The David Sarnoff Radio Club (“DSRC”) is a general-interest amateur radio club serving the greater Princeton, NJ area. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in amateur radio. There are no dues. DSRC is an ARRL affiliated club.
ARRL Field Day 2025 was June 28-29
Learn about our club’s participation in this event… HERE and HERE
New feature… now you can “Like” our pages by clicking the “Thumbs Up” at the end of a post or page or even an event announcement.
See our events page for monthly meeting and other events!
Also, you are welcome at our Monthly Meetings on the Third Tuesday of each month (except December and summer months)
Recent Club News:
- Experimenter’s Picnic 2025A Sunday Afternoon in August… what’s better than a cookout with Ham Radio? (Most photos by Cushla, KD2TCH, from https://www.facebook.com/David.Sarnoff.Radio.Club) And That’s just the start…. 3 0
- Field Day 2025 Wrap Up 2- Reporters and TanglesDot, Dot, Dash… Our club caught the attention of two Franklin Reporter journalists… Here’s a link to their story. Note that the video may not show… but have no fear! https://franklinreporter.com/ham-radio-enthusiasts-gather-in-township-for-field-day-activities/ The video is shared on Facebook (you don’t need an account) at https://www.facebook.com/franklinreporter/videos/1644675236193130/?t=0. Tangles Even after Friday night weed whacking, there was still work to do. The effort was worth it!! 1 0
- Field Day 2025 Wrap Up 1The weather was better than last year… that is, we did not have an actual thunderstorm. The turnout was great with 30 participants, and the score was great! Officials Come Visit!! More to come… 4 0
- ARRL Field Day 2025 is coming!We have two pages of information (click on the page names to go there):1) Field Day 2025 is the page for visitors and general information about ARRL Field Day and to contact us!2) Field Day Prep is the page for members to find a site map and work that needs doing 1 0
- Morse Code Day 2025In honor of Morse and Vail’s first intercity telegraph message on May 24, 1844, and the connecting of Boston to Washington via New Jersey in 1846, we held a small commemoration and demonstration at the Kingston NJ Canal House and Telegraph House. The goal was to explain the use of the small white building, built as a toll house in 1834 and adapted for a telegraph office sometime in 1846. As part… Read More »
- Notes from May 2025 MeetingMeeting announcement (Edited) Once tuning an antenna was a lot of guesswork, with paper plottingof SWR and fiddling with matching sections. Now with a NanoVNA youcan see the match, and watch as you tune up an antenna… acrossthe band! If you have a NanoVNA, please bring it! Once sending email via VARA HF Winlink required using the currentsolar flux index to calculate a radio propagation model, then selectan HF RMS node from… Read More »
… join us…
You can learn more about us on our page called “About Us”
To become a member, simply attend a club meeting, fill-out a membership application, and submit it the club secretary.
… feel free to explore ….
Here are some pages you may want to browse:
- About our Ham Radio Club, meetings, repeater, name
- Amateur Radio Links and Resources from area organizations
- Upcoming Events Our Calendar as a list or table
- Emergency Readiness and Organizations we work with
- Our club’s previous activities can be found via our Archive page
Download this quick reference .pdf to learn about us and ham radio:
Why did you call the website “N2RE.ORG”? Our club was granted the callsign “n2re” by the Federal Communications Commission. We use it for our repeater and when we operate radios as a group.
Our club also advertises special events for the Ham Radio community on the site “QRZ.com” Follow: this link.
To learn more about the hobby of Amateur Radio, follow this link: American Radio Relay League (ARRL.)
The DSRC is a primary sponsor of the Make Operating Radio Easier (MORE) Project, which provides FREE Technician license training, study materials, testing, licensing, Get On The Air activities, and MORE! Use this link http://n2re.org/m-o-r-e-project or the M.O.R.E. PROJECT tab at the top of this webpage to view the 2-step instructions to apply to be a student. We’re also looking for MORE group leaders, trainers and volunteer examiners.
More from our latest blog posts:
- Experimenter’s Picnic 2025A Sunday Afternoon in August… what’s better than a cookout with Ham Radio? (Most photos by Cushla, KD2TCH, from https://www.facebook.com/David.Sarnoff.Radio.Club) And That’s just the start…. 3 0
- Field Day 2025 Wrap Up 2- Reporters and TanglesDot, Dot, Dash… Our club caught the attention of two Franklin Reporter journalists… Here’s a link to their story. Note that the video may not show… but have no fear! https://franklinreporter.com/ham-radio-enthusiasts-gather-in-township-for-field-day-activities/ The video is shared on Facebook (you don’t need an account) at https://www.facebook.com/franklinreporter/videos/1644675236193130/?t=0. Tangles Even after Friday night weed whacking, there was still work to do. The effort was worth it!! 1 0
- Field Day 2025 Wrap Up 1The weather was better than last year… that is, we did not have an actual thunderstorm. The turnout was great with 30 participants, and the score was great! Officials Come Visit!! More to come… 4 0
- ARRL Field Day 2025 is coming!We have two pages of information (click on the page names to go there):1) Field Day 2025 is the page for visitors and general information about ARRL Field Day and to contact us!2) Field Day Prep is the page for members to find a site map and work that needs doing 1 0
- Morse Code Day 2025In honor of Morse and Vail’s first intercity telegraph message on May 24, 1844, and the connecting of Boston to Washington via New Jersey in 1846, we held a small commemoration and demonstration at the Kingston NJ Canal House and Telegraph House. The goal was to explain the use of the small white building, built as a toll house in 1834 and adapted for a telegraph office sometime in 1846. As part of the commemoration, we set up a Morse Code station (CW) and antenna and contacted two other Amateur Radio Stations via Morse Code. The photo shows Don, AK2S,… Read More »