DSRC-David Sarnoff Radio Club

Winter Field Day- Sunday deployment
2024-01-28 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
This year’s Winter Field Day is two events for N2RE. We will set up on Saturday, then take it down before dark. Even though Sunday looks like rain, we will return to Woodlot Park in Kendall Park, NJ for another day of ham radio. Note: Start and end times are approximate. This is a sort of emergency drill, so we make it up as we go along.

Details– http://n2re.org/woodlot-park-select

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Pi Day 3.14 UTC (2024)
2024-03-13 20:00 - 2024-03-14 20:00
3.14 is Pi… so 3/14 is Pi Day…

Contact our Special Event Station “N3P” On The Air!

To learn more: Visit our special PI DAY Webpage:

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

Note: In North America, Pi Day begins the night BEFORE 3.14 UTC.

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2 Meter Net- 4/24
2024-04-02 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Our weekly on-air gathering on our repeater

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DSRC Net! April 9, 2024
2024-04-09 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Weekly net… second Tuesday edition.

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DSRC Net 4-23
2024-04-23 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
We gather on the 2-meter repeater on Tuesdays other than our club meeting Tuesday. This is a fourth-Tuesday. All are welcome, come join the conversation.

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2-meter net DSRC
2024-04-30 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
We gather on the 2-meter repeater on Tuesdays other than our club meeting Tuesday. This being a “Fifth Tuesday” we will have a guest net-control… newcomers invited.

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(Museum Ships Weekend 2024)
2024-05-31 20:00 - 2024-06-02 20:00 | on-air
Our neighbors at the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station (NJ2BB) coordinate a celebration of Ship Museums… on “Museum Ships Weekend” June 1st and 2nd UTC.

At least 92 ships will be on the air during that 48 hour period. See their website https://nj2bb.org/museum/ for modes and frequencies they may be using, and several more details.

TAKE NOTE: this is a fun event, not a contest.

The antennas on the bow of the New Jersey

NJ2BB is the radio station of the Battleship New Jersey museum in Camden, New Jersey (normally.) Currently the ship is in dry dock in Philadelphia, PA. As such, NJ2BB will not be on the air. But please, plan a visit to the battleship for later in the summer!! (this may be a DSRC chub activity…)

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Field Day Preparation Party
2024-06-21 16:00 - 18:00
Clean up the FD Site

Put up ropes for antennas

mark out where the tents go

Cut some weeds with garden sheers, weed whackers (got a battery powered one?) etc.

DO NOT Get poison ivy (Wear boots and long pants, and gloves)

get inspired

Come to the DSRC Field Day site to prepare for a quick set up Saturday Morning. Many hands make light work

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

Route 518 is at the bottom-right in this image. The clear area is gravel, and the entrance is up-hill.

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ARRL Field Day
2024-06-22 08:00 - 2024-06-23 17:00
FOR THIS YEAR’S FIELD DAY INFORMATION, See THIS LINK

Setup Saturday, contest begins at 2 PM. Operate until 2 PM Sunday, then pack it up!

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.
Field Day 2024

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Experimenter's Cookout
2024-08-20 17:00 - 20:30
Charlie’s back yard…. various experiments, bring something you want to work on, or help out others working on their experiments. See group e-mail for details. The evening starts with cookout food/ pot luck food (if you want to bring something…)

The back yard has space to try putting up an antenna and seeing if it tunes (nanoVNA available) or what ever other experiments you want.

We may try a RTTY net at 7:30 on 40 Meters… check your e-mail as time approaches. You can transmit, or listen with an SDR dongle (and FLDIGI software to decode)

Check e-mail for more.

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ARES/RACES night - Listen in!
2024-11-25 19:00 - 20:30
Monthly test of ARES and RACES state-wide, and Red Cross contacts. Consider volunteering with Mercer County ARES, see the link to learn how:

http://n2re.org/readiness-red-cross-ares-races-etc

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DSRC Net 4th Tues
2024-11-26 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
146.46 repeater for a weekly check-in for the club and friends. All are invited.

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DSRC Net 1st Tues Dec 3, 2024
2024-12-03 21:00 - 21:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
It was the third of December…. but this time it’s the night for our 2 Meter Net. Easygoing, using our 2 meter repeater. All are welcome. (Got any last-minute questions about our Holiday Party and gift exchange? This is a good moment to ask them!)

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Flying Reindeer Net
2024-12-24 20:30 - 21:00 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
Special Time, Special Format: One Round only with question:

8:30 PM “Have you seen any flying reindeer tonight?” — Check in, file your report and maybe wish others Merry Christmas, Joyous Hanukkah, or whatever you wish!

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Happy UTC New Year (Special time)
2024-12-31 19:00 - 19:30 | 146.46 MHz Repeater
SPECIAL Net– 7 PM, one round 2 Meter check in for club members and friends, especially for those getting ready for Straight Key Night (which starts at 0000Z) to wish others a Happy New Year. Location: DSRC Repeater– Lawrence Township

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Weekly Nets begin for 2025
2025-01-07 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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Winter Field Day 25!
2025-01-25 11:00 - 2025-01-26 17:00
Yes, Winter Field Day– two days (but not overnight) of operating in “less than ideal” conditions! Get your rigs ready. Get your gloves ready! Beginners MORE THAN WELCOME.

http://n2re.org/winter-field-day-resources has details of how to get there, and the latest planning information.

This year’s 2025 rules (see tab on this page) emphasize modes and bands, and emergency operations. We can’t use a generator at the site we selected, we can’t operate overnight, but we can put up tents, antennas, and learn lots about how to come together to communicate.

Last year we were stymied by sunset… as we only had 3 hours on Saturday and maybe 4 on Sunday morning. This year the rules extend WFD to start at 11 AM EST, so we can go on the air as soon as we have a station set up! Also, on Sunday we can operate until 5 PM, which allows us to get “6 Hours In A Row” as an objective.

Here’s a link to last year’s Wrap Up

Location is woodlot park, South Brunswick (Kendall Park area) see LINK

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Pi Day 2025
2025-03-14 14:00 - 21:00
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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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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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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Winter Field Day
2026-01-24 08:00 - 2026-01-25 14:00
Our Club has been participating in one of the coolest events of the year… Winter Field Day, where we go out into a park and set up stations, operating during daylight hours on Saturday and Sunday with rules that are somewhat similar to ARRL Field Day, but with a twist.

More news as the day gets close.

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