Patrick (“Pat”) Smith, KB2FJH is our newest QSY Society member! Pat lives in Middletown, NY. He is interested in CW, ragchewing, and maybe chasing a little paper. He’s presently working on installing a new all band wire antenna system. Please welcome Pat to our club!
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Meeting Cancellation Policy
In the event that bad weather forces the East Fishkill Community Library to close on a scheduled meeting day, the QSY meeting will be automatically cancelled. If the library is open, then the QSY meeting will be held as originally planned. If the Library is open, it means that the parking lot is plowed and that local police agencies and the New York State Police have advised them that driving conditions are not unsafe. Since our members attend from a wide geographic area conditions in East Fishkill may not necessarily reflect conditions elsewhere. Please – safety first! It’s only a hobby.
If a meeting must be cancelled due to weather conditions, every attempt will be made to reschedule it as soon thereafter as possible.
If a QSY meeting must be cancelled: 1. Brenda will send an email to the QSY membership mailing list. 2. The website’s HOME page will be updated (www.qsysociety.org). 3. A notice will also be published at www.cancellations.com . This is a free site to which both the East Fishkill Community Library and The QSY Society are both registered users. Guests, or the general public, who are not on our email list and who may not be familiar with the website will be then have a way to determine meeting status.
Finally, members are advised that the East Fishkill Community Library provides a recorded message at 845-221-9943 whenever they are closed due to weather.
6 YEAR OLD HAM
QSY Society’s Two Newest members – Phillip and Justin
Please welcome Phillip Walter Johnson and Justin Mattes to The QSY Society.
Phillip lives in Poughkeepsie, presently monitors public service and amateur transmissions, and would like to earn his license.
Justin, KC2GIK lives in Woodcliff Lake, NJ and is interested in PSK, lighthouses, and special event stations.
We hope to meet and greet our two newest members at the upcoming January meeting.
Reverse Beacon Network added to QSY Operating Aids
The Reverse Beacon Network is a revolutionary new idea. Instead of beacons actively transmitting signals, the RBN is a network of stations listening to the bands and reporting what stations they hear, when and how well.
So why should you care? Well, to begin with, you can see band openings in near-real time on an animated map. You can call a quick CQ, and see which reverse beacons hear you, and how strong you are.
But the real breakthrough is in the database of past “spots”. You can instantly find out what stations, from a given country or zone, have been heard, at what times and on what frequencies. You can see when you’ve been spotted, who spotted you, and how loud you were.
“But wait,” as they say on the TV ads, “there’s more!” Now, for the first time, you can compare your signal with those of your friends and competitors, in near real time or historically. If you wonder how your signal stacked up during last weekend’s contests, the Signal Comparison Tool will give you real, quantitative data. Tell it what stations you want to compare, based on signals heard by a given reverse beacon on a certain band at a certain time, and there you’ll have it. Of course, whether you like what you see is up to you.
So press the “Operating Aids” button, explore this site, power up your rig, and give it a try.
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