a field organization of the National Association for Amateur Radio®
The Genesis Amateur Radio Society recognized Tom Bolus, WB1FLA for his years of service as club president at last month’s GARS meeting.
Shown here: GARS Treasurer Ed Maccaferri, KB1ERV presenting a plaque to WB1FLA.
Incidently, Bolus has volunteered to serve as this year’s club’s Field Day Chairman!
—Photo courtesy GARS Monthly Update, March 2004
WA1I writes on CEMARC-list:
Last Saturday with the scouts was a great success. Thanks to all who helped!
We will have approximately 68 scouts on board the USS Salem this weekend. I am looking for 4-5 volunteers to handle both the Intro to Amateur Radio presentations and the HF & VHF Demos. All activities are from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Saturday (3/27/04).
We have already arranged an IRLP sched with McMurdo Station in Antarctica, which is always popular with both the scouts and the operators.
No prior experience is necessary. We can show you the ropes!
Please email me ASAP at W1AI@hamtestonline.com if you will help!
Terry Stader, KA8SCP writes on CEMARC-list:
At the past CEMARC meeting I mentioned that a number of PART members were attending a CERT class in Lowell. For those of you that are not familiar with CERT, it stands for Community Emergency Response Team. This is a FEMA program and part of the Citizen’s Corp. collection of volunteers. In the class, we will be learning how a team of volunteers can work together in advance of the local government public safety professionals arriving on scene during a disaster.
Here is a link to an article that recently appeared in the Lowell Sun about the first class recently held in Lowell, Ken-KB1FFM, Hugh-N1QGE and myself are a part of the 12 students attending this second class:
http://www.lowellsun.com/Stories/0,1413,105~4761~2013656,00.html#
For more information on CERT, you can check out the FEMA site:
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/CERT/
What communities in Massachusetts have programs in place or getting started:
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/CERT/c_ma.htm
If your club is looking for a way to be a resource to your community, you may want to participate in these classes and be part of a team of like volunteers. Communications is one of the vital links we can provide to the community as well as a trained volunteer is disaster services.
Terry M. Stader – KA8SCP
MEMA Region 1 Communications/RACES Officer
ARRL EMA DEC – Northeast MA RACES
The Police Amateur Radio Team of Westford, MA – WB1GOF
The following article appeared in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. The Amateur referenced in the article is ARRL’s Rick Lindquist, N1RL.
In This Power Play, High-Wire Act Riles Ham-Radio Fans New Use for Lines Sparks Tension With Operators; ‘Firestorm’ in Penn Yan
By KEN BROWN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
March 23, 2004; Page A1
Rick Lindquist drove down a street in a New York City suburb, ignoring the snow swirling around his car and twirling the dial on the ham radio mounted to the side of his dashboard. The radio picked up an operator in Minnesota discussing antennas, the Salvation Army’s daily emergency network check and then the time, as broadcast from Colorado by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
As the car turned onto North State Road in the village of Briarcliff Manor in Westchester County, the voices faded, replaced with whirs and wahs — what could have been sound effects from a 1950s science-fiction movie. The source, according to Mr. Lindquist, was right outside the window: the power lines running alongside the road.
Owned by Consolidated Edison, the lines transmit not just electricity but data, much like phone and cable-TV wires. The utility is testing a system for reading meters, probing for outages and potentially offering high-speed Internet access to its customers via their electrical outlets. The interference from the power lines “ranges from very annoying to that’s-all-I-can-hear,” contends Mr. Lindquist, 58 years old, who often taps out Morse-code messages as he drives.
In a clash between the dots and dashes of the telegraph and the bits and bytes of the Web, the nation’s vocal but shrinking population of ham-radio operators, or “hams” as they call themselves, are stirring up a war with the utility industry over new power-line communications. Hams have flooded the Federal Communications Commission with about 2,500 letters and e-mails opposing power-line trials. In a letter to the FCC, the American Radio Relay League, a ham-radio group with 160,000 members, called power-line communications “a Pandora’s box of unprecedented proportions.”
The league has raised more than $300,000 from nearly 5,600 donors since last summer, to pay for testing, lobbying and publicity to spread the word about the perceived threat. A half-dozen hams even confronted FCC Chairman Michael Powell, a big advocate of the power-line technology, when he visited a test site near Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month.
The problem, most ham operators contend, is that power lines weren’t built to carry anything other than electricity. Telephone and cable-TV lines are either shielded with a second set of wires or twisted together to prevent their signals from interfering with other transmissions. But signals sent over electrical wires tend to spill out, the hams contend.
The FCC and the utilities say new technologies have eliminated the interference and accuse the hams of exploiting the issue for their own gains. “We haven’t seen the sun darken and everything electrical turn to white noise and haze during a deployment,” says Matt Oja, an executive at Progress Energy, whose test Mr. Powell visited. “This is a fairly vocal group that has been whipped into a frenzy by their organization.”
The controversy comes at a sensitive time for the hams. Not too many decades ago, ham-radio operators were on the cutting edge of communications technology. They chatted with people in far-flung places at a time when long-distance calling was still a luxury. They spread word of disasters that otherwise might have taken days to reach the public. In the age of e-mail, wireless Internet access and cellphones that double as walkie-talkies, many operators worry that their hobby will fade away.
To become a fully licensed ham operator, people still need to learn Morse code, though that requirement likely will be dropped soon after more than a decade of debate. Aging hams, who built crystal radio sets as kids or were radio operators during World War II, are dying. Fewer youngsters are replacing them. Armed with powerful computers, today’s young tinkerers grow up to be tech geeks, playing videogames and writing software.
The American Radio Relay League has seen its membership shrink to today’s 160,000 from a peak of 175,000 in 1995, and the average member is in his mid-50s. The group estimates that there are about 250,000 active ham-radio enthusiasts. Hams always have been a quirky bunch. They haunt a series of short-wave radio frequencies set aside for them by the federal government in the 1930s. Other slices of the spectrum are reserved for AM and FM radio, broadcast television, cellphones, and police and fire departments, among other uses.
Hams take great pride in radioing around the world. One favorite game: trying to contact someone in each of the 3,000-plus counties in the U.S. Mr. Lindquist is so enthusiastic about ham radio that he vacations in spots such as Whitehorse, the capital of Canada’s Yukon Territory, so other hams can claim they made contact with that city.
Ed Thomas, the FCC’s chief engineer, says the commission has spent a year listening to the hams’ concerns about power lines and is getting frustrated. “Why is this thing a major calamity?” he says. “And honestly, I’d love the answer to that.”
Companies such as Con Ed and Progress note that current FCC regulations call for systems to be shut down if they interfere with hams. The radio operators agree the rules are clear, but they fear they will be rescinded or not enforced.
Con Ed says its system in Briarcliff Manor doesn’t interfere with the hams and maintains that, in two years of testing, it hasn’t received one complaint. But the American Radio Relay League says it did mention this system in its letters to the FCC, and it has been complaining about it on its Web site.
The hams have been quick to act wherever systems are being rolled out. Just days after Penn Yan, a town of 5,200 that sits amid New York’s Finger Lakes, approved a plan to test power-line Internet access, “the firestorm started with the ham-radio operators — letters, e-mails, telephone calls saying, ‘You can’t do this,’ ” recalls Mayor Doug Marchionda Jr.
Hoping to keep everyone happy, he approached David Simmons, a local ham and owner of an electronics store that sells radio gear. They surveyed the town before the trial began to get base readings of interference. They even pinpointed a spot that had bothered police and firefighters for years, tracing it to refrigerators at a local supermarket.
With the refrigerators fixed and the power-line system in place over nine blocks of Penn Yan, Mr. Simmons is satisfied that there is no interference and now favors the new technology. “This thing has caught quite a buzz,” he says. “It’s just so much negativity out there.”
Tom Gius, a ham-radio operator in Alpine, Texas, sees the power lines as a threat to the public services that hams provide. When hailstorms sweep through each spring, Mr. Gius heads to the local radio station, while other hams fan out to the north, south, east and west. They communicate by radio, and Mr. Gius passes information to the radio station. “We won’t be able to understand each other, it’ll be so noisy,” frets Mr. Gius, a 60-year-old retired broadcaster.
Write to Ken Brown at ken.brown@wsj.com
The Framingham Amateur Radio Association has been officially renewed as a Special Service Club.
“Through the work of its members, [Framingham ARA] is recognized for its continued efforts on behalf of Amateur Radio and services to its community.” said ARRL Educational Activities Assistant Linda Mullally, KB1HSV in a March 22, 2004 letter to FARA’s Bob Hess, W1RH, EMA Affiliated Club Coordinator Frank Murphy, N1DHW, EMA Section Manager, K9HI, and New England Division Director, K1KI.
“Extraordinary clubs like FARA actively pursue all aspects of Amateur Radio: new ham development and training; public relations; emergency communications; school club support; technical advancement; and operating activities,” commented EMA Section Manager Phil Temples, K9HI.
More information about Special Service Clubs can be found at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/#ssc_program
Be sure to catch the Framingham ARA’s “Spring Flea Market and Exams” this Sunday, March 28, at the Walsh Middle School in Framingham.
Doors open at 9 am. Admission for buyers is $5 (under-12 free with adult). For additional information, visit http://www.fara.org/flea/.
Hello All:
The Charles River Watershed Association is running their annual event on April 25th, Sunday. If people are interested in helping to provide communications for health and welfare, please contact:
Ed Burg – N1VSJ mooseeb@comcast.net
The times for the event start 7:00 am till about 5:00 pm. Operators are not required to remain there for the whole event.
Thanks, Brad – N1VUF
PSLISTListing public events at which Amateur Radio communications is
providing a public service and for which additional volunteers from
the Amateur Community are needed and welcome. Please contact the
person listed to identify how you may serve and what equipment you
may need to bring.The most up-to-date copy of this list is maintained as
http://purl.org/hamradio/publicservice/nediv.**** Every event listed is looking for communications volunteers ****
Date Location Event Contact Tel/Email
Apr 19 Hopkinton MA Boston Marathon Start Steve K1ST
k1st@arrl.net
Apr 19 Hopkinton MA Boston Marathon Course Steve W3EVE
to Boston baa2004@amateur-radio.net
Apr 19 Boston MA Boston Marathon Finish Paul W1SEX
w1sex@arrl.net
Apr 25 Groton MA Groton Road Race Ralph KD1SM 978-582-7351
kd1sm@arrl.net
Apr 25 Boston MA March of Dimes WalkAmerica Bruce KC1US 781-275-3740
kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Apr 25 Boston MA Run of the Charles Ed N1VSJ 774-930-6404
mooseeb@aol.com
May 1 Grafton MA Grafton Road Race Bob KA1OTQ 508-865-2215
ka1otq@arrl.net
May 2 Boston MA Walk for Hunger Bob K1IW 413-647-3111
wfh2004@amateur-radio.net
May 15 Portsmouth NH Lung Association bike trek David KA1VJU 603-581-2602
to Ogunquit ME ka1vju@dmegin.com
May 16 Ogunquit ME Lung Association bike trek David KA1VJU 603-581-2602
to Portsmouth NH ka1vju@dmegin.com
May 16 Devens MA Parker Classic Road Race Stan KD1LE 978-433-5090
kd1le@arrl.net
May 23 Boston MA ALA Asthma Walk Bruce KC1US 781-275-3740
kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Jun 13 Wayland MA ALS scenic bicycle tour Bruce KC1US 781-275-3740
kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Jun 26 Boston MA MS GMG Bike Tour John N1PYN 508-588-3250
to Bourne n1pyn@arrl.net
Jun 27 Bourne MA MS GMG Bike Tour John N1PYN 508-588-3250
to Boston n1pyn@arrl.net
Jun 27 Marshfield MA ADA Tour de Cure Bruce KC1US 781-275-3740
kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Jul 4 Westminstr MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM 978-582-7351
kd1sm@arrl.net
Jul 5 Fitchburg MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM 978-582-7351
kd1sm@arrl.net
Sep 10 Hyannis MA MS Challenge Walk John N1PYN 508-588-3250
to Brewster n1pyn@arrl.net
Sep 11 Brewseter MA MS Challenge Walk John N1PYN 508-588-3250
to Easthamr n1pyn@arrl.net
Sep 12 Brewster MA MS Challenge Walk John N1PYN 508-588-3250
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The Framingham Amateur Radio Association had another successful License In A Weekend class March 12-14, according to FARA’s Lee Gartenberg, K1GL.
Of the 12 students, nine received new technician licenses. The team of instructors was led by Ed Weiss, W1NXC, this year’s recipient of the ARRL Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award.
FARA has been conducting this class since 1995 and boasts a passing rate of close to 90%.
—Thanks K1GL
Eastern Massachusetts Section Manager Phil Temples, K9HI has written on opinion piece entitled Adapting Testing Techniques for the Disabled for your thoughtful consideration.
“JC” Cunningham, W1AI writes:
Modifications are being made to the ship (adding fire alarm switches, etc.) so that scouts will be allowed to sleep overnight again soon. Meanwhile, participation in the scouting program remains relatively low.
We will have 41 scouts on board the USS Salem this weekend, so the organizers have requested that we only have one activity. We will be doing a combination of Intro to Amateur Radio and HF & VHF Demos in Radio 5 between 3:00pm and 6:00pm.
I currently have 2 volunteers who have signed up. It would be really nice to have one more volunteer, so that we can have the VHF station and both HF stations operating. No experience is necessary. We can show you the ropes! Please email me at W1AI@hamtestonline.com if you can be there!
Thanks,
JC Cunningham, W1AI
USS Salem K1USN Radio Club Scouting Program Volunteer Coordinator
http://www.hamtestonline.com
Bill Ricker, N1VUX has updated the Eastern Massachusetts Field Day web site at http://ema.arrl.org/fd.
The site is an amazing compendium of Field Day facts and information. It features: the new 2004 ARRL Field Day logo; EMA 2003 scores, as reported by ARRL Contest branch; 2004 Field Day rules; each site’s county; sites linked to NWS zone forecast; rules commentary; projected Field Day visits by EMA ARRL staff and much, much more.
Please visit the site and review/update your club’s or field day group’s information today!
Hello to all….
….Winter Storm Warning in effect for Southern New Hampshire, Northern Connecticut, All of Massachusetts except for South Coastal Massachusetts and
Cape Cod and the Islands and Rhode Island except for South Coastal RI for This Afternoon Through Wednesday….
….Winter WX Advisory Posted for South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island for This Afternoon into Wednesday….
….Wind Advisory Posted for Cape Cod and the Islands and Block Island RI for Tonight and Wednesday Morning….
….Minor to Possibly Moderate Coastal Flooding is Possible at the Time of High Tide Wednesday across East Coastal Massachusetts and Cape Cod and the Islands….
….SKYWARN Self-Activation for Snowfall Totals is Expected. More Formal Activation maybe needed for Coastal Flooding and Strong Winds Wednesday if winds are strong enough and coastal flooding is signifcant enough….
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for all of Massachusetts away from the South Coast and Cape Cod and the Islands, all of Rhode Island away from the South Coast, Northern Connecticut and Southern New Hampshire. Snow will begin this afternoon with the heaviest snow burst expected near the time of the evening commute through the overnight hours. Snow will continue into Wednesday particularly in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island though the height of the storm will be during this evening and the overnight hours. There maybe a period of mixed precipitation over interior Southeast Massachusetts and the Greater Boston-Providence metro area tonight and this mixed precipitation may even get into the Hartford, CT and Worcester Mass. areas as well. Total snowfall accumilations for around the Winter Storm Warning area follow below:
Southwest New Hampshire and Northwest Massachusetts: 6-12 inches.
Northern CT, Remainder of Western, Central and interior Northeast Massachusetts from Route 128 west: 5-10 inches.
East Coastal Massachusetts, interior Southeast Massachusetts and North-Central RI: 4-7 inches.
A Winter WX Advisory has been posted for South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In this area, snow will begin this afternoon but will have a period where the snow will mix with sleet and rain and perhaps changeover to rain for a time before switching back over to snow late tonight into Wednesday Morning. Total Storm accumilations of 2-4″ is expected in this area.
Across, Cape Cod and the Islands, only 1-2″ of snow is expected and will see mostly a rain event from this storm system, however, a Wind Advisory has been posted for this area for tonight and Wednesday for sustained winds of 31-39 MPH with gusts of 46-57 MPH possible. This may be enough wind to cause pockets of wind damage.
There is the potential for minor to possibly moderate coastal flooding at the time of high tide across East Coastal Massachusetts and parts of Cape Cod and the Islands. No Coastal Flood Watch is posted at this time but a Coastal Flood Statement has been issued and if a moderate coastal flood event becomes more certain, a Coastal Flood Watch could be issued.
SKYWARN Spotters and Coordinators are asked to report the following and self-activate if possible/as needed:
-Snowfall amounts every 2″ and especially Final Snowfall Amounts.
-Any changeover in precipitation.
-Any wind damage
-Minor to moderate coastal flooding
Another coordination message will be posted only if a Coastal Flood Watch/Warning is issued or if there has been a significant change in the Winter Storm Warning/Winter WX Advisory area.
Below is the Winter Storm Warning/Winter WX Advisory Statement, Wind Advisory Statement, and the Coastal Flood Statement from NWS Taunton:
WWUS41 KBOX 160950
WSWBOX
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
450 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
.LOW PRESSURE WILL REDEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST…PASSING WELL SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET WEDNESDAY MORNING.
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>019-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>004-161600-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-
450 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
…WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED…
…WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHERN AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND AND MOST OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD…SPRINGFIELD…WORCESTER…BOSTON…
MANCHESTER AND PROVIDENCE.
SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON. IT SHOULD QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY THE START OF THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE…AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
FROM HARTFORD TO WORCESTER…PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET LATE TONIGHT…BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY…ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT TO NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TO THE BOSTON METRO AREA AS WELL AS THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT…WITH AS MUCH AS 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
ALTHOUGH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST INTO WEDNESDAY…THE MAIN BRUNT OF THIS STORM WILL OCCUR DURING THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS…WITH SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS LATE WINTER STORM.
$$
MAZ020-021-RIZ005>007-161600-
BRISTOL RI-NEWPORT RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-WASHINGTON RI-
447 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WESTERLY…NEWPORT…FALL RIVER AND NEW BEDFORD.
SNOW WILL BEGIN ALONG THE SOUTH COAST BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE…THEN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SOME RAIN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY…ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON THE SOUTH COAST.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
ALTHOUGH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST INTO WEDNESDAY…THE BRUNT OF THE STORM WILL OCCUR FROM THIS EVENINGS COMMUTE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED WITH POOR VISIBILITIES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS LATE WINTER STORM.
$$
VALLIER-TALBOT
WWUS71 KBOX 161010
NPWBOX
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
510 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS MORNING WILL PASS WELL SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MAZ022>024-RIZ008-161600-
BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
510 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
…A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CAPE COD…NANTUCKET…MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING…
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PICK UP TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THIS AFTERNOON…THEN INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH OVERNIGHT…THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY MORNING…THOUGH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE.
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS LATE SEASON STORM.
$$
VALLIER-TALBOT
COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
600 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST WITH HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING
HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COMBINED WITH A COASTAL STORM TRACKING SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MAY LEAD TO MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING DURING HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A STORM TIDE OF 1 TO 2 FEET COUPLED WITH 15 FOOT SEAS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COAST FROM NEWBURYPORT TO BOSTON AND CHATHAM. HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING IS ROUGHLY AROUND 8 AM.
THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO LATER FORECASTS. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED IF THE THREAT OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING BECOMES MORE CERTAIN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Southeast Massachusetts ARES District Emergency Coordinator
SEMARA ARES Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo
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A Hopkinton ham can be credited with possibly saving the lives of two individuals this month using the well-known Heimlich Maneuver.
According to the Framingham ARA’s Leo Cantin, WA1HAM, George Foster, N1XAN was attending a lunch meeting at a Wayland resturant on March 1, 2004 with a social group. One of his colleagues started to choke and George applied the Heimlich Maneuver, possibly saving her life.
On March 13, 2004 during the lunch break at the License in a Weekend at the Framingham Amateur Radio Association, another person choked in George’s presence; he again applied the Heimlich Maneuver. Both people are going about their business today, thanks to George’s timely and cool-headed assistance.
An army veteran and former Harvard employee, George served as secretary of the Framingham ARA in 2000. N1XAN is also a graduate of FARA’s first License in a Weekend class.
Foster first read how to do the Heimlich Maneuver from an article in the Boston Globe. Although George was never trained for any type of life-saving, he applied what he thought was the correct method for the Heinlich—and it was.
Shown here: N1XAN demonstrating the Heimlich Maneuver
—courtesy WA1HAM and the Framingham ARA
Member-representatives from various radio clubs across Eastern Massachusetts met for a Council of Eastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Clubs (CEMARC) meeting in Marlborough, MA from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm on March 13, 2004. The meeting, hosted by the Algonquin ARC, featured an informative tour of the Marlborough Emergency Operations Center’s Reverse 911 system. AARC graciously supplied breakfast and lunch for the event.
Chaired by Eastern Mass. Affiliated Club Coordinator Frank Murphy, N1DHW, the meeting was well-attended by approximately 16 individuals, many of whom were representing multiple clubs. Additionally, EMA Section Manager Phil Temples, K9HI and New England Vice Director Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF attended.
Topics included: restarting the EMA Youth Net; the use of IRLP, EchoLink, and linking to other youth nets; support for the USS Salem ARC and its scouting program; public service events; and, an update on the upcoming New England Division Convention in Boxboro.
The North Shore Radio Assocation has agreed to host the next CEMARC meeting; the tentative date is May 22, 2004.
There will be an Emergency Communications Workshop on Saturday April 3rd, 2004 from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM at the South Shore Educational Collaborative; 90 Industrial Park Road, Hingham, Mass.
This session is being put on by the ARES Section Staff through the efforts of Metro Boston ARES District Emergency Coordinator, KB1EKN-Mark Duff. This Emergency Communications Workshop will provide the background and information to serve Amateur Radio Operators when they need to respond to a communications emergency. It will feature an Introduction and Conclusion to Emergency Communications, and five 1-hour training sessions on topics including:
Overview of Eastern Massachusetts ARES-RACES-SKYWARN Programs
Basic Overview of ICS
Net Operations
NTS Traffic Message Handling
Go Kits
Interactive Exercises on Field Operations
Additional details and directions can be found on the ares.ema.arrl.org web site.
New England Area Ham - Electronic Flea Market *** DATES *** 2004 P 1 of 2
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14 Mar New Windsor NY OCARC Ed N2XJI 845 534 3492 A+20 Mar Pomfret CT ECARC @ComSch Rt169+101 $2@8 $10/T Paul KE1LI 860 928 2456
27,28 Mar Timonium MD GBARC @FG Doug N3VEJ 410 256 0257 F
27 Mar Lewiston ME AARC @Ramada $5@8 $8/T Rick N1WFO 207 784 1266 A+
28 Mar Henniker NH CVRC @CommSch $3@8 $10/T@7 Jim NS1E 603 428 7436
28 Mar Framingham MA FARA Bev N1LOO 508 626 2012 A
3 April Waterford CT RASON Auction Gary WT1SND 860 884 4218 A+
17 April Nashua NH NE Antique RC $15/T@7 $2@9 @StStan's Marty 603 938 5051 F
17 April S Portland ME PAWA @AmLeg $5@8 $10/T Bryce K1GAX 207 799 1116 W
17 April Montreal PQ MARC @RCLeg $4@7:30 $8/T@7:30 James VE2VE 514 697 7205 W
18 April Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F
Third Sunday April thru October24-25 April Waltham MA Photographica @HS ~photo~ Ed Shaw 617 965 0807
25 April Southington CT SARA @HS $5@9 $18@6:30 Alex KB7HCO 860 214 3013 F
30 Ap, 1 May Hopkinton NH HossTraders @FG x7 I89 Joe K1RQG 207 469 3492
10 May Whately MA FCARC Monday PM Bill N1EWK 413 774 4669 A+
15 May Goshen CT SBARC @FG $3@8 $10/T@6 Lee K1LEE 860 435 0051 +
16 May Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F
23 May Massapequa NY GSBARC Walter KA2RGI 631 957 0218 A+
29 May Vernon CT NARC Wayne N1GUS 860 487 1921 A
4-6 June Rochester NY Atlantic Div Conv Harold K2HC 585 424 7184 A
4 June Feeding Hills MA HCRA @CongCh $5/T@6:30PM Dave KB1MU 413 596 6605 +
5 June Windsor CT VintgeR Museum @33MechanicsSt $10/S@6AM John 860 673 0518
5 June Hermon ME PSARC Roger KA1TKS 207 848 3846 A+
6 June Queens NY HoSARC Stephen WB2KDG 718 898 5599 A
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This section is only included in the electronic distribution.Cambridge MA Flea at MIT http://www.swapfest.us +
Hopkinton NH Hosstraders http://www.qsl.net/k1rqg/
Amherst MA Mt. Tom ARC http://www.mtara.org/hamfest/flea.html
Adams MA N BerkshireARC http://www.nobarc.org/hamfest
Boxborough MA NE ARRL Conv http://www.boxboro.org/
Framingham MA FARA http://www.fara.org/
Newton MA Waltham ARA Auction http://www.wara64.org/auction/
S Dartmouth MA SEMARA http://www.semara.org/flea/fleamkt.htm +
Whately MA FranklinCARC http://www.fcarc.org/flea.html
Enfield CT VHF/UHF Conf http://www.newsvhf.com +
Southington CT SARA http://www.chetbacon.com/sara.htm
Wallingford CT Nutmeg CT Conv http://www.qsl.net/nutmeghamfest/
Lewiston ME AARC http://www.dlois.com/mainearrl/convent.htm
Portland ME PAWA http://www.qsl.net/pawa/fleamarket.html +
Henniker NH CVRC http://www.qsl.net/k1bke/ +
Bergen NJ BARA http://www.bara.org/
Lake Placid NY NNY ARA http://www.geocities.com/nnyara/
Lindenhurst NY ToB ARES http://www.tobares.org/hamfest.html +
Long Island NY LIMARC http://www.limarc.org/fest.htm +
Massapequa NY GSB ARA http://www.gsbarc.org/flyermay03.pdf +
Queens NY Hall of Science http://www.qsl.net/hosarc/hamfest.html
Rochester NY AWA http://www.antiquewireless.org/
Greenwich RI Fidelity ARC http://users.ids.net/~newsm/dates.html
Essex Junction VT Burlington ARC http://www.vtstetson.net/fest02.pdf
Milton VT RANV VT Conv http://www.ranv.org/milton.html
Montreal PQ MARC http://www.marc.qc.ca/fest/fest.html +
Montreal PQ WIARC http://www.pubnix.net/wiarc/hamfest.htm
Montreal PQ MS-SARC http://www.ve2clm.ca/hamfesta.htm
Sorel-Tracy PQ CRAS-T http://www.hamfest.qc.ca/
St Therese PQ CRALL http://www.ve2crl.qc.ca/hamfest2002.htm
Canada RAC List http://rac.eton.ca/data/racfleas.taf?function=form
Phila. Area VARA List http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/hamfest.html +
USA ARRL List http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html
There will be an Emergency Communications Workshop on Saturday April 3rd, 2004 from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM at the South Shore Educational Collaborative; 90 Industrial Park Road, Hingham, Mass.This session is being put on by the ARES Section Staff through the efforts of Metro Boston ARES District Emergency Coordinator, KB1EKN-Mark Duff. This Emergency Communications Workshop will provide the background and information to serve Amateur Radio Operators when they need to respond to a communications emergency. It will feature an Introduction and Conclusion to Emergency Communications, and five 1-hour training sessions on topics including:
Overview of Eastern Massachusetts ARES-RACES-SKYWARN Programs
Basic Overview of ICS
Net Operations
NTS Traffic Message Handling
Go Kits
Interactive Exercises on Field Operations
This training will also feature a 1-hour lunch that will be provided at no coerced cost to any Amateur who attends the session.
The presentations will be given by other Amateur Operators well versed in the topics listed above. The training will be a worthwhile endeavor not just for emergency communicators but for anyone who is an Amateur Radio Operator, and wants to learn more about the hobby.
Preregistration is requested but is not required in case anyone would like to attend at the last minute. Please try to preregister by Monday March 29th, 2004 to assure the meeting hall is setup properly and we have enough refreshments for breaks between lectures and for the lunch break. We will, however, accept any last minute preregistrations after that day or any walk-ins as long as space permits.
Directions to South Shore Educational Collaborative(SSEC):
90 Industrial Park Road, Hingham, Ma.
N42. 10. 521’
W70. 54.791’
From the north follow Rt. 3 south to Exit 15. Sign says South Hingham-South Weymouth. At the stop sign at the end of ramp, turn left on Derby St. toward South Weymouth. Go 1/8 mile; sign on left says South Shore Park. Take left on Industrial Park Rd. South Shore Educational Collaborative is down about ½ mile on left. Parking is to the left of the building.
From the south follow Rt. 3 north to exit 15, South Hingham South-Weymouth. Stay to the right at end of ramp on to Derby St. following the sign to South Weymouth. Go over Rt 3 and drive 1/8 mile; sign on left says South Shore Park. Take left on Industrial Park Rd. South Shore Educational Collaborative is down about ½ mile on left. Parking is to the left of the building.
For any additional information and to preregister for the workshop, please contact:
KB1EKN-Mark Duff emgmgt@comcast.net
W1MPN-Mike Neilsen w1mpn@ema.arrl.org
This training should be a worthwhile endeavor for anyone interested in learning more about emergency communications and amateur radio in general.
Priscilla Richardson N1VQY wrote on CEMARC-list:
“At our very first CEMARC meeting that was hosted by [the Boston Amateur Radio Club] there was a discussion on CPR training for the clubs at a reasonable price. I know of a person, who is certified by the American Heart Association, is conducting CPR certification classes for $25 a person. It is being sponsored by the Masonic Mount Olivet Lodge A.F.& A.M. Classes are open to anyone who is interested and are being held at the Masonic Lodge in Porter Square, 1950 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge.
Bob Stanley, who is the instructor, will also travel to conduct the classes. All the fees collected for these classes will be going to his masonic lodge for the charity fund. He is not making anything on the classes, except the satisfaction that he is teaching people an important technique that may save a life someday.
Anyone who is interested in further information can contact Bob at Starsh@comcast.net or visit the website at http://home.comcast.net/%7ecprandfa.
I also have a copy of his flyer that I will forward via email to anyone interested.
73
Priscilla Richardson N1VQY
Mystic Valley Amateur Radio Group
John Forster wrote on barc-list: