Author: STARC Admin
New website features!
STARC has added three new items to our website's Amateur Radio Dashboard – available on the right-hand side of the STARC website homepage. These new features include: ARRL News highlights – Get the latest Amateur Radio news, right from the ARRL Upcoming Contest List – Stay up-to-date on upcoming contests taking place around the world DX News.com's DXpedition Calendar…
STARC Summer Hamfest 8/13/16
STARC would like to thank everyone that braved the rainy weather today and came to our hamfest. We had a pretty decent turn out with much ARO conversation and items given out for door prizes. Some of the lucky winners were Horace N1HC, Dan N1FYL, Jake KC1FZY, and Tony WA2LRE. If you did not happen to make it to the…
STARC would like to wish all of the AROs and their families a very HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !! 73 de STARC Originally posted by Mike Gladu – STARC Technical Advisor on 2016-07-03
STARC Field Day Update
Due to insufficient participation this year, STARC will not take part as a club in Field Day 2016. Originally posted by Jason Garneau – STARC Treasurer on 2016-06-20
Switchback Bike for the Lake – June 18 STARC Public Service
STARC would like to THANK the following AROs (Amateur Radio Operators) for helping to make this event a success: Arn N1ARN (Alburg), Larry KB1ZEB (Marina), John N1LXI (Rover), and Michael N1FBZ (Net Control). Your radio communication skills kept the cyclists safe. Hopefully you had a nice time helping out. We hope that the 'lurkers' listening to St. Albans VHF were…
Field Day 2016 Update
STARC is trying to put together a team to participate in the 2016 ARRL Field Day event. This year, Field Day starts at 14:00 EDT June 25th, and ends June 26th at 17:00 EDT. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in operating over the weekend, along with your operating time preferences. Additionally, we are looking for people…
STARC – Supporting our community – 2016 Run for Jim – St. Albans, VT
Another safe and successful “Run for Jim” event! I want to thank the STARC club members that helped with safety communications this year! N1FBZ-Mike, N1WXB- Homer, K1LOL-Jason & Daughter, N1RUH-John, N1ARN-Arn.This years event raised $370,000 to help aide local families with the cost of fighting CANCER! Originally posted by Arn Benjamin – STARC President on 2016-05-23
Franklin County's newest and only IRLP repeater – now on the air!
STARC President Arn Benjamin (N1ARN) is now operating a new IRLP-based Inbeded Node from his QTH in Sheldon Springs, Vermont. The N1ARN Node is connected to the East Coast Reflector (9050), a well-established network of IRLP-connected repeaters that spans across the USA: Repeater Callsign: N1ARN Frequency: 147.570 – Simplex PL Tone: 67Hz IRLP Node: 8023 Repeater Coverage area: Majority of…
CQ-CQ-CQ: BAOFENG HT GIVE-AWAY
HERE'S HOW TO WIN IT: Attend STARC Monthly Meetings. Check into Thursday Night Net's On STARC 2m 145.230 pl.100 or 70cm 443.400 pl.162.2 repeaters @ 7 PM. Join or Renew Your STARC Membership. If you're a Non-Amateur Operator and Visit a Monthly Meeting you will receive a chance to win – and if you do – “The Franklin County W5YI…
New England QSO Party – May 7th and May 8th
The below update comes from Tom Frenay / K1KI: I'd appreciate your help in publicizing the upcoming New England QSO Party on May 7th and 8th. The NEQP is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You'll find a wide variety of participants,…
