New England Public Service List 01/12/09
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.
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Date Location Event Contact Tel/Email
Apr 20 Hopkinton MA Boston Marathon Bob K1IW marc2009@mmra.org
to Boston MA signup at http://marc.mmra.org
Apr 26 Groton MA Groton Road Race Ralph KD1SM kd1sm@arrl.net
Jul 3 Fitchburg MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM kd1sm@arrl.net
Jul 4 Princeton MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM kd1sm@arrl.net
Jul 5 Fitchburg MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM kd1sm@arrl.net
Jul 25 Devens MA Memory Ride for Alzheimer's Ralph KD1SM kd1sm@arrl.net
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Bob “Whitey” Doherty, K1VV writes:
Mike Neilsen, W1MPN has announced the appointement of Terry Stader, KA8SCP as an Assistant Section Manager to liaise with the northern districts.
Volunteers of the USS Cassin Young museum ship at the Charlestown Navy Yard are planning a day trip to see the USS Intrepid museum ship in Manhattan, New York on Saturday, February 14, 2009. The cost, including admission is $89.00. According to Bob Reiser, AA1M, the group will depart and arrive back at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Anyone interested is requested to contact AA1M by phone at 781 272 6219 or email at 
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ARRL Section Manager-elect Mike Neilsen, W1MPN has announced his picks for section staff. [
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(Dec. 16, 2008) As a major ice storm — accompanied by freezing rains, flooding and strong winds — severely impacted New England on Thursday evening into Friday morning, ARES®, RACES, SKYWARN and MARS operators worked together to respond to calls for assistance from served agencies and to participate in the recovery phase of the storm. As the storm progressed into the weekend, ice accumulations up to 1.5 inches were common throughout a very large area of Western, Central and Northeast Massachusetts, as well as parts of New Hampshire and Maine. [
The November, 2008 EMA Station Activity Report and Public Service Honor Roll totals have been posted to nts.ema.arrl.org under 
On Friday evening, December 5 and Saturday morning December 6, 2008, 
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for November is Larry Coyle, K1QW, of Needham, MA, for his article “A Modular Receiver for Exploring the LF/VLF Bands.”
Donald A Rosinha, WA1BXY writes on the SEMARA Discussion List: