[ETS/PARC List] Fw: NNJ UPDATE

[Don WILSON]

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Sent: Friday, September 8, 2017 3:11 PM
Subject: NNJ UPDATE

*** New Jersey State Convention this Sunday ***
New Jersey State Convention presented by the Gloucester County ARC in the SNJ Section is this Sunday 9/10 at the Glouster County 4-H Fair Grounds in Mullica Hill, NJ. More info at http://w2mmd.org/
W2MMD - Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club<http://w2mmd.org/>
w2mmd.org
10 Meter Swap Meet September 9, 2017 @ 2000 Hours Second Saturday of the Month @ 2000 Hours Please check-in on 28.475 MHz or secondary 28.465 MHz




*** W2NAF interviewed on CBC Quirks and Quarks ***
Dr. Nathaniel Frissell , W2NAF, was interviewed by Torah Kachur of CBC Radio One's science show "Quirks and Quarks". Nathaniel talked about the SEQP and the related HamSci ionosphere experiment. You can listen to the interview here: https://goo.gl/pKBHqj

*** Passaic Tech class ***
The Passaic County OEM in Wayne will sponsor a Technician class on October 28 & 29. There is no charge for the course except for the customary exam fee. For more info contact Dave Everson, KC2RIG, deverson at optonline.net

*** Passaic ARES NET ***
The net will be held on the WO2X repeater EVERY MONDAY @ 2100 LOCAL (9PM).

Repeater information: 443.450 MHz (+5) PL Tone: 141.3 Hz

The purpose of the net is the training for Emergency Communications, conducting drills and discussing all other ARES topics. Special thanks to Dave (WO2X) for allowing the use of his repeater during the net. All amateur operators are welcome to join the net, especially those who live in Passaic county.

*** Northern New Jersey ARES NET ***
The September NNJ ARES NET is this Tuesday 9/12 @ 8PM on WS2Q/R 146.895(-)(PL 151.4 HZ)

After check-in and regular net business a digital message will be sent and all those with the capability are encouraged to receive it. Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) is an Open Source software suite that allows amateur radio operators to reliably send and receive data using nearly any computer, smartphone or tablet and any analog radio without requiring a dedicated digital infrastructure or specialized modem hardware.The message will take about 1 minute to be sent using mode MT63-2000 LONG. To decode the message you will need FLDIGI and FLMSG loaded on your compute device. Then it's just a matter of holding your radio speaker near the computers microphone. More info at: http://www.arrl.org/nbems and http://nnj.arrl.org/NBEMS a good intro video is: https://youtu.be/DNBJnDHCw_M

*** NNJ ARES DMR TEST ***
Directly after the VHF ARES NET there will be a DMR net on the BrandMeister NJ North Talk Group (31342). Please check-in if you have the ability.

*** NJ QSO PARTY ***
The New Jersey QSO Party, sponsored by The Burlington County Radio Club, is next weekend September 16 & 17. Times of operation are Saturday Noon to Midnight and Sunday 10AM to 4PM. This is a phone and cw event. Suggested frequencies and full rules at http://www.k2td-bcrc.org/njqp/njqp_rules.html

*** Save the Dates *****

September 23 - OMARC Hamfest at Spring Lake Height Fire Company No. 1, 700 Sixth Avenue, Spring Lake Heights, NJ. Contact: Joe Kruszewski, KC2SVS - joekru1 at hotmail.com

September 23 & 24 - World Maker Faire 2017 at the Hall of Science in Queens, NY. The ARRL will be there! More info at: https://makerfaire.com/new-york/

October 7 - BARA Hamfest -Westwood Jr/Sr High School 701 Ridgewood Road Township of Washington, NJ 07676. More info at: http://www.bara.org/hamfest/

*** NNJ on the Internet ***
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARRLNNJ/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arrlnnj
Website: http://nnj.arrl.org/

73 DE KA2PBT

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