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New England Area   Ham - Electronic  Flea Market  ***  DATES  *** 2005 P 1 of 2

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2,3 April Timonium MD GBARC @FG 6AM                             800 HAM FEST F

2,3 April Watertown MA Photographica ~photo~            Ed Shaw 617 965 0807  +
3 April Framingham MA  FARA @Walsh Sch $5@9 $20/T     Bev N1LOO 508 626 2012 F+ 
9 Ap Londonderry NH IRS @Lions Club $10@6 $3@8        Paul K1NL 603 883 3308 F
9 April Montreal PQ MARC @RCLegion $4@8:30 $8@7:30  James VE2VE 514 697 7205 W
9 Ap Norwich CT RANSON Auction @ Fire House         Gary WT1SND 860 884 4218 A+
10 Ap Enfield CT VHF/UHF Conf @Radisson              Mark K1MAP 413 566 2445  
10 Ap Henniker NH CVRC @Comm School B@8 S@7            Jim NS1E 603 428 7436 A 
10 April Unionvale NY MtBARC                     Colleen KC2HUT 845 497 3687 A+
16 April S Portland ME PAWA @AmLegion                Roger N1XP 207 671 0671 W
17 April Cambridge MA          FLEA at MIT                 Nick 617 253 3776

                Third Sunday April thru October

23 Ap Nashua NH NE Antique RC $15/T@7 $2@9 @StStan's      Marty 603 938 5051 F
23 Ap Rochester NH GBRA 150 WakefieldSt @9AM $10/T Karen KB1KBE 207 698 1618  +
24 Ap Southington CT SARA @HS $5@9 $10@8:30 $18/T@6:30     Alex 860 214 3013 F
6,7 May Hopkinton NH HossTraders @FG x7 I89           Joe K1RQG 207 469 3492  
9 May Whately MA FCARC @ElSc Monday $3@5PM $5/T      Walt W1ZPB 413 498 2729  +
14 May Goshen CT  SoBARC @ FG Rte 63 $3@8 $10/T@6     Lee K1LEE 860 435 0051  +
15 May Cambridge MA          FLEA at MIT                   Nick 617 253 3776  
20-22 May Dayton OH                                                           
21 May E Greenbush NY EGARA @FireHS $5@8 $10/T@6    Betty N2POS 518 785 0727 F+
28 May WashTownship NJ BARA @WestwoodHS $5@8 $15@6     Jim K2ZO 201 664 6725 F 
28 May Vernon CT NARC @Tolland Ag Ctr               Wayne N1GUS 860 487 1921 A 
3-5 June Rochester NY $9@6AM+$10/sp                 Harold K2HC 585 424 7184 W
3 June Feeding Hills MA HCRA @CongCh $5/T@6:30PM     Dave KB1MU 413 596 6605  
4 June Herman ME PSARC                             Roger KA!TKS 207 848 3846 A+
5 June Queens NY HoSARC @9A                      Stephen WB2KDG 718 898 5599 W+

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LAST UPDATE 4-2-05 de W1GSL  http://www.swapfest.us                 P 1 of 2

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2005                                                    Contact          Source

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3 Dec Windsor CT VintgeR Museum @8AM @115 Pierson Ln       John 860 673 0518 W+

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18 Mar Pomfret CT ECARA @CommSch Rt101+169 $2@8 $10/TPaul KE1LI 860 928 2456 T+
25-27 Aug Boxboro MA FEMARA NE Conv @HI              Mike K1TWF 978 250 1236 A+

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Links to New England Hamfest Web Sites                (c) 2005 W1GSL

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Cambridge MA    Flea at MIT     http://www.swapfest.us                        
Hopkinton NH    Hosstraders     http://www.qsl.net/k1rqg/
Amherst MA      Mt. Tom ARC     http://www.mtara.org/hamfest/flea.html
Adams MA	N BerkshireARC	http://www.nobarc.org/hamfest                 
Boxborough MA   NE ARRL Conv    http://www.boxboro.org/
Framingham MA	FARA		http://www.fara.org/                          
Newton MA       Waltham ARA Auction    http://www.wara64.org/auction/
S Dartmouth MA  SEMARA          http://www.semara.org/flea/fleamkt.htm       
Whately MA	FranklinCARC 	http://www.fcarc.org/flea.html                
Enfield CT      VHF/UHF Conf    http://www.newsvhf.com                       
Newington CT 	NARL 		http://www.narl.net/1.htm
Southington CT  SARA            http://www.chetbacon.com/sara.htm
Wallingford CT  Nutmeg CT Conv  http://www.nutmeghamfest.com                 
Windsor CT      Vintage R Mus   http://www.NationalCommunicationsMuseum.org/  
Lewiston ME     AARC		http://www.mainearrl.org/convent.htm         +
Portland ME     PAWA            http://www.qsl.net/pawa/fleamarket.html       
Henniker NH     CVRC            http://www.qsl.net/k1bke/                     
Bergen NJ	BARA		http://www.bara.org/
Lake Placid NY  NNY ARA	 http://www.northnet.org/nnyham/hamfest_flyer2004.htm 
Lindenhurst NY  ToB ARES 	http://www.tobares.org/hamfest.html           
Long Island NY  LIMARC          http://www.limarc.org/fest.htm                
Massapequa NY   GSB ARA	        http://www.gsbarc.org/          
Queens NY       Hall of Science http://hosarc.org/hamfest.html               +
Rensselaer NY   E Greenbush ARA http://www.com-tech.org/EGARA.html            
Rochester NY 	AWA		http://www.antiquewireless.org/
Rochester NY    RARA            http://www.rochesterhamfest.org/            +
Greenwich RI    Fidelity ARC    http://users.ids.net/~newsm/dates.html
Essex Junction VT   Burlington ARC  http://www.vtstetson.net/fest02.pdf
Milton VT       RANV VT Conv    http://www.ranv.org/milton.html
Montreal PQ     MARC            http://www.marc.qc.ca/fest/fest.html        
Montreal PQ	WIARC		http://www.pubnix.net/wiarc/hamfest.htm       
Montreal PQ     MS-SARC         http://www.ve2clm.ca/hamfesta.htm
Sorel-Tracy PQ  CRAS-T		http://www.hamfest.qc.ca/                     
St Therese PQ	CRALL		http://www.ve2crl.qc.ca/hamfest2002.htm       
Halafax NS 	HARC            http://www.halifax-arc.org/
Canada          RAC List   http://rac.eton.ca/data/racfleas.taf?function=form
Phila. Area	VARA List	http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/hamfest.html         
USA             ARRL List       http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html

		

Arlene Arruda, KB1KGG writes on SEMARA-list:

“My name is Arlene Arruda (KB1KGG). I live in Acushnet, Mass and I am thinking of running an informal 2-meter YL-only Net. Every woman is welcome.

I would like to get your feedback. Please e-mail me blbomb2@earthlink.net and let me know if you would be interested the net, which repeaters you can use, and what time is best for you.

I think that it would be fun. I hope to hear from you soon.”

(See also “YL Net, 145.11 MHz Repeater on Feb. 9”.)

Registration for the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level I on-line course (EC-001) opens Monday, April 04, 2005, at 1201 AM EST and will remain open until all available seats have been filled or through the April 9-10 weekend–whichever comes first. Class begins Friday, April 22. Thanks to our grant sponsors–the Corporation for National and Community Service and the United Technologies Corporation–the $45 registration fee paid upon enrollment will be reimbursed after successful completion of the course.

Act now! This is the final year of the grant-subsidized classes! Radio amateurs age 55 and older are strongly encouraged to participate. During this registration period, seats are being offered to ARRL members on a first-come, first-served basis.

To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page http://www.arrl.org/cce. For more information, contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, cce@arrl.org; 860-594-0340.

The first-grade “HAMsters” at the Winn Brook school in Belmont will soon have a working antenna for a shack in their classroom, according to their teacher, Donna LaRoche.

LaRoche has received invaluable assistance with the project from Chuck Counselman, W1HIS. (See “The Next Generation of CW Operators”.) “[W1HIS] has met with our principal, the custodian, head of buildings and grounds, and even the school electrician.”

According to LaRoche, “We now have a coax cable installed from the classroom to the roof. We are waiting for the school department authorities to bless an antenna up there. [Chuck] is planning a doublet, 70 feet long, fed with 450 ohm line. There will be a balun between the line and the coax. This will be our antenna for 7 MHz and up.” LaRoche isn’t concerned with the lack of 80 meter coverage. “The rig will only be used during the day and 80 meters is not very interesting in the middle of the day.”

“The HAMsters and I are learning CW together!” adds LaRoche. “We practice every day after lunch for twenty minutes. They are becoming very proficient.”

LaRoche, who is a member of the Framingham Amateur Radio Association, earned her ham ticket, KB1LWY, at a Boston ARC VE session in January, 2005. She made her first QSO on February 25, operating from W1AW. Appropriately, it was with Chuck, W1HIS. “Boy, was I excited!” Donna exclaims.

For more information about the HAMsters, visit their web site at http://www.belmont.k12.ma.us/class_pages/laroche/ham_radio/.

[Left: The HAMsters holding an adorable stuffed toy kangaroo, koala bear, Australian Animal Book and wearing Australian icon pins kindly sent by one of their 3YOX ham friends, David Gemmell, VK4GL. Right: HAMsters “operating” and practicing CW. Photos courtesy KB1LWY]

Eastern MA ARES members will participate in the upcoming TOPOFF 3 exercise sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security on April 4, according to Eastern MA Section Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY.

The TOPOFF 3 scenario will depict a complex terrorist campaign beginning in Connecticut and New Jersey and leading to national and international response that will include Canada, where the exercise will be known as “TRIPLE PLAY,” and the United Kingdom, where it will be called “ATLANTIC BLUE.”

“We are sending an ARESMAT team of 4 for the TOPOFF exercise […] at the request of Connecticut ARES and Connecticut ARES Section Emergency Coordinator, Chuck Rexroad, AB1CR,” writes Macedo. “The main client that Connecticut ARES will be serving is the Red Cross. At the time of the meeting, more Amateurs were needed but after the meeting AB1CR stated that they had all the assignments filled.”

[For more information on TOPOFF 3 see “Amateur Radio to Have Role in Largest-Ever Mass Casualty”.]

Plans to establish an internet gateway-accessible remote base in Iraq have hit a snag, according to local amateur Keith Lamonica, W7DXX. (See YI9 Internet Gateway Close to Reality.)

“[The] Voice of America did not come through on their promise to ship the equipment and it is still in Washington, D.C.,” writes Lamonica. “We tried the Army but they can’t help either. I have asked one of our control operators who works for ABC in D.C. to see if they can help.”

The Easton, MA amateur announced plans for the remote base system in Iraq almost six months ago. W7DXX obtained the call sign YI9DXX and identified a location to house the installation. Lamonica also recruited willing Iraqi amateurs to help maintain the remote base.

It is with deepest sympathy that we announce the passing of Erla Schwarm, wife of long time Amateur Radio Operator Ed Schwarm NX1V and mother of the Norfolk County ARES District Emergency Coordinator Steve Schwarm W3EVE who passed away on Tuesday March 22, 2005. A memorial Service will be held on Wednesday March 30, 2005 at 2:00pm at the Federated Church in Hyannis, Ma.
A scholarship fund for Teachers will be setup in Erla Schwarm’s name to be managed by Steve Schwarm’s church.

All our thoughts and wishes go out to the Schwarm family in their time of sorrow