December, 2018 Section News Now Available
The December, 2018 Section Newsletter is now available at https://ema.arrl.org/december-2018-section-news/.
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Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday January 5th, 2019 at 1000 AM
Good Morning Everyone, Net Control for the January 5, 2019 Eastern MA Hospital Net will be W1SSH the South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club. The net will commence at the usual time of 10:00 AM using the following repeaters in the order listed. 1. Plymouth 146.685 Tone 131.8 2. Boston …
Read MoreNew England Sci-Tech Amateur Extra Course, Take Any 9 Sessions
New England Sci-Tech is offering ongoing Amateur Extra study sessions for high school students, homeschool students, and adults who already have a General level license. This slower-paced course will get you ready to take the Amateur Extra license exam. You may jump into this course at any time, pay one …
Read MoreYCCC 1st Place in WPX CW US Club Category
According to YCCC member Jack Schuster, W1WEF, the Yankee Clipper Contest Club achieved first place among US Club scoring in the CQ WPX CW. “We had 92 entries and 166 million points versus the number 2 Potomac Valley Radio Club with 143 entries and 144 million points.” Kudos to YCCC members for …
Read MoreFessenden Commemorative Transmission Set for Christmas Eve
From the ARRL Letter, December 20, 2018: As he’s done in years past, Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, will commemorate what may have been the first radio broadcast [from Brant Rock, Massachusetts] to include speech and music by experimenter Reginald Fessenden on Christmas Eve 1906. Justin will fire up …
Read MoreFCC Releases Plan in the Event of a Partial Government Shutdown
ARRL reports “the FCC has released its Plan for Orderly Shutdown in case funds become unavailable to continue operation.” [Full story] UPDATE: FCC to Suspend Most Operations on January 3 if Government Shutdown Continues http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-to-suspend-most-operations-on-january-3-if-government-shutdown-continues
Read MoreCountdown to Third Annual AM Rally Has Begun
Townsend amateur Steve Cloutier, WA1QIX, and others are spearheading the third annual AM Rally in February. The event is sponsored by Radio Engineering Associates (REA), in cooperation with ARRL. From the ARRL Hq. web site: The third annual AM Rally is on the near horizon — just about 6 weeks away — getting under …
Read MoreNew England Sci-Tech Technician Course, December 21, 2018
New England Amateur Radio, Inc. is pleased to offer as part of the school vacation-week workshops, a radio Technician license class course for adults, children, and child-parent pairs to facilitate their successful completion of the FCC radio license test on December 21, 2018 from 9 AM to 12 noon. This …
Read MoreNew England Sci-Tech Technician Course, December 20, 2018
New England Amateur Radio, Inc. is pleased to offer as part of the school vacation-week workshops, a radio Technician license class course for adults, children, and child-parent pairs to facilitate their successful completion of the FCC radio license test on December 20, 2018 from 9 AM to 12 noon. This …
Read MoreNew England Sci-Tech Technician Course, December 19, 2018
New England Amateur Radio, Inc. is pleased to offer as part of the school vacation-week workshops, a radio Technician license class course for adults, children, and child-parent pairs to facilitate their successful completion of the FCC radio license test on December 19, 2018 from 9 AM to 12 noon. This …
Read MoreChina and Russia band together on controversial ionospheric heating experiments
The South China Morning Post carried this story, “China and Russia band together on controversial heating experiments to modify the atmosphere” December 17, 2018, describing the continuing military “race to control the ionosphere.” The experiments are similar to the US program’s super-power High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program ( HAARP) transmitters …
Read MoreKC1DKY Fox Deployed, Billerica, December 14, 2018
Nick Mello, KC1DKY writes on the fox-hunting list on December 14, 2018 at 1:37 PM: The KC1DKY fox is hiding in Billerica on conservation land. Fox is on 146.565 MHz. Send a DTMF of 1 to activate the fox. If the fox does not seem to be responding, send a …
Read MoreN1SV QRV on 630 Meters for the Weekend
Les Peters, N1SV, in Townsend, MA writes: Finally got my 160m inverted-L loaded up on 474.2 kHz using the variometer and impedance transformer I built. I can only get about 1 mw out of my K3S so real QRPP! So far only W1XP hears my flea signal (-20 SNR) but …
Read MoreExperimental Station Heard on 30 Meters
From the ARRL Letter: IARUMS has received reports of short “beeps” exactly 1 second apart, as well as frequency hopping between 10,108 and 10,115 kHz and 18,834 and 18,899 kHz. The signals are believed to emanate from a site near Chicago associated with an FCC-licensed experimental operation involved with low-latency …
Read MoreMASSACHUSETTS TRAFFIC REPORTS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2018
Time has flown by and Christmas is now only two weeks away. Apologies for not getting the October Traffic Report out until now. Your STM takes the full blame for that. Thanks to KC1CIC who has consistently provided the monthly report in a timely manner. Winter conditions on the HF …
Read MoreWSJT-X with FT8 Support Now Available
Randy Thompson, K5ZD, writes on the YCCC reflector: There is a big event happening in ham radio today. The new release of WSJT-X is out and it will require a major migration for FT8 users. The new WSJT-X support for FT8 is incompatible with the old one. I don’t think …
Read MoreEmergency Antenna Platform System Tool
A fusion of robotics, amateur radio, and emergency service the Emergency Antenna Platform System (E-APS) is a tool for Amateur Radio operators (ARES, RACES) as well as First Responder organizations to turn any parking lot lamp post into an instant antenna tower. See: <http://wc2fd.com/index.php?title=Emergency_Antenna_Platform_System> for details.
Read MoreNovember, 2018 Section News Now Available
The November, 2018 Section Newsletter is now available at https://ema.arrl.org/november-2018-section-news/.
Read MoreJoe Reisert, W1JR, Wins Third Place in the 2018 QST Antenna Design Competition
Congratulations to Joe Reisert, W1JR, on winning third place for his design of “The3/8-Wavelength Vertical for 20 Meters, a Hidden Gem”. Steve Ford WB8IMY described the “requirements for the 2018 QST Antenna Design Competition included an antenna for one or more bands between 2200 meters and 10 meters that could …
Read MoreKC1DKY Fox Deployed, Billerica, December 6, 2018
Nick Mollo, KC1DKY, writes on December 6, 2018 at 1:13 PM: The KC1DKY fox is hiding in south west Billerica on conservation land. Fox is on 146.565MHz. Send a DTMF of 1 to activate the fox. If the fox does not seem to be responding, send a couple DTMF # …
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