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  • Field Day is June 27 & 28

    Plans are coming together… we have the reservation and the porta-potty! Now, where to put the stations? More news soon.

  • DSRC encourages participation in Museum Ships Weekend

    Years ago when the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station was being formed and the former USS New Jersey was only recently towed into Camden, hams from BNJARS came to visit a DSRC meeting. They restored a half dozen antennas on the 14 story battleship, and, with modern radios, they can work the world.

    The DSRC has continued to work with them on special events.

    In recent years their station (NJ2BB) hosts coordination of the Museum Ships Weekend, a worldwide fun event. Ships from Russia to Missouri will participate. To learn more, visit: https://nj2bb.org/museum/index.html

  • Another Pi for the record books

    Pi Day 2026 is over! Thanks to all who contacted N3P on 3.14.26, and the QSL-ing has gone well.
    Pi Day will be the subject of April’s DSRC club meeting.

  • Winter “Field” Day

    January 24 &25 was the worst weekend of the winter (so far.)

    At the Tuesday evening club meeting just before the weekend, John NU3E gave a presentation on Cold Weather Operating. In it he listed all the problems of outdoor operating during extreme cold weather, and ways to mitigate harm. Click on the image below to view the whole .pdf slideshow

    So, we decided to move INDOORS. Fortunately, the DSRC meets at the American Red Cross Building, which has HF, VHF and UHF stations, and also an area for us to set up additional transmitters. That meant we operated 5I That is, 5 transmitters at once, indoors.
    The weather was VERY COLD on Saturday.

    One of our transmitter/antenna combinations was set up outdoors, away from the building (and the building’s antennas) but connected via WiFi, so AC2YD could operate it from indoors. We thought maybe we would set up a tent in the parking lot and more antennas… but BRRRR!

    We took advantage of the Winlink setup at the Red Cross, and got some bonus points. We made a lot of contacts operating CW and Phone (alas, no digital this year!) Contacts from Florida to Western Canada. The goal was to have everyone gain experience with the equipment and to have a good time. Many thanks to the Red Cross for use of the N2ARC station and antennas — and their lunchroom which provided a quiet place for tacos, banana bread and pizza! (thanks Rebecca, Charlie, and Laura and maybe others.)

    Before 10 PM Saturday we packed up and went home, ending our “field” “day” after 10 hours. Not really a day, not really a field, but lots of fun.

    Two feet of icy snow fell on Sunday, closing the roads. But we did what the Winter Field Day Association wanted:

    “The association strongly believes that ham radio operators should practice portable emergency communications in winter environments. This is because freezing temperatures, snow, ice, and other hazards pose unique operational concerns.”

    Knowing when it makes sense to NOT be outdoors is important too.

    Rebecca and Ranveer operate HF, and log the contacts.

    NU3E and AC2YD prepared the logs and sent the summary in to WinterFieldDay.org:

    May the weather be better next year!

    Some club members operated by themselves:

    Jeff W2JJJ decided to find a high spot and make contact with N2RE in West Windsor. The first couple of locations were marginal copy, but he did find a good high point to stop, with clear signals to the Red Cross Building. Here’s his report.

    I managed to get a selfie at my impromptu WFD QTH along 206 in Lawrenceville.  I got out of the car to make it a 1-Oscar class identifier.

    And Bob, N2LO, went mobile with his shack-in-a-car, talking to N2RE on practically every band from DC to Light (well, almost.)

  • 2025 Holiday Party Photos

    Fran, N2FXO took some photos at the 2025 Holiday party, at Flaming Grill buffet. Enjoy!

    If you click on one of the small images, a somewhat larger version will appear.

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