Category Archives: News Letters

October 2025 Compass #10


Inside this edition:

  • NOTE: All GSBARC Official Meetings begin at 7:30 PM!
  • General License Class Starts Tues., Oct 7th @ 7PM
  • Pictures from September’s Heckscher POTA Operations
  • AB2ZI’S YouTube Picks
  • Members Get ‘Tuned Up’
  • Some GSBARC History from Founding Member K2TV
  • HOAs, Towers and Antennas
  • Ham Radio University 2026 Announcement
  • WRTC Talk at September’s Meeting
  • GSBARC Turns 50!!!

September 2025 Compass #9

Inside this edition:

  • NOTE: All GSBARC Official Meetings begin at 7:30 PM!
  • Technician License Classes Running Tuesday Evenings
    from 7 – 9 PM in the EOC and Running Through August
  • POTA Activation at Hecksher Park: Sat. Sept 6th 10:30
  • AB2ZI’S YouTube Picks
  • Fire Island Lighthouse — International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
  • Are Solar Panels Draining the Sun?
  • GPS Rollover (Play Dead?) See If You’re At Risk

June 2025 Compass #6


Inside this edition:

Field Day Weekend is June 28-29

• NOTE: All GSBARC Official Meetings begin at 7:30 PM
• Technician License Classes Starting Tuesday, June 3rd from 7 – 9 PM in the EOC and Running Through August
• Air Power Museum Armed Forces Day Event Photos
• AB2ZI’S YouTube Picks YouTube Picks
• List of upcoming GSBARC meetings and events
• Zen and the Art of Amateur Radio Maintenance
• Beginners Intro to Frequency, Phase and Wavelength
• International Dog Day International Dog Day

May 2025 Compass #5

Inside this edition:

  • NOTE: All GSBARC Official Meetings begin at 7:30 PM!
  • General License Classes Running Tuesday evenings,
    7 – 9 PM in the EOC
  • World Amateur Radio Day Open House Photos
  • AB2ZI’S YouTube Picks
  • List of upcoming GSBARC meetings and events
  • May 17th is Armed Forces Day: Join us at the American
    Air Power Museum in Farmingdale
  • Bingfu Mobile Antenna Review
  • New Technician Class Starting Tuesday June 3rd

April 2025 Compass #4

Inside this edition:

  • NOTE: All GSBARC Official Meetings begin at 7:30 PM!
  • General License Classes Running Tuesday evenings,
    7 – 9 PM in the EOC
  • Thevenin’s Theorem for Circuit Analysis
  • AB2ZI’S YouTube Picks
  • List of upcoming GSBARC meetings and events
  • GSBARC Launching Repeater into Lunar Orbit!
  • Babylon St. Patrick’s Day Parade pics
  • What’s the Deal with FT8???

March 2025 Compass

Inside this edition:

  • NOTE: All GSBARC Official Meetings begin at 7:30 PM!
  • General License Classes Running Tuesday evenings,
    7 – 9 PM in the EOC
  • Multimeters 101: Volts, Ohms and Current
  • AB2ZI’S YouTube Picks
  • List of upcoming GSBARC meetings and events
  • Wire Strippers for Kit Building
  • Winter Field Day
  • Geochron Mechanical Grayline Clock
  • Beginners Kit Recommendations – Get Started NOW!
  • Help! My Power Supply Died!!!