As odd as it may sound, because of the potential for extreme winter weather this weekend, the Westport Astronomical Society amateur radio station K1WAS will not be operating for Winter Field Day.
Sometimes the smartest move is staying warm and safe. We’ll be back on the air soon. https://was-ct.org/programs/k1was/
#WinterFieldDay #K1WAS #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #WestportCT #WAS #WestportObservatory #WestportAstronomicalSociety
📡 This Tuesday, Sept 16 (10am–2pm), the Westport Observatory (K1WAS) joins a major emergency drill organized by the Trumbull & Aspetuck Health Districts. Local EMS, Red Cross, SART & 5 hospitals team up — with CT-ARES ham radio operators keeping comms flowing! 🚨🚑
#K1WAS #CTARES #EmergencyPreparedness #WestportCT #RedCross #SART
CQ CQ! Field Day is Almost Here! June 28–29 we fire up K1WAS, the Westport Astronomical Society's amateur radio station for the annual ARRL Field Day. It's an annual amateur radio activity organized since 1933 by the National Association for Amateur Radio in the United States. Be a part of the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio. https://was-ct.org/events/k1was-field-day_2025
#K1WAS #ARRLFieldDay #HamRadio #WestportAstronomicalSociety #FieldDay2025 #AmateurRadio #CTEvents
It's a busy month as the Westport Astronomical Society's amateur radio station hosts ARRL Field Day at the Westport Observatory June 28-29 with our friends from local clubs HARC, FARA and members of GNARC. We'd love to see you for ham radio's big day! https://ow.ly/YaSN50W4NzR
#K1WAS #ARRLFD #ARRL #HamRadio #AmateurRadio
Congratulations to our amateur radio club K1WAS who participated in the ARRL DX SSB contest this weekend. Unofficially, the team ended up with 573 QSO's (contacts) and an unofficial score of 367,866. Great job team - way to work the world!
The Westport Astronomical Society's amateur radio station K1WAS crackles to life this weekend for the annual Winter Field Day. We'll be in the hamshack (the WAS classroom) from Saturday and Sunday working other radio stations across the USA. Get on the air with us! https://was-ct.org/events/k1was-winter-field-day2025/
#K1WAS #WestportAstronomicalSociety #WinterFieldDay #AmateurRadio #Ham
The Westport Astronomical Society’s amateur radio station K1WAS crackles back to life for Winter Field Day 2025. We like comfort and will be warm and comfy with some good food and tall tales in the WAS Ham Shack aka the WAS Classroom and everyone is welcome! https://ow.ly/E9l850UHTWU
The Westport Astronomical Society's amateur radio club K1WAS scored big in a recent ARRL contest that was just posted. We achieved the phenomenal result of 1st Place Connecticut, 3rd Place New England and 6th Place North America W/VE as K1WAS. Congrats to Larry AB1JC, David KB1LTW, Jeff KB1LZ, Sam W1SMF and Gary WE1M for this achievement.
#K1WAS #ARRL #Radio #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #WestportAstronomicalSociety #WestportCT #Connecticut #NewEngland #NorthAmerica #DXContest
The Westport Astronomical Society's amateur radio club K1WAS will host the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio - Field Day! Join your friends and get on the air, Saturday through Sunday, June 22 and 23rd. The event is open to everyone!
https://was-ct.org/events/arrl-field-day-with-k1was/
#AMATEURRADIO #ARRL #ARRLFD #FARA #FIELDDAY2024 #GNARC #HAM #HAMRADIO #HARC #K1WAS #RADIO #WESTPORTOBSERVATORY
The Bloomin' Metric Bike Tour got underway this morning 5/19 starting at Sherwood Island with many of the K1WAS amateur radio club members participating like David Schadlich KB1LTW who took a breather at the bottom of the hill at the Observatory. Marilyn Rice NU7T, Sam Fox W1SMF, and Jeff Cronin KB1LZ ran support on the route. Thanks for keeping everyone safe today!
#WestportCT #BloominMetric #K1WAS #WestportObservatory #WestportAstronomicalSociety
SOLAR ECLIPSE DOPPLER-SHIFTS TIME SIGNALS: Last week's total eclipse of the sun did more than cast a shadow. It also Doppler-shifted radio transmissions of atomic time across the USA. More than a dozen ham radio monitoring stations measured the effect. https://spaceweather.com has details on yet another amazing effect of the eclipse.
Our amateur radio club #K1WAS is on location at Texas Tech and about to fly 2 high-altitude #balloons at 80,000 feet into #totality to monitor atmospheric changes and to see the shadow of the #eclipse zoom across the surface of our planet. Watch it live thanks to a grant from #NASA, and our partners at the University of Bridgeport, and the University of New Haven.
The live stream begins at 10 am Eastern Monday morning on YouTube! APRS is https://aprs.fi/#!z=9&call=a%2FKB1LTW-15&timerange=43200&tail=21600 and https://aprs.fi/#!z=9&call=a%2FKB1LTW-11&timerange=43200&tail=21600
https://www.youtube.com/live/6NC0UPlddyI?si=55KTjgnIMatsQi_Y
Join us in the WAS ham shack for K1WAS ARRL Field Day this Weekend, June 24 and 25! - https://mailchi.mp/was-ct/2023_field_day
The Westport Astronomical Society’s Amateur Radio Club #K1WAS celebrates #ARRL #FieldDay June 24-25! WAS will host Field Day on June 24-25, from 2 pm Saturday to Sunday. Field Day is ham radio's open house, and everyone is welcome to get on the air! #ARRLFD #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #WestportObservatory
