Trenton Computer Fest
2023-03-18 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | TCNJ – The College of New Jersey, Route 31, Ewing, New Jersey, United States
A one-day Saturday event, the Trenton Computer Festival will be in-person again in 2023 at The College of New Jersey. DSRC members help with “Ham Cram” and running a license exam session.

Sometimes members give presentations, and often we attend in large numbers!

Also known as the Trenton Computer Festival, TCF is the oldest and longest running tech fair in the world. Come to the fest! Talks, Vendors, even a banquet.

You can also view last year’s presentations online! https://tcf-nj.org/

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License Exams @TCF
2023-03-18 15:30 - 17:00
Take the Federal Communications Commission examination for an amateur radio license. You do not have to attend the Ham Cram to participate in the exam session.The FCC examination will be administered by ARRL-certified Volunteer Examiners (VEs).

Details at this link:

http://n2re.org/ham-cram-and-license-exam-session-tcf-2023#TestingPart

The David Sarnoff Radio Club has sponsored the Ham Cram and License Exam events at the Trenton Computer Festival for many years. This year we are back in person, perfect for those who are in-person learners!

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Pre-Meeting at TCNJ Campus Town
2023-03-21 18:00 - 19:30
All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at Yummy Sushi

600 Campus Town Drive #303, Ewing Township, NJ 08638 at 6:15 PM.

This restaurant serves sushi, teriyaki, and other classics, plus

Pan-Asian favorites. The restaurant is a 2 minute walk from Armstrong Hall, literally just across the street. http://yummysushiewing.com/

Price range $15-$20

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DSRC Meeting @TCNJ
2023-03-21 19:30 - 21:00 | The College of New Jersey, 136 Armstrong Hall, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, New Jersey, 08628, United States
Software Defined Wireless Spectrum Servers, Joe Jesson W2JEJMEETING AT: The College of New Jersey, 136 Armstrong Hall, Ewing, NJ 086282000 Pennington Road /Route 31 (1.5 miles south of I-295 exit 72)

Parking: Armstrong Lots 1&2 gates should be open; otherwise Lot 5offers open parking. https://tcnj.edu/about/campus-info/campus-map/

Local Map: https://tcnj.edu/about/campus-info/campus-map/This month we will meet in-person. We will simulcast the meeting onWebex (see club e-mail) for those unable to attend.

Program:The advance of inexpensive software-defined radio modules, FFT anddemodulation software libraries and low-cost servers (RasPi or UbuntuLinux), enables the remote visualization, selection, and demodulationof RF signals. The history, SP theory, and architecture of this novelremote spectrum receiver will be covered and solutions demoed. Whatmakes this discussed spectrum monitoring solution unique is that theUser Interface is any (HTML5) standard web browser!The idea of a RF spectrum server on the internet technology wasinitially pioneered by the NSA to remotely capture and analyzetransmissions of interest but this idea was prototyped at a fractionof the cost by DSP signals experts, and amateur radio club members atthe University of Twente (The Netherlands) and fellow communicationsstudents, created WebDSP.org. This Linux-based application softwarewas distributed to international experimenters and amateur radioenthusiasts, eager to see their transmitted signal power spectra ata distant location. .This was followed by a Hungarian engineeringstudent, Andras.Retzler, who rewrote code and released his open-sourced version known as OpenWebRX (earned both his BSEE SeniorProject and MSEE Thesis from this project).Take a sneak peak: https://www.receiverbook.de/map?type=&band=Joseph Jesson, W2JEJ, is currently CEO of RFSigint Group and has over35 years experience with Motorola, British Petroleum, Oak Technology,and General Electric

Other meeting topics:We will also review our club events in March: the Pi Day specialevent N3P on 3.14, and the TCF Ham Cram followed by an ARRL VEC examsession sponsored by DSRC on Saturday, March 18.

All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at Yummy Sushi

600 Campus Town Drive #303, Ewing Township, NJ 08638 at 6:15 PM.

This restaurant serves sushi, teriyaki, and other classics, plus

Pan-Asian favorites. The restaurant is a 2 minute walk from Armstrong Hall, literally just across the street. http://yummysushiewing.com/

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Tues Eve Net 3/28
2023-03-28 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Fourth Tuesday net. Informal check in to talk about and plan activities.We continue with the 9 PM start of net, providing more time for early-evening activities.Laura, K2WWF will be net control.

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2 Meter Net
2023-04-04 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Weekly check-in and conversation on topics of interest, open to all who can hit the repeater!

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2 Meter DSRC Net
2023-04-11 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
A chance to check in and share topics of interest.All hams are welcome to join the net, held on the club’s 2 meter repeater

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Pre-Meeting Dinner April 2023
2023-04-18 18:00 - 19:30
All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at 6:15 PM

Mexican Mariachi Grill, 600 Campus Town Drive #302, Ewing Township, NJ 08638.

This popular restaurant serves delicious Mexican and Latino food. The restaurant is literally just across the street from Armstrong Hall, a short 2 minute walk. (To park near Mexican Mariachi Grill, use the Campus Town entrances just south of TCNJ’s main entrance.)http://mexicanmariachigrill.com/campus-town-tcnj/

Look for the group, inside or outside.

And don’t forget the meeting itself

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DSRC Monthly Meeting @TCNJ
2023-04-18 19:30 - 21:30
MEETING AT: The College of New Jersey, room AR-144 Armstrong Hall,

Ewing, NJ 086282000 Pennington Road /Route 31 (1.5 miles south of I-295 exit 72)

Topic: “Spacecraft, Are They Human? (weather satellites, AMSAT, andbeyond)” Don Corrington AK2S will share insights from his longcareer working with satellites.

Also: Field Day Needs and invitation to the DSRC Field Day June 24&25

Parking: Armstrong Lots 1&2 gates should be open; These lots are just to the right of the main campus entrance. Otherwise, Lot 5offers open parking. https://tcnj.edu/about/campus-info/campus-map/

Directions: https://tcnj.edu/about/campus-info/directions-to-tcnj/This month we will meet in-person and virtual. We will simulcast the meeting onWebex (see club e-mail) for those unable to attend in person.

All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at 6:15 PM

Mexican Mariachi Grill, 600 Campus Town Drive #302, Ewing Township, NJ 08638.

This popular restaurant serves delicious Mexican and Latino food. The restaurant is literally just across the street from Armstrong Hall, a short 2 minute walk. (To park near Mexican Mariachi Grill, use the Campus Town entrances just south of TCNJ’s main entrance.)http://mexicanmariachigrill.com/campus-town-tcnj/

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4th tuesday 2meter net
2023-04-25 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
All hams welcome to join in as we check in to our weekly net.

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DSRC 2 Meter Net
2023-05-02 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
General purpose net, check in, say hi, share what’s happening. N2RE 2-meter Repeater

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DSRC 2 Meter Net
2023-05-09 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Join us on the N2RE 146.46 repeater for conversation and community

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Carpools up to FD site
2023-05-16 18:30 - 19:00 | Trinity Episcopal Church, Rocky Hill, NJ 08553, One Park Avenue, Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 08553, United States
Starting at Trinity Episcopal Church parking lot in Rocky Hill, we will carpool (wearing Masks) up to the Field Day Site. See the main MEETING EVENT for more details and map. The parking area is currently chained off, so we have to carpool up.

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May Club Meeting- at Rocky Hill
2023-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Trinity Episcopal Church, Rocky Hill, NJ 08553, One Park Avenue, Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 08553, United States
Our Monthly Meeting is in person!

Meeting Topic: RF Safety and Field Day Planning.

Meeting in the parish hall at: Trinity Episcopal Church Rocky Hill, One Park Avenue, Rocky Hill, NJ 08553 https://www.trinityrockyhill.org/

The church building is just off Crescent Ave. at Panicaro Park (off 518)

This month we will meet in-person. We will simulcast the meeting on Webex (see club e-mail from John DeGood) for those unable to attend in person.

Every year hams should evaluate compliance with RF safety. This meeting we will start with a short program to go over a simple tool reviewed in “Ria’s Ham Shack” and we will talk about antenna RF safety for ARRL Field Day.

For the main part of the meeting we will have both a brainstorming exercise for using our Field Day site and discussion of written questions at the end. Consider joining or leading teams for Safety, Antennas, Setup, Food (or more)

Also, we will talk about Summer Activities during July and August, and pick a topic for our guest speaker to present at the June Meeting.

We are grateful to the Trinity Church and to Bob WA2BSP for arranging the meeting space! Please bring some small bills to donate to the congregation.

ALSO: Before the meeting you are invited to visit the Field Day site, 1 mile up the hill on Route 518, However, be careful!

The FD site’s driveway has a chain across it, you cannot drive up the driveway. AND…

You can pull off the road on the Westbound side of Route 518 ONLY. Drive east from Rocky Hill (toward Franklin Park), turn around and come back west to the site. AND…

Route 518 is high speed and goes around a blind corner at the driveway SIGNAL AND SLOW DOWN.

Field Day site is at: 40.402757, -74.613714 lat/lon on the WESTBOUND site (actually, going southwest at this point.) When you are there, you will see why we selected the site. However, we have not cleaned up the parking area, so be safe from ticks and rose bushes!

FD Site is about 1 mile from Church in Rocky Hill (North is up)

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2 meter net
2023-05-23 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Join us on the DSRC repeater for an informal net.

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National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station Annual Test
2023-05-27 09:00 - 17:00
Special Bulletin 1 ARLX001From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT May 16, 2023To all radio amateursSB SPCL ARL ARLX001ARLX001 National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station Annual TestThe amateur radio station of the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC(NHC), located on the campus of Florida International University inMiami, will conduct their on-the-air Annual Communications Test onSaturday, May 27, 2023, from 9 AM – 5 PM EDT (1300z-2100z).This is the NHC’s 43rd year of public service. NHC Amateur RadioAssistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R/WX4NHC, reports that thepurpose of this event is to test amateur radio equipment andantennas at the NHC as well as operators’ home equipment, antennas,and computers prior to this year’s hurricane season. The 2023hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November 30.This event is good practice for amateur radio operators worldwide topractice amateur radio communications during times of severeweather.Ripoll said WX4NHC will be on HF, VHF, UHF, 2- and 30-meter APRS,and Winlink. To contact the NHC’s amateur radio station send anemail to, wx4nhc@winlink.org. The subject of the email must contain//WL2K.The Hurricane Watch Net will try to stay on 14.325 MHz for most ofthe time, as well as 7.268 MHz depending on propagation. They mayalso change frequencies due to potential QRM.You may be able to find WX4NHC on HF by using one of the DX spottingnetworks, such as the DX Summit website at, http://www.dxsummit.fi .The VoIP Hurricane Net will also be active from 4 PM – 5 PM EDT(2000-2100z), on IRLP node 9219/EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node7203. Visit their website at https://voipwx.net for moreinformation.WX4NHC will also make a few contacts on local VHF and UHF repeaters,as well as the Florida Statewide Amateur Radio Network (SARnet)system to test station equipment.QSL cards are available via WD4R with a self-addressed stampedenvelope. More information about the NHC is available at theirwebsite https://w4ehw.fiu.edu/ .

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DSRC 5th Tuesday net!
2023-05-30 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Join in on the fifth Tuesday… DSRC informal net on n2re 2 meter repeater

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Net - First Tues
2023-06-06 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Check in on our 2 Meter Repeater

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Net- 2nd Tues
2023-06-13 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Note 9 PM Net start. Check-in net, informal KB2FA will be net control

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June Meeting 2023
2023-06-20 19:30 - 21:00
“Snooper” Probe! Meeting in the parish hall at:Trinity Episcopal Church Rocky Hill, One Park Avenue, Rocky Hill, NJ 08553https://www.trinityrockyhill.org/

The church building is just off Crescent Ave. at Panicaro Park (off 518) in Rocky Hill Borough.

FD Site is about 1 mile from Church in Rocky Hill

Before the meeting you are welcome to drive up Route 518 to see the Field Day Site! Please be careful, the site is not well marked and a left turn off a high-speed road. More details HERE

This month we will meet in-person. We will simulcast the meeting on Webex (see club e-mail from John DeGood the Sunday before the meeting) for those unable to attend in person.

Special Guest W6NBC will join us via Webex to give our main presentation. Following that we will make final preparations for Field Day 2023.

For his Bio, see THIS LINK

Easy to Build Inexpensive “Snooper” Probe for Detecting and Solving Stray RF on Your Coax and in Your Shack. Also a revealing little-known new view of baluns. You may be surprised to learn, in this inside look, that they don’t only belong just at the antenna.
John Portune, W6NBC

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ARRL Field Day 2023
2023-06-24 10:00 - 2023-06-25 14:00
David Sarnoff Radio Club participation in the American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day exercise (ARRL Field Day) will involve setting up a number of radio communications stations away from the commercial power grid. This year we will use a site in Somerset County, NJ, off Route 518 near Rocky Hill.

Setup will be Saturday morning, Field Day Operations are set for 2 PM Saturday to 2PM Sunday

Details at http://n2re.org/field-day-2023

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4th Tuesday Net (2 Meters)
2023-06-27 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Our first net after Field Day. It might be our chance to share our personal experiences of Field Day… stay tuned.

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Net 9 PM
2023-08-01 21:00 - 21:30
Club, general interest Net Tuesdays at 9 PM.146.46 repeater.

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Tuesday 9 PM 2 meter net
2023-08-08 21:00 - 21:30

2 Meter Net SPECIAL! 3rd Tues. 9 PM
2023-08-15 21:00 - 21:30
Club, general interest Net Tuesdays at 9 PM.146.46 repeater. This is normally our meeting night.. but it’s Summer Time! Hope to hear you on the repeater!

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9 PM time for N2RE Net
2023-08-22 21:00 - 21:30

Net- Fifth Tuesday!! 2 meters
2023-08-29 21:00 - 21:30

2 Meter N2RE Net
2023-09-05 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater

Net Tonight 9 PM
2023-09-12 21:00 - 21:30

Pre-Meeting Dinner (Sept 2023) Wegmans
2023-09-19 18:00 - 19:00
Our Club meeting is just off of US Route 1 at 7:30 PM. All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at Wegmans,240 Nassau Park Blvd, Princeton, NJ 08540 at 6:15PM. They have awide variety of prepared food choices and a nice seatingarea. https://www.wegmans.com/stores/princeton-nj.htmlLocation is very close to the 146.46 repeater location. If lost, feel free to call in on it.

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