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New England Area Flea Markets 10/07/08
Posted by k9hi on: Thursday 09 October 2008 @ 16:17:58
New England Area   Ham - Electronic  Flea Market  ***  DATES  *** 2008 P 1 of 2
All events are Ham Radio/ Electronic related except ~_____~

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2008 Contact Source
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10-11 Oct Deerfield NH NearFest @FG Mike K1TWF 978 250 1235 W

12 Oct Wallingford CT Nutmeg Conv $20/sp $7@9 John N1GNV 203 440 4468

18 Oct Manchester NH NEAntqRC @BingoCtr $15@7:30$5@8:30 Charlie 603 898 4821 F

18 Oct Greenwood NS NSARA @CommCtr $3@10 S@8 Burt VE1AMA 902 847 7073 W

19 Oct Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776
Third Sunday April thru October

25 Oct Waterford CT TCARC Auction @Oswegat Fire @10 Tom WA2RYV 860 464 6555 +

25 Oct Longueuil PQ MS-SARC @PlDesaul $5@9 $10/T@6 David VE2EDF 450 672 9791 W

26 Oct Hicksville NY LIMARC @LevitHall Richard K2KNB 516 694 4937 A+

1 Nov Londonderry NH IRS @Lions Sellers$15@6 $3@8 George N1NAZ 603 421 0940 +

7 Nov Feeding Hills MA HCRA Auction @CongCh @6:30PM Jim KK1W 413 245 3228

8 Nov Bourne MA FARA @UpperCC VoTech $5@9 $10/S@7 Ralph N1YHS 508 548 0422

6 Dec Windsor CT VR+C Mus 115 Pierson LN @7AM Indoors John 860 673 0518

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Pentucket RA To Operate At Parker River NWR Oct. 12
Posted by k9hi on: Tuesday 07 October 2008 @ 10:00:52
Pentucket Radio Association logoLarry Caruso, K1LGC writes on PRA625 list:

It's that time of year again. The Pentucket Radio Association will be at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters this Sunday, October 12th from 1500Z to 2000Z for National Wildlife Refuge Week. The weather looks promising; partly sunny with highs in the 70s - a nice fall day. If you missed us last year, we set up similarly to a Field Day operation by stringing an antenna and feedline from a tree to a flagpole and running over to a transceiver set up under a shelter outside the Refuge Headquarters. There will be several other Refuges on the air at this time we might be able to contact. In the process we promote the National Wildlife Refuge System to all we contact and encourage folks to get outside, to visit a refuge near them!

The Refuge Headquarters building is located at 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA. We will begin set-up at 9:00 am (1300Z). I could use a couple hams to help me set up. This should go pretty smoothly, especially since you've all practiced at the NEARfest on Friday and Saturday! I will be bringing an easy-up shelter, radio, antenna, feedline and tuner. Also a 6' folding table and a couple chairs. If last year was any indication, this event is fixing to be a great time once again. The bands should be active and we should be able to make lots of good contacts. [...]

Hope to see you all there. Bring your families and spend some time perusing the displays in the headquarters building. Then head for the refuge, which is just a short drive up the road. There's lots of nice walking trails and beaches to explore; you never know what you'll see. The refuge is home to hawks, deer, foxes and other four-legged critters. It is also a major stop-over area for migrating waterfowl. Bring binoculars and/or a camera so you can take home some memories.

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General "Crash Course" from Framingham ARA
Posted by k9hi on: Tuesday 07 October 2008 @ 00:03:02
Framingham ARA 75th anniversary logoThe Framingham Amateur Radio Association is putting on a General "crash course" for all amateurs in the metrowest and central Massachusetts areas (and beyond) on 10/18/2008 and 10/25/2008 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM each day. No text, no fee; Techs and Novices welcome. The course will be held at the club shack at 123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA, or GPS coordinates Lat 42.28148 N Long 71.41855 W. Park in the Library parking garage on Lexington St, then walk away from the library, down the alley between the Danforth and the parking garage, and enter through the double doors at the bottom of the stairwell. Talk-in on telephone at 508-879-8097 and W1FY repeater at 147.15+ (no PL).

--Thanks, wma.arrl.org

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KY1N List of New England VE Sessions, October 6, 2008
Posted by k9hi on: Monday 06 October 2008 @ 11:27:31
                         The KY1N Memorial List
Scheduled Amateur Radio Volunteer Examinations - CT MA ME NH RI VT
10/06/08 Rev A
Jim, WW1Y, Editor
Date Time Contact Location Phone
10/08/08 19:00 Bruce Anderson, W1LUS Billerica MA 978-851-2886
10/09/08 19:00 Louis Mester, W1CH Providence RI 401-263-6045
10/09/08 19:00 Kevin Cellini, N1KGM Trumbull CT 203-268-5015
10/10/08 18:30 Ralph T Stetson III, KD1R Burlington VT 802-878-6454
10/11/08 09:00 Don Tarbet, KD1XU Bangor ME 207-327-1453
10/11/08 10:00 Bruce Anderson, W1LUS Deerfield NH 978-851-2886
10/11/08 09:00 Ben Fleck, K2LYE Falmouth MA 508-540-2583
10/11/08 09:00 Steven Ewald, WV1X Newington CT 860-594-0265
10/12/08 12:00 Bob Quinn, WV1A Gloucester MA 978-283-4660
10/14/08 18:30 Wilburn A Scott, WA1YNZ Presque Isle ME 207-455-8333
10/14/08 19:00 Lawrence Polowy, KU1L Thomaston CT 860-283-4089
10/15/08 19:00 Robert E Moreland, KA1ZMF Milford CT 203-934-4059
10/16/08 19:30 Louis Harris, N1UEC Canton MA 508-668-0858
10/16/08 18:00 Bryce Rumery, K1GAX South Portland ME 207-799-1116
10/16/08 18:30 John Ruggiero, N2YHK Worcester MA 508-982-0617
10/18/08 09:00 Bill Wade, K1IJ Marlborough MA 617-699-3670
10/18/08 09:00 Bob Jones, WB1P Slatersville RI 401-333-4787

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TACG And WARC Will Conduct Joint JOTA Operation 10/18/08
Posted by k9hi on: Monday 06 October 2008 @ 11:22:44
TACG/WARC JOTA logosThe Taunton Area Communications Group and the Whitman Amateur Radio Club will join forces on Saturday, October 18, 2008 during the 51st Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) at Camp Norse in Kingston, Massachusetts.

Annawon Council BSA will be hosting the Covered Wagon Derby. Cub Scouts from Sachem District will take part in several Scout activities which will include Amateur Radio and JOTA. Last year KC1TAC and WA1NPO put over 130 Cub Scouts on air. This year we hope to expand to greater numbers by opening a second station for Boy Scout Troops and Venture Crews. Don Burke, KB1LXH and Paul Moss, KB1MTW will be joined by other local hams and Scouts to operate KC1TAC and WA1NPO from 0800 until 1500 local time.

Don, KB1LXH reports: It is out hope to put every Scout on-the-air that wants to speak. We have two to four HF stations and multiple 2M stations to operate from. Last year's condition were not good for HF, so we opened up 2M rigs and made several contacts over the region. That is the plan again for this year. We have tentative arrangements to talk to the surrounding Scout Councils. They are Cape and Island, Narragansett, Boston Minuteman, Old Colony and Annawon just to name a few. We are still looking for other Scout groups and Amateur Radio Stations that would like to be added to our contact list. We will also be operating on the World Scout Frequencies 80M: 3.690 & 3.940 MHz, 40M: 7.090 & 7.190 MHz, 20M: 14.290 MHz and 17M: 18.140 MHz.



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Hams Assist During Family Fall Frolic Road Race in East Bridgewater
Posted by k9hi on: Friday 03 October 2008 @ 16:23:17
Comm support for the '08 E. Bridgewater Fun FrolicThe East Bridgewater YMCA was again thankful for radio communication support of members from the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association and the Whitman Amateur Radio Club during the Family Fall Frolic Road Race on Sept 28. The walkers left the start line at 10:00 am; runners followed at 10:30. The 4-mile event encountered light- to moderate rain and standing water on parts of the roadway. It was a challenge for the walkers and runners who participated.

MARA and WARC members who participated included: N1FRE, K1VQ, KB1MOC, KB1MTW, NI1X, KB1CYV, N1XTB.

--Thanks, N1XTB

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Framingham ARA Grabs Some PR In Boston Globe
Posted by k9hi on: Friday 03 October 2008 @ 10:53:29
FARA members shown in Globe articleMembers of the Framingham Amateur Radio Association were interviewed for a front-page article in the Metrowest section of The Boston Globe entitled Ham Radio Showing Its Gray on October 2, 2008.

Despite the less-than-positive title, the article successfully depicted the lure of Amateur Radio, the excitement of making distant HF radio contacts and the devotion to the hobby by the FARA members.

Sumner Weisman, W1VIV was featured prominently in the article. Weisman described his "first crystal-controlled radio transmitter more than 50 years ago" consisting of a single vacuum tube, and the "long wire along the roof of his house."

Other club members described Amateur Radio as "a hobby that requires patience - as well as knowledge, training, and skill - draws a more interesting class of people than does the Web."

ARRL Public Relations Manager Allan Pitts, W1AGP was also quoted in the story. "Ham radio is attracting new fans from two groups: recent retirees who now have the free time to scratch some longtime itch to learn radio, and young people - late teens, early 20s - who 'are interested in the emergency communication aspect of amateur radio.'"



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New Regional ARES Net Convenes On Six Meters
Posted by k9hi on: Tuesday 16 September 2008 @ 16:45:41
Jason Janvrin, WA1NH writes on the North Shore ARES discussion group:

Greetings from north of the Border.

I would invite all stations to participate in a new 'Regional' net on 6M. The repeater is located in Goffstown, NH on Mt Uncanoonic. The input is in Derry, NH. 53.07 output with pl of 100.0. 52.07 input with pl of 151.4.

The net will convene on Saturday, Sept 20 at 7PM. This is an attempt to establish a regional resource for possible ARES use during a disaster. I am told that the SM from NH will try to make it onto the net.

Please post this to as many ARES reflectors that are in range of the repeater. This should include all of Eastern Mass, Western Mass, Southern NH, Southern Maine, and Southern Vermont.

73,
Jason Janvrin, WA1NH
EC, East Rockingham, NHARES


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Whitman ARC Saftler's Flea Market "A Financial Success"
Posted by k9hi on: Tuesday 16 September 2008 @ 11:04:58
Whitman ARC gang at Saftler Flea, 9/1/08The Whitman Amateur Radio Club's Saftler’s flea market was a financial success, according to WARC President Paul Burbine, N1VTI. The Labor Day event was attended by 31 Whitman club members and 15 area hams. "This was a great social event where we were able to have eyeball QSOs and get an update on "radioactive" projects, added Burbine. In addition, the club's station, WA1NPO was activated for the event.

Shown here (standing, l. to r.): N1OGP, N1VPU, N1SOM, K1VU, KB1CYV, K1REL N1IQI. kneeling: KB1MTW, N1ZZN, NM1F, NI1X.

--Thanks, Whitman ARC Spectrum, September 2008


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KY1N List of Volunteer Exam Sessions, Sept. 15, 2008
Posted by k9hi on: Monday 15 September 2008 @ 23:15:23
                         The KY1N Memorial List
Scheduled Amateur Radio Volunteer Examinations - CT MA ME NH RI VT
9/15/08
Jim, WW1Y, Editor
Date Time Contact Location Phone
09/15/08 19:00 Skip Denault, KB1CNB Fall River MA 774-644-3469
09/16/08 19:00 Orrin Riggott, AB1EL Portland CT 860-223-8867
09/16/08 19:00 Paul Lux, K1PL Portland CT 860-635-1742
09/17/08 19:30 Nick Altenbernd, KA1MQX Cambridge MA 617-253-3776
09/17/08 19:00 Robert E Moreland, KA1ZMF Milford CT 203-934-4059
09/18/08 19:00 *Steven Telsey, N1BDA Brookline MA 978-369-7366
09/18/08 19:30 Louis Harris, N1UEC Canton MA 508-668-0858
09/20/08 09:00 Michael Sanford, KB1GEO Alexander ME 207-427-3058
09/20/08 09:00 Bill Wade, K1IJ Marlborough MA 617-699-3670
09/24/08 19:00 *Paul Upham, KD1YH Shirley MA 978-597-6535
09/26/08 18:00 David Cote, W1FAB Holyoke MA 413-575-2950
09/27/08 10:00 Ivan Lazure, N1OXA Auburn ME 000-000-0000
09/27/08 09:00 William D Wilson, K1IN Bloomfield CT 860-869-1059
09/27/08 09:00 Kenneth Carr, KB1AWV Cranston RI 401-828-1665
09/27/08 12:00 +Daniel Lee, W1DFL Danvers MA 978-352-4513
09/27/08 09:00 Jack P Garforth, N1JK Middletown RI 401-683-2250
09/28/08 19:00 Karen Collins, WA1ZPA W Tisbury MA 508-627-5533
09/29/08 19:00 Karen Collins, WA1ZPA W Tisbury MA 508-627-5533
09/30/08 19:00 Karen Collins, WA1ZPA W

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A Half A Marathon, But A Whole Lot Of Fun
Posted by k9hi on: Monday 08 September 2008 @ 13:40:04
Boston ARC logoBob Salow, WA1IDA writes:

The ham public service events are winding down for this year, so soon you can relax (except for the "real" disasters). Here we are at the Eighth Annual BAA Half Marathon. For the past seven years this event received huge acclaim in the athlete's world - largely because of the skills and experience of the organizers and support staff (we are definitely a part of that). The Half is run almost entirely in Boston (2% in Brookline), with more than 5000 local, national and international athletes expected. Proceeds benefit the Jimmy Fund.

Our ham radio team has been asked again to support communications for this event doing our usual medical, water and administrative tasks. We definitely need your help - and more hams. Time is short.

The Half Marathon will be held on SUNDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2008. Time and other details are below. The course is along the length of the "Emerald Necklace" (as beautiful as you can get in Boston). The out-and-back route starts and finishes at Clemente Park in the Fenway. It follows the Riverway, Jamaicaway, and Arborway to the Franklin Park Zoo for a turnaround and return on almost the same route.

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New MEMA Courses Offered
Posted by k9hi on: Monday 08 September 2008 @ 11:21:12
Mass. Emergency Management Agency logoTom Kinahan, N1CPE writes on MRAS-Leaders:

The following new courses have been added to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency's training calendar:

Hazmat Awareness at Mass Highway District One on September 26, 2008

Incident Command System 100 at Maynard MRC/Elderly Housing Community Room on September 27, 2008

Incident Command System 400 at DelValle Institute - O'Neill Room on October 23, 2008

NIMS-700 / ICS-100 at Bedford Police Department on October 4, 2008

Visit our web site at http://tinyurl.com/ypzh5y for more details.



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New England Area Flea Markets, September 3, 2008
Posted by k9hi on: Saturday 06 September 2008 @ 09:38:59
New England Area   Ham - Electronic  Flea Market  ***  DATES  *** 2008 P 1 of 2
All events are Ham Radio/ Electronic related except ~_____~

NB ** The Windsor ME event has been changed to Saturday 6 Sept. 2008 *****

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2008 Contact Source
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6 Sept Windsor ME AARA @FG Bill K1NIT 207 623 9075 A+

13 Sept Windsor CT VR+C Mus 115 Pierson LN @6AM Tailgate John 860 673 0518

13 Sept Ballston Spa NY SCRACES @FG @7 Darlene N2XQG 518 587 2385 W

13 Sept Montreal PQ WIARC Auction @ShrinerH $5@9 $15/T@8 VE2CWI W+

14 Sept Newtown CT CARA @TownHall $6@8:30 $10/15@7 Joe AB1DO 203 938 4880 W

20 Sept Alton NH MASONS @Lodge @7 Tg$10 $20/inside T Bob W1GWU 603 776 0086 A

20 Sept Forestdale RI RIFMRS @VFW rt146 8A flea+auct Rick K1KYI 401 864 9611

20 Sept Alexander ME StCCARC @ElSch Rt9 Mike KB1GEO 207 427 3058 A

21 Sept Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776
Third Sunday April thru October

27-28 Sept Wakefield MA Photographica @AmericalCtr ~photo~ John 781 592 2553 W

27 Sep Drummondville PQ CRADI @StBernard $5@9$15@7 Omer VE2OML 819 478 0478 R

5 Oct Queens NY HOSARC $5@9 $10/SP Stephen WB2KDG 718 898 5599 W

10-11 Oct Deerfield NH NearFest @FG Mike K1TWF 978 250 1235 W

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Preorder Your Boxboro Tickets
Posted by k9hi on: Tuesday 19 August 2008 @ 22:49:18
ARRL New England Division Convention logoMike Raisbeck, K1TWF writes:

As you have probably heard by now, the ARRL New England Convention, "Boxboro!", is only days away. The convention begins Friday, August 22 and runs through Sunday, August 24. There's still time to preorder your tickets at http://boxboro.org (through August 20). Tickets for the Friday DXCC dinner and Saturday Banquet must be preordered.

If you'd prefer to wait, you can also purchase General Admission and Flea Market spaces as the door.

Either way, we hope to see you there!

73,

Mike Raisbeck
on behalf of the Boxboro Convention Committee

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Whitman ARC QRV At The Marshfield Fair
Posted by k9hi on: Sunday 17 August 2008 @ 10:51:08
Marshfield Fair Special Events QSL cardMembers of the Whitman Amateur Radio Club are active right now at the annual Marshfield Fair with a special event station, NN1MF and Amateur Radio exhibit booth August 15-24. Bill Hayden, N1FRE is coordinating the event.

As in previous years, hams will explain Amateur Radio to the public and introduce youngsters to Morse code. In the past, the crew made approximately 150 contacts with 31 states, 15 foreign countries, and two Canadian provinces.

—Thanks, Whitman ARC Spectrum, August, 2008

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The 'Real Heros'
"I'm going to tell you who the heroes were from the very beginning of this...the ham radio operators. These people just came in and actually provided a tremendous communication link to us." --Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, comments to the media in the aftermath of a powerful storm that overwhelmed parts of Oregon with wind and rain.

Written Into The Plans
"When the curtain is finally drawn on this calamity, you will see Amateur Radio and ARES written -- or re-written -- into a host of more governmental and non-governmental organization plans for the future. Guaranteed." —Rick Palm, K1CE, Editor, the ARRL ARES E-letter, reflecting on the herculean efforts of ARES members in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy

Presidential Greetings
"I send greetings to those celebrating the annual Field Day for Amateur Radio, hosted by the American Radio Relay League. Across our country, radio plays a vital role in relaying important information to the public and emergency service personnel in times of need. By providing emergency communications at the federal, state, and local level, licensed Amateur Radio operators help first responders and law enforcement officials save lives and make our country safer. Your efforts help ensure the right assistance gets to the right people at the right time. I appreciate all ham operators who give their time and energy to help make our citizens more secure. Your good work reflects the spirit of America and contributes to a culture of responsibility and citizenship that strengthens our nation. Laura and I send our best wishes." --George W. Bush

"Twenty-Eight Flavors"
"There are a lot of new things out there, like PSK-31 and the Internet linking that didn't exist a few years ago. We want to find a way to effectively get the word out to those who don't know that there are 28 flavors of Amateur Radio now, not just vanilla, chocolate and strawberry."—Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, Chief Executive Officer, ARRL

Ham Radio And Pizza?
'I'm not a ham, but it seems to me that there isn't much basis in fact for an assertion that Amateur Radio is 'horribly outmoded.' My guess is that you think it has been made obsolete by the Internet. That strikes me as being palpably untrue, as well as a bit like saying the fact that so many people eat pizza means good restaurants are outmoded." —A Slashdot reader responding to a recent article posted about ham radio

"America's Quiet Warriors"
"America's quiet warriors are the legion of ham radio operators, 700,000 of them, who are always at ready for backup duty in emergencies--amateur, unpaid, uncelebrated, civilian radio operators, during and after floods and fires and tornadoes. After the nine-one-one attacks, hams were indispensible in reuniting friends and families. Most recently it was they who expedited the search for debris after the disaster to the Space Shuttle Columbia, and right now, at this moment, they are involved in homeland security..." —Paul Harvey, March 19, 2003

"On a Wing and a Bandwidth"
"Long before you could boot up, log on and point and click your way around the globe, there was ham radio. Churning out an audio cocktail of beeps and whirs, chirps and static, the ham radio was a passport, of sorts, for a particular kind of technology-loving, wander-lusting, basement- dwelling Good Samaritan. Someone who knew and relished the difference between a picofarad and a millihenry. Someone who appreciated the random fortune of a favorable ionosphere and a continent-hopping connection. But there's no need to talk about ham radio in the past tense, because some two-and-a-half million hams world wide still consider 20 megahertz the preferred way to fly. You can keep your broadband. Ham radio. On a wing, and a bandwidth." —The Connection, WBUR, June 12, 2003

"Valued Assets to Homeland Security"
"Ham operators want the rest of the nation to stop thinking of them as geeky basement hobbyists and start regarding them as valued assets to homeland security." —Chuck McCutcheon, Newhouse News Service, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"And That's The Way It Is"
"When [Amateur Radio Today] was finished and they turned the lights back up, everybody applauded. I didn't have to say another word." — ARRL President Jim Haynie. ARRL became an affiliate of Citizen Corps--an initiative within the Department of Homeland Security--in June during the ARRL 2003 National Convention. Haynie said Amateur Radio Today [narrated by Walter Cronkite] turned out to be "the proverbial picture worth a thousand words" for the crowd of some 300 conference attendees.

"Like Losing An Arm"
"The National Weather Service calls ham radio operators its eyes and ears -- volunteers with federally licensed radio transmitters in their vehicles who provide "ground truth" about severe weather that the forecasters can see only on their radar and computer screens. So weather service meteorologists -- particularly those at the Austin and San Antonio forecast center in New Braunfels, who regularly deal with severe storms, floods and tornadoes -- worry about a new threat to ham radio operators. 'They tell us whether warnings need to be extended or allowed to expire,' weather service meteorologist Larry Eblen said. 'It'd be like losing an arm.' The threat is an experimental technology called broadband over power line, which would use electric power lines to transmit digital data. It would give electricity customers high-speed Internet access comparable with that offered by cable television and phone companies. But power line access would offer the additional convenience of being available at any wall plug." —American-Statesman, April 5, 2004

Past Announcements
August 17
GEMOTO-900 MHz Repeater Presentation At Boxboro

August 16
Head Of The Charles Help Requested

August 12
MMRA "Foxbox" Will Be QRV At Boxboro

August 08
Harvard Wireless Club Student Activity Fair, Sept. 17

August 07
NWS Hurricane Presentation, Taunton, 08/18/08

August 05
Cape Ann ARC Field Day Video To Air On Local Cable

August 03
New England Area Flea Markets, August 2, 2008

August 02
AA6YQ Wins ARRL Technical Innovation Award

July 30
W1AA To Activate Scituate Light

July 28
Eastern MA Traffic Handlers Picnic, August 3, 2008

Volunteers Needed For Cranberry Country Triathlon, August 24, 2008

New MEMA Courses Offered

July 27
Waltham ARA 146.64 Now Mixed Mode Analog/APCO P25

July 26
CAARA To Activate Thatcher I.

Nashoba Valley ARC Supports 49th Longsjo Classic

July 24
Twenty Years Later, MS Bike Tour NCS Passes The Mic

July 22
Framingham ARA Members Place In ARRL DX Test

Two Eastern MA Youths Win FAR Scholarships

July 18
Whitman ARC Fox Hunt, July 27

July 13
MARS, MEMA Conduct Hurricane Exercise


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