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The Algonquin Amateur Radio Club‘s board of directors has announced that its popular Marlborough Flea Market, held annually each February, has been postponed in 2021 due to COVID-19 and the availability of the school premises. Stay tuned for future announcements.
Read MoreAnnouncing the January meeting of the Zola amateur radio group. Everyone is welcome to attend our next meeting on the Zoom video conferencing platform. This meeting will be online only with no in-person component. Please see the meeting invitation below my signature. So, make your favorite lunch and get comfortable for another informative meeting. Agenda (all times EST) 11:00 AM: Introductions and welcome 11:05 AM: Announcements and Q&A 11:15 AM: Our feature presentation will be by Bruce Mackinnon, KC1FSZ. Bruce has done some extensive research in the area of antenna analyzers. He will tell us about some of the more …
Read MoreEastern MA Section Emergency Coordinator and ARES SKYWARN Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY, will present on “ARES and SKYWARN Program Overview and Update” at the January 19, 2021 online meeting of the Sci-Tech Amateur Radio Society at 7:30 PM. “ARES is the Amateur Radio Emergency Services, a program sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). The ARRL and ARES is partnered with the National Weather Service at the national level and Eastern Massachusetts ARES has a strong partnership with the NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN program. This presentation will provide an overview of ARES, what’s involved with membership in the program …
Read MoreBruce MacKinnon, KC1FSZ, will give a presentation on the Nano VNA Network Analyzer at the January 6, 2021 online meeting of the Billerica Amateur Radio Society at 7 PM. For Zoom conference details, email Doug Bruce, KC1MJK, at douglas.bruce1 -at- comcast -dot- net.
Read MoreFrank O’Laughlin, WQ1O, Cape Cod & Islands District Emergency Coordinator, will present “ARES Overview” to members of the Barnstable Amateur Radio Club on Monday, January 4, 2021 at 7 PM. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom. For Zoom details, email Jon at n1ilz -at- arrl -dot- net.
Read MoreSteve Ciavarini, NQ1F, writes on the Wellesley ARS mailing list: Rob, WA1UMU, and I activated our first [Parks On The Air] for 2021, K-2430, Dighton Rock Park, Berkley, MA. A nice day to get outdoors. We operated 20m & 40m. Lots of QSB. 15m & 10m dead. Rob did very well with Wolfriver vertical, and I used my homebrew 40m EFHW. If you are interested in participating POTA, let us know. 73 & Happy New Year, Steve
Read MoreHello to all… Happy New Year to all! The January Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday January 4th, 2021 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: http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. For this month’s ARES Net, we will review events of the past month and talk …
Read MoreGood afternoon Everyone, On behalf of the entire South Shore Health Radio Group we wish you all a Happy New Year. We would like to thank all those that participated in the monthly nets last year. It put us all to the test and I’m sure 2020 will not soon be forgotten. We also wish to thank our repeater owners and trustees. Without your continued support none of this would be possible. With the vaccine being distributed to our front line workers and I’m sure to the rest of the population shortly, 2021 will be brighter. I can’t wait to …
Read MoreFrom ARRL Web: 12/30/2020 – The FCC has agreed with ARRL and other commenters that its proposed $50 fee for certain amateur radio applications was “too high to account for the minimal staff involvement in these applications.” In a Report and Order (R&O), released on December 29, the FCC scaled back to $35 the fee for a new license application, a special temporary authority (STA) request, a rule waiver request, a license renewal application, and a vanity call sign application. All fees are per application. There will be no fee for administrative updates, such as a change of mailing or email address. …
Read MoreMembers of the ARRL Headquarters staff will put W1AW on the air for Straight Key Night (SKN). Set some time aside on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to take part in this annual ARRL tradition. Information on Straight Key Night can be found at http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night . SKN begins at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2021 (New Year’s Eve in US time zones) and wraps up at 2359 UTC. Not a contest, SKN is dedicated to celebrating amateur radio’s Morse code heritage. Bring out the brass, get on the air, and enjoy casual CW contacts, preferably using a straight key …
Read MoreBoston Marathon Communications Committee writes: We hope you are all safe and healthy. We also hope you are having an enjoyable holiday season despite the impacts of COVID-19. We wanted to provide you a short update on 2021 Boston Marathon plans in light of today’s public statement from the BAA. The BAA statement can be seen here: https://www.baa.org/2021-boston-marathon-updates Our team has been engaged with the BAA at both the Organizing Committee and Medical Committee levels regarding the 2021 Boston Marathon. We have also been meeting as an Amateur Radio Communications Committee over the course of the Fall to be ready …
Read MoreFrom ARRL Web: 12/21/2020 – The FCC is encouraging users of the Universal Licensing Service (ULS) to have an email address on file with the FCC. “Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide an email address on their license application(s), which will trigger the electronic issuance of an official copy of their license(s) to the email provided upon application grant. Per the timing specified in Rulemaking FCC 20-126, the FCC will no longer print, and licensees will no longer be able to request, hard copy license authorizations sent by mail.” The FCC has not yet established the date by which an email …
Read MoreThe North Shore Radio Association will meet online on December 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM. Ed Gustat, W1FBI, will present on the Chelsea fire of 1975. Zoom conference information will be sent via the NSRA groups.io mailing list. Contact Eric, KA1NCF, at ka1ncf -at- nsradio -dot- org to be added to the groups.io list.
Read More“Pi” Pugh, K1RV, writes in K1USN Happenings: I’m happy to announce our next Zoom presenter; Mel – KS2G on the upcoming Ham Radio University 2021 session which will take place with us on Monday evening, Dec 21 @ 7:30 PM EST. (Due to some scheduling conflicts we decided to shift this forward one day to be held on Monday instead of Tuesday!). The Ham Radio University program ( http://hamradiouniversity.org/ ), now in it’s 22nd year, is billed as “A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators” Here is a link …
Read MoreFrom nediv.arrl.org: Central Connecticut, along with much of New England, will be impacted by winter storm Bailey tonight into Thursday and beyond. Estimates have varied widely, but have consistently indicated a major impact. The latest forecast is calling for 11-15” of snow beginning this evening going through tomorrow afternoon. ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, has announced that the Headquarters building in Newington, Connecticut will be closed for business on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Employees will be encouraged to work from home; many already are, or are equipped to. In advance of the storm, ARRL staffers removed some antennas from one of the …
Read MoreFrank Venture, N1FMV writes: Announcing the December 19 meeting of the Zola amateur radio group. Everyone is welcome to attend our next meeting on the Zoom video conferencing platform. This meeting will be online only with no in-person component. […] So, make your favorite lunch and get comfortable for another informative meeting. Agenda (all times EST): 11:00 AM – Introductions and welcome 11:05 AM – Announcements and Q&A 11:15 AM – Our feature presentation will be from Dom Mallozzi, N1DM He will present, A SMORGASBORD OF RADIO: THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND INCIDENTS It will concentrate on the period of radios …
Read MoreNovember was a busy month. Following the ARES Academy in October our traffic handlers put out over 400 radiograms to participants of that event, getting experience in originating third party messages. They were advised to add an op note at the end of each message regarding servicing messages to the station of origin (themselves), which is proper protocol, rather than the signer of the message. Since we see so little real third party traffic these days a lot of confusion has grown up over this procedure. Great job all! With the help of the above our nets saw a big …
Read MoreRandy Dore, AI1G, writes on December 8, 2020: I received a call this afternoon from Mass DOT RMV that my [ham operator license plate] application has been processed and the new plates should be completed in the next few weeks. She said they are picking through them in no particular order as there was quite a backlog. […] You can pass the news on this to the membership. They are working on the backlog of applications. Happy holidays, Randy Dore AI1G Grafton
Read MoreHello to all… The December Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday December 7th, 2020 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: http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_index_by_linkstate.html We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. For tonight’s ARES Net, we will review events of the past month and talk a bit on ARES plans for …
Read MoreLearning CW does not have to be an arduous or lonely experience. CW is an aural language to be used and enjoyed. Come listen to Long Island CW Club members Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE, and Jim Crites, W6JIM, with tips and techniques at the K1USN RC online meeting on December 8, 2020 at 7:30 PM. To receive an invitation to this Zoom presentation you must send “Pi” Pugh, K1RV, at k1rv -at- arrl -dot- net a request to be added to the K1USN Zoom invitation list.
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