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N6BT: “Will It Work” at PART of Westford Hybrid Meeting, March 18, 2025

March 14, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

The March PART meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, beginning at 7:30 PM at the Cameron Senior Center, 20 Pleasant Street, Westford, MA, and via Webex video conference. For those attending via video conference, a meeting link is below; just click on the green button to join in. You can join the conference any time after 7:00 PM to check out your gear or just rag chew until the meeting starts. Bear in mind that internet connectivity from the senior center may be unreliable.

Our guest speaker for the meeting is Tom Schiller, N6BT, who will be connecting via video conference from Arizona. Tom is the founder of Force-12 Antennas (now part of JK Antennas), and his topic is “Will it work?”, which describes looking at antenna design and components to see if the antenna will be efficient and, therefore, effective for us. There is a look at the construction and components of the fairly new Big Kansas Coil, plus other YouTube tests and two tests using our drones on a Buddi-Pole. There are also some suggestions along the way on magnetic loops.

All attendees are encouraged to bring donations of non-perishable food for the Westford Food Pantry.

See you Tuesday!

73,

George, K1IG

President, PART of Westford

[Contact George Allison, K1IG, at georallison -at- gmail -dot- com for Webex link]

Foxhunting

W1MJ Fox Deployed, Belmont, March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Eliot Mayer, W1MJ, writes on the NEMassFoxHunters list on March 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM:

The W1MJ Fox is on the air.

Location: Lone Tree Hill Conservation Area, Belmont, MA

Parking: Main parking lot is on Mill St. Parking is also allowed at Belmont Day School, but might be full if there is a school event.

Trail Map: PDF (see also AllTrails)

Frequency: 147.54 MHz

Schedule: Transmits every 60 seconds from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. Will be retrieved after 6:00 PM on Sunday.

The fox is transmitting with 4 watts to a roll-up J-Pole antenna. The trail conditions are finally good, with just one spot slightly muddy due to stubborn ice still melting. The weather should be awesome today and tomorrow, but iffy on Sunday.

Foxhunting

KD1D Fox Is On The Loose, Littleton, March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Alan Hicks, KD1D, writes on the NEMassFoxHunters list on March 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM:

The KD1D Fox is on the loose in Littleton, MA, operating on 146.565 MHz FM and transmitting a short spoken message about once per minute.

It is located at the Yapp Conservation Land ( https://littletonconservationtrust.org/property/george-and-lucy-yapp-conservation-land/ ).

You should be able to hear it from Route 119.

Your best bet for entry is to take a road with a name similar to one of the USS Enterprise Starship Captains.

This is my old same Fox, operating on 146.565 MHz with a 25-second message repeating once per minute. Output power is about 50 milliwatts.

I will retrieve it Sunday afternoon after 4 pm, since some rain is expected on Monday.

Happy Hunting and 73 de KD1D!

Operating / Public Information

Ham Radio Open House Coming in April

March 12, 2025 - by Jon McCombie - Leave a Comment

Mike Walters, W8ZY writes:

Ham Radio Open House is coming in April and clubs across the country are urged to participate.

It’s now possible for a radio club or school to add their station open house to the ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locator.

The Open House Locator is linked from the World Amateur Radio Day page at www.arrl.org/world-amateur-radio-day, or go directly to the locator at www.arrl.org/open-house.

Details about Ham Radio Open House are at World Amateur Radio Day

Clubs

W1DYJ: “FT8—An Update” at Minuteman Repeater Association Hybrid Meeting, March 19, 2025

March 11, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

MMRA logo MMRA Membership Meeting: Wednesday, 19 March 2025 ~7:30 – 9:30 pm

“FT8—An Update,” Larry Banks, W1DYJ

This is a Hybrid meeting: New England Sci-Tech + ZOOM

Location: New England Sci-Tech, 16 Tech Circle, Natick, MA

Members: log into your account on MMRA.ORG to obtain the Zoom information. Non-members: email: contact@mmra.org to request the information.

Bio: Larry first gave this talk in 2019. Since then a lot has changed and FT8 is now very popular. This talk will review the 2019 talk which discusses how to use WSJT-X and FT8, and will add some insights that Larry has discovered with the nearly 6000 contacts he has logged on FT8. Licensed in 1961 as novice KN1VFX, Larry became W1DYJ in 1966. After acquiring three degrees in EE from MIT, Larry was hired in 1969 by Hewlett-Packard Medical’s Cardiac lab in Waltham, MA, working on Electrocardiographs and then Cardiac Ultrasound systems. He moved to HP Medical Education in 1993, responsible for technical and project management training. When HP split apart, he became Agilent Technology’s global program manager for their Learning Management System. “Retiring” in 2005, he consulted for Avago (now Broadcom) on eLearning technologies through 2012. He now spends his time chasing DX and contesting in Woburn, traveling with his wife Maren, and attending many jazz and classical concerts. He is the net manager and newsletter editor for the MMRA, publications editor for HamXposition, and a member of the YCCC.

Clubs

WA1PBU: “The Highs and Lows of Aeronautical Mobile Operation” at Sci-Tech ARS Hybrid Meeting, March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

New England Sci Tech logo Tuesday, March 11: “The Highs and Lows of Aeronautical Mobile Operation” by Kim O. Peck, WA1PBU

Description: This presentation will cover details of aeronautical mobile operation from light aircraft. The material covered will be useful to pilots who wish to explore aero mobile, as well as to non-pilot-hams who may be offered a plane ride and who would appreciate tips, experience, and advice.

Bio: Kim Peck is an electrical engineer, was first licensed as a ham in 1971, and obtained his pilot’s license in 1975.

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First Region Net and Eastern Area Net Afternoon Time Changes

March 8, 2025 - by kw1u - Leave a Comment

With the time change from Standard to Daylight Savings Time on March 9, 2025 the daytime sessions of the First Region Net will meet at 1445 and 1630 Eastern Daylight Time. This change accommodates the Eastern Area Net daytime session which will meet at 1530 EDT Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and at 1515 EDT on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For now the First Region Net frequency will remain at 3950 kHz primary and 7243 kHz alternate for both sessions. EAN meets on 7243 kHz.

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Eastern MA New Hams Report for March 1, 2025

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 - by Jon McCombie - Leave a Comment

Here is the new ham report as of March 1, listing newly licensed hams. Club officials, please review the list and reach out to those in your footprint and invite, welcome them. To all: please welcome these folks when you hear them on local repeaters. Offer assistance as well!

Report for 2025-03-01

Keith Maynard, KC1WFW – FCC
179 Whitney Rd
Ashby, MA 01431-2218

Sai Subramanian, KC1WDS – FCC
2 Jennifer Path
Acton, MA 01720-4177

Gregory S Adkins, KC1WFE – FCC
40 Hillside Rd
Carlisle, MA 01741-1132

Tayler Pitkin, KC1WFQ – FCC
130 Prospect St
Carlisle, MA 01741-1826

Theodore P Fiust, KC1WIB – FCC
54 Fairview Ave
Natick, MA 01760-4269

Gabriel A Bolter, KC1WGK – FCC
PO Box 705
Sudbury, MA 01776-0705

Joseph S Campbell, AC1TR – FCC
65 Prospect St
Woburn, MA 01801-4341

Richard H Boyd, KC1WFN – FCC
3 Redgate Dr
Andover, MA 01810-5919

Ethan Norton, KC1WHH – FCC
4 Tennyson Rd
Reading, MA 01867-1650

Jacob D Boisclair, K9RAV – FCC
194 Fayette St
Lynn, MA 01902-2242

Scott Leblanc, K1WTN – FCC
PO Box 264
Danvers, MA 01923-0464

Liam R Crossen, KC1WEP – FCC
9 Woodholm Rd
Manchester, MA 01944-1041

Camden C Johnson, KC1WDQ – FCC
6 Summit Pl
Newburyport, MA 01950-3804

William F Waters, N1BAV – FCC
54 Gardner St
Peabody, MA 01960-1843

Michael S Sullivan, KC1WEZ – FCC
45 Daniels St
Salem, MA 01970-5657

Brian Bodiya, KC1WIH – FCC
133 Oak St
Franklin, MA 02038-1841

Austin G Swinney, KC1WIC – FCC
16 Stoney Beach Rd
Hull, MA 02045-3317

Peter McNaughton, KC1WHE – FCC
67 Pine St
Medfield, MA 02052-1309

Austin Russell, KC1WGT – FCC
100 Lovejoy Wharf Unit 8C
Boston, MA 02114-2149

Scott Abramson, KC1WGF – FCC
716 Columbus Ave
Boston, MA 02120-2111

Ryan Raschkovsky, KC1WDR – FCC
716 Columbus Ave
Boston, MA 02120-2111

Alicja Mahr, KC1WDN – FCC
7 Greylock Rd Apt 2
Allston, MA 02134-2577

Vera L Berger, KC1WHM – FCC
299 Vassar St
Cambridge, MA 02139-4310

David C Treff, KC1WFV – FCC
21 Mead St
Somerville, MA 02144-2443

Benjamin C Wirz, KC1WET – FCC
17 Palmer St
Medford, MA 02155-1118

Christopher Reeves, KC1WIL – FCC
80 Furnace Brook Pkwy
Quincy, MA 02169-2304

Luke Taylor, KC1WFU – FCC
95 Park Dr Apt B
Boston, MA 02215-5216

Daniel Sheehan, KC1WFS – FCC
1243 Pleasant St
Brockton, MA 02301-2845

Sean J Colby, KC1WEE – FCC
17 State Rd
Plymouth, MA 02360-5101

Sarah E Gregg, KC1WIG – FCC
42 Reynolds Ave
Randolph, MA 02368-3740

Walter Vincent, KC1WIQ – FCC
9 Colby Rd
Arlington, MA 02476-7903

Bright McConnell, KC1WHL – FCC
15 Knox St
Belmont, MA 02478-2644

Camryn M Neches, KC1WGG – FCC
632 Wellesley St
Weston, MA 02493-1066

David G Berube, KC1WEQ – FCC
PO Box 3018
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557-3018

Kathryn E Hautanen, KC1WEJ – FCC
84 Governors Way
Barnstable, MA 02630-1305

Patricia P Semple, WA1SWJ – FCC
67 Rosemary Ln
Brewster, MA 02631-2469

Jeffrey Gruenglas, KC1WEK – FCC
44 Nyes Neck Rd
Centerville, MA 02632-1732

John P Cashman, KC1WFG – FCC
18 Martin Rd
Dennis, MA 02638-2585

Bryan Bourbeau, KC1WEN – FCC
41 Ships Eagle Ln
Osterville, MA 02655-1465

David Nedell, KC1WGU – FCC
1330 Williams St
Dighton, MA 02715-1004

Scott D Kershaw, KC1WEO – FCC
742 Rock St
Fall River, MA 02720-3440

Mark M Oberg, KC1WED – FCC
256 Belleville Rd
New Bedford, MA 02745-5223

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February 2025 Section News

March 6, 2025 - by Jon McCombie - Leave a Comment

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! I hope you all had a nice February, including, of course, Valentine’s Day. Staying warm and safe? I’m sorry this update is a little late – I try to get the monthly updates out around the 15th of each month – but the time just got away from me. On a happy note, the Section Manager email blast to all members in the section function is now BACK IN OPERATION so this monthly update is being sent direct to your email, no redistribution requests needed. Yay!

* 2025 Northeast HamXposition is Coming!

Mark your calendars! The 2025 Northeast HamXposition is not that far away: August 21-24, 2025, in Marlborough, MA. This is New England’s premier ham gathering. I hope to have an eyeball QSO with all of you at HamX! More info at https://ema.arrl.org/2025/03/02/2025-northeast-hamxposition-ticketing-hotel-reservations-now-open/

* New Ham Report on EMA Website

I have started a new regular posting on the Eastern MA website: the New Ham Report. Monthly, I will pull the report and post it on https://ema.arrl.org. When you hear these new licensees on your local repeater, reach out and make them feel welcome!

* MMRA Starts Monthly Elmer/Mentor Program

Speaking of making new hams feel welcome, the Minuteman Repeater Association (MMRA) recently started a program that’s very cool: a monthly mentor program via Zoom. Need some help figuring out that new radio? Got questions about repeater etiquette or how to check in to a net? Or are you an experienced ham that wants to give back to the hobby? This is the perfect time/place to go. See https://ema.arrl.org/2025/02/13/mmra-elmer-mentor-forum-second-wednesday-of-each-month/ for details.

* Virtual NTS Traffic Net Began March 5, 2025

Many Technician class amateurs miss out on fun and skills learning of traffic handling because they reside in areas of the country where local traffic nets on VHF repeaters don’t exist. The Virtual NTS Traffic Net (VNTN) seeks to address this problem with the creation of a Zoom-based local traffic net that can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection.

The Net will meet weekly, and held its inaugural session on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET. The VNTN URL is: <https://bitl.to/3xj4>

Full details at https://ema.arrl.org/2025/03/05/virtual-nts-traffic-net-begins-march-5-2025/

* Still Recruiting a New Section Youth Coordinator

Sadly, our Section’s former Section Youth Coordinator, Paul K1YUB, is now a Silent Key. I need to fill this important position on the EMA Section Staff. The SYC requirement and job description is at https://www.arrl.org/section-youth-coordinator If you are interested in this volunteer position, please contact me at n1ilz@arrl.org – I’ll appreciate it greatly!

* N1ILZ for a Final

Stay safe and warm out there! We’re officially in meteorological Spring, but you’d never know, looking at the outside thermometer. But it’s only a matter of not too much time before things will get warmer, and it’ll be time to fix antennas. And plan for Field Day! Really. I remain hopeful. Stay warm and get ready for some great Spring fun!

Can you write a paragraph or two about what you’re up to, so I can publish it in the Section Update? Let me know via email at n1ilz@arrl.org!

* For always up-to-date news, please visit the EMA Section website at http://ema.arrl.org

This Section News Update was brought to you by Section Manager Jon N1ILZ.

Mentoring / NTS / Operating / Public Service

Virtual NTS Training Net Begins March 5, 2025

March 5, 2025March 6, 2025 - by Jon McCombie - Leave a Comment

Phil, K9HI writes:

Many Technician class amateurs miss out on fun and skills learning of traffic handling because they reside in areas of the country where local traffic nets on VHF repeaters don’t exist. The Virtual NTS Training Net (VNTN) seeks to address this problem with the creation of a Zoom-based local traffic net that can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection.

VNTN will accept check-ins and radiogram traffic utilizing standard phonetics and prosigns; in short, participants will enjoy the same experiences as those who check into conventional “RF” traffic nets. The net will incorporate a “hands-on” training approach in traffic procedures, radiogram creation, and relay.

It is our hope that new amateurs who participate in VNTN will be motivated to join section and region nets on HF after upgrading to a higher license class.

The Net will meet weekly, and hold its inaugural session on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET. The VNTN URL is: <https://bitl.to/3xj4>.

Emergency Communications / NTS / Operating / Public Service

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Net – Monday March 3rd, 2025 at 830 PM on the MMRA Repeater System

March 2, 2025 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

Hello to all…

The March Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday March 3rd, 2025 at 830 PM on the MMRA Repeater system.

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:
https://mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_linking.html (Click the ARES box to see the repeaters and other systems linked)

We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. We will have several announcements for the net.

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
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
https://ares.ema.arrl.org
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Emergency Communications / NTS / Operating / Public Service

Massachusetts RACES Nets – Monday 3/3/25 for HF, Region 2D VHF, NBEMS & Winlink – Times and Details Below

March 2, 2025 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

Don Rolph, AB1PH, Walpole area ARES Emergency Coordinator writes:

The MEMA RACES nets are held on the first Monday of the month, unless the first Monday is a holiday, when it is delayed one week. For Mar 2025, the MEMA RACES nets will be held on Mon Mar 3 at:

********************************************************************************
80 meter Voice net
6:45 PM
Frequency: 3930 KHz working up until the first free frequency

Jeff N1JCM will be net control

*********************************************************************************
Region 2D VHF net:
7:30 PM ET VHF net on 146.865 MHz PL 103.5 (Sharon Repeater)

We will have a general call up of any RACES, ARES, or other interested stations. If there is time, we will have a simplex test.

Don WA1PLE will be net control.

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HF 80 meters NBEMS net:
7:00 PM ET
Dial Frequency: 3584.5 MHx
Center Frequency: 1500 Hz
Initial mode: THOR22

We will have checkins, followed by an ICS-213 format message using FLMSG.
Don AB1PH will be net control

*********************************************************************************
Winlink Net:
Jon N1ILZ will be net control.
Send a winlink checkin form to N1ILZ , copy AB1PH, between 0600 Monday Mar 3 and 2400 Monday Mar 3.

We look forward to you checking in!

—

73,
AB1PH
Don Rolph

Flea markets & Conventions

2025 Northeast HamXposition Ticketing & Hotel Reservations Now Open

March 2, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

There are only 172 days until HamX—the 2025 Northeast HamXposition and New England Division Convention!

Thursday evening, Juston McKinney returns for the second annual Comedy Kickoff.

Ned Stearns, AA7A, is our guest speaker for the Friday DXCC/Contest Dinner sponsored by DX Engineering.

Saturday morning, our Keynote Speaker will be Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL, on how mentorship will carry the hobby into the future.

Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, will talk about the HamSCI project at the Saturday Evening Grand Banquet.

Purchase your tickets in advance, and book your hotel room!

Clubs / Licensing Education & Training / Mentoring / Operating

New Hams Report for Feb 1, 2025

February 19, 2025 - by Jon McCombie - Leave a Comment

Here is the new ham report as of Feb 1, listing newly licensed hams. Club officials, please review the list and reach out to those in your footprint and invite, welcome them. To all: please welcome these folks when you hear them on local repeaters. Offer assistance as well!

Report for 2025-02-01

Waiming Wong, KC1WCV – FCC
133 Foster St
Littleton, MA 01460-1541

James N Gonthier, KC1WAY – FCC
8 Currier Dr
Framingham, MA 01701-3623

David Kula, KC1VZH – FCC
29 Belcher Dr
Sudbury, MA 01776-1244

Nicholas Cioffi, KC1WCS – FCC
10 Fieldstone Dr
Burlington, MA 01803-4213

Alistair J McBrien, KC1WCR – FCC
11 Brady Loop
Andover, MA 01810-3223

Nelson Rodriguez, KC1VZA – FCC
39 High St
Andover, MA 01810-3527

Cameron G Cooke, KC1VZF – FCC
46 Groveland St
Haverhill, MA 01830-6417

Jason Lay, KC1VZG – FCC
3 Strawberry Ln
Methuen, MA 01844-1562

Sarah Wagner, KC1WDC – FCC
19 Ripley St
N Chelmsford, MA 01863-1723

Jeffrey Hodgson, KC1VZN – FCC
40 Birchmont St
Tyngsboro, MA 01879-1308

Louis C Potvin, KC1WAD – FCC
101 Shawsheen Ave
Wilmington, MA 01887-2699

Sandra Surette, KC1WBW – FCC
60 Dudley St
Saugus, MA 01906-1827

Raymond C Macdougall, KC1WBP – FCC
21 Lothrop St
Saugus, MA 01906-2211

Derrick Feole, KC1WBC – FCC
56 North End Blvd
Salisbury, MA 01952-2204

Thomas Lopolito, KC1VZD – FCC
18 Fletcher St
Foxborough, MA 02035-2766

Stephen F Pineault, KC1WCE – FCC
PO Box 485
Marshfield, MA 02050-0485

Preet H Shah, KC1WCK – FCC
3 Cypress St
Medfield, MA 02052-1904

Alexi A Ambarchian, KC1WCF – FCC
361 Washington St Apt 2R
Cambridge, MA 02139-2741

Frederick S Morlock, KC1WCG – FCC
58A Willow Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2916

Yifei Sun, KC1VZR – FCC
39 Beltran St
Malden, MA 02148-2501

Strephon B Treadway, KC1VZW – FCC
2 Laurel St
Chelsea, MA 02150-1006

Sean Klingensmith, AC1TN – FCC
68 Fells Ave
Medford, MA 02155-1953

Cyprien Laplace, KC1WCC – FCC
505 Congress St Unit 901
Boston, MA 02210-2907

Joseph M Clark, KC1WBU – FCC
150 Carver Rd
Plymouth, MA 02360-5211

John B Dunne, KC1WCW – FCC
101 Eliot Ave
West Newton, MA 02465-1710

Jacob C Moon, KC1VZM – FCC
69 Garfield St
Watertown, MA 02472-4913

Christopher T Pacejo, KC1WCB – FCC
255 Lake St
Arlington, MA 02474-8228

John F Barry, AC1TL – FCC
104 Spy Pond Pkwy
Arlington, MA 02474-8260

Scott N McClure, KC1WBB – FCC
349 Gray St
Arlington, MA 02476-6039

Michael J Gareau, KC1WDA – FCC
PO Box 81445
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-0005

John E Robinson, KC1VZJ – FCC
63 Dawson Dr
Needham, MA 02492-4265

Chester Fojas, KC1WAF – FCC
PO Box 606
Provincetown, MA 02657-0606

Kenneth A Okin, KC1WAG – FCC
PO Box 606
Provincetown, MA 02657-0606

Bethany M Whitten, KC1WAS – FCC
90 Nottingham Dr
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675-1532

Patrick G Engelman, KC1WBA – FCC
877 Horseneck Rd
Westport, MA 02790-1354

Clubs

W1VE: “Remote Amateur Radio Station Setup and Operation” at Nashoba Valley ARC Meeting, February 20, 2025

February 18, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

The Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club’s February meeting is Thursday, February 20th at 7:30 PM at the Pepperell Community Center (in Pepperell). We start gathering at 7 PM to socialize before the meeting starts. NVARC has an awesome speaker for February. Gerry Hull, W1VE, is an expert on remote amateur radio station setup and operation. Gerry has personally set up stations such as ZF9CW, 7Q6M, VY1AAA, VE4YH, VE9XX, and others for remote operation, and he has remotely operated these stations. Attend and discover how easy it is to either operate someone else’s station remotely or set up your station for remote operation.

If you need directions to the club meeting, please click <http://binged.it/smoogg> here and put your own address in box “A”.

Thanks, and 73. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Bruce, K1BG
978-772-2773 or <mailto:bruce.blain@charter.net> bruce.blain@charter.net

BTW, if you would prefer to not get these announcements, please let me know
and I will take you off the list!

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Massachusetts – Rhode Island STM Report for January 2025

February 13, 2025 - by kw1u - Leave a Comment

The January 2025 STM report is now available at https://ema.arrl.org/massachusetts-rhode-island-stm-report-for-january-2025/. Note the new and fun “Boston Cape Cod Traffic Jam”, now operating on three local VHF traffic nets (EM2MN, CITN and HHTN) and the Mass Rhode Island Phone Net. This is a creative approach to generating and practicing radiogram message traffic developed by Peter Doherty, KC1HHO, manager of EM2MN and in cooperation with Tim Doyle, W1TCD, manager of CITN, and has generated a lot of traffic while also providing a lot of fun. Note also NTS participation in the February 1 exercise, “Operation Clear Ice”.

Licensing Education & Training

MMRA Elmer/Mentor Forum, Second Wednesday of Each Month

February 13, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

MMRA-Elmer-Forum

Youth

Sci-Tech ARS Hosts Millis Boy Scout Troup

February 11, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

Pix of Boy Scout uniform From Sci-Tech ARS News, February 11, 2025:

Many thanks to Joe, KM1P, for hosting the Boy Scouts Troop 15 from Millis, MA, this past Saturday. They arrived for a radio room visit, demonstrations, and GOTA activities while studying for the Radio Merit Badge. By the time they left, many had expressed interest in getting their Amateur Technician license.

Emergency Communications / NTS / Operating / Public Service

USCG Auxiliary Division 5 / 12 Radio Net 9 FEB 25

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 - by kd1cy - Leave a Comment

K1UN-Joseph Fratto – USCG Coast Guard Auxiliary & FCC General Radiotelephone Operator writes:

The Division 5 / 12 Radio net was held this morning 9 FEB 25 at 1030 hrs on the Roslindale repeater.

Check Ins: Radio Roslindale
Radio Harvard
Radio Wilmington
Mobile 5F
mobile 5G

Net Control: Radio Waltham NCS

Traffic: Traffic consisted of radio checks and a few administrative messages. The Auxiliary Net
on the MMRA system went very well. We had 19 check-ins this morning on the net.
The SKYWARN network was activated on the MMRA and several other amateur radio
repeaters. This was due to the overnight snowfall. The National Weather Service NWS
was looking for snow totals and wind reports. There was very little if any damage to the
electric grid or internet infrastructure. Stations that checked into the Auxiliary net were
given the opportunity to give a report to NWS stations.

This is good radio net practice. The Auxiliary net serves as a force multiplier for a number
of agencies. The Prudential Building repeater will be down for at least six weeks. It was
determined that a new antenna is needed. The antenna used is imported from Ukraine.

Check Ins: KB1WGK
KA1CUH
N1CVO
W1HAI
KA1GFN
WA1SCS
N1WEN
KC1VJH
KB1NZZ
N1JSM
WB1EMS
N1DFL
N1MSK
W1JVC
KC1VZH
KB1MWD
N1STE
KC1VHN

Net Control: K1UN

Submitted: Joseph Fratto
FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License.

Public Information

AG1A Interview on HamNation Podcast

February 2, 2025 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment

George Allison, K1IG, write on the PART of Westford mailing list:

PART member Wayne, AG1A, is a featured guest on the latest episode of the bi-weekly HamNation video podcast. Wayne is interviewed about the home seismograph he built that recorded the earthquake that occurred off the coast of Maine last week, but then he also discusses his ham radio activities, horses, and of course, his DeLorean.

You can view the show at this link; Wayne’s interview starts at the 43:40 point.

73,

George, K1IG