Winter finally made its way into New England and without all those outdoor chores set aside for now its a good time to stay indoors and play radio. Anyone get new ham radio toys for Christmas? Try them out and join us on one of the traffic nets, or try some digital message handling using Packet radio with several message boards serving Eastern Mass, including KW1U, N1XTB or K1CKK (Cape Cod). See KW1U or KC1CIC for more information on how to get involved. K1HEJ has compiled a traffic report for the VHF BBS at N1XTB-4 for the month of December. This BBS handled 397 incoming and 397 outgoing messages. More will follow on the digital scene in future months.
The Mass Rhode Island Phone Net has been picking up activity since its inception in the fall, thanks to the efforts of Manager Ralph N1LAH. While this is a traffic net, there is also an informal component for socialization and discussion of subjects of interest to amateur radio. Check it out at 6PM Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays on 3978 Khz plus or minus for QRM. Remember to look around that frequency as the net is sometimes forced to move due to interference.
Heavy Hitters Traffic Net has also been picking up new check-ins, especially folks new to traffic handling who are looking for information. While HHTN meets only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the Minuteman Repeater Network at 10 PM, manager Joe W1HAI has decided to have informal sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the purpose of helping new and prospective traffic handlers with information on nets, message handling and NTS. He has encouraged more “seasoned” traffic handlers to check in as well to help answer questions. The first of these sessions has met already as of this writing and was well attended. A good discussion followed and many questions were answered. All are welcome to check in. Bring your questions.
Below is the traffic report for the combined sections of East and West Mass for both November and December. My apologies for not getting the November report on the website last month. Many of you did see that report sent out via email. Thanks to all for your support of the nets.
| MASS STM REPORT | Dec – 15 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | ||
| EM2MN | 31 | 85 | 178 | 586 | N1SYC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 14 | 7 | 51 | 129 | N1LAH | 3978 Khz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 69 | NA | N1IQI | ||
| HHTN | 13 | 3 | 60 | 142 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM M,W,F |
| CITN | No Report | N2JWW | 147.375 | 7:30PM Daily | |||
| MARI | 31 | 205 | 115 | 734 | KW1U | 3565 Khz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 27 | 21 | 183 | 266 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 25 | 6 | 225 | 372 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 22 | 3 | 175 | 173 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM M-F |
| WMEN | 3 | 0 | 90 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 Khz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 Khz | 8:45 Su | |||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 198 | 438 | 4 | 640 | X | |
| KW1U | 0 | 316 | 280 | 5 | 601 | X | |
| N1TF | 0 | 116 | 147 | 16 | 279 | ||
| KB1WXC | 3 | 51 | 67 | 0 | 121 | ||
| KC1CIC | 6 | 29 | 31 | 13 | 79 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 35 | 71 | 3 | 109 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 37 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | ||
| PSHR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 125 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| KB1WXC | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| AC7RB | 36 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA |
| MASS STM REPORT | Nov-15 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | ||
| EM2MN | 29 | 81 | 165 | 551 | N1SYC | 145.23 ** | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 12 | 20 | 45 | 140 | N1LAH | 3978 Khz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 5 | 10 | 72 | NA | N1IQI | ||
| HHTN | 13 | 9 | 56 | 135 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM M,W,F |
| CITN | No Report | N2JWW | 147.375 | 7:30PM Daily | |||
| MARI | 30 | 189 | 131 | 749 | KW1U | 3565 Khz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 25 | 6 | 144 | 189 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 26 | 4 | 208 | 312 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 19 | 3 | 115 | 114 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM M-F |
| WMEN | 5 | 0 | 158 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 Khz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 Khz | 8:45 Su | |||
| **Note due to problems with Boston repeater EM2MN meeting on 146.67 PL 146.2 except | |||||||
| Tuesdays on 146.865 PL 103.5 | |||||||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 356 | 316 | 4 | 676 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 174 | 299 | 4 | 477 | ||
| N1TF | 1 | 96 | 131 | 8 | 236 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 47 | 85 | 2 | 134 | ||
| KC1CIC | 1 | 39 | 43 | 11 | 94 | ||
| KB1WXC | 1 | 34 | 41 | 1 | 77 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 46 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 28 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| PSHR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| KB1WXC | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 28 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| AC7RB | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| N1LKJ | 24 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA |