As we head into the Fall/Winter season, RAWNY is once again providing licensing classes for those who wish to become either a new ham as a Technician, or upgrade from a Technician to a General class amateur radio operator. Getting…
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RAWNY Successfully Activates Motor Island (NY049)
On August 6, 2016, a team from RAWNY went ashore on Motor Island (NY049) and successfully put the island on the air; qualifying it for the U.S. Islands Awards Program. The team met at the Town of Tonawanda public boat…
RAWNY Will Activate Motor Island August 6, 2016
While Buffalo and Western New York are not known as being “exotic locations” for any type of DX-Pedition, there are several islands located within the waters of the Niagara River that could be considered “exotic” and as of yet have…
Getting Started with the FM Satellites
If you’ve never had the opportunity to communicate with someone via satellite, there is no better time to work the bird! Here is a link to a PDF file from AMSAT’s website describing how to operate LEO satellites using an…
WCC Remembered
For those who were dedicated Short Wave Listeners, you would certainly have come across what seemed like strange Morse code transmissions on random frequencies. Many of these transmissions, which were repetitive and usually began with a string of “VVV…VVV”, were actually…
Repeater Safety
To continue with RAWNY’s dedication to teaching new hams about how to get on the air, and as a refresher to those with years of experience behind them, we present the following article which originally appeared in the January 1983…
Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur
As a supplement to RAWNY’s Amateur Radio licences classes, check out the following article published by the IARU regarding operating procedures and etiquette while on the air. Often, we overlook just exactly HOW amateur radio operators should present themselves on the…
RAWNY Honors our Veterans
A very special thank you to all of the stations who successfully made contact with W2PE on Saturday, November 7, 2015 during RAWNY’s special event honoring our Veterans. Activating both the USS Little Rock and USS The Sullivans, W2PE made…