Next Meeting:

Next Tryon ARC Meeting:

Wed, February 17th, 7:00 PM

Location:

Fire Training Center

Fire Training Center Rd, second right on Hales Mills Rd, past Sun Valley, Rd.
Johnstown NY.

Topic:

  • The club will hold an election of new officers at the next meeting.
  • CPR class

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IARU-R2 request frequencies be kept clear after Haiti’s earthquake

Source: ARRL.org

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation’s capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted.

The ARRL encourages US amateurs to be aware of the emergency operations on the following frequencies: 7.045 and 3.720 MHz (IARU Region 2 nets), 14.265, 7.265 and 3.977 MHz (SATERN nets), and 14.300 MHz (Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net); the International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is also active on EchoLink node 278173.

For more information visit the IARU-R2 website and the ARRL website.

For the January 20 Meeting

Don Gifford / WA2EZ will be demonstrating how to build an emergency antenna for 2M. If you plan to build the antenna the list of materials and tools required is here:

Materials:
Tools:
  • - 58 inches of 300 ohm TV twin lead wire.
  • - Any length of RG58 coax with one end having a PL259 and the other can be bare/cut. (cut end will be soldered to the antenna).
  • - Zip Ties or String
  • - Solder
  • - Heat Shrink or Black Tape.
  • - 2m SWR meter
  • - Wire Strippers
  • - Lighter
  • - 2m radio
  • - Knife
  • - Soldering Iron or Gun.
  • - Drill with small drill bits.
  • - Desire to have lots of fun

 
To have an idea of the design, take a look at this PDF File.

Board of supervisors ok’s use of EOC

On November 30th the Fulton County Board of Supervisors approved the use of the EOC room by the members of the Tryon ARC for meetings, training, radio testing and drills.

 Please visit this article on The Leader-Herald for more information.

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