DSRC-David Sarnoff Radio Club

ARRL Field Day 2022
2022-06-25 14:00 - 2022-06-26 14:00 (America/New_York) | Behind the Red Cross building, 707 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ
ARRL Field Day is always held on the 4th full weekend in June, and the David Sarnoff Radio Club will be a part of it! We will set up a station behind the Red Cross and talk across the country.

Our invitation and planning page is: http://n2re.org/dsrc-field-day-2022

ARRL Logo for Field Day 2022

To see what it might look like, you can also view photos from previous Field Days HERE

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Club Meeting June 2022
2022-06-21 19:30 - 21:30
Traditionally, our June meeting is to plan Field Day operations. All are welcome, even if you can’t make it to our Field Day activity on June 25 and 26 at the Red Cross.

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Museum Ships Weekend 2022
2022-06-03 20:00 - 2022-06-05 20:00 | on-air
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND 2022 0000Z June 4, 2022 to 2359Z June 5, 2022

This is an opportunity to contact dozens of museum ships, like the Battleship New Jersey, all around the globe.

For more details, visit https://nj2bb.org/museum/

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a contest! It is a FUN Event!

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May 2022 Club Meeting
2022-05-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Via Webex- see e-mail announcement
We meet monthly via Webex videoconferencing, for now. Topic: To Be Announced.

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DSRC Martian Gathering
2022-04-23 11:00 - 14:00
Get together out doors for lunch (bring your own) at Van Nest Park, Grovers Mill, New Jersey (West WIndsor Township.)

Bring a lawn chair and maybe something for show and tell. Bring an HT in case you get lost — we will be on the repeater.https://www.westwindsornj.org/van-nest-park

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April Club Meeting
2022-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Online – link from DSRC Email Group
Our monthly meeting will happen, at least virtually, but perhaps in person as well… stay tuned.

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Attempting POTA Activation
2022-04-16 10:00 - 13:00
We will attempt to get a “Park On The Air” from the D&R Canal State Park. Come watch, come kibitz, come operate (or listen for us and contact the activation!) More news via e-mail list

Go to: April 2022 Events Planned…

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DSRC 2 Meter Net (2nd Tuesday)
2022-04-12 20:00 - 20:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
This net meets at 8:00 PM weekly on Tuesday evenings except the third week is the club meeting.

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2 Meter Net (5th Tuesday)
2022-03-29 20:00 - 20:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
This net meets at 8:00 PM weekly on Tuesday evenings except the third week is the club meeting. We use our 146.46MHz (+1 MHz) repeater

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Ham Cram and License Exam Session – TCF 2022
2022-03-19 09:00 - 17:00
If you wanted to get an amateur radio license but never had the time, now is your opportunity!

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Pre-register for Exam Session at TCF 2022
2022-03-16 17:00 - 17:30
Advance Registration is required for the exam session. Candidates must register at http://hameducation.org/dsrc/ no later than Wednesday, March 16. The FCC examination will be administered by ARRL-certified Volunteer Examiners (VEs).

Details: http://n2re.org/ham-cram-and-exam-session-2022

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Club Meeting- March 2022
2022-03-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Via Webex- see e-mail announcement
“What’s new in ARES and Emergency Communications” presentation by John Pugh, WJ3P We continue to meet virtually with a discussion of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service(R) in 2022. John reminds us to listen in to the Mercer County 7:30 PM Thursday ARES Net on 147.105 (W2MER)

See THIS PAGE for background information.

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Pi Day 3/14/22 (Universal Time)
2022-03-13 20:00 - 2022-03-14 19:59
FOR THIS YEAR’S PI DAY visit https://n2re.org/pi-day-special-event

We will be on-the-air for Pi Day, (which is also the birth anniversary of Albert Einstein).

Relativity explains the nature of time in the universe so this year we will use Universal Time, which means we start on Sunday Evening at 0000Z and go to Monday Evening 2459Z. (Remember, North American Daylight Savings Time!)

Details: http://n2re.org/pi-day-special-event

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February Club Meeting
2022-02-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Via Webex- see e-mail announcement
We are planning a virtual meeting this month, with time for check in and a short program.

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Winter Field Day 2022
2022-01-29 14:00 - 2022-01-30 14:00
Time: 1900 UTC (2pm EST) Saturday to 1900 UTC (2pm) Sunday

Purpose: To foster Ham camaraderie, field operation, emergency operating preparedness, and just plain on the air, outdoor fun in the midst of winter for American, Canadian, and DX Hams. Don’t let those winter doldrums keep you locked up in the house… get out and play some radio!! – 2021 WFD Rules

Our club plans to participate in “WFD 2022” a 24 hour on-air event. The goal is to test operating skills in non-ideal weather conditions. Participation could be done by a group gathering setting up a portable station, Outdoor, Indoor, or using a Home station, either low power or QRP. The club name in your log must be “David Sarnoff ARC” without the quote marks.

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Monthly Meeting
2022-01-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Via Webex- see e-mail announcement
Bridge Builder in Petticoats: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge

A presentation by Carol Simon Levin

Many books and films have featured the Brooklyn Bridge and millions of people have crossed it. Built between 1869 and 1883, without modern machines or even electric light, it was one of the most amazing technological achievements of its time. Yet few people know that a woman helped manage much of its construction.

After her husband was bedridden, Emily Roebling became his liaison to the project – eventually communicating with the engineers and suppliers so well that it was rumored that she had become the Chief Engineer herself! Later she helped design the family mansion in Trenton, studied law, organized relief for returning troops from the Spanish American War, attended the coronation of the Tsar of Russia and even took tea with Queen Victoria.

At her death, she was called “the most famous woman in New Jersey” and “one of the most noted women in the country,” yet today almost no one knows her name!

Click here for Emily’s own Website!

Carol Simon Levin is a Youth Services Librarian at the Bridgewater Branch of the Somerset County Library. She is an experienced storyteller and a member of the New Jersey Storyteller’s Network

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Virtual "Open House" Tuesday Evening
2021-12-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Zoom (see newsletter)
Our club has no meeting in December, instead you are invited to drop in to our Virtual Open House on the third Tuesday evening. Wear a sweater or hat to celebrate whatever holiday you want! Masks not required for this purely virtual event.

Log on starting at 7 PM. We will have breakout rooms for small group conversations, and planning. Use chat to send holiday greetings… Come and go as you please, we have virtual cheese and crackers which have no calories.

We will use ZOOM for the open house, not Webex (our usual platform.) The link will be distributed to our mailing list.

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Holiday Party
2021-12-04 14:00 - 17:00
Flaming Grill & Supreme Buffet, 1051 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd. Hamilton Township, NJ 08610 (Hamilton Plaza, next to Planet Fitness)

Flaming Grill Buffet Website: http://flaminggrillbuffethamilton.com/

Please join us Saturday, December 4, at 2:00 PM for our annual holiday celebration. Bring your family and friends. Everyone is invited, including the kids. Plan on having lots of fun! This event is a return to DSRC holiday tradition, and we hope that everyone will try to attend.

Chris KD2WAR and Laura K2WWF have planned this year’s event. In addition to having a great time together and enjoying great food, we ask each adult to please bring an exchange gift (wrapped) valued at less than $10.00. The gift can be a food item, household item, gag gift, tool, or anything you feel might be useful for a man or woman. Families with children should bring a small wrapped gift for each child so they can participate too.

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Monthly Meeting via WebEx
2021-11-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Via Webex- see e-mail announcement
This month we welcome John Portune W6NBC as our guest speaker. John has written several articles on slot antennas and published the Kindle book “Slot Antennas for Ham Radio: The Forgotten Antenna.” At our meeting he will describe a VHF stealth antenna design which may be suitable for apartments.

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DSRC Monthly Meeting
2021-07-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Online – link from DSRC Email Group
This year our club meets on the third Tuesday via Webex at 7:30 PM, topic announced via the e-mail reflector. Dinner gathering (via Zoom) at 6:15 PM, check your e-mail that day for details and link.
Summer topics to be determineed

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Field Day
2021-06-26 14:00 - 2021-06-27 17:00
2021 ARRL Field Day (link) is June 26-27
http://www.arrl.org/field-day
From the website:
Objective- To contact 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 to learn to operate in abnormal situations in less than optimal conditions.
Club participation is in the planning stages!

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Museum Ships Weekend
2021-06-04 20:00 - 2021-06-06 20:00
MUSEUM SHIPS WEEKEND (Worldwide fun event)
0000Z June 5, 2021 to 2359Z June 6, 2021
Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey ARS
https://www.nj2bb.org/museum/
HF Discone antenna of Battleship New Jersey

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License Exams at Trenton Computer Fest
2021-03-20 15:30 - 17:00 | Part of TCF- Online
Follow THIS LINK to our page describing the Ham Cram and FCC License Testing at Trenton Computer Fest 2021
Testing will be by Volunteer Examiners over Zoom

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Trenton Computer Fest - Ham Cram
2021-03-20 09:00 - 14:00 | Part of TCF- Online
TCF2021: Saturday March 20, 2021
Follow THIS LINK to our page describing the Ham Cram at Trenton Computer Fest 2021

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Pi Day 2021- 3.14 Special Event Station
2021-03-14 | HF General Class subbands
Join us for our annual celebration of PI Day – March 14th which is 3.14 or the first three digits of π. PI is an interesting number which never repeats or ends; kind of irrational.
Running on March 14, 2021 from midnight EST to midnight EDT it is also a celebration of the birth of noted Princeton resident Albert Einstein. On a sad note, it also it marks the passing of physicist Stephen Hawking.
To obtain a QSL card send your card with CALLSIGN, UTC, BAND, MODE and STATE to:
Bob Uhrik, WA2BSP,
104 Knoll Way,
Rocky Hill, NJ 08553 USA.
Please include an SASE.
Members of our Princeton-based club will be using the club callsign N2RE.
Operating frequencies (approximate) 14.250, 7.200, SSB; 7.050, 14.050 CW or on our 146.46 repeater
(members: see your e-mail for more details)

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Historic ex-RCA Coast Station KPH, Richard Dillman W6AWO
2021-02-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Club Meeting speaker. See related blog post.

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Winter Field Day 2021
2021-01-30 14:00 - 2021-01-31 14:00 | Various
Winter Field Day, organized by the Winter Field Day Association (link)
See Bob Cardone’s presentation on how you can participate (here)

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January Club Meeting -Annual Meeting
2021-01-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Elections and Winter Field Day Planning
Bob Cardone N2EIM will present how to participate in 2021 Winter
Field Day on Saturday, January 30 and Sunday, January 31, 2021,
from 2 PM to 2 PM local time, including how to submit logs.
Winter Field Day will be a virtual club activity, with members participating
individually. A David Sarnoff Radio Club score will be calculated.
Individual club member scores will also be tallied and posted as
well.
See your e-mail for the Webex link.

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Club Meeting/Holiday Gathering
2020-12-15 18:00 - 21:00 | Online – link from DSRC Email Group
DAVID SARNOFF RADIO CLUB
DECEMBER 2020 MEETING
* Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020
* Meeting 7:30 PM, Cisco Webex (login details below)
A Century of Radio: What You May Not Know About The History Of Broadcasting
Donna Halper, Lesley University
Pre-Meeting: Virtual Annual Holiday Party Charlie Dieterich N2CTW
Holiday Party 6:00 PM, Zoom Video (URL sent to mailing list)
ABSTRACT:
Inspecting the history of how and when broadcasting began is not
only an interesting look at the work and efforts of the pioneers,
but helps us understand how we arrived at the current state of the
industry.
During a discussion between Donna Halper, PhD, Associate Professor
of Communication & Media Studies at Lesley University,
Cambridge, MA, and Barry Mishkind, Editor/Publisher of the
Broadcasters’ Desktop Resource, you will hear some surprising
facts about broadcast history as well as some myths about things
we think we know.
VIRTUAL ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY:
David Sarnoff Radio Club annual Holiday party moves to Zoom at 6PM
on Tuesday, December 15th, with a Chinese-food theme.
Bring your Christmas Sweater, a Hanukkah Hat, or a Festivus
Buddy-pole and join the fun. The club meeting at 7:30 has a special
speaker, and we will meet via Webex for that, but before then let’s
try to recreate our annual holiday event.
Start with Chinese food… whether you roast your own Peking Duck, or
order take-out or simply have tea with dinner, food gets us in the
spirit. Feel free to eat during the event (just remember to mute!)
No present exchange this year, but we will be reading fortune cookies
as a social activity. Make sure your camera is working and wear an
appropriate holiday outfit– you can even re-use those 2020 glasses!
We will call on everyone and provide a personalized Internet fortune.
Pets and plush animals are welcome as we wish each other happy
holidays of all sorts.
Link to the pre-meeting party will come out Monday. Zoom even allows
viewing if you don’t have a camera… connect audio by phone.

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Digital Modes - Don Corrington AK2S
2020-11-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Online – link from DSRC Email Group
Our November 2020 meeting presentation will discuss equipment needed and software to operate the various digital modes.
Club President Don Corrington, AK2S will lead.

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