Eastern Massachusetts ARRL

“At this month’s Barnstable Amateur Radio Club meeting on  February 1, 2021 at 7 PM our guest speaker is Rob Macedo, KD1CY. He will present an Introduction to SKYWARN and updates relative to BARC.” For the Zoom link information, contact Norm Cantin, WA1NLG, at norman -dot- cantin -at- gmail -dot -com.

The Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club’s January meeting is TONIGHT, Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:30 PM. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom. … Thanks to Jim Hein, N8VIM, and Medtronics for the Zoom conference. I apologize for such late notice. January’s traditional meeting program is our annual “Members Short Subjects” night. If you have a short presentation, please let me or one the officers know. Even if you come up with something at the last minute, come to the meeting, present, and join in the fun! [Contact Bruce Blain, K1BG, at bruce -dot- blain -at- charter -dot- net …

Welcome back to all of our returning [Northeastern Wireless Club] members, and also to all of our new members! We hope this semester we will be able to get to know you all better and help everyone in their engineering and academic endeavors. This semester we will still be having general meetings, workshops, discussions, and more!  Our first meeting is this Thursday, January 21st, 6-7PM. We will be introducing new members to the club and sharing details about the upcoming semester. The meeting will be on Zoom, hope to see you all there!  Also, make sure to join our Slack …

The Boston Amateur Radio Club will feature a presentation on the Zoom teleconferencing platform on Thursday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m. by BARC Vice President Doc Kinne, KE1ML, on the RCForb remote radio system. [For Zoom meeting information, email Doc Kinne, KE1ML at ke1ml@arrl.net.]  

The K1USN Radio Club is pleased to announce that our next K1USN Zoom presentation will feature the granddaughter of shipboard radio operator hero, Jack Binns. Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace has just recently published an updated biography about her grandfather.   If anyone would like to attend, they just need to send me an e-mail  at k1rv@arrl.net. I will be sending out invitations starting on Sunday, Jan 17th. As always, we ask that the Zoom login information not be shared with others to help us minimize the possibility of “Zoom Bombing.”   — CQD! Here MKC! Shipwrecked!   In 1909, three years …

Steve, Schwarm, W3EVE, Wrentham, will present “Amateur Radio’s Role at the Boston Marathon Bombing,” at the North Shore Radio Association on January 18, 2021 at 7 PM.  “Amateur radio has played a significant role in public service communications for the Boston Marathon for several decades. That role was put to the test in 2013 when two bombs were exploded near the finish line. This presentation will describe the role that ham radio played at the Marathon and how that role changed due to the bombing.” Zoom conference information will be sent via the NSRA groups.io mailing list.  Contact Eric, KA1NCF, …

Larry Banks, W1DYJ, will present on, “CW DXCC in Six Months” at the January Minuteman Repeater Association Members Meeting online on  Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 7:30 PM.  “In 2014, after 52 years as a ham and multiple attempts to learn CW, Larry finally decided to become proficient and not only use it, but enjoy it. Starting with some history, this talk describes Larry’s “project” to learn CW. It includes a CW training app, rig interfaces, a realization that contesting was the best way to learn CW (and some contesting details), logging software, and finally Larry’s short and long term …