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Public Service

Request for Operators, YuKanRun Half-By-The-Sea Half Marathon, Manchester, September 22, 2019

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Chris Winczewski, K1TAT, writes on the CAARA mailing list:   CAARA has a great public service team! Come out and have some fun with us. We have loaner radios if you need one. Come out and join the event. Just contact us and we will set you up with a radio. We are looking for operators to staff the YuKanRun Half-By-The-Sea Half Marathon. on Sunday, September 22. Please be on location at your Check Point by 9:30 AM for a 10:00 AM start. Manchester Essex Memorial Elementary School, 43 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944 Please let me know if you …

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Newton-Wellesley Area D-STAR Net Begins

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Frank Ventura, N1FMV, writes on Wellesley ARS, Middlesex ARC lists: […] We have received permission to hold a once weekly net on a DSTAR reflector. We would like to invite anyone who has access to  DSTAR equipment to join us every Monday night at 8 PM Eastern on the REF038C reflector. This will be a very informal net and no specific time limit or topic shall be enforced. Thanks, for reading and hope to hear from all who are interested.

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Affiliated Clubs / Youth

MIT Radio Society, MIT UHF Repeater Association Kickoff Fall 2019 Schedule

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The MIT Radio Society and MIT UHF Repeater Association kick off their fall 2019 semester: Every Friday at 7 pm, 50-358 – Friday Fun Fest – Come hang out and get a tour of the stations or work on projects Saturday, September 14-15 at 2 pm, 54-2101 – September VHF contest – From the Green Building roof, use our weak signal station to communicate around the hemisphere! Sunday, September 15, 9 am-2 pm, Albany St Garage – Swapfest – Computers, electronics, radio flea market Wednesday, September 18 at 7:30 pm, 1-150 – Ham Radio FCC License Exams – $14 and 2 IDs

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Affiliated Clubs

North Shore RA Meets September 16, 2019

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The North Shore Radio Association will hold its general meeting on Monday, September 16, 2019.  Doors open at 7 PM, and the meeting starts at 7:30 PM. Club meetings are held on the second Monday night of each month (except July and August) at 7:30 PM at the Peabody Municipal Light Plant Auditorium, 201 Warren Street Extension in Peabody, Massachusetts (talk-in 145.470/R). 

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Affiliated Clubs

Eastern MA Club Speakers List

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Attention club officers: The Eastern Massachusetts ARRL web site maintains a list of club presentations and speakers for use by affiliated clubs. The list is divided into two categories: A listing of speakers who have registered with local ARRL section leadership to present on ham related talks to any club within a designated traveling area; A “historical” listing of speakers who have presented–or will present–at a radio club on the date listed.  The latter “historical” category contains over five years of information. (Note: Inclusion in the historical section does not indicate a willingness or availability on the speaker’s part to present at other meetings, nor …

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Flea at MIT, September 15, 2019

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Steve Finberg, W1GSL, writes: The September FLEA at MIT is this coming Sunday.    Also known as SWAPFEST it is held in MIT’s Albany Street garage near the corner of Albany and Main Street in Cambridge. It features high-tech goodies such as electronics, computers and ham radio. “All things nerdly.”      We have had real Enegma machines to an NASA Gemini space craft,  show up.   It starts at 9 AM for buyers and runs till 2 PM,  be early for the  good stuff.   All vendors are in the covered garage, which makes a weatherproof event.   Its not too …

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K1SIG, Unlimited Rover, in ARRL VHF Contest, September 14-16, 2019

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Sean Waite, WA1TE writes on the YCCC mailing list: Alright…no minute like last minute. Chris KG6CIH and I have finally decided what our route for the contest is going to be. Saturday: FN34wa – Bradford Information Center FN33xi – Sunapee High Point FN43fb – Quincy Mountain Sunday: FN42fg – Westborough Water Tower (we may pick another FN42 site, depends on where we end up Saturday night) FN41cu – Apple orchard/cell site FN31tx – Soapstone Mountain FN32ou – Hogback Mountain Times for this will be fuzzy. Maybe 2 hours at each site, maybe longer on Sunday sites as we have more …

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Norfolk County RA Presents ARRL Elmer Award to K1HRV

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Norfolk County Radio Association President Dick Bean, K1HC, writes: The Norfolk County Radio Association presented Dave Doe, K1HRV, with the ARRL Elmer Award at its September 11 meeting to thank him for his mentoring of so many fellow hams over 51 years of club membership (since January 10, 1968).  Dave has held many leadership positions in the club, and he is currently club secretary and historian.

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Affiliated Clubs / Emergency Communications

Sturdy Memorial Hospital ARC Meets September 17, 2019

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Ray Cord, K2TGX, writes on the SMH ARC mailing list: This is to announce that the September Meeting of the SMH ARC will be held this coming Tuesday evening, September 17 [in Attleboro] at the Hospital in Conference Room D & E. Please note that there will be an abbreviated ARES meeting starting at 7:00PM and the business meeting will start at 7:30PM to allow time for a presentation by Pierre Guimond, N1EZT. Hope to see you all there.

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Licensing Education & Training / Technical

Build-Your-Own “HABCAR” Course Coming Soon to MIT Lincoln Lab

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MIT Lincoln Lab employee Brian Smigielski, AB1ZO, has been awarded funding to design a course in which participants will learn how to build a prototype High Altitude Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio (HABCAR). “The [MIT Lincoln Lab] Technology Office wanted to create another kit building course where each kit would have a price  point of about $400/kit,” writes Brian.  “I had suggested a Build-Your-Own High Altitude Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio course focused on a long-endurance flight using WSPR and transmitting back telemetry (as well as other sensor related data) using the “invalid” WSPR messages which begin with a 0 or Q (that …

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Affiliated Clubs / Youth

Nashoba Valley ARC, Possible Plans for 2019 Jamboree On The Air

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Stan Pozerski, KD1LE writes in the September, 2019 issue of Signal: We are exploring doing an Amateur Radio activity for the Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) with Owen Salter, KC1KZT, who is a boy scout from Ayer. Owen is working on whether arrangements can be made with the Boy Scout Council leadership. Possible locations at this point are the Lancaster Boy Scout office (where we set up two years ago) or Pearl Hill State Park in Townsend during a camporee. Stay tuned as we will need some help for this. 

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Wellesley ARS Meeting @ New England Sci-Tech, September 17, 2019

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Dan Brown, W1DAN, writes in the Wellesley ARS’ The Spark Gap: Our September meeting will be very different. We will visit New England Sci-Tech at 16 Tech Circle in Natick on Tuesday September 17 (https://www.nescitech.org/). Here we will have a short business meeting, then join Bob [Phinney, K5TEC] and his crew to enjoy what they are doing. — New England Sci-Tech conducts classes and workshops in electronics, space science, ham radio, astronomy, robotics, photography, coding, computers, Arduinos, game theory, 3D design, spooky music, wearable technology, telescope making, edible 3D, Cubes-in-SpaceTM,  kite making, quadcopters, battle-bots, and more. It also provides a Maker …

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Public Service

WECT Public Service Events

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Courtesy wma.arrl.org: The Worcester Emergency Communications Team is looking for ham radio operators to assist with two more upcoming public service events.  Both of these events are out of WECT’s normal operational area. The Buzzard’s Bay Triathlon in Westport on Sunday, September 15th. It occurs from 9 AM (hams will meet at 8 AM) until about 1 PM (some assignments should secure by noon). It will be held in Horseneck Beach State Park and includes a swim, bike and run that travels through the town of Westport. There is also a duathlon option. It is a very scenic area. The Ride to Defeat ALS on Sunday September 22 from 6 AM to …

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Mystic Valley ARG Meeting, September 15, 2019

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Nick Magliano, KC1MA, writes:   The September meeting of the Mystic Valley Amateur Radio Group will be held on Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 9 a.m.       The meeting will be held at the Milton Auxiliary Fire Dept Station, 2nd floor, 509 Canton Ave. Milton, Mass.        The building is a little beyond the gazebo to the right of the Milton Fire Headquarters where we’ve held our Field Day Operations in past years.  Local map is attached below as a post script.    We will be monitoring the 145.43 Belmont repeater for talk-in.  Please feel free to email me …

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Affiliated Clubs / Youth

Harvard Wireless Club’s 110th Year, and Fall 2019 Kickoff Meeting

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Welcome to the Harvard Wireless Club’s 110th year! We’ve got a variety of exciting events planned, so we’re kicking off with a meeting at 6 Linden St. on Tuesday 9/10 at 7 PM. Dinner (pizza) will be provided so feel free to send me an email if you have dietary restrictions for us to accommodate. We’ll be going over the basics of ham radio (what it is and why it’s important), our plans for the year, and giving a quick overview of how the club runs. If you’re interested in amateur radio but unable to attend, don’t worry! Let us know …

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Northeastern Wireless Club Fall 2019 Kickoff

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    NU Wireless Club mailing list, September 9, 2019: Welcome back to all of our returning members and welcome to all of our new members. After a way-too-short summer, Wireless Club is starting back up. This semester we will have our bi-weekly general meetings, ham nets, workshops, and more!  Our first meeting is this Thursday, September 12th [in 503 Hayden at 6:00 PM]. We will be introducing new members to the club and talking about the upcoming semester. Come join us for pizza and refreshments. Hope to see you all there!

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Public Service

Amateur Radio Volunteers Requested, Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life, October 5, 2019

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Dave Gilman, KC1DDH, writes:   Mark Richards, K1MGY and I head up the Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life event based out of Holliston and we are coming up woefully short of volunteers from our usual pool. We are in need of Amateur Radio operators to operate at rest stops and as SAG vehicles roaming the course to keep an eye on and assist the cyclists.   The event is on Saturday, October 5th based at Fatima Shrine in Holliston.  There are three routes:  12 mile, 30 mile and 65 mile courses traversing Holliston, Sherborn, Medfield, Medway and Hopkinton.  We can …

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Licensing Education & Training / Operating

Boxboro Fox

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John Salmi, KB1MGI, writes on the foxhunting list on September 6, 2019 at 2:01 PM: To all fox hunters and others: I hope to see you all at the Northeast HamXposition @ Boxboro Saturday morning at 9am for my Fox Hunting Talk. And my RF Fingerprinting talk at 10 am. Great fox hunting tips and stories about fox hunting adventures. I thinking of holding off on placing out the Fox Box due to weather. John KB1MGI

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