Affiliated Clubs

From the Waltham ARA website: This month we welcome Greg Algieri, WA1JXR, who will be presenting. The presentation will be an Introduction of Principals, Techniques, and How to Use the popular MFJ 259B Antenna Analyzer and the SDR-Kits Vector Network Analyzer. We will show How they Work, What is inside Under the Hood, and what are some of the things you can do with them. If you are not a [Waltham Amateur Radio Association] member and would like to be invited to the presentation, please fill out this form and we will email you an invite before the presentation starts. …

STARS Online Meeting: Tuesday, Oct 27, 7:00 pm.   7:00 GUEST SPEAKER – “FCC Proposal for $50 Fees” speaker tonight – Phil Temples K9HI will do a presentation about the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for new fee structure and how YOU, as an individual, can easily and appropriately participate in a writing campaign to fight it.   8:00 RADIO SHOP TALK Open forum – all topics welcome! Each Tuesday after the regular meeting, join us for Ham Radio Shop Talk begins after the meeting, approx. 8:00 pm, on the same Zoom link. Hang out and join us.   Phil …

K1USN Radio Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting: Topic: K1USN Zoom session: Barbara Dougan, N1NS, and her US Forest Service fire fighting Time: Oct 27, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom details: Contact Pi Pugh, K1BV, at pi.k1rv at gmail.com [To read more about Barbara’s accomplishments and her career with the National Park Service, visit https://ema.arrl.org/public-information/amateur-radio-in-the-media/#Cape_Cod_National_Seashore_Educator_Carried_Torch.]

Michael Bennett, KG1U, writes on the GARS Now mailing list on October 26, 2020:   I have been trying unsuccessfully to reach Airport Management regarding our meeting. I have not heard back. Plymouth is now a  hotspot and I really want to be sure the room is clean if we use it. Therefore, we will meet on Zoom. The information is as follows:  [email kg1ugars at gmail.com for details.]   The Genesis Amateur Radio Society will hold its next meeting on Monday, October 26, 2020, at 7 PM in the Plymouth Airport Community Room, 246 South Meadow Road, in Plymouth. The club …

The Minuteman Repeater Association will hold its October Business Meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7:30 PM. MMRA members can obtain Zoom conference information by visiting https://mmra.org/.

The next meeting of the Norwood Amateur Radio Club is Thursday October 22nd, 2020 at 7:30 PM via Zoom. Meeting ID: 992 8003 0690 – Passcode: 398582. Club meetings are usually held on the fourth Thursday of the month from January through June. 

The North Shore Radio Association will feature Phil Temples, K9HI, ARRL New England Division Vice Director, who will present on ARRL Board Topics and the recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, on October 19, 2020 at 7:00 PM.  Zoom conference information will be sent via the NSRA groups.io mailing list.  Contact Eric, KA1NCF, at ka1ncf -at- nsradio -dot- org to be added to the groups.io list.

Dan Brown, W1DAN, writes in the Wellesley ARS Spark Gap: Our next Zoom meeting will be Tuesday October 20, 2020 at 7:30PM, when Dom, N1DM, will talk about Natick Public Safety communications. Dom notes: “The presentation will concentrate on radio systems used in Natick’s 911 dispatch center. A discussion of the dispatchers equipment capabilities and the various interagency systems in use at the dispatch center will be included.” I will email a Zoom meeting invite link before the meeting. Also, if you are not by your computer, you can call in to the meeting via telephone.

The Framingham Amateur Radio Association‘s November 5, 2020 meeting will feature Bob DeMattia, K1IW, who will present on, “Computer Assisted Ham Radio.” This will be a zoom meeting and members will receive the zoom meeting details via email.  A limited number of prescreened guests may be able to attend. If you are a non-member, contact our president, John KB1VXY, president@w1fy.org, to request an invitation. Much like almost everything else, computers have touched many aspects of ham radio.  From station logging, to the modes we operate – many things have changed.  This presentation will go through a brief timeline of the merging …

The October meeting of the Quannapowitt Radio Association will feature Paul Topolski, W1SEX. Paul will speak about the interesting and colorful “History of the Heath Company,” the company founder, and the subsequent owners of Heath and how the Company’s rapid growth was bolstered by numerous economic factors that came to fruition at the close of World War II. The meeting is this Thursday, October 15th at 7 PM. For Zoom information, email Bruce Bain, K1BG, at bruce.blain@charter.net.

The K1USN Radio Club invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic:  N1DG 2018 Baker Island DXpedition (KH1/KH7Z) Zoom Session Time: Oct 13, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Zoom details: Contact Pi Pugh, K1BV, at pi.k1rv at gmail.com

The Boston Amateur Radio Club will hold its general meeting on Thursday, October 15, at 7:30 p.m. on the Zoom teleconferencing platform. Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, President of the Nashua Amateur Radio Society will present, “The Road to Club of the Year.” For Zoom meeting details, contact Doc Kinne, KE1ML, at ke1ml @arrl.net.

Dick Bean, K1HC, writes: The NCRA conduct its Wednesday, October 14, 2020 meeting at 8 PM using Zoom in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Jim, WJ1R, will be our Zoom host.  Thank you to Jim for agreeing to take on this role! It will be a good opportunity to see and hear our members!  We have a few business items to cover, but we will let everyone have a chance to speak. Please note that we do need to end the Zoom session shortly after the meeting ends so please be mindful of our host asking us to end our …

Mike Powell, W1KU, writes on the Algonquin ARC mailing list: Our [Algonquin Amateur Radio Club] October meeting will be Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 7:30 PM on freeconferencecall.com.  The speaker will be Frank Donovan, W3LPL, speaking on The History of Transatlantic Radio. 73 de W1KU Mike

Marcel Dumont, W1MLD writes on the SEMARA mailing list: The Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association will hold a Zoom virtual meeting on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 7 PM. [For Zoom conference details, contact chiefmld -at- comcast -dot- net.]