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The next meeting of the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association is Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at 6:30 PM at the Bridgewater Emergency Operations Center, in Bridgewater.
MARA holds monthly meetings each third Tuesday of the month. In addition, members conduct “meetings on the air” each Tuesday at 8 PM on the 147.180 MHz repeater (PL 67.0 Hz).
The Genesis Amateur Radio Society will hold its next meeting on Monday, February 24, 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 Framingham Amateur Radio Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Guest Brian Gudzevich, WO1VES, will be presenting on “Introduction to digital radio with Hotspots.”
Gudzevich is a repeater operator and self-employed technology specialist. He’s an avid fan of the digital radio modes and operates three repeaters in Stoneham, MA, one Fusion, one D-Star, and one Analog. WO1VES also operates the hub of an Internet linked repeater system called “The Wolf Pack Network” with repeaters stretching from Northeastern Massachusetts to as far north as Ossipee, New Hampshire.
FARA meets the first Thursday of the month (except in July and August), 7:30 pm at the Framingham Police Station, 1 William Welch Way (corner of William Welch Way and Union Ave) in the first floor training room. Enter through the front door on Union Ave. and the room is to the left. All area hams and those not yet licensed but interested in amateur radio are welcome to attend.
The Wellesley Amateur Radio Society will meet on February 18, 2020 at 7:30 PM. Charlie Bures, WA3ITR, will present on his new program called “Your Project in Space” for teens. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month (except July and August) at 7:30 PM in the Kingsbury Room of the Wellesley Police Station, 485 Washington St. (Rte 16), in Wellesley. Please park on the street. Guests are welcome!
See you there!
The North Shore Radio Association will hold its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, in the Peabody Municipal Light Plant auditorium, 201 Warren St Extension, in Peabody (talk-in 145.470 repeater). Bruce Blain, K1BG, will present on “Entry Level Licensing – What’s Worked and What Hasn’t:”
All of us entered the amateur radio hobby in a number of different ways. Whether it was the Class B license of the 30s and 40s, the Novice license of the 50s through the 90s, or the current Technician class license, Bruce looks at the history of entry level license requirements and conditions, what’s worked and what hasn’t, and what it means for attracting youth to the hobby.
The next meeting of the Mystic Valley Amateur Radio Group will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 9 AM.
The meeting location will be the Milton Auxiliary Fire Dept. Station, 2nd floor, 509 Canton Avenue, Milton. The building is a little beyond the gazebo to the right of the Milton Fire Headquarters where we’ve held our Field Day Operations in past years. Local map is attached below as a post script.
We will be monitoring the 145.43 Belmont repeater for talk-in. Please feel free to email me with any questions. kc1ma at arrl dot net
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PART of Westford President George Allison, K1IG, has created a completely revised club website at http://www.wb1gof.org and its “look-and-feel” is stellar.
According to George, “the design is flexible can be adapted to the club’s needs.” He invites feedback about the appearance, formatting, and content from the membership, and adds, “We’ll discuss it at the next club meeting.”
According to the MIT Radio Society’s website, the club is attempting to raise funds to renew its rooftop space atop the Green Building:
“We need your help! The center of many of our activities, located on the roof of the iconic Green Building (MIT’s tallest academic building), is at risk due to a major renovation. Beginning this spring, the Green Building is being renovated and our rooftop shack is to be removed. This space is currently home to our VHF/UHF and microwave contest and research station, W1XM, as well our 70 cm repeater, and a host of student projects. If we wish to keep our home there, we need to raise $300,000 before April 2020 for the renewal of our space.
“Sadly, the club does not have the financial reserves on hand to replace the W1XM shack. So we are asking for your help. We’re already part of the way towards our goal and have some great volunteers – with YOUR help we know we can reach our goal.”
Bill Morris, W1WMM, writes on the CAARA List:
Greetings everyone.
Saturday, February 8, 2020, is the [Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association] member’s meeting at noon, with a club-funded lunch. We hope to see everyone at the club for CAARA club fellowship. Thank you.
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The Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association is an ARRL-affiliated club whose mission includes: providing health and safety communication services for emergencies and disasters on Cape Ann and in other areas when requested, educate and train new amateur radio operators and to maintain a well-tuned disaster team, conduct FCC testing for new licenses and those wishing to upgrade, provide educational services and demonstrations to local area schools and community organizations such as the Boy Scouts, conduct public demonstrations and educational events, assist public utilities in finding radio frequency interferences that could potentially harm or hinder emergency communication activities, and create a positive, supportive environment for our members that promotes camaraderie and fellowship.
Dan Pedtke, KW2T, writes:
I’ve done a bunch of work on the TechNightRadio, having a new board, and building up most of it. Hopefully by meeting time I’ll have the two signal sources working.
I will also do a summary of the Consumer Electronic Show that I went to last month.
TechNight is held every 2nd Thursday of the month, from 7-10 PM, at the Grady Research Building in Ayer, MA. It is open to anyone with an interest in radio or electronics, from age 6 to 100. Though it is directed mainly at the Ham Radio enthusiast, it also covers general electronics and computers. Amongst the marvels of radio technology like antennas, impedance matching, and software radio, we will discuss things like the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ARM Cortex and the like, and even a little about LINUX and PC applications that work with radios. Meetings also include a period where anyone can ask questions about anything, or repair and test stuff people bring in. On occasion, the meeting will involve building a kit of some sort, that the participants have agreed to buy as a group. See the Topics page for more details.
The next club meeting of the Pilgrim Amateur Radio Club will be Monday, February 10, 2020, 7:00 PM at The Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, 195 MA-137, Harwich, MA.
Pilgrim ARC members have been active in amateur radio emergency communications, class/test instruction, and maintaining two repeaters in Truro and Harwich. PARC is an ARRL affiliated club.
The Yankee Clipper Contest Club will hold its next meeting on Sunday, February 2, 2020, from 1:00 – 4:00 PM at the Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center in Sturbridge, MA.
Program for the day:
1. CAC Report- W1UE
2. SO2R Mini- NN1C
3. “In Band Box”- K1XM
4. “Fun with (Telnet) Filters- W1UE
5. An update on a super station build – N1RR
YCCC general meetings are usually held in the even-numbered months at select locations within the club’s territory.
The Whitman Amateur Radio Club‘s next meeting on February 5, 2020 will feature a special presentation by Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, ARRL New England Division Director. The meeting will start at 7:00 PM.
Mr. Hopengarten was first licensed in 1956 and has been an ARRL member continuously since. He is a Life Member, and makes annual financial donations to the League. Instead of enjoying his early life, he spent nine years to graduate from Colby, Boston College Law School, and Harvard Business School. He is a practicing lawyer. He wrote the ARRL book, “Antenna Zoning for the Radio Amateur.” He likes 160 CW, multi-op contesting, and travel.
WARC has invited members from two nearby radio clubs–the Genesis Amateur Radio Society and the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association–as their guests to attend this special presentation.
WARC holds a winter flea market, conducts licensing classes, and participates in a number of high-profile public service events. Meetings are held at the Whitman Knights of Columbus Hall on route 18 just south of the Abington line.
“Pi” Pugh, K1RV, writes on the K1USN mailing list:| FYBO Winter QRP Sprint | ||
| Status: | Active | |
| Mode: | CW, SSB, Digital | |
| Bands: | 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m | |
| Classes: | Single Op (Home/Field) Multi-Single (Home/Field) Multi-Multi (Home/Field) |
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| Max power: | 5 watts | |
| Exchange: | RS(T) + (state/province/country)+ name + power out + temperature(F) | |
| Work stations: | Once per band segment per mode | |
| QSO Points: | 1 point per QSO 100 points per QSO with NQ7RP per mode per band |
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| Multipliers: | state/province/country once per band Field: x4 Alternative Power: x2 QRPp (<1W): x2 Temperature: 65F=x1, 50-64F=x2, 40-49F=x3, 30-39F=x4, 20-29F=x5,<20F=x6 |
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| Score Calculation: | Total score = (total QSO points x spc mults x temp mult x alt pwr mult x field mult x QRPp mult) + NQ7RP QSO points | |
| E-mail logs to: | fybo[at]azscorpions[dot]org | |
| Upload log at: | http://www.qrpcontest.com/ | |
| Mail logs to: | Mike Baker, K7DD 8845 W. Diana Ave. Peoria, AZ 85345 USA |
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| Find rules at: | http://arizonascqrpions.apps- |
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Logs due: Mar 5
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning for some fun on the air at K1USN! We expect to begin setup around 8:30 AM.
The Framingham Amateur Radio Association will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Adrian, AB2IX, will be presenting on 3-D printing. Come for this very interesting and timely talk.
FARA meets the first Thursday of the month (except in July and August), 7:30 pm at the Framingham Police Station, 1 William Welch Way (corner of William Welch Way and Union Ave) in the first floor training room. Enter through the front door on Union Ave. and the room is to the left. All area hams and those not yet licensed but interested in amateur radio are welcome to attend.
The Barnstable Amateur Radio Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, February 3, 2020 at 7:00 PM in the Dennis Police Department conference room in Dennis, MA. Entrance to the meeting area is to your right after entering through the main entrance.
BARC meets on the first Monday of each month unless otherwise noted.
All radio amateurs and people interested in Amateur Radio are welcome to attend. BARC members will receive a written call to meeting with more detail and a meeting agenda.
Andy Wallace, KA1GTT, writes on w1hh.org:
Everyone, please mark your calendars for the next [Billerica Amateur Radio Society] meeting: Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Our speaker that evening will be Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF, who was just elected as First Vice President of the American Radio Relay League.
Meetings begin promptly at 7:00 PM, first Wednesday of the month. Our meeting location in Chelmsford is at:
Chelmsford Bible Church
128 Gorham St. (Route 3A)
Chelmsford, MA 01824
Please park in back and enter by the rear door. A map can be accessed by the “Club Meetings” notice on the right side of the website.
The Billerica ARS encourages members to get on the air! (GOTA). There are many exciting operating events over the coming cold months to enjoy. Let us know what you’re interested in.
Bring a friend (or aspiring ham) and join us!
Note: The weekly BARS Wednesday night net will not meet on this evening because of the club meeting. Members are encouraged to get on Billerica (147.12) on their way to/from the meeting instead.
The Falmouth Amateur Radio Association will hold its next meeting on January 30, 2020, at 7:30 PM at the Falmouth Fire Department, 399 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02540 (map). All are welcome.
FARA was founded in 1931. FARA, Inc. is a 501 C(3) non-profit, Massachusetts corporation, an ARRL affiliated organization and an ARRL Special Services Club.
Brian McCaffrey, W1BP, writes on the PART of Westford mailing list:
Thank you to everyone that helped make our Winter Field Day a success. Alan’s sign-in log indicates 12 attendees.
On Friday, George and Alan helped get Bob’s 80m OCF antenna and tent up. On Saturday, Niece, Alan and George helped get the station running. Bob, W1FDR spent at least 4 hours at the mic getting phone QSOs over the two days. Andy and John worked CW in the evening. Alan and John did an awesome job serving as WSC attendants to fulfill our obligation to have a WSC member on-site at all times.
The log shows 158 QSOs. With 4,500 bonus points for outdoor, away from home, and generator power, our total claimed score is 7,508. Looking at the 2019 1O results, that would have been a top-10% result in the 1O category. We’ll see how we do when the actual scores are published for 2020.
We collected lessons learned at the event which we will share at the February membership meeting. If you have any comments or suggestions, please share them with me and I’ll brief them at the meeting.
We’re on to WFD 2021!
73,
Brian
W1BP
The Algonquin Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, February 6, 2020–a week earlier than normal–due to the flea market occurring the following week on February 15.
The club’s flea market will be discussed. Also, there may be a speaker (to be determined).
AARC meetings are held at 7:30 PM in the library of the 1st Lt. Charles W. Whitcomb Middle School in Marlborough, 25 Union Avenue. Use Door #1 at rear of building.