Month: March 2026

Hello to all…

The March Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday March 2nd, 2026 at 830 PM on the MMRA Repeater system.

For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:
https://mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_linking.html (Click the ARES box to see the repeaters and other systems linked)

We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. We will have several announcements for our monthly net.

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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Don Rolph, AB1PH, Walpole area ARES Emergency Coordinator writes:

The MEMA RACES nets are held on the first Monday of the month, unless the first Monday is a holiday, when it is delayed one week, For Mar 2026, the MEMA RACES nets will be held on Mon Mar 2 at:

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80 meter Voice net
*** Note new frequency of 3942 Khz ****

This is to avoid another established net
6:45 PM
Frequency: 3942 KHz working up or down until the first free frequency

Matt KC1PFA will be net control

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Region 2D VHF net:
7:30 PM ET VHF net on 146.865 MHz PL 103.5 (Sharon Repeater)

We will have a general call up of any RACES, ARES, or other interested stations. If there is tine, we will include a Simplex test.
Don using WA1PLE will be net control.

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HF 80 meters NBEMS net:
7:00 PM ET
Dial Frequency: 3584.5 MHx
Center Frequency: 1500 Hz
Initial mode: THOR22

We will have checkins, followed by an ICS-213 format message using FLMSG.

Don AB1PH will be net control

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Winlink Net:
Brian KF1D will be net control.

Send a winlink checkin form to KF1D, copy AB1PH, between 0600 Monday Mat 2 and 2400 Monday Mar 2.

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Experimental APRS net
Send an APRS message, between 0600 Monday Matr2 and 2400 Monday Mar 2.
To: ANSRVR
Contents: CQ MAARES <any check in message>

John KC1VMZ will be net control.

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We look forward to you checking in!

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73,
AB1PH
Don Rolph