriches-Shirley Community Library hosted an Introductory to Amateur Radio presentation at the Moriches Branch of the library system. The event was promoted within the Library system media. 6 library patrons attended the hour long presentation, which started with short introductions of…
After the July SCRC club meeting Steve Bossert, K2GOG, gave the club a presentation about APRS via Zoom. Steve gave an in-depth analysis of what APRS is and is not while concentration on what APRS is capable of, more than just position reporting. The slide show was well organized and flowed smoothly. The presentation was…
On Sunday July 14, 2024 the Suffolk County Radio Club along with the Town of Brookhaven ARES group mustered up at South Country Ambulance, 420 Station Road, Bellport NY at 1430 hours for assignments and in person briefings. The event went smoothly with radio traffic passing between Net Control and Race Posts fluidly. It was…
It was 9am on Saturday June 22, 2024 and the Tesla Science center was bustling with activity. The Suffolk County Radio Club had descended upon their ARRL Field Day 2024 activity location. The event setup plan was set into motion. Coffee flowed, Generators and batteries were deployed. Tables and chairs were set in place. Radios…
8am on Saturday June 8th, 2024 members of the Suffolk County Radio Club arrived at the Harbor Front Park in Port Jefferson for Maker Faire Long Island. This was the first year since the original Maker Faire LI, back in 2015, that SCRC was in attendance. The club booth was located directly next to the…
On the evening of Friday May 31st, 2024 members of the Suffolk County Radio Club gathered at the Clubhouse for a Maker Night. The project for the evening was a small soldering project, a FM radio receiver. The kit came complete with a pcb, through hole components, a smd ic, headphones and even zipties and…
After the Suffolk County Radio Club May meeting the membership was delighted to host Ken Neubeck, WB2AMU, for a presentation on 6 meters, a.k.a. The Magic Band. The topic was covered with a PowerPoint slideshow along with some audio clips and recordings of 6 meter activity, contacts and Sporadic-E noise. Tropospheric ducting, Sporadic-E bounce and…