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NTS SURVEY NOW ON ARRL WEBSITE

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The Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC) was appointed by the ARRL Board of Directors to provide guidance to the Board on future emergency communications involving ARES and NTS.  This committee has put together a survey in which they want as many NTS participants as possible to participate.  Below is the link to take this survey.  The suvey will end at midnight June 24, 2013.  Please spread the word.  Note this is only for those who do participate in NTS.  Thank you and 73,   Marcia KW1U

 

www.arrl.org/nts

From the ECAC: 

Rumor Control Note: This is not an idea or suggestion list.  Although we are asking a wide range of questions here, it does not mean that any particular idea is under active consideration.  Our goal is to permit a broad range of opinions and ideas to be gathered.  The results will be used in discussions by the Emergency Communications Advisory Committee during development of guidance to the ARRL Board of Directors.

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14th Annual Eastern Massachusetts Field Day Directory Now On-line

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2013 Field Day logoThe 14th Annual Eastern Massachusetts Field Day Directory contains some of the most comprehensive Field Day resource pages of its kind.

According to Bill Ricker, N1VUX, the section Field Day pages offer detailed information on individual field day club operations along with the complete event operating rules and helpful safety tips.

“Clubs which are reactivating a previous Class A or F site can confirm to the EMA Directory by simply putting their pin in at the ARRL Locator – conveniently linked from our directory. I’ll pick that up and mark them confirmed. I would appreciate an email from new clubs in Class A or F, clubs with new sites, clubs whose details on their EMA directory need updating, or who are definitely not using the site they had last year. Email n1vux at his arrl.net address.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reminder: Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for June 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for June is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for June is Monday June 3rd, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday June 1st, 2013 at 1000 AM

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Good Afternoon Everyone,

Net Control for the June Eastern MA Hospital Net will be the Falmouth Amateur Radio Association from the Falmouth Hospital. The net will commence at the usual time of 10am using the following repeaters in the order listed.

Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0

Fall River 146.805 tone 67.0

Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9

Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5  
Simplex 147.555

Please note the change in the simplex frequency. This month we will use 147.555 as our Simplex Frequency.     

The Net will then return to the Dartmouth Repeater for comments and net closing.

NET Protocol: Please wait for Net Control to ask for Check-ins. When asked to check in please use the standard net check in procedure which is:   Here is.., un-key, wait 3 seconds to check for doubling, then give your or your facilities call sign, your first name, and your facility’s name.

 We would like to extend an invitation to the EOC of any city or town that is served by one of our participating hospitals to join the Net. We also extend an invitation to any RACES or ARES member to check in during the NET.

 We are always looking for more groups or organizations to run the Net. If you are interested please let us know. Our goal is to rotate Net Control practice and the experience among as many groups as possible.

Any hospital wishing to join the net that is unable to do so due to a lack of equipment or personal should contact send an email to ssharc@gmail.com or Carl Aveni at caave@peoplepc.com for assistance in getting your location on the air.

We thank the repeater trustees for their generosity in allowing us to conduct the monthly nets and the use of their systems in an actual event. The following list of repeaters are available for us to use for our nets and for emergency use. Only a few systems are used each month with the selection of those used made by Net Control for that month.  More systems are being added to the list on a regular basis.
 
Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3
Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
Danvers 145.47 tone 136.5
Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0 
Fairhaven 145.490 tone 67.0   
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9 
Norwell 145.390 tone 67.0     
Norwood 147.210 tone 100.00
Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5
Salem 146.88 tone 118.8       
Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5   
W. Bridgewater 146.775 dpl 244
Wrentham 147.09 tone 146.2

We look forward to hearing you all on the Net.

Respectfully,
John O’Neill – K1JRO
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South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Club – W1SSH
55 Fogg Road, Mail Stop #25
South Weymouth, MA 02190

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Boston ARC Public Service Events

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Brett Smith, AB1RL writes:

May has arrived with warmer weather, and that means we’re thick in the middle of the public service season. There are two events in May that [the Boston Amateur Radio Club] provides support for, and both could use more help:

* Saturday May 18: the MS Journey of Hope Walk in Natick. To volunteer or for more information, please contact Rick Savage, KB1LYJ: rpsavage@comcast.net, (781) 289 7364.

* Sunday May 19: the National Brain Tumor Society Boston Bike Ride, from Waltham to Carlisle. To volunteer or for more information, please contact Jim Bradley, KB1JKJ: bradleyjab@gmail.com, (781) 953 8928.

Amateurs help keep these events safe and running smoothly for anyone, and it’s a great feeling to be a part of that. I hope you’ll join us for one of these events if you can. If you ever have questions about any of BARC’s public service events, contact me at this address, or phone (859) 466 5915.

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Technician License class offered: 6 weeks starting Thursday Jun 6

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Walpole Emergency Communications Association in conjunction with Walpole EMA will be offering a Technicians license class starting in June. The class will run for 6 weeks with the initial class being offered in the Walpole Senior Center on Thursday June 6.

We will be using the ARRL Ham Radio License manual as the text,  If people register before May 15, we can get them at a reduced price of $25.  After that the text will be $30.

Please register in advance with:
Don Rolph ab1ph@arrl.net

73,
AB1PH
Don Rolph

TRAFFIC REPORT FOR EAST AND WEST MASS MARCH 2013

Greetings folks.  Hope everyone is enjoying spring weather and getting those antenna projects done.  Here it is May and I realized I didn’t get the March report posted here.  As you may know I am Section Traffic Manager for both East and West Mass.  I decided to combine the reports for both sections and have a link for the West Mass folks to this page.

Participants of the East Mass Two Meter Net should be aware there have been problems with the Boston 145.230 repeater.  Club president NV1W has informed me they believe it is an antenna problem, but have been unable to get someone to the top of the Federal Reserve Building to make repairs.  Folks especially from the south of Boston have been unable to access the repeater.  Some even in the vicinity of Boston have encountered problems.  This station has a 13 element beam up 50 feet situated around 20 miles from Boston and have problems being heard.  We used to be able to use the Waltham repeater as a back up but apparently since that repeater was moved it does not have the coverage it used to have.  The Sharon repeater (146.865 PL 103.5) has good coverage, but not all are able to access that.  There has been a net session running on the Sharon repeater, and at times there are sessions running concurrently on both repeaters.  This causes some confusion, but I hope everyone will bear with us until the Boston repeater is back to it’s normal excellent coverage.

A reminder to all with HF capability, there are two section nets operating Monday through Friday: The Mass Rhode Island Phone Net on 3918 Khz at 5:30 PM, and the Mass Rhode Island CW Net (slow speed) at 7:00 PM on 3565 Khz.  These nets provide liaison to the Region Nets and we could use more help on both these nets.  See Jim N1LKJ for information on the phone net, and Marcia KW1U for information on the CW net.

If any are not submitting Station Activity Reports (SAR) or Public Service Honor Roll reports (PSHR) note information on this website.  We encourage more to report.  The PSHR requires a minimun of 70 points to be listed.  The SAR has no minimun.  Reports are sent to KW1U on the nets, on the N1XTB-4 BBS or via email at kw1u@arrl.net.

Thanks to all for your participation.  Tell another ham how much you enjoy the nets.  Let’s see if we can encourage more to participate.

73, Marcia KW1U

 

 

NET SESSIONS QTC QNI QTR NM FREQ TIME
EM2MN 22 19 115 99 KB1ENV 145.23 8PM Daily
MARIPN 16 14 31 94 N1LKJ 3918 Khz 5:30 PM M-F
WARPSN 5 15 91 NA NI1X
HHTN 16 25 53 264 N1LUM MMRA Rptrs 10PM MWF
MARI 21 46 84 361 KW1U 3565 Khz 7PM M-F
CITN NO REPORT N2JWW 147.375 7:30PM Daily
CM2MN 16 28 83 227 KK1X 146.97 9PM Daily
WMN C1 29 2 349 334 N1QOV 146.91 10AM Daily
WMN C2 20 12 211 80 N1YCW 146.91 1PM M-F
WMEN 4 0 114 NA 3944 Khz 8:30AM Su
SAR ORG. REC. SENT DEL. TOTAL BPL
N1IQI 0 558 1017 0 1576 X
KW1U 0 565 544 2 1111 X
N1TF 0 110 170 7 287
N1UMJ 0 154 109 8 278
K1YCQ 18 109 98 29 254
N1LKJ 0 70 48 2 118
KB1WXC 4 21 17 11 53
W1PLK 0 17 3 9 29
KE1ML 0 0 2 0 2
PSHR 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTALS
N1UMJ 40 40 20 50 50 10 160
N1IQI 40 40 10 30 5 10 135
KW1U 40 40 30 0 0 20 130
K1YCQ 40 40 10 20 0 0 110
N1TF 40 40 20 5 0 0 105
N1LKJ 32 40 20 0 0 0 92
KB1WXC 33 40 0 0 0 0 73
MARCIA FORDE KW1U STM
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Boston Marathon Amateur Radio Communications Support – Amateur Radio Media Stories Summary

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Hello to all..

Amateur Radio Operators provided significant and highly valuable public service each year at the Boston Marathon. With the bombings that occurred at the 2013 Boston Marathon, the importance of Amateur Radio along the start line, course, finish line and net control were underscored once again. A series of stories on various Amateur Radio media outlets have emerged and below are the links to those stories:

ARRL Web Story – Radio Amateurs Provide Communication Support in Boston Marathon Bombings
http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateurs-provide-communication-support-in-boston-marathon-bombings-updated
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2013-04-18

ARRL – May 2013 Section News:
http://ema.arrl.org/node/1994

Ham Radio Now TV – Ham Radio at the the BostoN Marathon Parts 1 and 2
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0074.html
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0075.html

Amateur Radio Newsline #1862 – Boston Marathon Report
http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/nsln1862_marathon.mp3
http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/nsln1862.txt

Full featured articles will be published in CQ Amateur Radio and QST Magazines in the coming months. Thanks to all Amateur Radio Operators who supported the 2013 Boston Marathon under significant adversity and performed so admirably!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Boston Marathon Amateur Radio Communications Support – Amateur Radio Media Stories Summary

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Hello to all..

Amateur Radio Operators provided significant and highly valuable public service each year at the Boston Marathon. With the bombings that occurred at the 2013 Boston Marathon, the importance of Amateur Radio along the start line, course, finish line and net control were underscored once again. A series of stories on various Amateur Radio media outlets have emerged and below are the links to those stories:

ARRL Web Story – Radio Amateurs Provide Communication Support in Boston Marathon Bombings
http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateurs-provide-communication-support-in-boston-marathon-bombings-updated
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2013-04-18

ARRL – May 2013 Section News:
http://ema.arrl.org/node/1994

Ham Radio Now TV – Ham Radio at the the BostoN Marathon Parts 1 and 2
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0074.html
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0075.html

Amateur Radio Newsline #1862 – Boston Marathon Report
http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/nsln1862_marathon.mp3
http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/nsln1862.txt

Full featured articles will be published in CQ Amateur Radio and QST Magazines in the coming months. Thanks to all Amateur Radio Operators who supported the 2013 Boston Marathon under significant adversity and performed so admirably!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for May 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for May is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for May is Monday May 6th, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net – Saturday May 4, 2013 at 10 AM

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Net Control for May’s Eastern MA Hospital Net will be South Shore Hospital. The net will commence at the usual time of 10am using the following repeaters in the order listed.

Sharon 146.865 Tone 103.5
Norwood 147.210 tone 100    
W.Bridgewater 146.775. DPL 244
Fall River 146.805 Tone 67.0      
Simplex 147.42
The Net will then return to Sharon for comments and net closing.

If you’re unable to reach a specific repeater please monitor the next system in the rotation and wait for the net to arrive. If you lose contact with the rotation and are not sure where the net is currently located, South Shore Hospital will continue to monitor the Sharon Repeater during the Net. You can check with us (W1SSH) on Sharon and ask where the Net is currently located.

NET Protocol: Please wait for Net Control to ask for Check-ins. When asked to check in please use the standard net check in procedure which is:   Here is.., un-key, wait 3 seconds to check for doubling, then give your facility’s call sign, your first name, and your facility’s name. Alternatively, If your facility does not have it’s own call sign, Your call sign, Your Name, and the facility you are located at or represented.
We would like to extend an invitation to the EOC of any city or town that is served by one of our participating hospitals to join the Net. During an event it is quite likely that these locations will be activated, and the need to communicate with health care facilities via amateur radio may become a real possibility. We also extend an invitation to any RACES or ARES member to check in during the NET.

If any group or organization would like to run the Net please let us know. We would like to rotate Net Control among as many groups as possible.

Any hospital wishing to join the net but unable to do so due to a lack of equipment or personal please contact us at ssharc@gmail.com or Carl Aveni at caave@peoplepc.com for assistance in getting your location on the air.

Thanks to the generosity of their trustees, the following list of repeaters are available for us to conduct our nets and for emergency use. Only a few systems are used each month with the selection of those used made by Net Control for that month.  More systems are being added to the list on a regular basis through the generosity of their trustees.

Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3
Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
Danvers 145.47 tone 136.5
Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0 
Fairhaven 145.490 tone 67.0   
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9 
Norwell 145.390 tone 67.0     
Norwood 147.210 tone 100.00
Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5
Salem 146.88 tone 118.8       
Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5   
W. Bridgewater 146.775 dpl 244
Wrentham 147.09 tone 146.2

We look forward to hearing you all on the Net.

Respectfully,
John O’Neill – K1JRO

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Team HAMCOW & W1ACT – 20th Annual DX-Pedition to Martha’s Vineyard May 3-5, 2013

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Roland Daignault-N1JOY writes:

Hi All,

I hope you can join us on the air next weekend while Team HAMCOW is
operating W1ACT from the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard. This
is our 20th annual trip to this location, and we will be on air for the
New England QSO Party, ARLHS, County Hunters (Dukes, MA), US Islands,
IOTA, NEQP, and 7QP, and just plain old fun and casual operating. We
will be on air Friday May 3rd until Sunday May 5th.

You can follow our activity throughout the weekend at: http://hamcow.net/

Even though we are operating portable and from a somewhat remote
location, we will have a dedicated broadband Internet connection
allowing us to do cool things such as real time online log checking
which also allows you to see what frequency & mode we are currently
operating, updating our web page regularly with cool photos, and even
hosting a high definition webcam so you can see the activity inside the
HAMCOW live as it happens! (Sorry – Internet Explorer is required to
view the webcam streaming video.)

The crew will be arriving on Martha’s Vineyard to set up Thursday
afternoon, and will be on air just a few hours later, and staying active
as long as possible until Sunday night. I hope you can follow our
antics throughout the weekend and help put a lot of points into our
contest logs.

Thanks!
Roland – N1JOY

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Boston Marathon Coordination Message #1 – Monday April 15th, 2013

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Hello to all..

While this may be a bit off topic for some SKYWARN Spotters, Amateur Radio Operators and Red Cross volunteers, many of which are SKYWARN Spotters, will be involved in the Boston Marathon on Monday April 15th. To reach out to the highest level of Amateur Radio Operators involved in the event, this coordination message is being sent out to the SKYWARN email list and posted to the various Amateur Radio lists. We appreciate everyone’s patience with this message. This is likely to be the only coordination message on the Marathon unless a significant change in the weather forecast occurs. See information below:

Eastern Massachusetts ARES members not participating in the Boston Marathon should be in a heightened state of awareness for marathon activities on Monday April 15th from 7 AM-7 PM for any significant issues outside of the Boston Marathon that may require Amateur Radio Emergency Communications support and for any unexpected issues on the Boston Marathon route. With over 300 Amateur Radio Operators staffing the Boston Marathon route, the start line and the finish line, if an issue arises needing Amateur Radio support outside of the Marathon route or an unexpected issue arises in marathon operations, it is important that any ARES members not involved in the marathon can help with any response that is required. There will be two backup operation centers including the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net Control Center at the town of Bridgewater EOC.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) UCC (Unified Command Center) at the SEOC (State Emergency Operations Center) will be active for the Boston Marathon. Amateur Radio Operators will be at the SEOC to support backup operations while many agencies will be there performing primary operations for the marathon.

The weather outlook for the Boston Marathon is one that should be favorable for volunteers and favorable to slightly warm for the runners. The Weather Forecast across the Boston Marathon is for partly to mostly sunny conditions throughout the day. There will be a 10-15 MPH breeze with isolated higher gusts. Temperatures will range in the upper 30s early in the morning warming to around 50 degrees by mid to late morning to the upper 50s to lower 60s by afternoon. This means that conditions for the runners should be reasonable with an ‘average’ amount of ambulance requests along the route versus some prior years where warmer weather conditions resulted in some of the highest amounts of ambulance requests since Amateur Radio Operators have handled the event. It is noted that conditions this year are much cooler than last year so ambulance requests should be lower than what occcurred last year.

For Amateur Radio, Red Cross and all other volunteers along the route, it is recommended that you dress in layers for this event so that you can put on or take off clothes as needed for comfort. Be sure to drink liquids and eat properly during the event and that you are self-sufficient so that you can be of full help to the function and not distract everyone from the main purpose of supporting the runners by having a health issue on your end that can be avoided. No rain is expected at this time so there should be no need for rain gear.

Barring a significant change in the weather forecast, this will be the only coordination message on the Boston Marathon. We appreciate everyone’s support in this event and hope those that volunteer enjoy themselves and feel the self-satisifcation of supporting this historic event and those that are monitoring the Marathon or events outside of the Marathon realize that the monitoring is an important function as well and is a testament to being able to scale other incidents beyond the marathon if required. Thanks to all for their support!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator        
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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Reminder: Monthly Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for April 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for April is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for April is Monday April 1st, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html

In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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NH ARES Academy for Saturday March 30th, 2013 Now Open to Amateur Radio Operators in Other Sections

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Hello to all..

Per the New Hampshire ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator for Operations & Training, Dave Colter-WA1ZCN, there are seats available for the NH ARES Academy for Saturday March 30th, 2013 for Amateur Radio Operators outside of the New Hampshire section. Those interested can get more information on the NH-ARES Academy via the link below:

http://www.nh-ares.org/academy.php

Thanks!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator

SECTION TRAFFIC REPORT FOR EAST MASS FEBRURY 2013

February gave us some interesting (well I was trying to be nice about it) weather.  It also gave us some interesting statistics.  The new CW net reported 20 sessions (it meets Monday through Friday), and yet EM2MN which meets daily reported only 12 sessions.  I think some of the problem may be related to reports not turned in.  This is something we can improve upon.  Perhaps a bigger problem has been the reduced power of the Boston repeater.  Folks from further away have been unable to access the repeater.  Byron K1YCQ has been running a net on the Sharon repeater and we thank Byron for that.  However not everyone can access that repeater, including our net manager KB1ENV.  Often two nets were running concurrently which has led to some confusion.  Hopefully the Boston repeater will be back up to its former robust self in the near future and we can get back to normal. Meanwhile if you can’t find activity on Boston, check 146.865.

Also noted in the stats for February are reduced net sessions for both MARIPN (3918 Khz at 5:30) and HHTN (MMRA linked repeaters at 10:00 M-W-F).  Unfortunately Jim N1LKJ, manager of MARIPN was battling respiratory problems much of the month and we missed him dearly.  Jim is feeling better now and we sure are glad to have him back.

Just a point of information:  if there is no NCS by three minutes past net time, ANYONE can assume net control.  You don’t have to be appointed, you don’t have to be experienced.  We’re all friends here.  No one can be criticized for trying, and there will no doubt be help from the peanut gallery.  Let’s try to get 100% nets run and reported.

I would also like to thank all those who turned in SAR (Station Activity Reports) and PSHR (Public Service Honor Roll) reports.  Information on these can be found on this website, and anyone is welcome and encouaged to submit either or both to me.  There are no minimums for SAR although 500 or more points will earn a BPL or Brass Pounders League award.  The PSHR however requires a minimum of 70 points to be listed, and these calls will be found in a subsequent issue of QST.

Thanks to all you fine folks for your participation in the nets.  It keeps us in practice and helps keep the nets alive.  How about originating some traffic to friends or family or other hams you have worked on the air.  Most will get a kick out of it and you will become an ace traffic handler in the process.  See you on the nets.

73, Marcia

 

 

NET SESSIONS QTC QNI QTR NM
EM2MN 12 79 116 316 KB1ENV
MARIPN 13 1 21 51 N1LKJ
WARPSN 4 3 24 NA NI1X
HHTN 8 11 27 100 N1LUM
MARI CW 20 57 84 342 KW1U
CITN No Report
SAR FEB. ORG. REC. SENT DEL. TOTAL BPL
N1IQI 0 256 446 0 702 X
KW1U 0 465 422 2 889 X
N1TF 0 91 161 3 255
K1YCQ 21 98 109 18 246
N1UMJ 6 129 93 4 232
N1LKJ 0 47 23 0 70
W1PLK 0 15 5 12 32
KB1WXC 1 7 8 2 18
KE1ML 0 1 4 1 6
PSHR 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTALS
N1UMJ 40 40 30 30 150 10 290
KW1U 40 40 30 0 0 20 130
N1IQI 40 40 10 30 0 10 130
K1YCQ 40 40 10 20 0 0 110
N1TF 40 40 20 5 0 0 105
N1LKJ 27 40 20 0 0 0 87
MARCIA FORDE STM -MA
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Ham Assistance Requested for Good Friday Walk, Wompatuck State Park, March 29

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Anne Manna, WB1ARU, writes:

I am in need of operators for the Good Friday Walk held in Wompatuck State Park in Hingham on March 29. Some of my previous operators are out of commission for one reason or another. Shifts are anywhere from two hours to most of the day.

I would appreciate it if you could spread the word to hams that you are in touch with. My contact info is <enoaru@gis.net> or 781-878-9235 (March 13 or after).

Thanks and 73,
Anne WB1ARU

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Southeast/South Shore Massachusetts ARES District Meeting – 3/16/13 at 10 AM at the SEMARA Club House

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Hello all…

  The South Shore District of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) in conjuction with the South Eastern Mass. Amatuer Radio Association (SEMARA) will be hosting a District meeting on March the 16th at 10am and ending at approximately 2pm.The purpose of this meeting is to get ARES members together for an “eye ball”, sit down and enjoy a  day of presentations on Amateur radio and discuss and asked questions about Amatuer Radio and Emergency Communications.

  The theme for this meeting will be  “From Tactical to Digital”, our first speaker will be Steve Schwarm w3eve, Steve is the Eastern Ma. Section District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) in charge of Field Operations. Steve is also the Coordinator for Amateur Radio Operations at the Boston Marathon the largest Amateur Radio Public Service event in New England. Steve’s presentation will be on the “Tactical” side of ham radio and he will discuss the vast operations of the Marathon. Also speaking will be Rob Macedo kd1cy, our Eastern Ma. ARES Section Emergency Coordinator and SKYWARN Coordinator for the  National Weather Service in Taunton. We will also have an afternoon speaker (WQ1O-Frank O’Laughlin) to cover the Digital portion of our meeting.

   The meeting will be held at the SEMARA Club House located at 54 Donald St. in Dartmouth, Ma. www.semara.org at 10am all Amateur Radio Operators who are interested in Public Service and Emergency Communications are invited to attend this event which promises to be an interesting get together. More specific information will be announced as the meeting date gets closer. In the mean time please mark your calendar and plan to join us in Dartmouth on March the 16th.

Respectfully,
 
Edward A. Caron (ka1rsy)
South Shore District
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
District Emergency Coordinator
ka1rsy@arrl.net

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Southeast/South Shore Massachusetts ARES District Meeting – 3/16/13 at 10 AM at the SEMARA Club House

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Hello all…

  The South Shore District of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) in conjuction with the South Eastern Mass. Amatuer Radio Association (SEMARA) will be hosting a District meeting on March the 16th at 10am and ending at approximately 2pm.The purpose of this meeting is to get ARES members together for an “eye ball”, sit down and enjoy a  day of presentations on Amateur radio and discuss and asked questions about Amatuer Radio and Emergency Communications.

  The theme for this meeting will be  “From Tactical to Digital”, our first speaker will be Steve Schwarm w3eve, Steve is the Eastern Ma. Section District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) in charge of Field Operations. Steve is also the Coordinator for Amateur Radio Operations at the Boston Marathon the largest Amateur Radio Public Service event in New England. Steve’s presentation will be on the “Tactical” side of ham radio and he will discuss the vast operations of the Marathon. Also speaking will be Rob Macedo kd1cy, our Eastern Ma. ARES Section Emergency Coordinator and SKYWARN Coordinator for the  National Weather Service in Taunton. We will also have an afternoon speaker (WQ1O-Frank O’Laughlin) to cover the Digital portion of our meeting.

   The meeting will be held at the SEMARA Club House located at 54 Donald St. in Dartmouth, Ma. www.semara.org at 10am all Amateur Radio Operators who are interested in Public Service and Emergency Communications are invited to attend this event which promises to be an interesting get together. More specific information will be announced as the meeting date gets closer. In the mean time please mark your calendar and plan to join us in Dartmouth on March the 16th.

Respectfully,
 
Edward A. Caron (ka1rsy)
South Shore District
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
District Emergency Coordinator
ka1rsy@arrl.net

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Reminder: Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net for March 2013

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Hello to all…

A reminder that the monthly ARES Net for March is rapidly approaching. The monthly ARES Net for March is Monday March 4th, 2013, at 8:30 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. This is after the MEMA Nets earlier in the evening. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1:

http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html
In addition, if the Echo-IRLP node on the MMRA hub is available, we will likely link that to the New England Reflector system on IRLP 9123/Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123.

Make this first Monday of the month, “Emergency Communications Night” and check into your local RACES Net and then check into the ARES Net on the MMRA Repeater System. We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net.

We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org

Thanks for your continued support of ARES!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
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