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A pair of smart shoes has been created to let industrial workers keep in touch via toe-typed coded messages.
The footwear was inspired by Morse code, but made possible by the latest communication technologies.
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones meets the firm responsible at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Genesis Amateur Radio Society linux training sessions continue through March, 2018.
According to GARS Project Manager Jack Buckley, W1AKN, the sessions will address:
The training sessions run from 9 AM until 12 noon in the Genesis ARS meeting room at the Plymouth Airport.
Middleborough amateur Phil McNamara, N1XTB has concluded a six-week Technician licensing class with great results. “Twelve folks passed, three did not. Two more couldn’t attend the exam session and will be going to a different session.”
The Eastern MA Amateur Radio Group in Canton conducted the testing session.
McNamara conducted the class at the request of the local Medical Reserve Corps coordinator. “He agreed that we could open it up to the local boy scouts. Several of the scouts passed, so we have some new young hams!”
Special events station W1MGY will operate at the old Coast Guard Station in Eastham on Cape Cod from April 12th until 1:46 AM April 15th to commemorate the tragic loss of the HMS Titanic.
This event is sponsored by the Titanic / Marconi Memorial Radio Association of Cape Cod and hosted by the Cape Cod National Seashore. It will be open to the public on Saturday, April 14th.
“We still have some time slots open (four hours each). If you live in the area and would like to participate in this historical event, drop me a note and I place you on our e-mail list and let you know what time slots are open.” (Info via KB1TLR, W1MGY trustee)
After months of work, Southeastern MA Amateur Radio Association members are putting the finishing touches on their new station at the clubhouse at 54 Donald Street in Dartmouth.
According to SEMARA member Don Rosinha, WA1BXY, the shack now features a Kenwood TS-570 and an Elecraft, as well as new computers and accessories.
A radio room showing and tutorial event for club members scheduled for last month was postponed by winter weather conditions. It will occur in the near future.
Congratulations to SEMARA for constructing an elegant and functional station for its members.
PART of Westford is holding a kit building session on Saturday, March 10, 2018, according to PART club president Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ.
“The club has chosen the Cricket80A QRP CW transceiver for the 80 meter band,” Stewart says. “I’m looking for a building chairman, two to three Elmers to help and encourage kit builders, a technical person to spend a few minutes explaining the circuit theory, and people who want to build the kit!”
Interested parties should contact KB1OIQ at kb1oiq@arrl.net.
More information about the Cricket80A kit can be found at http://4sqrp.com/cricket.php.
Brent Putnam, W1NCH writes:
The Falmouth Amateur Radio Association (FARA) is holding a Technician class licensing course over the course of three Saturdays: March 17, 24 and 31 from 9 AM to noon at the Falmouth Fire Rescue Department headquarters, 399 Main Street (entrance on King Street), in the 2nd Floor EOC/training room.
The exam for the students will be held in the same location immediately after the May 31 session.
Cost of the class is $50 and includes:
This is a great value for anyone seeking to get their license, as the total cost of the individual items is well over $100.
Interested? Contact Brent Putnam, FARA President, at W1NCH@arrl.net.
Hank McCarl, W4RIG writes on Cape Ann ARA list:
The seismograph [at the Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association] at 6 Stanwood Street [in Gloucester] reported a 2.7 magnitude earthquake with epicenter at East Kingston, NH just north of Amesbury, MA at 9:28 AM on Thursday February 15, 2018.
This quake was also detected by Stan Stone [W4HIX] with his seismograph in Lanesville. Nice to know that our own MAGLO is operating as part of the USGS Netquake program.
Nashoba Valley ARC member Joe Dzekevich, K1YOW was presented with ARRL’s Cover Plaque Award for his December, 2017 QST article entitled “Upper Level Lows and 6-Meter Sporadic E.” ARRL New England Vice Director Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF, presented the award to K1YOW at the February 15, 2018 NVARC meeting in Pepperell.
The QST Cover Plaque Award is given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue and is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page.
Members of the Zola Center ARC are participating in a kit-building workshop on February 17, 2018 at the Irving K. Zola Center for Persons with Disabilities in Newton Highlands.
According to Zola Center ARC’s Bob Druk, WA1UIY, “the group will build continuity testers as a club project. At the December meeting we held a soldering workshop where we they learned the basic fundamentals of soldering. At the end of the session each participant was able to successfully solder the ends of wires together.” Many of the current Zola members are either legally or totally blind.
WA1UIY adds: “The continuity tester project is the next step in their progression. Their goal is to build an AM/FM radio from an Elenco kit which they hope to start by April.”
Additional volunteers are sought to assist in this project.
Dan Brown, W1DAN, Eastern Massachusetts Technical Coordinator and president of the Wellesley Amateur Radio Society will conduct this week’s session.
Rick Emord, KB1TEE and other members of the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association are planning a special events operation to commemorate the birth of the Boy Scouts of America aboard the USS Massachusetts on Saturday, April 28, 2018 using the call sign W1BSA. The group conducted its first operation aboard the museum ship in 2015.
MARA members and amateurs from other area clubs will serve radiomen (operators) on the ship from 0900 until 1600. In the past, the crew has activated six stations on the air for this event on 2, 10, 20, and 40 meters and CW on 80 meters using some of the ship’s original equipment.
Lawrence S. Bacow, KA1FZQ, of Brookline, Massachusetts, has been selected to become the 29th president of Harvard University, the home of W1AF. Selected from among a field of some 700 candidates, Bacow will take office on July 1, succeeding Drew Faust. [Full story]
A Dartmouth amateur is now producing audio recordings of monthly Eastern MA Section News.
For over thirty years, Bob Zeida, N1BLF has volunteered his time with the Talking Information Center, a nonprofit reading service that broadcasts newspapers, magazines, books, and special consumer information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to visually impaired and print-impaired listeners. Bob has also recorded ham-related materials from QST and CQ Magazine for the Courage Kenny Handiham System.
“It struck me that your section newsletter […] would be a nice opportunity for me to promote ham radio activities by inserting audio commentary about some of the local ham radio clubs throughout Massachusetts.” In addition to entire audio recordings, Bob will select certain materials from the section manager’s letter to include in his weekly TIC hobby program. “I would pick and choose by weekly broadcast time-frame those activities that would coincide with the audio airing date.”
N1BLF’s first recording of the January, 2018 Section News can be found online.
The Algonquin Amateur Radio Club is again holding its Marlborough Flea Market on February 17, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the 1Lt Charles W. Whitcomb School, 25 Union St., Marlborough, MA. Talk-in is on the MMRA repeater, 147.27+ (PL 146.2).
A VE session will be held beginning at 9:00 AM. General admission is $5. Vendor tables are $15 before February 9, 2018, or $20 at the door if space is available. Each table includes one admission.
For more information, contact Tim Ikeda, KA1OS at 978-333-0067 (before 9:00 PM), email fleamarket@n1em.org or visit http://www.qsl.net/n1em/2018flier.pdf.
The Clay Center ARC has announced it will conduct three courses for the public, starting in late March and April, 2018.
“We have teamed up with Brookline Adult and Community Education (BA&CE) and Newton Community Education (NCE) to offer a radio Technician Class course for adults and child-parent pairs to facilitate their successful completion of the FCC radio license test. Children who pass the test receive a free membership in the Clay Center Amateur Radio Club, the largest youth-oriented radio club in New England.”
Clay Center will also hold Technician and General Class “License In A Weekend” events.
For full details, visit http://www.cc-arc.org/courses/.
Jack Buckley, W1AKN writes on the Genesis ARS list:
We are getting closer to operating on N1ZIZ (147.835 -600) in the digital (NXDN) mode. The first of March will be the official date for using NXDN on N1ZIZ. The N1ZIZ repeater currently is operating on the analog FM mode with the repeater configured to operate in mixed mode which allows for both digital and analog operation.
The PL 82.5 must be reprogramed to the new PL 131.8. Anyone wishing to have assistance with this reprograming is invited to drop in next Sat Feb. 17. Come with the rig in question and we will see if we have the cable (bring the programming cable if you already have one) You may bring your cable and software (we will attempt to employ Chirp program, but cannot guarantee the rig is included in Chirp app yet) If you wish to get the app setup on your PC, bring your PC in (we are conducting GARS Linux training but you can bring MS for this session) You must have adapter and AC cord along with an extension cord to power you rig
Bottom Line N1ZIZ is configured as follows:
As always:
Please come join us at a Genesis ARS business meeting they are conducted every last Monday of each month.
GARS Business Meetings are at Plymouth Airport, Gate #2, Community Room AKA: precinct voting room, 7PM – 8PM with speakers most meetings!
Hello everyone!
This Saturday, February 10, 2018 from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon EMA ARES will be having an operational exercise simulating a severe ice storm hitting Cape Cod. This will be a Cape Cod and Islands centric exercise, however the entire section will be participating and practicing various communications skills. Field sites will be setting up around 9 am.
The operational guide for the exercise is located at:
https://drive.google.com/file/
Please read the entire document as it contains important information about how the exercise will be conducted. There is an addendum at the end for stations operating on the main land and at the end is an ICS-205 with the frequencies that will be in play for the exercise.
A quick summary of the goals for this exercise are practicing and testing communications on and off the Cape via HF and VHF, collection of weather and infrastructure status back to a central location off the Cape, practice operating on a net, and moving traffic between nets.
We look forward to any and all stations, whether ARES affiliated or not, to get onto our nets and help relay traffic, especially on the HF bands which have had very poor location propogation recently.
A sample of locations with official ARES stations that will be on the air for this drill:• Sandwich
And again to see what frequencies we will be using consult the ICS-205 at the end of the linked PDF document above.
For any questions about the exercise please contact Frank, WQ1O, wq1o@comcast.net for Cape and the Islands items, and contact Marek, KB1NCG, kb1ncg@arrl.net for the rest of the section.
Marek, KB1NCG
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10 Feb Springfield VT CVFMA @VFW @8 B/Free $5/T@7 Dave K1ZS 603 446 7312
17 Feb Marlboro MA AARC @MidSch $5@9 $20/T@6:30 Tim KA1OS 508 919 6136 F+
24 Feb S Burlington VT RAoNV @HI I89x14 $9@8 $15@6 Mitch W1SJ 802 879 6589
24 Feb Augusta ME AARA @ClbCalume Bill K1NIT 207 512 0312 A+
25 Feb Hicksvile NY LIMARC @LevitHall$6@9+$22/T@7 Richard K2KNB 516-694-4937 W+
4 Mar Nashua NH NEARC RadioXLIX @CrtYdMarriott antique $10@8 603 772 7516 F+
10 Mar Chicopee MA MtTomARA @Castle $5@8:30 S@6:30 Brian KC1BDF 860 478 6790
18 Mar Southington CT SARA @HS $5@8 $20/T@6:15 John WA1JKR 860 621 8791 +
18 Mar Henniker NH CVRC @CommSch Jeff KB!WTI 603 428 7109 A+
30,31 Mar Lewiston ME AARC ME Conv @Ramada @8 Ivan N1OXA 207 784 0350
7 Ap Hampton NH PCARC @Masonic $5@8 $10/T@7 Mark K1RX 603 231 8965
8 April Framingham MA FARA 9AM@KeefeHS $25/T Andy KC1DMM at 508 310 5913 +
14 Ap Newton MA PHSNE Photographica Sat Only @AmLegion @9A John 781 592 2553
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21 Apr Gales Ferry CT RASON @FireCo auction Gary WT1SND 860 884 4218 +
22 April Manchester CT NEWS EVHF/UHF @Baymont 8AM Mark K1MAP 413 777 9828 +
29 April Thompson CT ECARA @ Raceway $3 $10/sp Jon KA1MPG 508 943 4467 F+
29 April Middletown NY OCARC @ CommCtr Bruce K2ULZ 845 391 3620 A+
4-5 May Deerfield NH NEARfest XXIII @FG Mike K1TWF 978 250 1235
12 May E Greenbush NY EGARA FireCo Tom KC2FCP 518 272 1494 A+
19 May Goshen CT SBARC @FG $5@8 $10/T Stan W2VID 518 369 2863 F+
20 May Cambridge MA Flea at MIT Mitch 617 253 3776 F+
3 June Fishkill MtBARC @DwnStCorr Adam KC2DAA 845 849 3666 A+
17 June Cambridge MA Flea at MIT Mitch 617 253 3776 F+
15 July Cambridge MA Flea at MIT Mitch 617 253 3776 F+
11 Aug St Albans VT STARC @VFW Arn N1ARN 802 309 0666
19 August Cambridge MA Flea at MIT Mitch 617 253 3776 F+
19 Aug Adams MA NoBARC @FG B$5@7 S$10@6:30 Eric KA1SUN 413 743 9975 F+
8,10 Sept Boxboro MA FEMARA NE Conv Mike K1TWF 978 250 1235 A+
9 Sept Ballston Spa NY SCRACES @FG $6@7 Jim KG2H 518 703-9558 +
12-13 Oct Deerfield NH NEARfest XXIV @FG Mike K1TWF 978 250 1235 +
16 September Cambridge MA Flea at MIT Mitch 617 253 3776 F+
21 October Cambridge MA Flea at MIT Mitch 617 253 3776 F+
27 Oct Gales Ferry CT TCARC @FireCo auction Tom WA2RYV 860 464 6555 +
3 Nov Bourne MA FARA @UpperCC VoTech $5@9 $10/S@7 Ralph N1YHS 508 548 0422 +
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Cambridge MA Flea at MIT http://www.swapfest.us
Hopkinton NH Hosstraders RIP 🙁 http://www.qsl.net/k1rqg/
Boxborough MA NE ARRL Conv http://www.boxboro.org/
Adams MA N BerkshireARC http://www.nobarc.org/hamfest.
Chicopee MA MTARA http://www.mtara.org/
Falmouth MA FARA http://www.falara.org/
Framingham MA FARA http://www.fara.org/
http://www.n1em.org
Marlboro MA AARC http://www.qsl.net/n1em/
Newton MA Waltham ARA Auction http://www.wara64.org/auction/
Rockport MA CAARA www.caara.net
S Dartmouth MA SEMARA http://www.semara.org/
Wakefield MA Photographica http://www.phsne.org/
Westford MA NEAntiqueRC http://www.nearc.net/
moved to Nashua NH
Whately MA FranklinCARC http://www.fcarc.org/news.htm
Whitman MA WARC http://www.wa1npo.org
Worcester MA WPI ACM http://acm.wpi.edu/swapmeet/
Dayville CT ECARA http://www.qsl.net/k1muj/
Gales Ferry CT RASON http://www.rason.org/
Gales Ferry CT TCARC http://www.qsl.net/tricityarc/
Goshen CT SBARC http://www.sberk.org +
Hartford CT ARRL 100th http://www.arrl.org/
Manchester CT VHF/UHF Conf http://www.newsvhf.com/
was Enfield
Manchester CT PVRA http://www.pvra.net
Meriden CT Nutmeg CT Conv http://www.nutmeghamfest.com
was Wallingford
Newington CT NARL http://www.narlhamfest.org/
Newtown CT CARA http://www.cararadioclub.org/
North Haven CT http://www.yankeehamfest.com
Southington CT SARA http://www.chetbacon.com/sara.
Vernon CT NARC http://hamfest.na1rc.org/
Wallingford CT Nutmeg CT Conv http://www.nutmeghamfest.com
moved to Meriden CT
Windsor CT Vintage R Mus http://vrcmct.org/
Agusta ME AARA http://www.w1tlc.com/
Alexander ME StCVARC http://
Hermon ME PSARC http://n1me.org/index.php?pr=
Lewiston ME AARC http://www.w1npp.org/pages/
S. Portland ME PAWA http://www.qsl.net/pawa/
St. Albans ME PARC http://www.qsl.net/parc/
Thomaston ME PBARC http://penbayarc.org/
Windsor ME AARA http://www.w1tlc.com/
Brookline NH NEAntiqueRC http://www.nearc.net/
Deerfield NH NEAR-Fest http://www.near-fest.com/
Hampton NH PCARC http://www.w1wqm.org
Henniker NH CVRC http://k1bke.org/
Londonderry NH IRS www.irs.nhradio.org/
Manchester NH NEAntiqueRC http://www.nearc.net/
Moved to Westford MA
Moved to Brookline NH
N Conway NH WMARC http://www.w1mwv.com
Nashua NH NEARC www.nearc.net
was Westford MA
Rochester NH GBRA http://www.w1fz.org/
Bergen NJ BARA http://www.bara.org/
Sussex NJ SCARC http://www.scarcnj.org/www.
Ballston Spa NY SCRACES http://k2dll.net/
E Greenbush NY E Greenbush ARA http://www.w2egb.org/
Fishkill NY MtBARC http://www.wr2abb.org/
was LaGrangeville
Lake Placid NY NNY ARA http://www.northnet.org/
Lindenhurst NY ToB ARES http://www.tobares.org/
Lindenhurst NY GSB ARA http://www.gsbarc.org/Hamfest.
Long Island NY LIMARC http://www.limarc.org/fest.htm
Middletown NY OCARC http://www.ocarc-ny.org/
Queens NY Hall of Science http://www.hosarc.org/
Rochester NY AWA http://www.antiquewireless.
Rochester NY RARA http://www.rochesterham.org/
Staten Island NY CPARA http://www.wa2cp.org +
Wallkill NY OCARC http://www.ocarc-ny.org/
Greenwich RI Fidelity ARC http://users.ids.net/~newsm/
Forestdale RI RIFMRS http://www.qsl.net/riafmrs/
Woonsocket RI BVARC www.w1ddd.org
Colchester VT HAM-CON VT Conv http://www.ranv.org/hamcon.
Moved to S Burlington
St. Albans VT STARC http://www.starc.org/
Springfield VT CVFMA http://www.cvfma.org/
Moncton NB TCARC http://www.ve9tca.org/
Quispamsis NB LCARC http://www.lcarc.ca/
Greenwood NS GARC http://www.greenwoodarc.org/
Drummondville PQ leCRdeD http://www.raqi.ca/ve2crd/
Greenwood PQ GARC www.greenwoodarc.org
Laval PQ CRALL http://www.ve2crl.qc.ca/
Montreal PQ MARC http://www.marc.qc.ca/fest/
Montreal PQ WIARC http://www.wiarc.ca/
Montreal PQ MS-SARC http://www.ve2clm.ca/articles.
Montreal PQ UMS http://www.ve2ums.ca/agenda/
Sorel-Tracy PQ CRAS-T http://www.hamfest.qc.ca/
St Romuald PQ ARESdQ http://raqi.ca/ve2csq/
St Therese PQ CRALL http://www.ve2crl.qc.ca/
Summerside PEI SPARC http://www.summersidearc.com/
Greenwood NS GARC http://www.greenwoodarc.org/
Halifax NS HARC http://www.halifax-arc.org/
Timonium MD GBHC http://www.gbhc.org/
Montreal Area MARC List http://www.marc.qc.ca/fest/
Canada RAC List http://rac.eton.ca/events/
Phila. Area VARA List http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/
USA ARRL List http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.
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The Clay Center ARC will feature guest speaker Russel Nickerson of Collabots on February 6, 2018 at 6:30 PM.
“Robotics is a combination of technology that changes life as we know it. Transistors increased the adoption of radios in the past; now there are other technologies that are making robotics a reality.”
The Clay Center is located at the Dexter School at 20 Newton Street, Brookline, Massachusetts.
via Clay Center ARC e-newsletter
http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/
As part of our relationship with MARS and our own situational awareness gathering we will be asking for any known infrastructure issues that you are aware of. The information must either be personally observed, or obtained “over the air” via amateur radio. Items considered to be infrastructure include but are not limited to: electrical power, water, medical facilities, sanitation, communications, and transportation. Examples of failure would be: small or large area power failure, water main breaks, hospitals’ ER closed, sewage issues, TV/radio station off the air (including public safety), interstate highway or major road closed. No known issues are just as important as reporting failures.
Additionally we are interested in relay of any weather information from airport ATIS/ASOS stations that you can directly receive via radio. These stations broadcast continuously in the 120.000 – 138.000 MHz frequency range using amplitude modulation. Information from the ATIS should include airport, temperature, altimeter (barometer), wind, precipitation, and visibility.
A list of stations with their frequencies and a map can be found at: https://www.faa.gov/air_tr
We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org
Thanks for your continued support of ARES!
Marek Kozubal, KB1NCG
EMA Section Emergency Coordinator