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WEARC & ARC² Gear Up For Field Day
Club Members from both WEARC and ARC² met at the American Red Cross building in Fairfield, NJ (Essex County) on Saturday June 8 for a final prep for this years ARRL Field Day. Field Day is June 22, 2024 starting at 2pm through June 23, 2024 2pm – Come out and join us and learn
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Field Day – NE2S remote input
While on-site at WEARC Field Day 2024, please take advantage of the temporary remote input for the NE2S repeater in Livingston, NJ which will be available throughout Field Day weekend. Using the remote input frequency will allow your signal to be full quieting into the repeater while using a HT on low power from our
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WEARC and ARC² Scout out Field Day Location
Over the last month the West Essex Amateur Radio Club and the ARC ² Clubs have been on site at the American Red Cross doing site surveys on where they will set up stations, antennas, and the ever friendly Guests on the Air (GOTA) for field day 2024. The WEARC and ARC² will be operating
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ARRL Annual Field Day – June 22 to June 23, 2024
West Essex Amateur Radio Club – Arc² ARRL Field Day Event Saturday June 22, 2024 – Sunday June 23, 2024209 Fairfield Rd, Fairfield, NJ (Essex County) Come out and visit the West Essex Amateur Radio Club along with Arc² at the American Red Cross building in Fairfield, NJ (Essex County) when our amateur radio operators
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Moving the Red Cross Radio Room
During a recent emergency drill, Bill, NB1LL, realized the existing Red Cross Ham Operation Radio Room would not be functional during a crisis; it was too small to accommodate the personnel and equipment needed. As Regional Lead of the American Red Cross New Jersey Region, Ham Operations, he set out to find a more suitable space in the Fairfield, NJ Red Cross
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Repeater Operational Tips
The question of how a repeater controller works has come up several times in the past few months. Below are some relevant facts about the operation of a familiar repeater controller. The post that follows will focus on high impact items for repeater users, including specific PL and timing details about our local VHF FM
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Meshtastic Waterproof Device – BEST DESIGN
Let’s build my version of the LoRa Meshtastic ESP32 device. What do we want to achieve: 1. As waterproof as it can be. 2. No 3D Printed needed. 3. Battery that can run for a couple days. 4. Easy USB waterproof connector that can be used for charging. 5. ON/OFF switch WITH LED ON/OFF indicator 6. High
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If you like FT8, perhaps you will love JS8Call
I got into using FT8 this summer when camping. In 2023 now post COVID I had to adapt to having other campers close by which made it embarrassing to be talking to myself late at night and possibly annoying my fellow campers. I was lucky and able to download all the software and get it
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Blind Mic Test
I believe most hams have the same question as I did. Does it pay to spend a lot of money on a high quality microphone? This question bugged me for quite some time so I decided to do something about it. I came up with the idea of doing a blind mic test with several
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The best commuter backup communications plan (Part 1 – The problem, the bad solution and a possible solution)
As many people that commute daily to work, I take all the complex systems that support me for granted. I start my day in the suburbs of New Jersey driving my car to the train station, get there 5 mins earlier and check my phone to see how the line is operating. The train is
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