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The [Boston Amateur Radio Club] will hold a general meeting on Thursday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. on the Zoom teleconferencing platform. New England Division Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI, will give us an update on ARRL issues. KB1ZFP will be talking about possible new membership options, and an update to our website.
Ray Cord, K2TGX writes on the Sturdy Memorial Hospital ARC list:
Hello all,
Just a reminder that this Tuesday, November 17th, we will hold our monthly virtual club meeting at 2000 hours on the 147.195 MHz K1SMH repeater. Hope to hear you all check in.
Tnx and 73,
Ray K2TGX
SMHARC SEcretary/Treasurer
At its November 11, 2020 meeting, Norfolk County Radio Association members generously voted to award a $100 donation to the ARRL Education and Technology Fund.
“The NCRA has been making it a tradition to donate to a selected ARRL Fund nearly every year since 2008 for a total of $1,300 to-date,” said Norfolk County RA Secretary Dave Doe, K1HRV.
The ARRL-affiliated club was established in 1921 and plans to hold a centennial celebration in 2021.
The North Shore Radio Association will meet online on November 16, 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.
From the MMRA Newsletter, November 2020:
Jeremy Breef-Pilz, KB1REQ, will present “Mobile Antennas for Amateur Radio Operation” at the Minuteman Repeater Association (MMRA) membership meeting on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 7:30 PM via ZOOM. Members: login to the MMRA webpage for the link; non-members: send an email to contact@mmra.org.
This presentation will be a wide ranging discussion of mobile antennas used at VHF and UHF frequencies underpinned by some basic antenna theory to motivate an overview of the practical differences in products on the market and installation techniques. Examples will include both products that are aimed at the Amateur Radio market as well as exposure to some from the commercial LMR market. The goal is for attendees to come away with a better understanding of mobile antennas making them a more skilled operator and informed consumer.
Jeremy lives in the suburbs south of Boston and has been a ham since 2008. Hobby interests include repeater installation, VHF/UHF digital modes as well as HF contesting. A graduate of Northeastern University, Jeremy currently works as a systems engineer for Motorola Solutions.
George Allison, K1IG, writes on the PART of Westford mailing list:
We’ve got room for two or three more Show & Tell presentations for next Tuesday’s [November 17] PART meeting. If you’ve got a project or radio-related accomplishment that you’d like to share with the club, send me an email (K1IG (at) arrl.net) with a short description by November 15. A formal presentation with slides isn’t necessary; you can hold up your project for your computer camera or send me a photo and I’ll show it while you talk.
“Pi” Pugh, K1RV, writes in K1USN Happenings:
Dick Bean, K1HC, writes on the Norfolk County Radio Association website:Phil Temples, K9HI, the recently appointed ARRL New England Division Vice Director, will be joining us for our November meeting. We will look forward to hearing from Phil, and he will likely raise awareness of the topic of the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to impose a $50 licensing fee on amateur radio operators, something which many have said will be an impediment to encouraging youth into the hobby.It will be a good opportunity to see and hear our members!
We have a few business items to cover, including an update on our 2021 centennial operating event and discussion of our annual donation to the ARRL, 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 discussion after the meeting closes. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding!
Margaret Gaffney, KA1BZE, writes on the BCRA mailing list:
This month, we will be holding a fox hunt on November 21, 2020. More details will come at tomorrow’s meeting. Because of this, we will be having a tech talk on fox hunting after this month’s business meeting. It will again be on Zoom so look for a link in your email through this group.
[Email mmgaffney -at- comcast -dot- net for meeting information.]
George Allison, K1IG, writes on the PART of Westford mailing list:
The topic for [the PART of Westford‘s] November 17 meeting will be Show and Tell. This is the opportunity to show off the projects you’ve been working on during quarantine. Things we’d like to see include:
If you have something you want to show, send me an email (K1IG (at) arrl.net) by November 15 with a short description and an estimate of how much time you need. Slides, photos, and even videos are welcome; you can show them from your computer or email them to me and I’ll show them while you do the talking.
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.
Sign up here ——> https://forms.gle/4F6VKj53cBesKxVb9 <—–
Note: WARA uses Amazon Chime for online meetings. It will work with just Firefox or Chrome, but you may want to consider downloading the client to avoid issues. Also consider signing in for the “pre-net” where we start an hour early to test your A/V setup.
STARS Online Meeting: Tuesday, Oct 27, 7:00 pm.The FCC proposal is contained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which was adopted to implement portions of the “Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act” of 2018 — the so-called “Ray Baum’s Act.” The fees Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published in the October 15, 2020 Federal Register (https://tinyurl.com/yyk8f2yp)
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 me an email at KB1CNB at arrl.net with the time and location (address or long./lat.). It will be running until 5:00 pm Tuesday, October 27.
Thanks for your help – Info on the hunt will be out soon!
Skip, KB1CNB
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 thanks the Plymouth Municipal Airport for their many years of support for allowing the use of their facilities for monthly meetings and annual Field Day events.
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.