[Thursday] Engine show

[Craig Moody]

Just to update all of the newer volunteers, our Massie Station secured a
new call sign last year of N1EPJ. We are listed as the Massie Wireless
Radio Club. We had the four members necessary to be considered a club.
Anyone who would also like to be listed as a member, please let me know.

As amateur radio station, N1EPJ is operational. Last year we also replaced
the collapsed antenna. We now have an OCF (off-center-fed) dipole for use
on the amateur bands.

I am still in the process of obtaining new QSL cards to send out to any
contacts we make from the Massie Station. It’s not a necessary thing these
days but the cards help to preserve the old-school method of acknowledging
contacts, as does the station logbook. It’s a nice way to see an account of
the activity of the station.

Although station activity has been minimal since becoming operational
again, my plan was, and still is, to get on the air for an hour or so early
Thursday mornings before getting busy with projects. Also, it is quite
feasible that we could operate Massie as a Field Day station with a bunch
of hams next June. Field Day to amateur radio is like what Steam up is to
the Museum. It’s a big radio weekend.

Along those lines, a remote station at Point Judith would be cool. We can
talk about that on Thursday.

Thanks,
Craig


On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 6:27 PM Chris Prata via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
wrote:

> this is good and I will take this opportunity to remind that we may have a
> project in the hopper to make PJ able to transmit again legally and have a
> remote site running (perhaps at point judith site with a modern rig, or
> even semi modern 40's tube set) to show messaging back and forth which I
> think would be a GREAT action exhibit...
>
> we could even have a skype running to show PJ site as it keys message back
> to EG PJ station!
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Thursday <thursday-bounces at newsm.org> on behalf of Ernie via
> Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2019 5:07 PM
> *To:* Thursday Group <thursday at newsm.org>; Timothy Straw <
> steamdillo at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Thursday] Engine show
>
> Small exhibitor turn out.
> Lots of museum visitors on Sunday as it was a good day weather wise.
> I am told it poured most of Sat afternoon.
> However from our (NEWSM) standpoint it was good. Lots of interest in
> events at our museum. Especially upcoming Steamup.
>
> I noticed at our last Open Saturday and at Mystic Seaport on Sunday the
> interest level seems to be higher with the female gender than the guys.
> Both Steam and Wireless however a little more towards the wireless side of
> our collection. Talking about wireless history and especially PJ.
>
> Ernie
>
>
> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 4:44:44 PM EDT, Timothy Straw via Thursday <
> thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
>
>
> How did things go at Mystic Seaport?
> Tim
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