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Radio Central's February Meeting:

Wednesday February 25

Fun with CW

"Social Half Hour" starts at 6:30 PM

Meeting starts at 7:00 PM

Middle Country Public Library in Centereach

You are invited to attend Radio Central Amateur Radio Club's February meeting on Wednesday February 25 at 6:30 PM at the Middle Country Library in Centereach.

Our February meeting, "Fun with CW", will be an entertaining look at Morse Code. We will look into a variety of popular shareware and freeware programs designed to help you learn code or improve your code proficiency. The highlight of the meeting will be a "QLF" contest, using a giant key constructed by Frank Kiefer, K2PWG. There will be a certificate for the best "Footsender". Whether you are an experienced CW operator or are brand new to CW, we think you will find this workshop fun and interesting.

Radio Central Amateur Radio Club meetings are open to non-members as well as members. Anyone interested in Amateur Radio or wireless history is welcome to attend.

Our 2014 General Meetings will be at the Middle Country Public Library in Centereach. You can get directions to the Middle Country Public Library here.

International Marconi Day QSL Information:

Send sase to:

Radio Central Amateur Radio Club, W2RC

PO Box 396

Centereach, NY 11720

Ham Radio and Distracted Driving

In light of increasingly strict "Distracted Driving" laws, our ARRL Hudson Division Director contacted the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to get their position on operation of mobile Amateur Radio equipment with respect to Distracted Driving laws. The DMV responded with a letter of opinion that appears to be very favorable to Amateur Radio. Basically is says that talking via ham radio does not constitute a violation of the Distracted Driving laws. It should be noted that though the DMV's letter (which can be downloaded from the Hudson Division web page here, of or from the RCARC web page here) is pro-Amateur Radio, it's an opinion from the DMV, not a binding agreement, so it's still possible to get pulled over, cited, and required to appear in court. More importantly, you should always give the road and traffic absolute priority over operating your radio while driving. In Mike Lisenco's own words: "Feel free to print out this opinion, but understand that it is not a license to be stupid! Let’s hope that you never need to use it."

Online Renewal is Working Again!

Our capability to renew membership via Pay Pal has been restored. Go here for details.