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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 …

Gene Balinski, K1NR, writes in the Algonquin ARC mailing list:   Please join us for the  NEW  New England Digital Swap Net    This Saturday Evening 8:00 PM on the DMR-MARC New England network    Choose the New England-wide talk group, and check-in when net control calls your area.   Feel free to list gear for sale, trade, or wanted.     Hope to see you then,   73 Gene K1NR 

The CQ WW is the largest Amateur Radio competition in the world. Over 35,000 participants take to the airwaves on the last weekend of October (SSB) and November (CW) with the goal of making as many contacts with as many different DXCC entities and CQ Zones as possible.  [Details]

From the Boston ARC website: In a very exciting development, [Boston Amateur Radio Club] member Brendan Baldonado, the newly licensed KC1NEF, lets us know about an upcoming Parks On The Air (POTA) activation he’s about to attempt. He says: “As you may know I am getting ready to take my General and Extra exam, but thought it could be a fun challenge to “Activate” a park using only Tech bands and Abilities. My Plan is to activate using 5 bands, if I can, with no data and no CW and mostly VHF! The activation is not a contest so spotting is …

From Boston Area DXers mailing list:   Duke Hamann of WNJC has announced another weekly DX Test of WNJC 1360, including a historic first-ever test of the FT-8 mode during a medium-wave broadcast test.   Reception reports can be sent to Duke at: kc2dux@duxpond.com   The test will be in two parts:   WNJC DX TEST PART ONE 0000 EDT-0100 EDT (0400-0500 UTC)   The test begin late tonight starting at midnight on the East Coast of the United States. Late Saturday/Early Sunday, 9/27 at 0000 EDT (0400 UTC) and initially air the same Morse code IDs, jingles, sweep tones, …

Alan Hicks, KD1D, writes on the NEMass Fox Hunters List at 3:36 PM on September 25, 2020: The Fox attempted to go out last week, but was seized by a fever* and went home. Newly energized, the Fox is on the air as of 1445 EDT on Friday September 25, 2020.  I expect to bring him home again on Monday morning 9/28.  CLUES: – The Fox’s new den is on Westford Conservation Trust Land. (Check them out – they have great maps!) – The initials of the site remind me of what broke Ralphie’s glasses in “A Christmas Story.” – …