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KM1CC On the Air for the 118th Anniversary of the First USA-UK Wireless Transmission, January 18, 2021

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

The Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, KM1CC, will be on the air on January 18, 2021 to commemorate the 118th anniversary of the very first United States-to-United Kingdom wireless transmission. Check dxsummit.fi for spots/frequencies as well as our KM1CC – Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club Facebook page. (All times are UTC) CW 0000-0100 Slow Speed CW 80M & 160M 0100-0400 CW 40M, 80M & 160M 1100-2359 CW 20M, 30M, 40M, 80M & 160M SSB 0000-0400 SSB 80M. 1300 -1500 SSB 17 or 20M 1500- 2359 SSB 40M, 80M Note: Operators will switch bands if conditions are …

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Wellesley ARS Members Activate Dighton Rock Park K-2430 for POTA

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Steve Ciavarini, NQ1F, writes on the Wellesley ARS mailing list: Rob, WA1UMU, and I activated our first [Parks On The Air] for 2021, K-2430, Dighton Rock Park, Berkley, MA. A nice day to get outdoors. We operated 20m & 40m. Lots of QSB. 15m & 10m dead. Rob did very well with Wolfriver vertical, and I used my homebrew 40m EFHW. If you are interested in participating POTA, let us know. 73 & Happy New Year, Steve

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for January – Monday January 4th, 2021 at 830 PM on the MMRA Repeater System

January 2, 2021 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

Hello to all… Happy New Year to all! The January Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday January 4th, 2021 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: http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. For this month’s ARES Net, we will review events of the past month and talk …

Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday 1/2/2021 at 1000 AM EST

January 1, 2021 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

Good afternoon Everyone, On behalf of the entire South Shore Health Radio Group we wish you all a Happy New Year. We would like to thank all those that participated in the monthly nets last year. It put us all to the test and I’m sure 2020 will not soon be forgotten. We also wish to thank our repeater owners and trustees. Without your continued support none of this would be possible. With the vaccine being distributed to our front line workers and I’m sure to the rest of the population shortly, 2021 will be brighter. I can’t wait to …

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ARRL Staffers to be On the Air from W1AW for Straight Key Night, January 1, 2021

December 30, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Members of the ARRL Headquarters staff will put W1AW on the air for Straight Key Night (SKN). Set some time aside on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to take part in this annual ARRL tradition. Information on Straight Key Night can be found at http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night . SKN begins at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2021 (New Year’s Eve in US time zones) and wraps up at 2359 UTC. Not a contest, SKN is dedicated to celebrating amateur radio’s Morse code heritage. Bring out the brass, get on the air, and enjoy casual CW contacts, preferably using a straight key …

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net – Monday December 7th, 2020 – 830 PM EDT

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

Hello to all… The December Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday December 7th, 2020 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: http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. For tonight’s ARES Net, we will review events of the past month and talk a bit on ARES plans for …

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(UPDATED) First Annual Hams All-Holiday On Air Celebration (W1E Special Event Station), December 12, 2020

December 5, 2020December 12, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Dec. 12: Unfortunately I had to cancel this event – a very unusual occurrence for me. Looks like the weather is a bit uncooperative too. -KM1NDY Mindy Hull, KM1NDY, writes in the Wellesley ARS Spark Gap newsletter: Hello Friends! You are all cordially invited to: WHAT: 1st Annual Hams All-Holiday On Air Celebration (W1E Special Event Station) WHEN: Saturday December 12, 2020. Two times: W1E on air from 11am to dusk. Everyone get together from noon to 2pm. WHERE: Meet at Hopkinton State Park. Use the Main Entrance at 164 Cedar St., Hopkinton, MA 01748. Follow the map below. Same place as …

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Bristol Co. RA Foxhunt Update

November 23, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

The Bristol County Repeater Association (a.k.a. Fall River Amateur Radio Club) held a fox hunt on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Here’s the recap – First, we couldn’t have asked for better weather! No one found the fox, but WA1LBK’s team was really close and KC1NDQ was closing in also. The fox was in the parking lot, with permission, of Lexi-Lu’s Place (great blueberry pancakes!) at the intersection of American Legion Highway (Rte. 177) and Forge Road in Westport, about .5 miles south of route 6. the coordinates are 41.6347 and -71.6547 or approximately 7.493 miles SW of the center of …

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2020 K1USN Veterans Day Special Event Wrap-Up

November 20, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

From K1USN Happenings, November 19, 2020: I want to extend my thanks to everyone who helped us make this a success. Obviously we would not be able to conduct our usual in-person activation at K1USN on November 11th due to the pandemic. We had some discussions back and forth and decided that a 31 hour operating event might just work providing we could get commitments from enough operators to get on the HF bands and give us coverage on SSB, CW and FT8/4. As things evolved we even had our first contacts on the 630 meter band using WSPR thanks …

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Hopkinton State Park POTA Activation, November 14, 2020

November 13, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Mindy Hull, KM1NDY writes: Here are the Group POTA / Radio Hoopla details: DATE/TIME: Saturday Nov 14 2020 @ noon to whenever. LOCATION: Meet at Hopkinton State Park. Use the Main Entrance at 164 Cedar St., Hopkinton, MA 01748. Follow Maps (attached). PARKING: Park in large lot at boat launch. We will meet in a grove of trees with picnic tables near the beach at the end of the parking lot that is the farthest from where you entered it. See maps. GPS COORDINATES OF EXACT MEETING SPOT: 42°15’30.7″N 71°31’01.8″W ( 42.258539, -71.517168 ) WEATHER: 50 degrees, …

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K1VV, N1DT Awarded Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award

November 12, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

The Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society awarded Robert (“Whitey”) Doherty, K1VV, and Don Tanguay, N1DT (SK) collectively known as “The Cape Crusaders” with the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their significant achievements over the years and for giving Light beacon enthusiasts many activations in the Northeast / New England region. Whitey accepted the award on behalf of the team. [Full story]

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K1UVH Continues the “Great Hill” Tradition

November 10, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Mike Antoine, K1UVH, and several friends have established a wonderful tradition of operating regularly atop “Great Hill’ in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. It started some time ago after he began hosting a Field Day operation at the summit of the hill. Since then, his group has been gathering once a month to operate the high frequency bands, two meters, 220, and 440. Mike calls it a “Day of Radio.” “We bring tables, chairs, batteries, radios and antennas. We practice social distancing and masking, and I have sign-in sheet for tracking purposes,” says Mike. The core group of operators consist of K1UVH, …

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K1USN Radio Club Veterans Day On Air Event, November 11, 2020

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 - by k9hi - 1 Comment

Wednesday, November 11, 2020, is Veterans Day and once again K1USN plans to be on the air to honor those who have served our country. As you might expect during these difficult times, we are looking for an alternative way to get K1USN on the air. We have decided to announce a 31-hour operating event beginning at 0000 UTC Nov 11th and running through 0500 UTC Nov 12th. The format will consist of two hour shifts and you can use the K1USN call from your home QTH. We will have two hour operating slots available on CW, SSB …

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Algonquin ARC Battery Challenge Begins December 1, 2020

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

There is QRP, even “QRPP.” Aficionados get on the air, battery and spare battery in hand and see how many contacts—or how much DX—they can log. But have you ever considered how many QSOs are actually held in a single battery pack? A few years back, a member (W1XP) of another club, the Nashoba Valley ARC up in the Pepperell/Groton area decided that finding out would make a good club activity. Thus, the Lantern Battery Challenge (LBC). Participants were issued a 12V stack of off-the-shelf 6V lantern batteries. (You know the ones—they’re about two inches square and four or so …

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Bristol County RA Fox Hunt, November 21, 2020

November 3, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

The [Bristol County Repeater Association] will be holding its “First (in a while)” BCRA Fox Hunt on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Check-ins starting at 9:45 am on the BCRA repeater, 145.150 MHz PL 123. Chat and help on the repeater also. The Fox will activate at 10:00 am on 146.565 MHz FM with a 5-watt signal and will transmit one minute of tone followed by Morse Code ID and four minutes of silence. The hunt will last until 2:00 pm or until all checked in participants have found the transmitter, whichever comes first. The Fox will be located within a …

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net – Monday November 2nd, 2020 – 830 PM EDT

November 2, 2020 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

Hello to all… The November Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday November 2nd, 2020 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: http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. For tonight’s ARES Net, the focus will be on participation in the Eastern Mass ARES SET for Saturday 11/14/20 timed …

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ARRL Sweepstakes, November 7-9, 21-23, 2020

November 1, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Contest Objective: To support amateur self-training in radiocommunications, including improving amateur operating skills, conducting technical investigations, and intercommunicating with other amateurs. Stations in the United States and Canada (including territories and possessions) exchange information with as many other US and Canadian stations as possible on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. Dates: CW: First full weekend in November (November 7-9, 2020). Phone: Third full weekend in November (November 21-23, 2020). Contest Period: Begins 2100 UTC Saturday and runs through 0259 UTC Monday. Click here for updates on the Affiliated Club Competion program 2020 Update: There are now a total of …

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North American SSB Sprint Contest, October 31, 2020

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Thank you for your past support of domestic SSB contests, such as the ARRL Sweepstakes. How about trying a fun 4 hour SSB contest? It’s the North American SSB Sprint Contest, Saturday evening October 31st here in North America — that’s November 1, 2020 0000 – 0359 UTC. It has some very interesting rules that make it a bit unique and exciting. Certificates to the top scores in each state/province and/or anyone scoring over 1,200 points. There are door prizes (some call them “Score Prizes”) available for recipients who score at least 1,500 points (just takes 50 QSOs and 30 multipliers) as well as a …

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BCRA Fox in Test Mode

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Skip Denault, KB1CNB, writes on the BCRA club list on October 26, 2020 at 3:20 PM: The [Bristol County Repeater Association] has acquired a fox hunt transmitter and we are planning to have a fox (hidden transmitter) hunt in the near future. The fox is currently on the air and we would like to see if you can hear it. It is on 146.565 MHz and is transmitting a 15 second beacon tone and CW ID every ten minutes “on the 4’s” (2:04; 2:14; 2:24 etc) it is located at latitude 41.7152679 and longitude -71.1486613. If you hear it, send …

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POTA Activation, Hopkinton State Park, October 25, 2020

October 24, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Steve Ciavarini, NQ1F, writes on the Wellesley ARS mailing list: Rob Jaczko, WA1UMU, and I and possibly Leandra Mac Lennan, AF1R, are doing a POTA activation at Hopkinton State Park tomorrow at 1 PM and would love to have anyone join us. We will have plenty of antennas so you will only need to bring your radio if you would like to operate in tandem. It’s like a mini field day and a chance to escape the Covid blues. We practice safe Covid operation, keeping several wavelengths apart, hi hi. POTA website: https://pota.us/#/parks/K-2440 If you can’t make it …