Clubs

Joe Chapman, NV1W, writes in The SPARC, June 2020:

The June General Meeting [of the Boston Amateur Radio Club] will be held at the usual date and time, Thursday, June 18, at 7:30 p.m., but on the Zoom teleconferencing platform instead of in person in Brookline Village. Zoom clients are available for many platforms at https://zoom.us. We are grateful to Phil Temples, K9HI, for assisting with setting things up.

June is the Elections meeting, and if you are interested in running for a club office, please contact either Vice President Mark Duff, KB1EKN, or myself. Nominations will of course be open until the election itself, so contacting either one of us is optional.

We will also be discussing individual plans for Field Day.

Here is the drill: I will send out a link for the meeting to the SPARC email distribution list on the afternoon of the 18th . It should have everything you need to join the meeting. Talk-around will be on the 145.230 Boston repeater, and I will be listening in case anyone runs into any issues.

Andy Wallace, KA1GTT, writes on the Billerica Amateur Radio Society website:

I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will again be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop – this time, Part 2, the sequel! David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they function and also about why they were designed and produced the way they were. I have enjoyed David’s blog posts immensely and he does a great job connecting the dots between the cutting-edge electrical engineering work of today and the heritage that came before.

Working on antique radios takes a special kind of detective skill. Often the circuits are simple. Five-tube radios were common. But in producing consumer electronics, manufacturers had to cut costs which can leave today’s hobbyist scratching his or her head as to why performance or safety could be at risk. Dave has a great slide deck prepared with illustrations of what he has encountered and will explain the logic behind the original design and the way to get these antique sets playing safely again. Remember, there is real radio theory inside a broadcast-band radio. He will field questions after each section of his presentation as well.

This should be a fascinating talk! He was only able to get through two subjects last speaking engagement, so this time he will finish up with “Philco and the State of the Art” and “A Bad Reputation – the Story of the 6X5 Rectifier”.

The NCRA will hold its June meeting on Wednesday, June 10, at 8 PM via Zoom.  We will have a presentation on the new Field Day rules by Bruce, K1BG, the ARRL EMA Assistant Section Manager, followed by an opportunity for everyone to discuss what they have been doing since the last Zoom meeting on May 13.  Jim, WJ1R, will be the Zoom meeting host, and club secretary, Dave, K1HRV, will be sending out the meeting link and password.

Last month’s meeting was well-attended, and it was quite special because of the participation of many of our distant members who cannot attend a local meeting.  Hope everyone will have a chance to participate!  See you then!  –NCRA website

The June Business Meeting of the Minuteman Repeater Association will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 7:30 PM via Zoom teleconference. Information will be available on the Association’s website by early June.

The Algonquin Amateur Radio Club‘s June 11th virtual meeting will be hosted at a special time of 6:30 PM to allow the club to hear from the ARRL New England Division Director, Fred Hopengarten, K1VR.  Information on joining the meeting will be provided via email prior to the meeting.

The Framingham Amateur Radio Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, June 4, 2020 via Zoom from 7:30 PM to 8:20 PM. 

The business portion of the meeting will include the treasurer and webmasters, report, the clerk secretary’s report, discussion on the Bev Lee’s scholarship awards, repeater report, and election of officers. 

Following the conclusion of the business meeting, Sumner Weisman, W1VIV, will present on Korean War radios.

Andy Wallace, KA1GTT, writes on the Billerica Amateur Radio Society website w1hh.org:

“I’m very happy to announce that our next virtual speaker will be David Kruh, WB2HTO, with his talk entitled Stories from the Shop. David enjoys repairing antique radios – ones using vacuum tubes – and has learned a lot about how they function and also about why they were designed and produced the way they were. I have enjoyed David’s blog posts immensely and he does a great job connecting the dots between the cutting-edge electrical engineering work of today and the heritage that came before. [Full story]

New Affiliated Club Service Offered: Your Club on the Web:

 

“We understand it’s difficult to recruit and retain a webmaster for your club. In fact, some clubs’ web sites have fallen into disrepair.  That’s why we’re excited to offer this new service to ARRL affiliated clubs—a hosted page on the EMA ARRL web site. The address is of the form, https://ema.arrl.org/<Your Club Name>. The pages would be maintained by our webmaster, with input from your club officers.”

We’re pleased to announce the Nantucket Amateur Radio Association has accepted this service for its web presence. To view their new site, visit <https://ema.arrl.org/nara>.