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New Providence Amateur Radio Club
The  Radio Club of the Watchung Hills Area
P.O. Box  813, New Providence, NJ  07974    USA
n2xj@arrl.net

 
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Club FM Simplex on 145.750 MHz


Club call signs are N2XJ and W2FMI



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page last modified: Thu Oct 7 06:31:19 2021 PT

W2FMI - An NPARC Callsign

NPARC callsigns are normally used during a club activity where one or more club members will be operating a radio station in the name of the club. For example, each June the club participates in a 24 hour "contest" called Field Day. The objective is to make contact with as many other clubs or individuals as possible using emergency power only (batteries, generators, solar panels, etc.) During this event, rather than use our individual callsigns, we use the collective club callsign, N2XJ or W2FMI. (To learn more about callsigns, visit the About Callsigns page on this web site.)

How did we get the W2FMI callsign? Callsigns in the United States are issued by the FCC (Federal Communication Commission). The FCC normally issues a radio license applicant the next callsign in sequence; for example, KC2IBB, then KC2IBC, etc. In addition, the FCC also allows applicants to apply for specific callsigns. In particular,  a radio club can apply for the club sign of a deceased club member (we call them silent keys) with permission of the family within the first two years of the death. And that brings us to Jerry Sevick, W2FMI, a former NPARC club member but now a silent key.

QSL image for W2FMI

Photo: 1st Lieutenant Jerry Sevick in 1943. He was a U.S. Army Air Force Pilot engaged in the original evaluation and testing of air defense RADAR.

Jerry Sevick is well known in the amateur radio community for his seminal work on Baluns and Ununs.  He authored a number of books and a series of articles on the area.  His work on these devices was adopted as a standard by the IEEE.

Dr. Sevick held a B. S. degree from Wayne State University and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University.  He was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1956 until his retirement as Director of Technical Relations in 1985.