W1OP – The Old Professor March 2025
Congratulations to the Providence Radio Club (W1OP) for their latest stellar 26-page newsletter, linked here.
Check it out!!! And welcome to the PRA new leadership team. Huge thanks to Dave Tessitore, K1DT and Team W1OP for so successfully mentoring next gen club leaders as this historic club plans for a vibrant and relevant future.
NCRC Volunteers Enable Record-setting School Club Roundup score
Mike Cullen, K1NPT wrote:
A tip of the hat to Newport County Radio Club volunteers Rowan WO1P, Jim KA1ZOU, and John KC1K00 for helping local middle school students deliver a record-breaking performance during last week’s ARRL School Club Roundup — a semi-annual, on-air contest that encourage students to talk to other schools.
Operating at All Saints STEAM Academy (Middletown) Monday through Friday from 3PM to 5PM each day, we had 10 incredibly focused middle school students sharing the microphone and managing several pile-ups that they created on 20M.
Results?
114 contacts (including NCRC’s Mike AA1XQ and Mike KC1NEJ)
25 states, 1 province
3 clubs
3 mobile stations
13 schools
all yielding a claimed score of 11,058 (a school record)
School principal Ann Villareal helped coach students each day and was very pleased with the week’s efforts.
We’re looking forward to doing it again in October and, in the interim, crafting ways to keep these students engaged in wireless communications.
73, Mike K1NPT – P.S. If you’d like to help us work with middle school students after school on radio-based activities, please let me know.
100+ check-ins for recent RI Skywarn Activation
Wayne Burkett, KA1VRF wrote:
Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent RI ARES SKYWARN 24-hour Activation. Twelve nets were held on the NB1RI repeater network, with over one hundred hams offering situational awareness reports during and after the mid-February snowstorm. Net Control collected these timely reports and reported our local conditions up to the National Weather Service in Boston.
Want to learn more? Join Wayne’s Skywarn training nets every Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm local time on the linked NB1RI repeater and Quahog repeater network. All are welcome.
See also: How Rhode Island Hams Help RICOMU Deliver Millions $$$ to RI Cities & Towns
How Rhode Island Hams Help RICOMU Deliver Millions $$$ to RI Cities & Towns
Interested in becoming an ARRL-affiliated club?
More city and town Public Safety Emergency Management organizations are showing interest in becoming an ARRL-Affiliated club.
Please reach so we can help with the process.
Contact: RI Section Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC), John Brewer, N1SXB
n1sxb [@] earthlink [dot] net