Welcome to New York's Hall Of Science Amateur Radio Club
Please join us on our repeaters:
WB2ZZO - 444.200 (+5 MHz offset), CTCSS 136.5 Hz.
KC2PXT - 145.270 (-600 Khz offset), CTCSS 136.5 Hz.
Every licensed amateur is welcome to
JOIN OUR NET
EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT at 9:00 PM
Our Net control station is Ken Newman, K2JLK
Our 440 machine has both Echolink (18957), and IRLP (4277) tied into it.
MEETINGS
Our REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS which are held in the Hall if Science's cafeteria, are open to the public and are held on the SECOND TUESDAY of each month at 8:00 PM. You don't need to be licensed to attend. All are welcome, and refreshments will be provided at half-time.
Exceptions: summer months of July & August, and the Holiday Party in December. The meeting in April will start at 7:00 PM for Kit Building.
Our BOARD MEETINGS are held the FIRST TUESDAY of each month at 7:30 PM.
HAMFESTS
Please click HERE for more information on our hamfests, especially if you're interested in being a vendor. Vendors of new and used equipment are always welcome and appreciated!
ATTENTION ALL CLUB MEMBERS!
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Email Steve at wb2kdg@hosarc.org to send your E-MAIL address.
VE2 area manager Jean-Pierre Couture,VA2SG, has invited all of the US areas of SOTA to join him and the Canadian SOTA activators in a North American SOTA activity day, Nov. 14th. Several summits in VE2 will be on the air on Nov 14th, and I think it would be great if we could join in the fun and activate several US SOTA summits that day. Additionally, this will be a great time for chasers interested in picking up points with the “rare” W1, W2, W6 and VE2 area summits.
With the recent expansion of the W1 & W2 areas, there are many summits begging to be activated in the northeast US , with 1,103 summits located in W1 alone.
Several summits in W1 and W2 are particularly easy to activate and have roads to their peaks. In the W1 area, only the last 100 feet of an ascent must be byhuman power, in W2 and W6 the final ascent must be by human power without a specific limit. There are SOTA summits available for every skill level, and there are a set of awards for chasers as well for those who prefer to work the summits from the comfort of their radio shack.
I will be activating at least one, but perhaps several summits on the 14th, and I would like to see some fresh faces on the hills this November. Please let me know if you are interested in planning or going on an activation. If you know others who would be interested in activating a summit, please forward on this email to them. Remember, any band or mode is welcome in SOTA (but no repeaters).
Have a look through the SOTA website, http://www.sotawatch.org/summits.php for the details on specific summits, and feel free to email Tom T for a Google Earth file of all of the summits for planning purposes or download the summits.kml file directly from the Yahoo SOTA group files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Summits/files/Maps/