The Tri-City ARC was formed by Amateur Radio Operators in the New London, Norwich and Westerly areas (hence Tri-City) desirous of forming an association of local Amateur Radio Operators with the purpose of furthering better cooperation among amateurs, developing individual skills and efficiency, furthering the interest of amateur radio in the general community and by serving the community in times of emergency. Tri-City is a general interest radio club. We are also an ARRL affiliate club.

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Club Title for Field Day

Please use “Tri-City Amateur Radio Club of CT” for the club name when you submit your Field Day Logs.

Events

Temporary Rule Waivers for ARRL Field Day 2020

With one month to go before 2020 ARRL Field Day, June 27-28, the ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary rule waivers for the event:1) For Field Day 2020 only, Class D stations may work all other Field Day stations, including other Class D stations, for points.2)…

Events

All Amateur Radio operators in South Eastern CT and Western Rhode Island are invited to sign up for the Tri-City Amateur Radio Club 2020 Field Day Awards. Also there is an antenna building contest!

(Note Added 2020-06-02 Use of a balun would be acceptable, especially since it’s a good practice to use one. Matters not if it is home made or store bought.) Tri-City ARC is offering awards this year, due to the COVID-19 Health issues and our inability to get together for traditional…

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Great Video about Field Day!

This is a link to a great YouTube video about Field Day posted by the ARRL.https://youtu.be/A2LRCvabjuA Here is thee About information from the YouTube page:“The coronavirus can’t stop amateur radio from doing what we do best!” — Mitch Hopper, K9ZXO ARRL Field Day 2020 is June 27-28. Field Day is…

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Projects

FT-891 Project Build

Write-up by: Bob Nazro Amateur Call W1RPQ Building an FT-891 Field Rig with Raspberry PI computer. I wanted to build a “Go Kit” for field activation using both HF voice and digital modes. I also wanted it to be compact and fit in a backpack with battery power or a…