The David Sarnoff Radio Club (“DSRC”) is a general-interest amateur radio club serving the greater Princeton, NJ area. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in amateur radio. There are no dues. DSRC is an ARRL affiliated club.
See our events page for monthly meeting and other events!
Also, you are welcome at our Monthly Meetings on the Third Tuesday of each month (except December and summer months)
Recent Club News:
[See the full Blog HERE]
- Pi Day 2025 HOORAY!March 14th Pi Day special event is over! With a half dozen operating stations we sent out pi day greetings to stations across the country and Europe and South America! Don on SSB, Ben on CW, John on FT8/FT4 on 10 &15, and Jeff, Adam, Walt, Fran, Rebecca at Charlie’s (photos from Charlie’s) Don is now assembling the contacts and uploading them to LOTW, etc. Soapbox Well, PI Day 2025 is in… Read More »
- Winter Field Day 2025 — Cold, Windy, FunWow! Two days of facing the challenges of winter portable operations.There are a ton of photos.Ben operates from a picnic table next to the playground– made 100 QSOs that way too! Photos: HERE 0 0
- Two Special DSRC Tuesday Nets
The “Flying Reindeer Net” on December 24 scanned the skies of central NJ, but none were reported. Thanks to those stations who provided their observations.For New Years Eve, we have a net for 7 PM Eastern, which is 0000Z Jan 1, 2025, and the start of “Straight Key Night” (See THIS LINK). As always, we will use the DSRC 2-Meter Repeater 0 0 - Holiday Party 2024 Photos!
The David Sarnoff Radio Club Holiday Party is a wrap! Cushla KD2TCH, Laura K2WWF and John NU3E, with club president Don AK2S put on a great time at the Chinese Buffet! Here are some photos! Photos by Cushla and Charlie N2CTW. Click on one to see the full image. Like this page? give it a thumbs up! 2 0 - NU3E-Cheap Digital Interfaces for Cheap HTs
Our November DSRC meeting’s featured speaker was John DeGood, NU3E. He talked about how to use a cheap, low power VHF/UHF HandiTalkies to communicate with digital modes… including APRS via AX.25 and Winlink via VARA FM as well as PSK-31 and other conversational modes. During the talk he passed around examples of interfaces from expensive to very very inexpensive. The talk included information on how to order parts. The link to the… Read More » - DSRC Antenna Repairs Done!Professional work to stabilize the feedline is complete. We are on the air again. Thanks to John KD2AAR, Jamie N2VVL, our club president Don AK2S, treasurer Laura K2WWF, and the good people at the NJ Public Broadcasting Authority, our 146.46 Repeater is back on the air. It has been moved slightly closer to the tower, with a new drip-loop and feedline attachments. We can also thank Bill Haldane xAC2F (SK), who, many… Read More »
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To become a member, simply attend a club meeting, fill-out a membership application, and submit it the club secretary.
… feel free to explore ….
Here are some pages you may want to browse:
- About our Ham Radio Club, meetings, repeater, name
- Amateur Radio Links and Resources from area organizations
- Upcoming Events Our Calendar as a list or table
- Emergency Readiness and Organizations we work with
- Our club’s previous activities can be found via our Archive page
Download this quick reference .pdf to learn about us and ham radio:
Why did you call the website “N2RE.ORG”? Our club was granted the callsign “n2re” by the Federal Communications Commission. We use it for our repeater and when we operate radios as a group.
Our club also advertises special events for the Ham Radio community on the site “QRZ.com” Follow: this link.
To learn more about the hobby of Amateur Radio, follow this link: American Radio Relay League (ARRL.)
The DSRC is a primary sponsor of the Make Operating Radio Easier (MORE) Project, which provides FREE Technician license training, study materials, testing, licensing, Get On The Air activities, and MORE! Use this link http://n2re.org/m-o-r-e-project or the M.O.R.E. PROJECT tab at the top of this webpage to view the 2-step instructions to apply to be a student. We’re also looking for MORE group leaders, trainers and volunteer examiners.
And our latest blog posts:
- Pi Day 2025 HOORAY!March 14th Pi Day special event is over! With a half dozen operating stations we sent out pi day greetings to stations across the country and Europe and South America! Don on SSB, Ben… Read More »
- Winter Field Day 2025 — Cold, Windy, FunWow! Two days of facing the challenges of winter portable operations.There are a ton of photos.Ben operates from a picnic table next to the playground– made 100 QSOs that way too! Photos: HERE 0… Read More »
- Two Special DSRC Tuesday NetsThe “Flying Reindeer Net” on December 24 scanned the skies of central NJ, but none were reported. Thanks to those stations who provided their observations.For New Years Eve, we have a net for 7… Read More »
- Holiday Party 2024 Photos!The David Sarnoff Radio Club Holiday Party is a wrap! Cushla KD2TCH, Laura K2WWF and John NU3E, with club president Don AK2S put on a great time at the Chinese Buffet! Here are some… Read More »
- NU3E-Cheap Digital Interfaces for Cheap HTsOur November DSRC meeting’s featured speaker was John DeGood, NU3E. He talked about how to use a cheap, low power VHF/UHF HandiTalkies to communicate with digital modes… including APRS via AX.25 and Winlink via… Read More »