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WX1BOX QRV for SKYWARN Recognition Day, December 7, 2019

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SKYWARN Recognition Day, Dec. 2017 at WX1BOX

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton Amateur Radio Station, WX1BOX, will once again be active for SKYWARN Recognition Day 2019. In addition, for the thirteenth straight year, the National Weather Service Gray, Maine Office will also be active under call-sign, WX1GYX. The Boston Amateur Radio Club will also be active as they have been over the past several years at the Blue Hill Observatory under call-sign WX1BHO from 9 AM-3 PM Saturday December 7th, 2019.

This will be the 20th year of SKYWARN Recognition Day and its anticipated that 80-100 NWS Forecast Offices will be participating once again this year. A Web link to information on SKYWARN Recognition Day can be seen at the following link:

http://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

WX1BOX will be monitoring the *NEW-ENG3* conference node 9123/IRLP 9123 system throughout the SRD event from 7 PM-12 AM Friday Evening 12/6/19 and from 7 AM-7 PM Saturday 12/7/19. Our HF station will be active on the various HF bands during the same time period. What bands/modes we operate on will be dependent on propagation and operator availability. We will attempt to announce the different HF frequencies will be on via our Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as on the DX Spotter/cluster system dxsummit.fi for people that wish to contact us on HF.

WX1BOX will also be on DMR. Timeframes and location on DMR will be determined and updated in the next update.

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Emergency Communications / Public Service

MARS Thanks Amateur Radio Operators for their support of MARS Exercise 19-4

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Tom Kinahan-N1CPE writes:

Thank you to all of the Amateur radio operators who supported and participated in Exercise 19-4. Below is a message from ARMY MARS headquarters that I have been asked to relay:

P 181700Z NOV 2019
FM NETC G3-5 CUOPS HQ ARMY MARS FHU AZ
TO UHXWWW/ALL MARS STATIONS
BT

UNCLAS
EXER/COMEX 19-4//

MSGID/GENADMIN/NETC G3-5 CUOPS HQ ARMY MARS FHU AZ/416//
SUBJ/OPERATIONS UPDATE – ENDEX//
POC/DAVID MCGINNIS/CTR/NETC G3-5 CUOPS HF-MARS/FT HUACHUCA, AZ/-//

GENTEXT/REMARKS/Effective 18 NOV 2359Z, COMEX 19-4 is concluded. Complete all pending actions,
recall all personnel and recover/rehab equipment. MARS members, please remind each other to
complete the After Action Survey at www.dodmars.org and pass this message along to your partners
in the Amateur Radio Service (ARS) along with our thanks for their support.

The -19 Series of exercises intentionally provided opportunities for MARS leaders and members
to adapt to new situations with increasing complexity and unknown variables. You were presented
with a variety of new tasks, information products, and coordination requirements. Anticipating
conditions in a real incident, you were not read-in-to new requirements prior to the exercise.
With no time to train up we required you to adapt existing Tactics, Techniques and Procedures.
We continue to see more resilience when you are faced with uncertainty. Expect more challenges
from us in 2020.

Looking into 2020, we ask all MARS members and ARS operators to continue working on long term
emergency power capabilities, long distance HF radio capabilities, and building one-on-one
relationships in your community. Continue to shift normal operations from day-time to night
time hours. Amateurs and MARS members operating in the ARS are encouraged to continue practicing
using the MIL-188-110 Serial PSK mode on the 60 Meters channels where it is permitted. This mode
is important because it provides a means of digital interoperability with government stations
that are not able to use ARS digital modes.

Thank you for all your good work in COMEX 19-4, and enjoy a well deserved rest over the holiday season.//

BT
#0417

Public Service

Request For Operators YuKanRun Holiday MerryThon, Gloucester, December 1, 2019

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Christopher Winczewski, K1TAT, writes on the CAARA list:

CAARA has a great public service team. Come out and have some fun with us. You are using amateur radio to provide a needed public service to ensure the safety and smooth running of a public event in local communities.

I would, but I do not have a radio. No excuse, we have loaner radio’s available with a mag mount that will work in your car just by just plugging it into the cigarette lighter socket. We have loaner hand held radios as well!

I don’t have transportation. No excuse, we will pick you up and drop you off at your house. I do not have the time to spare for a whole race. Well, you can commit to a time slot, for just two hours. We will bend over backwards to get you to participate.

We are looking for operators to staff the  YuKanRun Holiday MerryThon on Sunday, December 1.  The road race starts at 9:00 AM; the 5K  Half MerryThon begins at 10:00 AM at Good Harbor Beach, Thatcher Road, Gloucester, MA. Please let me know if you can staff a communications check-point for the event by November 30th so I can plan staffing positions for the event.

Please let us know what type of equipment you plan to use ( mobile; HT; ¼-wave mag mount; rubber duck, etc.) so we have a better idea of where to locate you along the event course per the potential of your equipment.

The course will be open and supported by CAARA  for four hours. Runner safety is everyone’s top priority.  Local EMT crews and ambulances will be available for three hours to help.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Happy Holidays Half MerryThon Communications Team 
Gloucester, Mass
Last Updated: 11/15/2019 11:10 AM
Event date: Sunday, December 1, 2019
On Location: 8:45 AM
Starts: 5K 9:00 AM Half Marathon Run 10:00 AM
Freq: W1GLO Repeater 145.130 – PL:107.2, backup 443.200 + PL 107.2
Public Service

Ham Volunteers for North Attleborough Santa Parade, December 1, 2019

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Ray Cord, K2TGX, writes on the Study Memorial Hospital ARCSturdy Memorial Hospital ARC logo mailing list:

Just a reminder that it has been over a 25 year tradition that the Sturdy Memorial Hospital Amateur Radio Club and other hams have supported the downtown North Attleborough Merchants Association in the staging and running of the annual Santa Parade. For those of you who may not be on the club mailing list or don’t attend the meetings, we are including the info here.

Date: Sunday December 1st
Time: Hams meet at 1:30PM  Parade steps off at 3:00PM
Where: St Mary’s Church Parks St N. Attleborough
What: VHF Walkie Talkie 147.42 Direct no tone
          HiViz Jacket or Vests

Thanks for your help,

Ray, Deputy Director, Norton EMA-CERT70, East Main St, Norton, MA 02766, 508-726-1054 cell 

Emergency Communications / Operating / Public Service

Cape Cod ARES Exercise 65 – “Black Autumn” A Success With Various ARES Groups in Eastern Mass Participating

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On Saturday November 9th, the Cape and Islands ARES district held its Exercise #65 Operation “Black Autumn”. This was an emergency communications exercise based on a scenario of a cascading power blackout encompassing all of the northeast and mid-Atlantic states. The exercise would be for EOCs and home stations using VHF/UHF, HF, and digital modes.

The exercise ran from 10am-noon. In the Cape and Islands district, the following EOCs were active. The County Multi Agency Coordination Center (MACC), Falmouth EOC, Harwich EOC, Dukes County EOC (Martha’s Vineyard), Joint Base Cape Cod EOC, Falmouth Hospital EOC. This included several home stations on Cape and Nantucket, including several that were on HF using 75m, 60m, and 40m. The VHF/UHF part of the operation was conducted on simplex with no repeaters being used. Digital NBEMS was successfully conducted on VHF in the Cape area along with the new PAC ARES digital system.

Many EOCs off Cape in MA also participated on HF, VHF or both. These included the Marlboro and Stow EOC and several home stations. South Shore Hospital, as well as, The National Weather Service station were also on the air. Statewide HF net control was conducted by several amateur operators using 75m and an experimental attempt at 60M.

Results were acceptable overall. HF propagation was reasonable on 75m, but a bit sporadic at times, with capabilities that extended well into the morning as we often see at times of solar minimum. The 60m experiment seemed to work effectively and will be attempted again in future operations. VHF simplex worked out well in most areas and emphasized the importance of being able to communicate without the help of repeaters.

Participation was excellent including the off Cape areas. Our thanks to all the stations that participated. They are too numerous to list everyone, but just a few of the participating stations include:

Ted Robinson K1QAR HF operations
Marc Stern WA1R HF operations
Bob Glorioso W1IS Stowe area
John O’Neil K1JRO South Shore Hospital
Charlie Bresnahan K1CB Falmouth Hospital
SEC Rob Macedo and W1SHS-Stu Solomon WX1BOX NWS station
N1EM Marlboro Eric Williams KV1J
Barry Hutchinson KB1TLR and Don Arthur K1DCA Cape area HF
Mike Wodynski, K2LEK Nantucket HF
Chuck Cotnoir KB1IHU Dukes County EMA Martha’s Vineyard
Frank O’Laughlin WQ1O Barnstable County Multi Agency Coordination Center (MACC)

Our thanks to everyone for taking time out of their busy schedules to help in the exercise.
The Cape and Islands ARES district will be having its Winter ARES filed exercise in late January or early February.

Respectfully submitted,

Frank O’Laughlin WQ1O
Cape Cod and Islands ARES DEC

Public Service

Massachusetts General Hospital HAZMAT Exercise Seeks Volunteer “Victims,” November 14, 2019

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John O’Neill, K1JRO, President, South Shore Health Amateur Radio Group writes:

On November 14, Massachusetts General Hospital will host a HAZMAT Full-Scale training exercise from 5:30am to 9:30am.  MGH is seeking volunteers from outside the MGH community to act as victims for the exercise.  The MGH contact for the exercise is Stefanie Lane. If you are interested in volunteering please contact her at slane18@mgh.harvard.edu.

If you have never participated in a Full-Scale drill this is valuable experience. 

Attached are two documents. One explaining the exercise and volunteer information, the other a Volunteer Waiver:

 

Volunteer Services Victim Letter current

Release form Volunteers Hazmat Exercise_FINAL (1)

Public Service

Cape Cod Amateurs Provide Communications for the 2019 Cape Cod Marathon in Falmouth

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Amateur radio well-advertised. KB1TLR photo

Approximately 30 Cape Cod amateurs provided communications  for the annual Cape Cod Marathon and Half Marathon in Falmouth on October 26-27, 2019. The premiere event is limited to 1,200 participants and serves as a qualifying race for the BAA Boston Marathon.

“The weather was excellent for running on Saturday, but a completely different story for the full marathon on Sunday,” writes Falmouth Amateur Radio Association President and Communications Coordinator Barry Hutchinson, KB1TLR. “With strong winds and heavy rains along Falmouth’s coastline both runners and radio operators were put to the test.”

Hutchinson reports that “banners for [the Barnstable Amateur Radio Club], FARA along with the new ARRL radio communications banner were all displayed along the finish line gates. “This created many positive comments about amateur radio.”

Amateur radio volunteers kept race officials abreast of runners who dropped out, allowing them to be picked up by the  “Tired Runner Vans” or transferred to the medical tent. KB1TLR received praise from the Marathon staff which he passed it along to his team. “It was an excellent team to work with.”

Cape Cod Marathon Net Control operators. K1CB photo

Emergency Communications / Public Service

Eastern MA Hospital Net, November 2, 2019

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John O’Neill, K1JRO, writes:

Good Morning Everyone,

Net Control for the November 2, 2019 Eastern MA Hospital Net will be Allan Cox K1VQ from the Mansfield Emergency Management Agency.

The net will commence at the usual time of 10:00 AM using the following repeaters / frequencies in the order listed: 

  1. Sharon 146.865 Mhz tone 103.5
  2. Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
  3. Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0
  4. Simplex 147.42 Mhz

The Net will then return to the Sharon Repeater for final 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 extend an invitation to any health care facility or EOC of any city or town that is served by one of the 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 groups or organizations to try their hand at Net Control duties. If you are interested in joining the group please let us know. We can be reached by sending an email to ssharg@outlook.com. The goal is to rotate Net Control practice and the experience among as many individuals and groups as possible.

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 is available for our 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.

Repeaters

Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3 (Sturdy Memorial Hospital)
Belmont 145.430 tone 146.2
Boston 145.230 tone encode 88.5 tone decode 100.0
Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
Danvers 145.47 tone 136.5
Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0  
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9  
Mansfield EMA 446.925 tone 100.0
Mansfield 147.015 tone 67.0
Marshfield 145.390 tone 67.0      
Norwood 147.210 tone 100.00
Plymouth 146.685 tone 131.8
Salem 146.88 tone 118.8        
Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5    
Weymouth 147.345 tone 110.9 (South Shore Hospital)
West Bridgewater 146.775 dcs 244
Wrentham 147.09 tone 146.2

We look forward to hearing from you all on the Net.

Respectfully,

John O’Neill – K1JRO 

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South Shore Health Amateur Radio Group – W1SSH
55 Fogg Road, Box 42
South Weymouth, MA 02190

Public Service

YuKanRun Ocean View 5K and Half Marathon, Ipswich, November 3, 2019

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Christopher Winczewski, K1TAT, writes on the CAARA list:

CAARA has a great public service team. Come out and have some fun with us.

You are using amateur radio to provide a needed public service to ensure the safety and smooth running of a public event in local communities.

I would, but I do not have a radio. No excuse, we have loaner radio’s available with a mag mount that will work in your car just by just plugging it into the cigarette lighter socket. We have loaner hand held radios as well!

I don’t have transportation. No excuse, we will pick you up and drop you off at your house. I do not have the time to spare for a whole race. Well, you can commit to a time slot, for just two hours. We will bend over backwards to get you to participate.

We are looking for operators to staff the YuKanRun Ocean View 5K & Half Marathon on Thursday, November 3rd in Ipswich. Please be on location at your Check Point by 8:00 for a 8:30 AM start. Start, finish at Ipswich High School, 134 High Street, Ipswich, MA 01938.

Please let me know if you can staff a communications check-point for the event by November 2nd so I can plan staffing positions for the event.

Please let us know what type of equipment you plan to use ( mobile; HT; ¼-wave mag mount; rubber duck, etc.) so we have a better idea of where to locate you along the event course per the potential of your equipment.

The course will be open and supported by CAARA  for four hours. Runner safety is everyone’s top priority.  Local EMT crews and ambulances will be available for three hours to help.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

 

 

Public Service

Norton Halloween Parade, October 27, 2019

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Ray Cord, K2TGX, writes on the Study Memorial Hospital ARC mailing list:

A sincere thank you from Sharon, Norton Parks & Recreation Director, for a job well done under adverse weather conditions. While it is still fresh in your mind, can you please forward me any comments you may have as to what worked, what didn’t work and suggestions for next year. Thanks to everyone especially to Rick for his job as Command and to Will who had to take all the abuse from drivers who thought they were special and the detour shouldn’t apply to them!!

Now on to the next parade… North Attleborough DANA Santa Parade the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Ray

Public Service

Request for Operators, YuKanRun Around Cape Ann Half-Marathon, October 20, 2019

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Christopher Winczewski, K1TAT, <K1TAT@outlook.com> writes:

YuKanRun Around Cape Ann Half Marathon on October 20th.

CAARA has a great public service team. We have loaner radios if you need one. Come out and join the event. Just contact us and we will set you up with a radio.

Please let me know if you can staff a communications check-point for the event  so I can plan staffing positions for the event.

While CAARA’s repeater performance has greatly improved the we may still experience some difficulty with communications especially with low-powered HTs, so we’ll be looking for higher powered equipment to staff those areas.

Please let us know what type of equipment you plan to use (mobile; HT; ¼-wave mag mount; rubber duck, etc.) so we have a better idea of where to locate you along the event course per the potential of your equipment.

The course will be open and supported by CAARA for four hours. Runner safety is everyone’s top priority.  Local EMT crews and ambulances will be available for three hours to help. Local EMT crews and ambulances will be available for three hours to help

Thank you in advance for your participation!

YuKanRun Around Cape Ann Communications Team.  
Gloucester, Mass  
Last Updated: 10/11/2019 9:02 AM  
Event date: Sunday, October,20, 2019  
On Location: 8:30 AM  
Starts: Half Marathon Run = 9:00 AM  
Freq: W1GLO Repeater 145.130 – PL:107.2 Back up W1GLO 443.700+PL:107.2

 

Public Service

Volunteers Needed for Halloween Watch, Marlborough, October 31, 2019

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Joe Reynolds, KA1GDQ, writes on the Algonquin ARC list:
 
As you know, Halloween Watch is around the corner.  I am going to need 15 volunteers (including a Net Control). 
 
 
 
School Minimum
Hihgh School 4
Middle School 3
Hildreth School * 2
Kane School 1
Richer School 1
Jaworek School 1
Bigalow School 1
Senior Center 1
NET CONTROL 1
MINIMUM NEEDED 15
 
If you are available, school watch is from 7pm – 11pm. We do this to help the school system out, who donates the cafes at the middle school for the Flea Market and the Library for our meetings.  The club saves a couple of grand a year or more by volunteering every year.  
 
Please email me with what school you would like to volunteer for.  If you want to be teamed up with another club member I will do my best to keep you and your buddy assigned at the same school if possible.  I need 4 for the High School, 3 for the Middle School and AT LEAST 1 for each of the others.  The Hildreth School should have 2 but we can bring it to one.  
 
Note:  The minimum means Locations at the school  have 3 in one vehicle can’t help.  However if your spouse wants to join you to keep you company, please have them come. 
 
Thank you very much 
 
V/R
 
Joe Reynolds
KA1GDQ
774-222-2542
ka1gdq@arrl.net
 
Clubs / Emergency Communications / Public Service

Marine Lodge Supports Falmouth ARA Communications Trailer Project

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The Falmouth Amateur Radio Association has received a generous donation in support of their communications trailer project from Marine Lodge, the town’s Masonic Lodge. On October 3, 2019, Marine Lodge Master Erich F. Horgan and Lodge member Maxwell J. Weinfuss, KC1MAX, presented a $5,000 check to the FARA Board of Directors. The goal of the trailer project is to assemble a professional, self-contained, mobile communications platform that will be used to support emergency, and non-emergency, public safety and public service events.  [Full story]

Public Service

Head of the Charles, Volunteers Sought, October 19-20, 2019

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Henry Brown, K1WCC, writes on the Falmouth ARA Facebook page:
 
This is a fun event with Amateur Radio being a big part of it. Contact Jeff Arnold, K1EMS, directly if interested. Dates are October 19-20. It’s great way to meet other volunteers and do something useful with your HT.
 
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This is the final request for more help for this year’s HOCR
I have 1 water open for Saturday
5 land on Friday
2 water on Sunday
Pass the word around. Registration ends this coming Tuesday
Thank you in advance
Jeff
*******************************************************
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Jeffrey Arnold
Aleppo2010@comcast.net

 

Emergency Communications / Public Information / Public Service

Cape Cod ARES at Falmouth Community Emergency Preparedness & Fire Prevention Fair, September 21, 2019

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Cape Cod radio amateurs participated in the seventh annual Falmouth Community Emergency Preparedness and Fire Prevention Fair at the Gus Canty Community Center, Falmouth, on September 21, 2019 from 10 AM to 2 PM. The fair featured “more than 60 organizations and numerous children’s activities, including a Touch-A-Truck in the parking lot.”

Falmouth Hospital ARES (W1HQH) had a table prominently on display, staffed by Tom Wruk, KB1QCQ, Gene Bradeen, KX1C, and Frank O’Laughlin, WQ1O. “We set up some display kit gear and answered questions from the public on communications,” writes Cape and Islands District Emergency Coordinator WQ1O. “It was great to hook up with our friend, NWS Boston/Norton warning coordination meteorologist Glenn Field [KB1GHX].”

Left to right: Gene Bradeen, KX1C; Glenn Field, KB1GHX; Frank O’Laughlin, WQ1O; Tom Wruk, KB1QCQ

Public Service

Request for Operators, YuKanRun Half-By-The-Sea Half Marathon, Manchester, September 22, 2019

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YouKanRun Manchester-by-the-SeaChris Winczewski, K1TAT, writes on the CAARA mailing list:
 

CAARA has a great public service team!

Come out and have some fun with us. We have loaner radios if you need one. Come out and join the event. Just contact us and we will set you up with a radio.

We are looking for operators to staff the YuKanRun Half-By-The-Sea Half Marathon. on Sunday, September 22. Please be on location at your Check Point by 9:30 AM for a 10:00 AM start.

Manchester Essex Memorial Elementary School, 43 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 01944

Please let me know if you can staff a communications check-point for the event by September 20 so I can plan staffing positions for the event..

While CAARA’s repeater performance has greatly improved the we may still experience some difficulty with communications especially with low-powered HTs, so we’ll be looking for higher powered equipment to staff those areas.

Please let us know what type of equipment you plan to use ( mobile; HT; ¼-wave mag mount; rubber duck, etc.) so we have a better idea of where to locate you along the event course per the potential of your equipment.

The course will be open and supported by CAARA for four hours. Runner safety is everyone’s top priority. Local EMT crews and ambulances will be available for three hours to help.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Chris, K1TAT

Half by the Sea Communications Team

Manchester, Mass

Event date: Sunday, September 22, 2019

On Location: 9:30 am

Starts: Half Marathon Run = 10:00 am

Frq: W1GLO Repeater 145.130 – PL:107.2 Back up: N1SRA 145.470 PL 136.5

 

 
Emergency Communications / Operating / Public Service

Volunteers Needed: Buzzards Bay Du/Triathlon – Sunday, September 15th

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Matt Brennan-NM1B writes:

Hi Folks,

I’m looking for about fifteen hams to provide communications assistance for the Buzzard’s Bay Triathlon in Westport on Sunday, September 15th. It occurs from 9AM (hams will meet at 8AM) until about 1PM (some assignments should secure by noon). It will be held in Horseneck Beach State Park and includes a swim, bike and run that travels through the town of Westport. There is also a duathlon option. More info online: www.maxperformanceonline.com. It is a very scenic area.

Please send a note to events@wect.org if you’re able to help. This is well outside WECT’s normal operating area, so if you know anyone not included on our distribution lists that may be willing to help please feel free to forward this to them. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks.
-Matt

Public Service

WECT Public Service Events

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Courtesy wma.arrl.org:

The Worcester Emergency Communications Team is looking for ham radio operators to assist with two more upcoming public service events.  Both of these events are out of WECT’s normal operational area.

The Buzzard’s Bay Triathlon in Westport on Sunday, September 15th. It occurs from 9 AM (hams will meet at 8 AM) until about 1 PM (some assignments should secure by noon). It will be held in Horseneck Beach State Park and includes a swim, bike and run that travels through the town of Westport. There is also a duathlon option. It is a very scenic area.

The Ride to Defeat ALS on Sunday September 22 from 6 AM to around 3 PM (depending on assignment).This is a low key event with the primary focus being on charity rather than racing. The 70-mile bicycle course begins at the Longfellow club in Wayland and continues through several towns with rest stops in Hudson, Bolton, Acton, Concord, and Sudbury. While the race runs from 6AM to 3PM, some stations open as late as 9 AM and some close as early as 11 AM. Operators working at a course station can report directly to their station. Lunch is provided for operators in Wayland. There will be two roving race vehicles that will require a mobile radio.

If you are interested in participating, please send an email to events@wect.org and let them know if you have UHF equipment with DCS / DPL.

Public Service

Amateur Radio Volunteers Requested, Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life, October 5, 2019

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Dave Gilman, KC1DDH, writes:
 
Mark Richards, K1MGY and I head up the Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life event based out of Holliston and we are coming up woefully short of volunteers from our usual pool. We are in need of Amateur Radio operators to operate at rest stops and as SAG vehicles roaming the course to keep an eye on and assist the cyclists.
 
The event is on Saturday, October 5th based at Fatima Shrine in Holliston.  There are three routes:  12 mile, 30 mile and 65 mile courses traversing Holliston, Sherborn, Medfield, Medway and Hopkinton.  We can also take non-licensed folks who would be willing to help out as we have some commercial radios available as a secondary system.
 
Anyone wishing to help out should contact Mark Richards <kmalittl1@gmail.com> or David Gilman <KC1DDH@gmail.com>.