DSRC-David Sarnoff Radio Club

Indoor Pre-Meeting
2025-02-18 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Before the DSRC Monthly Meeting we offer conversation at the Wegmans food court area.

It’s too cold for tailgating before our 3rd Tuesday meeting, so drop by the Wegmans food court?

All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at Wegmans,240 Nassau Park Blvd, Princeton, NJ 08540 any time after 6:00 PM.They have a wide variety of prepared food choices and a nice seatingarea. https://www.wegmans.com/stores/princeton-nj.html

Or, come to the Red Cross a bit early and chat in our meeting room!

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February DSRC Meeting
2025-02-18 19:30 - 21:00 | American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 101, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Our Monthly Meeting is also our annual meeting. We will be back at the Red Cross.Topics will include remembering Winter Field Day, planning Pi Day, and other topics of interest.

We often gather at Wegmans before the meeting to talk and eat.

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Net: Tuesday Evening 2 Meters
2025-02-25 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Join us on Tuesday Evenings for our simple, informal check-in net.

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1st Tues Net 9 PM
2025-03-04 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Our Club Repeater in Lawrence Township hosts weekly 9 PM nets whenever we don’t have a club meeting (third Tuesdays, that is) Join us!

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DSRC Net 2nd Tues- March 11
2025-03-11 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Our Club Repeater in Lawrence Township hosts weekly 9 PM nets whenever we don’t have a club meeting (third Tuesdays, that is) Join us!

Last chance to plan Pi Day activity!

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Pi Day 2025
2025-03-14 14:00 - 21:00
FOR THIS YEAR’S PI DAY visit https://n2re.org/pi-day-special-event

Contact N3P on Pi Day, 2025 3.14.25

If Albert Einstein had been a ham… what would he have looked like?

Time for Princeton Pi Day Celebration 2025! The DSRC celebrates “3.14” March 14th with an on-the-air festival of contacts with our special event callsign celebrating the number PI — N3P. Hope to talk to you then! Princeton’s most famous resident, Albert Einstein, celebrated his birthday as March 14th (was it real? we don’t know); Princeton NJ still celebrates his memory.

This year we scaled back our celebration to concentrate on our roots! Four stations around Princeton, New Jersey, USA will be sharing Pi Day wishes in honor of 3.14, Pi day 2025.

March 14 is important in the Princeton area because it was said that Albert Einstein’s birthday was on Pi Day, and he lived in Princeton later in life.

We will be using CW and SSB, two modes in existence during his lifetime. Listen for N3P near these HF frequencies:

14.031 CW, 14.314 USB

7.031 CW, 7.227 (Pi is approximately 22/7th) LSB

We may also be monitoring the David Sarnoff Radio Club repeater, 146.46 (see LINK) for local contacts, and maybe some other band/modes.

Early in his life, our club’s namesake David Sarnoff sent cw around the world, could it be that he too contemplated Pi? (later in life, David Sarnoff was president of RCA Corporation, where our club started)

Card shows David Sarnoff as radio operator around the time of the the Titanic Disaster, and Albert Einstein during his days at the Institute for Advance Studies in Princeton, NJ. Are they both contemplating Pi?

N3P is listed in the ARRL Special Event database and on QRZ.com

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Pre-Meeting Gathering- Whole Foods
2025-03-18 18:00 - 19:00
Before our monthly meeting, those who want to chat over food gather at one of our local food courts… or, in warmer weather, tailgate in the parking lot.

This month we will try Whole Foods Market in West Windsor, though they call themselves “Princeton” (website link below, or https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/princeton ) They are on the southbound side of US1, just south of Meadow Road.

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Monthly Meeting- March 18th 7:30PM
2025-03-18 19:30 - 21:30 | American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 101, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Club Meeting…DAVID SARNOFF RADIO CLUB MARCH 2025 MEETING

Spectrum Monitor on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W Joe Jesson W2JEJ

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is a tiny, powerful (64-bit quad core)computer with wireless LAN and Bluetooth for $15. Joe W2JEJ willshow how it can be used to assemble a real-time spectrum monitor.

* Tuesday, Mar 18, 2025, 7:30 PM* American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 101, Princeton, NJ 08540. [map and directions]* Simulcast on Webex (see your e-mail)

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Don AK2S will provide preliminary results from our Pi Day specialevent station N3P. There will also be discussion about ARRL FieldDay in June and updates on the MORE Project, the club repeaters,and our Tuesday DSRC VHF nets.

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DSRC Net 4th Tues
2025-03-25 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater

TCF Ham Cram and License Exams
2025-03-29 09:00 - 17:00
HAM RADIO License Exam Preparation Cram Course (License Testing to begin at 3:30 pm.)

Abstract: If you wanted to get an amateur radio license but never had the time, now is your opportunity! To obtain the entry-level Technician license, all one has to do is pass a multiple-choice exam. The course will step through the information needed to pass the FCC Technician License exam. Preparation prior to participation in the course and the exam is strongly encouraged. See https://tcf-nj.org/hamcram

This is a part of the greater Trenton Computer Festival (a.k.a. TCF) held at the College of New Jersey (DIRECTIONS)

Note that “Ham Cram 101” begins at 9 AM, one hour before the talks at TCF begin. The Amateur Radio License Exam session begins at 3:30. See https://tcf-nj.org/hamcram

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Trenton Computer Festival
2025-03-29 10:00 - 17:00
TCF2025 will be held on March 29, 2025. Also known as the Trenton Computer Festival, TCF is the oldest and longest running tech fair in the world. Held on the campus of The College of New Jersey https://tcnj.edu/, 2000 Pennington Road Ewing, NJ 08618

Note that “Ham Cram 101” begins at 9 AM, and Amateur Radio License Exam session begins at 3:30. See https://tcf-nj.org/hamcram The David Sarnoff Radio Club helps with these sessions and occasionally provides speakers for the Festival.

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Another month of 9PM nets!
2025-04-01 21:00 - 21:30
Don’t be a fool, get on the air!!

Our Club Repeater in Lawrence Township hosts weekly 9 PM nets whenever we don’t have a club meeting (third Tuesdays, that is) Join us! club repeater 146.46.

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Net 9PM 4/8/25
2025-04-08 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater

Pre-Meeting- Whole Foods!
2025-04-15 18:00 - 19:00
Before our monthly meeting, those who want to chat over food gather at one of our local food courts… or, in warmer weather, tailgate in the parking lot.

April being unpredictable, we have decided to meet at Whole Foods Market in West Windsor, though they call themselves “Princeton” (website link below, or https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/princeton ) They are on the southbound side of US1, just south of Meadow Road.

All are invited to join an informal pre-meeting dinner at Whole FoodsMarket in the Windsor Green shopping center on US 1 South of Meadow Rdany time after 6:00 PM. They have a hot bar, salad bar, and cafeseating. Afterwards you can travel to the DSRC meeting via CanalPointe Blvd without using US 1.https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/princeton#store-eateries-and-bars

In May if the weather isn’t rainy … bring food and show-and-tell items to the Red Cross parking lot for tailgating and conversation.

If you haven’t done your taxes…

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April 2025 DSRC Meeting
2025-04-15 19:30 - 21:30
* American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 101, Princeton, NJ 08540. [map and directions]* Simulcast on Webex (see your e-mail)

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April 2025 fourth Tuesday Net
2025-04-22 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater

April's 5th Tuesday Net
2025-04-29 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater

DSRC weekly Nets in May
2025-05-06 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater

DSRC Tues Net!
2025-05-13 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
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May Tailgating
2025-05-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Behind the Red Cross building, 707 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ
Pre-club-meeting gathering behind the Red Cross. Bring your dinner and something to show off. If weather is foul, we’ll meet at Whole Foods’ food court.

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DSRC May Meeting
2025-05-20 19:30 - 21:30 | American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 101, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Third Tuesday means DSRC Meeting! More details later, but I know we’ll talk about Field Day, and maybe other operating events coming up.

Once tuning an antenna was a lot of guesswork, with paper plottingof SWR and fiddling with matching sections. Now with a NanoVNA youcan see the match, and watch as you tune up an antenna… acrossthe band! If you have a NanoVNA, please bring it!Once sending email via VARA HF Winlink required using the currentsolar flux index to calculate a radio propagation model, then selectan HF RMS node from a list, and hope that it works. Now the newWinlink Real-Time HF Connection Monitor application allows one toview a live map display of active HF Winlink sessions worldwide,including ones initiated by stations near you.

We added some meeting notes in a Blog Post HERE including lots of links.

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DSRC 2M Net
2025-05-27 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
net worth!

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2 Meter Net (Billie Joe McAllister Day!)
2025-06-03 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Weekly 2 Meter check in on “the Third of June”… open to all within range of our repeater.And if you wonder, or are under 70… search for “Ode to Billie Joe”

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NJ2BB Museum Ships Weekend Event
2025-06-06 20:00 - 2025-06-08 20:00
Worldwide event starts 0000 UTC June 7 (that’s Friday, 8PM Eastern Time)

NJ2BB, the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station is, once again, sponsoring a fun event– with over 100 ship-based museums on the air from 0000Z on 07 Jun 2025 all the way to 2359Z on 08 Jun 2025, on all bands and (almost) all modes (yes- AM on 75 Meters!)

From Battleships to Submarines to Tugboats and Paddle Steamers and even a Sailing Barque, look for them all on the air!

Rules, lists and more at: https://nj2bb.org/museum/index.html(Ends Sunday at 8 PM EDT)

Antennas on the superstructure (2004 photo) n2ctw

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2 Meter Net June 10
2025-06-10 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
All are welcome, general conversation net on club repeater

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Pre-Meeting Tailgating
2025-06-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Behind the Red Cross building, 707 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ
Come early, take out a folding chair and chat, while you eat your sandwich or salad… good time to do some field day planning too!

parking lot behind the Red Cross.

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DSRC June Meeting
2025-06-17 19:30 - 21:00 | American Red Cross, 707 Alexander Road, Suite 101, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Our last meeting before the Summer Break! Also, last meeting before ARRL Field Day!!

Logging and Safety are on the agenda!

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2 Meter Repeater and check in
2025-06-24 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Weekly net- Tuesday evening, Field Day is coming Saturday!!

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N2RE FD Setup
2025-06-27 17:00 - 19:30
Prep the Field Day site for this year’s Field Day deployment!! Weed whacking, station placement, and all sorts of other prep work. Wear long pants and boots.

N2RE FD 2025 Web Page

Location:

From Rocky Hill: Route 518 one mile east of Rocky Hill bridge UP the hill.Turn Left at the second left turn– the one that doesn’t have a wooden gate

From Kendall Park, NJ: Take NJ Route 27 South,Turn Right onto Route 518 (Georgetown-Franklin Turnpike) to the west.After the level part of Route 518, the farms will give way to forest.

There is a double driveway on the right, take the further (gravel) driveway up the hill and curve to the LEFT.

108 Georgetown-Franklin turnpike, Princeton, NJ 08540

here is the lat,lon: 40.40267649776452, -74.61275770727383

Map of Princeton area with site at top (north). FD site is on Route 518.

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Field Day 2025
2025-06-28 00:00 - 2025-06-29 23:59
ARRL Field Day is always held on the 4th full weekend in June.

We are recruiting new hams (or inactive hams) to operate an “GET ON THE AIR” station… don’t worry, we will have coaches to help you with the pileups! Operating for 24 hours, if the weather’s good– join those who want to stay up all night!

N2RE FD 2025 Web Page

This will be the David Sarnoff Radio Club’s best Field Day EVER!! #ARRLFD

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