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The Great South Bay Amateur Club has been serving the Town of Babylon and Suffolk County for more than 40 years.
We are a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization and are endorsed by the New York State Education Department as a STEM facility.
We offer free classes to anyone interested in becoming a licensed ham or upgrading their license.
The only expense for any of our classes is the cost of the study book and a calculator.
Our general meetings are open to everyone, and we encourage you to attend any of our special events that we do annually.
We operate special event stations at the American Air Power Museum in May and the Fire Island Lighthouse in August.
Our biggest event is Field Day which is the last fullweekend in June.
We also have a club trailer equipped with three HF stations and four VHF/UHF, DMR and GMRS radios.
Our trailer is powered by batteries charged via the solar panels on the roof.
The power is capable of giving us 8.5 hours of run time at any event, such as a POTA activation.
We showcase our trailer at Field Day and many other events. The club trailer is also used for many public service events.
We have remodeled our club room, which has an HF station with an R8 vertical. We have plans to add a second station.
This room is where we hold VESessions, classes and meetings.
Many of our members have been involved with emergency communications during hurricanes, blizzards, superstorm Sandy, the Pine Barrens wildfiresand the Flight 800 disaster.
Many of us were involved in emergency response during the terror attacks of 9/11.
We support the Suffolk County Marathon which takes place in October.
We also provided support for the Hope for the Warriors run for 11 years until they discontinued the 10K run.
Amateur radio provides goodwill all over the world.
You will be amazed by how many other amateur operators you meet and all the wonderful friends you will make.
Start by coming to our meetings and our events – and see for yourself.
If you have a question email us at info@gsbarc.org
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John Melfi, W2HCB |
