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On the off chance that you didn't get this; MSG FWD bb,kpr Engineering, where enigma meets paradox ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist@...> To: "rwbetts@..." <rwbetts@...> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:09:31 PM EDT Subject: CT Section Manager Newsletter - April 2025 April 12 ,2025 Greetings! I hope this finds you well... and RADIO ACTIVE. :-) CONTENTS - Getting New Hams Started “Right” - CT Section Manager Cabinet Openings - Volunteering at Public Service Events - Upcoming Hamfests - ARRL Field Day 2025 - National Weather Service: SKYWARN Spotter Training Getting New Hams Started “Right” With more people getting their License, why do so many New Hams drop the hobby after 1 year? Is it because of fear, ignorance, sheer frustration, or being overwhelmed? Every NEW HAM Needs Support. Amateur Radio is all about building friendships and helping others. In ham radio we call that person an “Elmer”. So, if you see a New Ham, make a friend and offer to help him get started right. Help them Get On The Air and bring them to ham events. Your kindness will go a long way and will be greatly appreciated by the New Ham. Clubs: Here’s an idea! Consi der creating a roster of Ham Buddies pair to New Hams – especially when they pass their first license test at your VE Testing Site. Section Manager (SM) Cabinet Openings Each SM appoints a cabinet of leaders who are in charge of ARRL programs within the Section. You will always find a list of these leaders on the Section page of the ARRL web site. Our leaders train and recommend operators to the Section Manager for an ARRL appointment once the operator has the requisite skill set. ** Appointees to the Field Organization must be ARRL members. ** Due to Covid and the normal course of retirements and relocations, your new Section Manager is looking for a few sharp individuals to assist on the SM Cabinet We are currently looking to fill the following 4 positions: State Government Liaison (SGL) The SGL reports to the SM and keeps up with legislation that affects Amateur radio in Connecticut at the State level. He recommends others for appointment as Local Government Liaisons (LGLs) and coordinates their activi ties. Together, this team informs the Amateur Radio community about legislation, and recruits support for bills that will enhance our service. Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC) The ACC reports to the SM and keeps track of club listings, club officers, club activities, and encourages Special Service certification. The ACC is the key point of contact for affiliated clubs, and clubs seeking designation as an ARRL Affiliated Club. Public Information Coordinator (PIC) Reporting to the SM, the PIC promotes publicity about Amateur Radio in the Section and appoints Public Information Officers (PIOs). If you are interested in communicating with the Media in your area, you can become a PIO with some additional training. Section Youth Coordinator (SYC) The role of the SYC is to: assess youth activity within ARRL affiliated clubs, promote youth related on-air activities, encourage youth related programs and activities within clubs and, provide youth related ideas and resources to Amateur Radio Clubs within the Section. The SYC will need to build a small team of Assistants to make it happen across the state. Good news: The previous SYC established relationships with the 4 CT based Councils of Scouting America (previously known as: Boy Scouts of America) over the past 7 years. Volunteering at Public Service Events These events (Bike-Athons, Run-Athons, Walk-Athons, Swim-Athons, etc) are great opportunities to help out a worthy cause and practice your hobby in a real world situation requiring communications support. Right now, I have the following events listed: April Sunday – 4/13 (7 am) Cheshire Half Marathon & 5K Cheshire High School Contact: Eric - KB1JL kb1jl@... Saturday – 4/19 (8:45 am) Niantic Boardwalk 5K Niantic, CT Contact: Harrison - W1HAF w1haf@... May Sunday. 5/18 Bloomin' Metric Bike Ride Sherwood Island State Park, Westport, CT Contact: TBA Sund

Reminder: Weekly Net 3.925MHz When: Sunday, April 13, 2025 7:30am to 8:30am (UTC-04:00) America/New York View Event Description: Start each Sunday morning with fresh lively conversation with your SARC friends. All are welcomed.

Reminder: ECARS Roll Call is held on the second Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m. on the net frequency 7.255Mhz. http://ecars7255.com/ If necessary, Roll Call may be cancelled in June, July & August. When: Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am (UTC-04:00) America/New York View Event Description: ECARS Roll Call is held on the second Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m. on the net frequency 7.255Mhz. If necessary, Roll Call may be cancelled in June, July & August. http://ecars7255.com/

Reminder: SARC COMM CENTER OPEN TODAY When: Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00am to 12:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Boothe Memorial Park - Stratford CT Organizer: KEY HOLDERS: Bob N1KPR(203-924-1120) Adam N1AH(203-767-9105) View Event Description: Details: The SARC COMM CENTER usually opens on Saturday If it will not open, a special notice will be posted. If you have a question, contact one of the Phone Contact a few days before

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Reminder: SARC COMM CENTER OPEN TODAY When: Saturday, April 5, 2025 9:00am to 12:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Boothe Memorial Park - Stratford CT Organizer: KEY HOLDERS: Bob N1KPR(203-924-1120) Adam N1AH(203-767-9105) View Event Description: Details: The SARC COMM CENTER usually opens on Saturday If it will not open, a special notice will be posted. If you have a question, contact one of the Phone Contact a few days before

Reminder: Weekly Net 3.925MHz When: Sunday, March 30, 2025 7:30am to 8:30am (UTC-04:00) America/New York View Event Description: Start each Sunday morning with fresh lively conversation with your SARC friends. All are welcomed.

Reminder: SARC COMM CENTER OPEN TODAY When: Saturday, March 29, 2025 9:00am to 12:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Boothe Memorial Park - Stratford CT Organizer: KEY HOLDERS: Bob N1KPR(203-924-1120) Adam N1AH(203-767-9105) View Event Description: Details: The SARC COMM CENTER usually opens on Saturday If it will not open, a special notice will be posted. If you have a question, contact one of the Phone Contact a few days before

MSG FWD SARC Members; if you are subscribed to the CTSM's News Letters, then you may disregard this MSG. One interesting point: He reports that someone in Stratford is building a MESH Network. A few years ago I made a topo map of several of our members who were within MESH distances and the easily available equipment to install a club net amongst us. If anyone is interested, I'll dig out the data which outlines the antenna gain, azimuth, height above ground and power required for each of the 4 or 5 local members. I have a MESH Yagi that I tested at the club with my laptop and a wifi card. I was receiving signals from a dozen or more wifi nets in the neighborhood across from the park. Most were secured networks, but I wanted to see the range, gain and directive Q of the antenna. I was impressed. BTW: The yagi was not very high. The tower it was on was a wooden folding chair fastened with Duct Tape -- Hi Tech! Bob, N1KPR Maybe a good discussion for Saturday morning. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist@...> To: "rwbetts@..." <rwbetts@...> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 10:53:19 AM EDT Subject: CT Section Manager Newsletter - March 2025 Section Manager Newsletter - March 2025 Douglas Sharafanowich - WA1SFH ARRL Section Manager, Connecticut Cell: 203-494-3885 March 25, 2025 Greetings! I hope this finds you well. CONTENTS - The CT Section Manager Newsletter - If YOU build it, they will come. - CT Hamfests (March – May) - ARRL Field Day 2025 - Parks On The Air (POTA) - Youth Outreach - ARRL’s Letter re: FCC Public Notice, “Delete, Delete, Delete” The CT SECTION MANAGER NEWSLETTER Welcome to my 1st Section Manager Newsletter. I am happy to report that progress continues at ARRL to rebuild their I.T. capabilities after last year’s horrendous cyberattack, and the Section Email function for Section Managers is the most recent example of this recovery. Below is a quick overview of what is going on in the Connecticut Section. Also, I would very much like to hear from you about Amateur Radio activiti es that you are involved in and what you are building. Here are 2 Examples: - A local ham in Stratford is converting solar powered walkway lights into solar powered Mesh Network Nodes. - During my Winter Field Day Tour, I came across a station in Uncasville using a quick to set up 40m Folded Dipole supported by 3 sets of green garden plant stake (2 stakes per set in an “X” configuration) for Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS) propagation. “IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.” (quote from the movie: Field of Dreams) New W1BPT - KB1AEV Link By the end of this week, the Bridgeport W1BPT 2m repeater will be "linked fulltime" to the KB1AEV repeater Network. Rx 146.445Mhz Tx 147.445Mhz (this is a non-standard +1Mhz split) PL tone: 151.4 (new PL tone changed from 77) I am beyond thrilled to see how the Greater Bridgeport Amateur Radio Club (GBARC) has spearheaded the NEW Repeater link to the KB1AEV repe ater system. It will be up and functioning 24/7. This now gives folks in lower Fairfield County (CT ARES Region 1) access to the mighty KB1AEV linked repeater network that covers a large portion of CT. This has been a dream for over 40 years. Congratulations to Dana KB1AEV, Peter K1PCN (and his GBARC team), and others in achieving this milestone. Antenna Builds SouthEastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Society (SECARS) is now planning sessions for 2 antenna Builds. One will be a multi-band for POTA and the other will be a G5RV dipole variant. Licensing Classes Meriden Amateur Radio Club (MARC) and Eastern CT Amateur Radio Association (ECARA) are running Technician and General Study Classes. This is a great way to bring new people into the hobby and build club membership. Developing new Net Control Station Operators - For Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), National Traffic System (NTS), and SKYWARN, CERT. Phil K1X FC, your CT ARES Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC), sponsored a highly successful half-day Net Control Station Training Workshop at the Newington Fire Department HQ on Saturday, Feb.1, 2025. T

Reminder: Weekly Net 3.925MHz When: Sunday, March 23, 2025 7:30am to 8:30am (UTC-04:00) America/New York View Event Description: Start each Sunday morning with fresh lively conversation with your SARC friends. All are welcomed.

Bob, N1KPR <rwbetts@...> added the photo album Flag Proposals : Hello Members: In recent meeting discussions, we decided that SARC needs an official flag. We have one that I stenciled back in the early 1990s, but that is homemade and it really looks homemade. I came up with a few designs and we now solicit anyone's addition to the design submissions. I will bring my flag designs to the club tomorrow, (3/22) and leave a vote sheet for members to review and vote on their preference. Please feel free to draft your own design. In a few weeks, we will motion, at the April meeting, to consider all suggestions and resolve the proposals. The designs are numbered, so voting is as simple as replying, “ I like No. xx.”

MSG FWD N1KPR ARRL to Gather Comments from Members on FCC’s Public Notice Dear ARRL Member, On March 12, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” seeking input from the public on FCC rules that may be outdated, unnecessary, or in need of modification. This inquiry is part of the FCC's ongoing effort to alleviate regulatory burdens across various services, including the Amateur Radio Service. As part of this review, ARRL is conducting a thorough examination of the provisions in Part 97 and related rules that affect amateur radio operators. ARRL’s written comments, which will be prepared by our FCC Counsel and the ARRL Executive Committee, will include consideration of feedback we received from members. Members who want to share comments and concerns about this matter are urged to share your feedback directly with ARRL. Please submit your comments by March 31, 2025 and use the following feedback form: www.arrl.org/fcc-public-notice-march-2025 ARRL will submit our official filing to the FCC by the April 11 deadline. After that, there will be an opportunity for reply comments at the FCC until April 28, and then later, opportunities for public comment on any rules the FCC proposes to delete or modify. While the FCC Public Notice is a broad inquiry that does not single out any specific radio service, ARRL is nonetheless committed to protecting the Amateur Radio Service, promoting its public interest goals, and ensuring your right to access radio spectrum. ARRL will continue to work on this matter, and we will inform members as more news develops. Thank you, 73 ARRL Executive Committee Copyright ? 2025 American Radio Relay League, Incorporated. Use and distribution of this publication, or any portion thereof, is permitted for non-commercial or educational purposes, with attribution. All other purposes require written permission. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio? https://web.archive.org/web/20221119132245/http://www.bobsamerica.com/ Youtube: N1KPR Youtube: Ham Radio Doctor Youtube: Gun Doctor Bob Engineering, where enigma meets paradox

Reminder: SARC COMM CENTER OPEN TODAY When: Saturday, March 22, 2025 9:00am to 12:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Boothe Memorial Park - Stratford CT Organizer: KEY HOLDERS: Bob N1KPR(203-924-1120) Adam N1AH(203-767-9105) View Event Description: Details: The SARC COMM CENTER usually opens on Saturday If it will not open, a special notice will be posted. If you have a question, contact one of the Phone Contact a few days before

MSG FWD, N1KPR Engineering, where enigma meets paradox ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Bob DeMattia <k1iw@...> To: "n1kpr@..." <n1kpr@...> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 08:35:17 AM EDT Subject: HamX 2025 Ticketing Open DX Engineering to Sponsor DXCC dinner Ticketing is now available for HamX '25, to be held August 21 through 25 at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center in Marlborough, Mass. Tickets to the Friday DX/Contest dinner, as well as the convention, are available online here. We have special news concerning our Friday DXCC dinner: DX Engineering (“DXE”) has graciously agreed to be the official sponsor for the Northeast HamXposition Friday evening DX/Contest Banquet. According to DX Engineering CEO Tim Duffy, K3LR, the company will donate six $100 gift certificates toward purchase of products from the company, along with a major prize of an Icom IC-7610 with a retail value of $3,250.00. The HamXposition Committee wishes to express its sincere appreciation to Tim Duffy and the DX Engineering team for their generosity! your content. The IC-7610 will be the major door prize for the Friday DXCC Dinner, which is featuring well-known international DXer/Contester Ned Stearns, AA7A. Ned will talk about Remote DXpeditioning and the Radio-In-a-Box (RIB) technology. Learn more about the entire convention at hamx.org. Unsubscribe

Hi all, Following a fun time on a nice day last week, we’ll be at the Upper Pavilion at Osborndale State park tomorrow around noon for some more POTA - If you dont have to work, come hang out! Plenty of benches to sit on and a nice view 73 Adam N1AH

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FCC OPENS Delete Delete Delete Docket The FCC has opened a new docket in which the agency seeks comment on every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.

Reminder: SARC COMM CENTER OPEN TODAY When: Saturday, March 15, 2025 9:00am to 12:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Boothe Memorial Park - Stratford CT Organizer: KEY HOLDERS: Bob N1KPR(203-924-1120) Adam N1AH(203-767-9105) View Event Description: Details: The SARC COMM CENTER usually opens on Saturday If it will not open, a special notice will be posted. If you have a question, contact one of the Phone Contact a few days before

Hi All, Jay and I will be heading to Osborndale state park tomorrow at noon to do some pota at the upper section where there are benches tables and a fireplace (not sure what its called) - feel free to come by and play radio if youre available! Thanks, Adam N1AH