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PSLIST

Listing public events at which Amateur Radio communications is providing a public service and for which additional volunteers from the Amateur Community are needed and welcome. Please contact the person listed to identify how you may serve and what equipment you may need to bring.

The most up-to-date copy of this list is maintained as http://purl.org/hamradio/publicservice/nediv.
**** Every event listed is looking for communications volunteers ****

Date      Location     Event                       Contact      Tel/Email

Aug 13  Pittsfield MA Mass Red Ribbon Ride        Dave KB1MU   413-596-6605
        to Northampton                                    kb1mu@charter.net
Aug 14  Northamptn MA Mass Red Ribbon Ride        Dave KB1MU   413-596-6605
        to Princeton                                      kb1mu@charter.net
Sep 10  Hyannis    MA MS Challenge Walk           John N1PYN   508-588-3250
        to Brewster                                          n1pyn@arrl.net
Sep 11  Brewster   MA MS Challenge Walk           John N1PYN   508-588-3250
        to Eastham                                           n1pyn@arrl.net
Sep 12  Brewster   MA MS Challenge Walk           John N1PYN   508-588-3250
        to Dennis                                            n1pyn@arrl.net
Sep 17  Plymouth   MA ALA Autumn Escape Bicycle   Bruce KC1US  781-275-3740
        to Sandwich MA      Tour                  kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Sep 18  Madison    CT MS Tour 150                 Scott AA1WM  203-676-1016
        to Modus CT                                   sbicycles@comcast.net
Sep 18  Sandwich   MA ALA Autumn Escape Bicycle   Bruce KC1US  781-275-3740
        to Brewster MA      Tour                  kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Sep 19  Modus      CT MS Tour 150                 Scott AA1WM  203-676-1016
        to Madison CT                                 sbicycles@comcast.net
Sep 19  Brewster   MA ALA Autumn Escape Bicycle   Bruce KC1US  781-275-3740
        to Provincetown MA  Tour                  kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Sep 19  Hopkinton  MA Jimmy Fund Walk             Steve W3EVE  508-384-7697
        to Boston                                            w3eve@arrl.net

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ARRL Headquarters has given the Southeastern MA ARA the “thumbs-up” for its September flea market.

In a letter dated August 6, 2004 to SEMARA’s Ray Arruda, KB1EVX, ARRL Convention Program Manager Gail Iannone wrote, “We’re pleased to tell you that Director Frenaye has approved the application of the Southeastern MA Amateur Radio Association to hold an ARRL approved hamfest in Dartmouth, MA on September 12, 2004.”

This santioned event is now listed on the ARRL Hq. web site at http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html?dosel=1&subtype=section&selsect=EMA.

For further information about the flea market or SEMARA, visit: http://www.semara.org.

Chuck Cooper, K1CHC writes:

“In case some of you have not bought today’s copy of the Ipswich Chronicle, I have included a link to it here. The local reporter, Faith Tomei, wrote a nice story about Ipswich EM activities during the DNC. It certainly gave good coverage to ham radio and what we are trying to accomplish with emergency communications.

Needless to say, we could not have done what we did without your support. Job well done by all.”

(Photo by Faith Tomei)

Alex is a Cat 1 Hurricane as of 0800 this morning (3 Aug). The latest track takes it rapidly east in the next 48 hours and well south of us.

From KD1CY:

Hello to all….

I’ve been asked to support the Hurricane Alex Activation starting around 3 PM this afternoon. We’ll be on the air from SEMARA under call-sign W1AEC and will be on the air with the Voice Over IP WX Net which can be found via reflector 9210 on IRLP and the WX-TALK node on Echolink. In addition, we will also monitor the Hurricane Watch Net on 14.325 KHz.

We are recording the entire net via the Echolink side of the program.

73,Rob-KD1CY.
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator for NWS Taunton

QST–Massachusetts amateurs

On Friday July 23, the Massachusetts Senate deleted a cellphone provision from a major transportation bill. This is the bill (number H-4771) that you may have heard about late last month. The provision would have made it illegal to drive while using a hand-held cellphone.

The bill on which the H-4771 cellphone provision was based, H-3919, remains in the House Ways and Means committee. H-3919 has been stuck there for over a year. If it is not approved by the end of the year, it will expire.

While neither of these bills represents a direct threat to amateur interests, it is important that we be prepared to make ourselves heard should circumstances warrant.

If you have any questions about this or any other legislation, please contact K3HI.

Shawn O’Donnell, K3HI
EMA ARRL State Government Liaison
k3hi@arrl.net
508 877 7635

Terry Stader, KA8SCP writes on PART-list:

“I just added a link to the http://scan.wb1gof.org site on what you might want to listen to during the next week while people are in town for the DNC. Scroll down to the “Federal stuff” area at the bottom of the page.

For some of the most current information on new frequency captures, try the Scan-Mass-East Yahoo Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scan-Mass-East/.

Want to listed to your favorite “media” station, try the ScanBoston site: http://www.scanboston.com/media.htm or the Media Monitoring Guide at http://www.wiscomm.com/media/bosmedia.htm.

K1NR writes:

“I will be operating from the deck of the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) this Saturday July 17 in conjunction with the ‘Museum Ships on the Air’ weekend. Please look for us on 20m and 40m SSB. Here is some more info below. I will be operating while underway in Boston Harbor. This may be a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to work the Constitution maritime mobile.
Museum Ships on the Air Weekend

Museum ships and submarines weekends offers operators a chance to work some rare and unusual stations and collect unique QSL cards and certificates. More than 80 museum ships and subs worldwide are expected to take part in the event, which is sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club. Club members will operate K1USN aboard the USS Salem (CA-139), the world’s only preserved heavy cruiser, and WW2MAN from the Seehund U boat (U-5075) from their moorings at the US Naval Shipbuilding Museum in Quincy, Massachusetts.

There’s more information, including a listing of vessels planning to participate, on the K1USN web site http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html.

Stations working 10 participating vessels are eligible for a certificate by sending a copy of log pages showing these contacts and a self-addressed, stamped envelope large enough to hold an 8-1/2 x 11-inch certificate (or send $2) to Bob Callahan, W1QWT, 56 Acorn St, Scituate, MA 02066.

The EMA ARES leadership, in cooperation with the Southeastern Massachusetts ARA will present an Advanced Emergency Communications Workshop on Saturday, August 28, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the SEMARA club house on 54 Donald Street in South Dartmouth. [Full story].

A Red Cross “Special” Communications Test for the DNC will take place on Monday July 19th, 2004 at 7 PM. We would like a huge amount of participation across the typical HF frequencies (7245/3943), 47.42 and we will also be testing 2 Meter/440 MHz frequencies that would potentially be utilized during the DNC. I will be sending out the frequency plan and the Red Cross Communications Meeting Minutes from our past meeting Saturday later this week.

International Museum Ships weekend is this weekend (7/16-18)! We expect to be operating K1USN continuously from Friday evening through Sunday evening.

We are also expecting approximately 20 scouts (ages 10-12) from 3pm to 6pm on Saturday.

If you have not visited the Salem before, this is a terrific opportunity. If you can be there between 2:30pm and 6pm, you can help with the scouts. Come early or stay after and get in some operating. We’re planning to have 3 HF and 1 VHF stations operating! Band conditions permitting, we expect pileups!

Please email me at W1AI@hamtestonline.com if you will definitely be there on Saturday from 2:30pm to 6pm and are willing to help with the scouts!

Thanks,

JC Cunningham, W1AI

USS Salem K1USN Radio Club Scouting Program Volunteer Coordinator
www.hamtestonline.com