Month: August 2020

“Pi” Pugh, K1RV, writes in the K1USN Radio Club newsletter: “Remember that our next biweekly K1USN Zoom session will take place this upcoming Tuesday, Sept 1st @ 7:30 PM with Steve – WG0AT (AKA the Goat Hiker) doing a presentation on SOTA (Summits On The Air). Some of you may have worked Steve on the air or perhaps have viewed some of his Goat Hiker videos on YouTube already. This should be an interesting presentation and you will receive an invitation by this Sunday if you are already on the K1USN Zoom subscription list. If you are not already on …

Tom Walsh, K1TW, ARRL Eastern MA Section Manager will present, “Discover the ARRL Universe” at the September 3, 2020 meeting of the Framingham Amateur Radio Association.  Tom will discuss some of the lesser known ARRL services. [If you are a non-member, contact John Iwuc, KB1VXY, at president -at- fara -dot- org for meeting details.]

Andy Wallace, KA1GTT, writes on the Billerica Amateur Radio Society’s website: I am pleased to announce that Dom Mallozzi, N1DM, will give a presentation introducing the FT4 and FT8 digital modes [ on September 2, 2020 at 7 PM]. This will cover basic install and operation of the software, and Dom hopes that this will help new users avoid pitfalls. Dom will show actual QSOs as well so you can understand how the exchange works. Dom has been licensed for 48 years and active on FT8, DMR, CW, construction projects, etc. He’s trustee of the Natick RACES repeater on 447.675. …

Frank O’Laughlin, WQ1O, is the guest speaker at the Sci-Tech Amateur Radio Society’s weekly meeting, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 7 PM. According to the ARRL EMA section website, “Frank is the District Emergency Coordinator for the Cape Cod and the Islands area. This large and challenging area consists of Cape Cod, the island of Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Island.  Frank heads the CCARES organization and is the Hyannis Red Cross Communications Officer.  Frank is an experienced veteran of field operations and NTS procedures. He frequently presents material about field operations at the ARES Workshops, including the ‘go-kit’ presentation.” [For …

“Pi” Pugh, K1RV, writes in the K1USN Radio Club newsletter:   Rick, N1DC will be speaking [on August 18, 2020 at 7:30 PM] about using Logbook of the World (LOTW) as well as Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) to keep track of your HF contacts.   Logbook of the World is a web-accessed database provided by the American Radio Relay League to implement a contact verification service among amateur radio operators. Using LoTW, radio amateurs can claim and verify contacts made with other amateurs, generally for claiming credit for operating awards, such as DXCC.   https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/   Ham Radio Deluxe is an amateur …

The Boston Amateur Radio Club will hold its general meeting on Thursday, August 20 at 7:30 PM on the Zoom teleconferencing platform. Bruce Blaine, K1BG, will give a presentation on Amateur Radio licensing.  [Contact Doc Kinne, KE1ML, at kinnerc -at- gmail -dot- com for Zoom conference details.]

The North Shore Radio Association will hold its monthly meeting via Zoom on August 17, 2020. The conference begins at 7 PM; the meeting will start at 7:30 PM. Zoom conference information will be sent via the NSRA groups.io mailing list.  Contact Eric, KA1NCF at ka1ncf -at- nsradio -dot- org to be added to the groups.io list.

Ray Cord, K2TGX, writes on the Study Memorial Hospital ARC mailing list: This is to announce that the [SMHARC] August virtual club meeting will be held this coming Tuesday, August 18th at 8:00 PM on the 147.195 repeater. Hope to hear you all on. Tnx and 73, Ray K2TGX Secretary/Treasurer

Frank Ventura, N1FMV, writes on the Middlesex ARC mailing list:  Due to the Covid-19 situation [the Zola ARC] won’t be holding a Summer luncheon this year. However, we can still get together and catch up and share our stories about how each of us has been doing and what radio related projects we have been working on. So order yourself some good takeout food for lunch and we’ll go around the virtual room and share our latest happenings.. Please see the meeting information below my name. [Contact Frank Ventura, N1FMV,  at frank -at- littlebreezes -dot- com for Zoom conference details.]

The August meeting will feature Paul Wade, W1GHZ, renowned VHF/UHF author and QST/QEX columnist. Contact K1BG.Bruce@gmail.com for WebEx conference info. Check out Paul’s website: http://w1ghz.org/10g/10g_home.htm.