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TACGroup and Whitman ARC join forces for JOTA

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The Taunton Area Communications Group and the Whitman Amateur Radio Club will join together on Saturday, October 20, 2007 during the Jamboree On The Air at Camp Norse in Kingston, Massachusetts.

Annawon Council BSA will be hosting the Covered Wagon. Cub Scout from Sachem District will take part in several Scout activities which this year will include Amateur Radio and JOTA.

Don Burke, KB1LXH and Paul Moss, KB1MTW will be joined by eight other local hams. KC1TAC and WA1NPO will operate from 0900 until 1400 local time.

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W1BSA On The Air For JOTA, Oct. 21-22, 2007

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Watson Research Center LibraryHarold “Pi” Pugh, K1RV writes:

The K1USN Radio Club will activate W1BSA for the Jamboree On The Air on October 20-21, 2007 at the Watson Research Center Library on Quincy Avenue in Braintree.

The hours of operation will be 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday and Noon – 4 PM Sunday. We currently have two scout groups scheduled to attend. The cub pack from Bridgewater is scheduled for 1 – 3 PM Sunday and the Webelos den from Pack 73, Weymouth will arrive on Saturday at noon.

There will be a special presentation ceremony on Saturday to honor the family of a local Braintree resident who was the first woman telegrapher for the railroad station at Braintree in 1862.

We hope to once again have representatives from the Braintree Emergency Management (BEMA) participating with us.

This event is open to all and we especially want to encourage any local scout groups or individuals to attend.

JOTA is an international Scouting event to promote friendship around the world through Amateur Radio. It engages Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Guides in an annual international Amateur Radio operating event each October.

Clubs / Public Information / Youth

Clay Center Weather Festival 10/27/07

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Clay Center ARC logoThe Clay Center in Brookline will hold weather festival events in collaboration with the Blue Hill Weather Observatory and the National Weather Service on Saturday, October 27, 2007. Many activities have been planned for families and children. Admission is free, although some activities require purchase of tickets or kits.

Activities planned include: demonstrations, planetarium shows, lightning shows, kite-building, rocket launches, hands-on educational activities, educational displays and handouts for all ages. Ride a Segway! Make Instant Snow! Talk on Amateur Radio!

For additional information, see Weather Festival Public Event.

[See also: Southern New England Weather Conference]
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SEMARA WebCam In Operation

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SEMARA logoThe Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association now has a webcam broadcasting live video of the club house, according to SEMARA’s Tim Smith, N1TI.

“Thanks to the efforts of Dave, W1DJG, SEMARACAM is now live and on the air. To view, simply visit http://www.semara.org and follow the links to the SEMARACAM.”

According to Smith “some fine tuning still remains” but he encourages everyone to “give it a try.”

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Boston Logan Airport Drill to Serve as Eastern Mass. ARES SET on Saturday 10/27

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Hello to all….

Eastern Massachusetts ARES has been requested to support the Mass. Bay Red Cross for the Boston Logan Airport Drill for Saturday October 27th, 2007. This drill will be utilized for credit for the 2007 ARES Simulated Emergency Test.

Details for the drill and the work required is still being defined by Massachusetts Bay Red Cross and further details will be posted as they become confirmed. The timeframe of the drill will largely involve the morning hours possibly into the early afternoon. Specific details on the timeframe of needs are still being defined and will be made available in the next update. The drill will involve three components.

1.) Deployment of Red Cross resources to Logan Airport with Amateur Radio and 47.42 MHz communications. No ARES resources have been requested for this portion of the exercise.

2.) Brief Communications Test of Red Cross Field offices in Waltham, Brockton, Cambridge and Peabody. (Note: Peabody site is currently tentative but were assuming resources for this facility will be needed for the test at the present time.). ARES resources have been requested for this component of the exercise to assist with staffing of these field offices and to assist with relaying between field offices where required. Please contact your ARES EC or DEC if you’re available for this part of the operation. This component will involve 1 to 3 Amateurs for each red cross office and will involve operations some time in the morning and/or early afternoon hours contingent on when these Red Cross offices can be opened.

3.) Call-up of ARES resources via multiple modes to assess what Amateur Operators would be available to respond to this incident if it was a real situation. This is to qualify this drill as the ARES Simulated Emergency Test exercise for 2007.

Further details will be posted as information becomes available. Thanks to all for their support of Eastern Massachusetts ARES and Mass. Bay Red Cross in this exercise.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section 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://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://www.wx1box.org

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BCRA Member Receives Nice Media Plug

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BCRA/FRARC logoA Bristol County Repeater Association member was featured in a well-written human interest story appearing in the Westport Shorelines newspaper. The article highlights Ken Smith, K1ICM of Tiverton, RI, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and his short book, “Coast Guard Follies: My Humor in Uniform.” In the article, Smith recounts his experiences in the service and describes his favorite pastimes–among them, Amateur Radio.

–Thanks, N1JOY

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Framingham ARA Donates To Courage Center Handiham System

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Framingham ARA logoThe Board of Directors of the Framingham Amateur Radio Association has voted to donate $100 to the Courage Center Handiham System, according to FARA President Gordy Bello, K1GB.

Guest speaker and Handiham volunteer Phil Temples, K9HI presented at the Association’s September 6, 2007 general meeting. Temples’ talk included a showing of the Handiham promotional video “Making Contacts… Making Friends” produced by Pat Tice, WA0TDA and directed by Gary Gordon, K6KV.

“The board made its decision based on what we saw in [the] presentation and felt it was a worthwhile cause. We were moved by both the courage of the campers and the dedication on the part of the instructors who gave up their own operating time to serve others,” wrote K1GB.

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Whitman CERT Assists At Kids Fitness Festival

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KB1OAV at Kids Fitness FestivalMembers of the Whitman Emergency Management Agency Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) participated at the Kids Fitness Festival at the Whitman-Hanson High School on September 29, 2007.

Six CERT members provided traffic- and people safety patrols during the four-hour event. GMRS radios were used for communications.

The Kids Fitness Festival featured various fitness and mental challenges, including: karate, yoga, dance, “Build a Veggie Race Car”, and obstacle courses. It attracted hundreds of citizens, young and old, from Whitman and Hanson. It was presented by the Whitman Hanson Education Foundation, Inc. and sponsored by the Rockland Hanson Rotary Club.

Shown here: Gloria Chiaramonte, KB1OAV (wearing yellow vest)

–Thanks, Whitman ARC Spectrum, October 2007

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Philips ARC Proposes Club Kit-building Project

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VK5JST antenna analyzer kitA Philips Amateur Radio Club member is proposing an antenna analyzer kit-building project for fellow members. Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP came across the kit, put together by Australian amateur VK5JST. “All the eHam reviews are very positive,” Brock-Fisher writes. “Complete kits of parts are available from the South Coast Amateur Radio Club for a reasonable price.”

K1KP thinks that this “might be an interesting winter project which would bolster meeting attendance and provide a fun and useful project for members.”

If interest warrants, Brook-Fisher suggests that the club buy one set of parts. He would build it as a ‘pilot run’ and if successful, club members would work together to construct additional kits at meetings.

[Philips ARC, W1HP, was formerly the Hewlett-Packard Andover ARC.]

–Thanks, K1KP

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SEMARA Boy Scout Operation, Oct. 6

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Southeastern MA ARA logoA Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association member is planning to operate Amateur Radio stations with a Boy Scout troop at Fort Tabor in New Bedford. Brad Anselmo, N1VUF will set up an HF and a 2-meter/440 MHz station and keep it operational from 0900-1700 ET on Saturday, October 6, 2007 with volunteer assistance from other club members. “Two people for 2-3 hours each throughout the day would be great,” writes Anselmo. He adds, “I will be there with a troop October 5-7 and will probably have another station set up on Friday night through Sunday morning.”

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“CQ CQ CQ This Is Whiskey One Alpha Whiskey”

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TACG members at W1AWMembers of Taunton Area Communications Group visited ARRL headquarters to tour the facilities and operate ARRL Headquarters station, W1AW. The group visited the research lab, where they saw “staff engineers tinker with new commercial radios for product review and home-brew radios and antennas of all kinds.” They also toured the office of ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, as well as the Field and Educational Services, Advertising, DXCC, and Contesting.

The highlight of any trip to ARRL Headquarters is operating the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW. The group was honored and excited to make 22 QSOs on 17 meters using an Icom 781 and eight QSOs on 20 meters with a Yaesu FT-1000. Contacts were made with Belgium, England, France, Germany, Finland and the Canary Islands as stations “lined up” for contacts with the TACG W1AW guest operators.

Shown here: L to R: KB1LXH, W1VFB, WP4US, K1BAR, and NI1X

–Thanks, TACG Newsletter, October, 2007

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Open System Ubuntu OS And Ham Radio: A Great Combo

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Ubuntu logoUbuntu Linux enthusiasts are holding the first-ever Installfest on October 13, 2007 from 9:00 am-5:00 p.m. at MIT’s Media Library in Cambridge.

According to the group’s press release, “Volunteers will be on hand to answer questions, present demonstrations and help users install the free, open source Linux operating system.”

“This is of particular interest to hams wanting to try open systems that run well on old hardware,” writes Bill Ricker, N1VUX. Ricker adds that these workshops may rotate around the state. “Drop in on your way home from NEARfest!”

[See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/AmateurRadio/Software https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuHams?action=show&redirect=AmateurRadio for information on Amateur Radio-specific software for linux.]

-Thanks, N1VUX

Clubs / Operating

QRA Fox Hunt, Oct. 10, 2007

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fox photoTom Charbonneau, NZ1X writes on the QRA mailing list:

[The Quannapowitt Radio Assocation] will have a 2 meter fox hunt on next Wednesday, October 10, starting from the Senior Center in Reading at 7:00 PM. It usually takes about 15 minutes to line people up in cars, so that we should get rolling by 7:15. That means that if you arrive later than that time the parking lot may be empty, so please try to get there by 7:00.

(If you don’t have a radio and/or directional antenna, you’ll want to go in a car with someone who does.)

We will use the frequency of 146.500 as usual (simplex of course). A compass and a map of the area will help. My cell phone number is 781-258-0625 if you need to call me. Also, I’ll be monitoring the 145.290 repeater prior to the fox hunt.

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New England Area Flea Markets Oct. 2, 2007

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New England Area   Ham - Electronic  Flea Market  ***  DATES  *** 2007 P 1 of 2

All events are Ham Radio/ Electronic related except ~_____~

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6 Oct Feeding Hills MA MTARA $5@11 $20/T@10          John N1JIO 413 563 1605 W


6 Oct Lake Placid NY NNYARA NNY Conv               Richard WZ2T 518 483 6483 A


7 Oct Wallingford CT Nutmeg Conv $20/sp $7@9         John N1GNV 203 440 4468  


7 Oct Queens NY HoSARC $5@9 $10/sp@7:30          Stephen WB2KDG 718 898 5599 W


7 Oct Wakefield MA Photographica @AmericalCtr ~photo~      John 781 592 2553 W


12-13 Oct Deerfield NH NearFest @FG                  Mike K1TWF 978 250 1235 W


20 Oct Manchester NH NEAntqRC @BingoCtr $15@7:30$5@8:30 Charlie 603 898 4821 F


21 October Cambridge MA          FLEA at MIT               Nick 617 253 3776 F

            Third Sunday April thru October                               


27 Oct Waterford CT TCARC Auction @OswegatchieSch@10 Tom WA2RYV 860 464 6555 


27 Oct Montreal PQ MSSARC @PlDesauln.. $5@9 $10/T@6  Roch VE2DU 514 765 0363 W


28 Oct Hicksville NY LIMARC @ Levit Hall $5@9      Richie K2KNB 516 694 4937 W 


2 Nov Feeding Hills MA HCRA Auction @CongCh @6:30PM    Jim KK1W 413 245 3228  


3 Nov Londonderry NH IRS @Lions Sellers$15@7 $3@9  Gayle KB1LHA 781 598 1442  


10 Nov Bourne MA FARA @UpperCC VoTech $5@9 $10/S@7  Ralph N1YHS 508 548 0422  


8 Dec Windsor CT VR+C Mus 115 Pierson LN @7AM Indoors      John 860 673 0518 W

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Cambridge MA    Flea at MIT     http://www.swapfest.us                        


Hopkinton NH    Hosstraders   RIP :-(    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.htm


Boxborough MA   NE ARRL Conv    http://www.boxboro.org/


Dartmouth MA    SEMARA          http://www.semara.org/flea.htm             +


Falmouth MA     FARA            http://www.falara.org/                       


FeedingHills MA MTARA 		http://www.mtara.org/flea07.html           +


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/                       


Wakefield MA    Photographica   http://www.phsne.org/                      +


Whately MA      FranklinCARC    http://www.fcarc.org/news.htm                


Enfield CT      VHF/UHF Conf    http://www.newsvhf.com/vhfconf.html          


Newington CT    NARL            http://www.narlhamfest.org/                  


Southington CT  SARA            http://www.chetbacon.com/sara.htm


Wallingford CT  Nutmeg CT Conv  http://www.nutmeghamfest.com                 


Windsor CT      Vintage R Mus   http://www.NationalCommunicationsMuseum.org/  


Hermon ME       PSARC           http://n1me.org/index.php?pr=Hamfest        +


Lewiston ME     AARC            http://www.mainearrl.org/convent.htm         


Portland ME     PAWA            http://www.pawa-maine.org/fleamarket.html     


Deerfield NH    NEAR-Fest       http://www.near-fest.com/                   +


Henniker NH     CVRC            http://www.qsl.net/k1bke/                     


Manchester NH   NEAntiqueRC     http://www.nearc.net/                        


Rochester NH    GBRA            http://www.kb1kbe.com/hamfest.html           


Bergen NJ       BARA            http://www.bara.org/


Sussex NJ       SCARC    http://www.scarcnj.org/www.scarcnj.org/flyer_2007.htm


LaGrangeville NY   MtBARC       http://www.wr2abb.org/hamfest.php           +


Lake Placid NY  NNY ARA	 http://www.northnet.org/nnyham/hamfest_flyer2004.htm 


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/          


Queens NY       Hall of Science http://hosarc.org/hamfest.html   


Rensselaer NY   E Greenbush ARA http://www.w2egb.org/                       +


Rochester NY    AWA             http://www.antiquewireless.org/


Rochester NY    RARA            http://www.rochesterhamfest.org/            


Wallkill NY     OCARC           http://www.w2ho.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


St Albans VT    STARC           http://www.starc.org/


Drummondville PQ  leCRdeD      http://www.9bit.qc.ca/~ve2crd/hamfest/index.html


Greenwood PQ    GARC  http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/esmith/GARC/activities.htm  


Montreal PQ     MARC            http://www.marc.qc.ca/fest/fest.html        


Montreal PQ     WIARC           http://shell.pubnix.net/~wiarc/hamfest.htm   


Montreal PQ     MS-SARC         http://www.ve2clm.ca/hamfesta.htm


Montreal PQ     UMS             http://www.ve2ums.ca/agenda/pub_2007_hamf.pdf +


Laval PQ        CRALL           http://www.ve2crl.qc.ca/                   


Sorel-Tracy PQ  CRAS-T          http://www.hamfest.qc.ca/                     


St Romuald PQ   ARES            http://www.aresqc.org/                       +


St Therese PQ   CRALL           http://www.ve2crl.qc.ca/hamfest2002.htm       


Summerside PEI  SPARC           http://www.summersidearc.com/                 +


Halafax NS      HARC            http://www.halifax-arc.org/


Timonium MD     GBHC            http://www.gbhc.org/                          


Montreal Area   MARC List       http://www.marc.qc.ca/fest/festcal.html      +


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