Signal Reports Sought For NUWC Repeater

Northeastern Univ. logoDavid Goncalves, W1EUJ writes on CEMARC-List:

“I have just completed repairs on W1KBN/R, Northeastern University Wireless Club’s 2 meter repeater. I am seeking signal reports, and if you have a chance, please give a call:

145.310- CCTSS 123.0 Hz.

The IDer goes every 10 minutes, and transmissions are followed with a brief period of carrier, no beep.

Reports graded from 0-5, with equipment used, power output, and location can be mailed to wireless@ece.neu.edu.

Thanks for the help.

Dave Goncalves
W1EUJ

JOTA Help Sought in Quincy Area

JOTA 2003 patchAllan Coady writes on bars-list:

Hi,

I am looking for a HAM radio operator in the Quincy area (or someone willing to travel to Quincy) to help Cub Pack 42 in earning a Boy Scout International Activity Badge. They would like to participate in a Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and need the assistance of a HAM user. The JOTA’s are held many times throughout the year in many different countries and the idea would be to try and contact scouts from other countries holding a JOTA.

If you are a HAM or know of one that might be interested in helping this Cub Pack for a few hours sometime in the future please let me know. It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Allan Coady
Allan_Coady@raytheon.com
BMC Int’l Rep.

Run Of The Charles Operators Needed

Run of the Charles photo, courtesy CWRA.org“For the 22nd time, the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) is presenting the Run of the Charles canoe race. Hams have supported this event almost since its beginning, and it has been a [Boston Amateur Radio Club] activity since our beginning.

“Once again, [BARC] has been asked by CRWA to staff key positions along the river on Sunday, 25 April from early morning to midafternoon. The race will be held regardless of the weather.

“We are looking for a several hams who have a fair amount of experience with public service events. Your own hand-held radio with ample battery supply and a good antenna is a necessity. Operating from a car is not feasible.

“If you are interested in participating, please contact Ed Burg, N1VSJ, at mooseeb@comcast.net or at 978.952.6474.

—Boston ARC The SPARC March 2003

Police ART of Westford Receives SSC Renewal

Police ART of Westford“I’m pleased to report that the Police Amateur Radio Team of Westford has been officially renewed as a Special Service Club,” according to Eastern Mass. Section ARRL Section Manager Phil Temples, K9HI.

Extraordinary clubs like PART actively pursue all aspects of Amateur Radio: new ham development and training; public relations; emergency communications; school club support; technical advancement; operating activities; annual reports, etc.
SSC certificate award to PART at CEMARC meeting
“Through the work of its members, [PART] is recognized for its continued efforts on behalf of Amateur Radio and services to its community.” said ARRL Educational Activities Assistant Linda Mullally, KB1HSV in a March 9, 2004 letter to PART’s Terry Stader, KA8SCP, EMA Section Manager, K9HI, and New England Division Director, K1KI.

More information about Special Service Clubs can be found at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/#ssc_program

Shown here: PART of Westford’s Terry Stader, KA8SCP accepts the Special Service Club certificate from EMA ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator Frank Murphy, N1DHW. —photo courtesy W1AI

Eastern States Exposition Amateur Radio Planning Underway

W1E exhibit tableArt Geary WA1ART wrote on MMRA reflector:

W1E is a special event call sign used each year at the Eastern States Exposition (The Big E) on Friday, September 17 through October 3, 2004 in West Springfield Massachusetts.

I have put together a web page for this event: http://www.geocities.com/w1e_big_e/.

We would like to invite other hams from all over New England to join us in the booth by volunteering your time for one day or more. Entrance passes and parking pass will be provided free. We want 4-6 volunteers for each shift.

We will have working HF and VHF-UHF radios set up. We meet the fairgoers and talk about Amateur Radio. We will give out ARRL information about clubs and ham classes close to the fairgoers’ home towns.

You can highlight your club, put up its banner, recruit new members, and still have time to tour the Big E.

For more information e-mail me, Art Geary WA1ART at art81a@hotmail.com , Norm Gregoire, W1BMK w1bmk@arrl.net, or visit http://www.geocities.com/w1e_big_e/.

73

Art Geary WA1ART

Ham Radio Committee
New England Center Building
Eastern States Exposition

New England Net Now Operational

New England Network logoA new weekly net called the “New England Net” began operating February 8, according to Tony Duarte, Jr., N1XRS. The net meets Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm ET.

The net is a general information and ragchew net designed especially for the New England Network.

During the net, participants will be able to ask questions regarding the New England Network, mention ham gear for swap or sell, and answer three trivia questions for fun.

The net will run every Sunday eveninng, and transmit on the following frequencies, as well as on the EchoLink conference server “NEW-ENG”:

443.800 PL 88.5, W1RJC Dartmouth MA
146.595 PL 141.3 N1XRS Dartmouth MA
145.520 PL 123.0 KB1HJG Plymouth MA
447.025 PL 77.0 N1JBC Johnson RI

and others

See http://www.new-eng.com for more information.

—Thanks SEMARA Zero Beat March 2004

New England Flea Markets March 3, 2004


New England Area Ham - Electronic Flea Market *** DATES *** 2004 P 1 of 2
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14 Mar New Windsor NY OCARC Ed N2XJI 845 534 3492 A+

20 Mar Pomfret CT ECARC @ComSch Rt169+101 $2@8 $10/T Paul KE1LI 860 928 2456

27,28 Mar Timonium MD GBARC @FG Doug N3VEJ 410 256 0257 F

27 Mar Lewiston ME AARC @Ramada $5@8 $8/T Rick N1WFO 207 784 1266 A+

28 Mar Henniker NH CVRC @CommSch $3@8 $10/T@7 Jim NS1E 603 428 7436

28 Mar Framingham MA FARA Bev N1LOO 508 626 2012 A

3 April Waterford CT RASON Auction Gary WT1SND 860 884 4218 A+

17 April Nashua NH NE Antique RC $15/T@7 $2@9 @StStan's Marty 603 938 5051 F

17 April S Portland ME PAWA @AmLeg $5@8 $10/T Bryce K1GAX 207 799 1116 W

17 April Montreal PQ MARC @RCLeg $4@7:30 $8/T@7:30 James VE2VE 514 697 7205 W

18 April Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F
Third Sunday April thru October

24-25 April Waltham MA Photographica @HS ~photo~ Ed Shaw 617 965 0807

25 April Southington CT SARA @HS $5@9 $18@6:30 Alex KB7HCO 860 214 3013 F

30 Ap, 1 May Hopkinton NH HossTraders @FG x7 I89 Joe K1RQG 207 469 3492

10 May Whately MA FCARC Monday PM Bill N1EWK 413 774 4669 A+

15 May Goshen CT SBARC @FG $3@8 $10/T@6 Lee K1LEE 860 435 0051 +

16 May Cambridge MA FLEA at MIT Nick 617 253 3776 F

29 May Vernon CT NARC Wayne N1GUS 860 487 1921 A

4-6 June Rochester NY Atlantic Div Conv Harold K2HC 585 424 7184 A

4 June Feeding Hills MA HCRA @CongCh $5/T@6:30PM Dave KB1MU 413 596 6605 +

5 June Windsor CT VintgeR Museum @33MechanicsSt $10/S@6AM John 860 673 0518

5 June Hermon ME PSARC Roger KA1TKS 207 848 3846 A+

6 June Queens NY HoSARC Stephen WB2KDG 718 898 5599 A
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Cambridge MA Flea at MIT http://www.swapfest.us +

Hopkinton NH Hosstraders 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

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

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/flea/fleamkt.htm +

Whately MA FranklinCARC http://www.fcarc.org/flea.html

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

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

Wallingford CT Nutmeg CT Conv http://www.qsl.net/nutmeghamfest/

Lewiston ME AARC http://www.dlois.com/mainearrl/convent.htm

Portland ME PAWA http://www.qsl.net/pawa/fleamarket.html +

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

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

Lake Placid NY NNY ARA http://www.geocities.com/nnyara/

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/flyermay03.pdf +

Queens NY Hall of Science http://www.qsl.net/hosarc/hamfest.html

Rochester NY AWA http://www.antiquewireless.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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARES/Skywarn/Emergency Communications Talk Set

W1ACT logoRob Macedo will be the speaker at the Bristol County Repeater Association April meeting, set for April 5th at 7 PM. Rob will be covering topics including emergency communications, ARES and Skywarn.

Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. The meeting will be at the Third Baptist Church, corner of Stafford Rd. and Brayton Ave. in Fall River. Talk-in will be on the BCRA 145.15 repeater, neg. offset, PL 123.0.

Directions:

From 195 in Fall River, take Rte. 24 SOUTH, get off at the first exit (very close to Rte 195), Brayton Ave./Eastern Ave. At the end of the ramp, take a left. Go up the hill to the end of the road at the lights, the church will be on the right, kiddie corner from Swidey’s Corner Store. Parking is across the street from the front of the church.

KB1JNJ Finishes First Place in High School Trades Fair Show

Roland Daignaulti, N1JOY writes:

“I want to congratulate [Bristol County Repeater Association] Vice President, Alan Costa, KB1JNJ for his first place award at the annual Diman Regional Vocational Tech High School Trades Fair show. His winning project was an operational APRS station!!

Alan is a senior at Diman in the electronics shop. The annual trades fair show is where the students can showcase their workmanship, and talent to a panel of judges; their projects are put on display for the public to view in the open house afterwards. It’s a big day for the students, and virtually everybody participates.

Great Job Alan!!

Roland, N1JOY

Needham EMA Open House

The Needham Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is holding an open house at the town emergency shelter located at Pollard Middle School on Harris Avenue on Saturday March 13 from 9 am to 1 pm. RACES operators who support NEMA will be present to discuss and demonstrate ham radio communications to the public. More details are in this newspaper article (be sure to copy the entire line and paste into your browser):

http://www.townonline.com/needham/arts_lifestyle/arts_lifestyle/nt_brindnema03032004.htm

73 – Jim Kile WB2PID

New England Army Mars Drill!

MARS logoBob Mims – WA1OEZ has announced that Army MARS will conduct a Region 1 (New England wide) exercise “All New England 2004” on Sat. March 6th from 0900 to 1200 local. The Exercise will involve coordination between all six New England states.

Digital PACTOR Gateways and VHF Packet BBS’s will be used to move traffic, and tests will be made of the MARS ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) System.

Further information on the Massachusetts portion of the exercise can be obtained from Bob Mims, WA1OEZ at wa1oez@arrl.net.

Ham Radio Talk on WBZ Radio, April 16, 2004

WBZ logoBill McIninch, Jr., KA1MOM writes:

“There’s finally a time for my ‘featured visit’ on the Jordan Rich show. [See also: WBZ Late Night Talk Show to Discuss Ham Radio.] I will be going to the studio at 23:45 on Friday, April 16 and should be on the air by about 00:30. How long I’m there depends on how long the subject stays interesting, since I have nothing scheduled before noon the next ‘morning.’

I will have with me all the HQ background info, as well as all the handouts created for the past two Field Days, the Boston Museum of Science Astronomy Day event last May, and the Tewksbury Air & Space Day event last June.

Some of the intro I plan to give will be similar to the ‘Magic In The Sky’ piece in the January issue of CQ.

If I take along any ‘show & tell’ items for Jordan and the crew, they will include a VX-150, a twinlead J-pole, and an 80M PSK-31 ‘warbler.’ Bringing along the FT-817 is another possibility. I will definitely have some Field Day photos.

Items to be emphasized:

* General items, including correcting misperceptions

* The volunteer role of the Amateur Radio Service

* The broad range of hams and ham radio

* If there’s time, the problems: pending legislation and Broadband over Power Lines

There’s plenty of lead time, so I’m open to suggestions.

-Bill McIninch, Jr. KA1MOM
E Metro Boston PIO

New England Public Service List February 25, 2004

Public Service Volunteer Opportunities in the New England Division

Listing public events at which Amateur Radio communications is
providing a public service and for which additional volunteers
from the Amateur Community are needed and welcome. Please
contact the person listed to identify how you may serve and
what equipment you may need to bring.

The most up-to-date copy of this list is maintained as
http://purl.org/hamradio/publicservice/nediv

**** Every event listed is looking for communications volunteers ****

Date Location Event Contact Tel/Email

Apr 19 Hopkinton MA Boston Marathon Start Steve K1ST
k1st@arrl.net
Apr 19 Hopkinton MA Boston Marathon Course Steve W3EVE
to Boston baa2004@amateur-radio.net
Apr 19 Boston MA Boston Marathon Finish Paul W1SEX
w1sex@arrl.net
Apr 25 Groton MA Groton Road Race Ralph KD1SM 978-582-7351
kd1sm@arrl.net
Apr 25 Boston MA March of Dimes WalkAmerica Bruce KC1US 781-275-3740
kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
May 2 Boston MA Walk for Hunger Bob K1IW 413-647-3111
wfh2004@amateur-radio.net
May 15 Portsmouth NH Lung Association bike trek David KA1VJU 603-581-2602
to Ogunquit ME ka1vju@dmegin.com
May 16 Ogunquit ME Lung Association bike trek David KA1VJU 603-581-2602
to Portsmouth NH ka1vju@dmegin.com
May 16 Devens MA Parker Classic Road Race Stan KD1LE 978-433-5090
kd1le@arrl.net
May 23 Boston MA ALA Asthma Walk Bruce KC1US 781-275-3740
kc1us04@amateur-radio.net
Jul 4 Westminstr MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM 978-582-7351
kd1sm@arrl.net
Jul 5 Fitchburg MA Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Ralph KD1SM 978-582-7351
kd1sm@arrl.net

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K1EP Appointed As New Technical Coordinator

Ed Parish, K1EPEMA Section Manager K9HI has today appointed Ed Parish, K1EP as the section’s Technical Coordinator. Parish replaces Greg Richardson, N1QLS who stepped down from the TC position earlier this month due to increased work responsibilities.

Ed Parish was first licensed as WA2SCA in the early 70’s. He holds an Amateur Extra license and is a Life Member of the ARRL, a former Vice President of the Boston (MA) Amateur Radio Club and current treasurer of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club.

In the early 70’s, Ed built his first receiver and transmitter, the venerable Heathkit HR-10B and DX-60B and was on the air mostly on CW from his parent’s basement. While earning Electrical Engineering degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in the mid-70’s, Ed became quite active in the club, serving as an officer as well as participating in many VHF contesting activities. Those activities continue today, as Ed is a 6M operator from the W2SZ/1 VHF contesting station from Mt. Greylock, MA in June and September. In the last decade, Ed has also become active in HF contesting, participating in numerous domestic and international contests.

A resident of North Reading, MA, K1EP is a hardware engineering consultant specializing in networking, RF, and microcontroller design.

“I’m especially pleased to have someone of Ed’s caliber join us on the Eastern Mass. ARRL staff,” remarked Phil Temples, K9HI. “Ed is a well-rounded amateur. He has extensive on-air contesting and public service communications experience, as well as the technical know-how that qualifies him to address a wide range of technical matters from 160-meters to microwave.”

CEMARC Meeting 3/13/04 in Marlborough

CEMARC logoThe Council of Eastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Clubs will hold its next meeting on Saturday, March 13, 2004 from 0900-1300 at the Marlborough Emergency Operations Center (Central Fire Station), 215 Maple Street (Route 85) in Marlborough. Algonquin Amateur Radio Club is the host organization for this meeting. AARC will provide the morning coffee and donuts, and a pizza lunch.

“Since this is the first meeting of the year, all clubs are requested to have at least one delegate in attendance,” noted Eastern Mass. Affiliated Club Coordinator Frank Murphy, N1DHW. “Remember that any club member is welcome to attend and participate in discussions at CEMARC meetings; but only one vote to a club on any voting issues.”

A preliminary list of agenda items, a request for additions, and directions to the EOC are on the CEMARC Web Page at: http://www.qsl.net/cemarc. Questions? Send email to n1dhw@ema.arrl.org.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Winter Comm Exercise

Metro-Boston District:

Mark Duff, Metro-Boston DEC writes;

On Saturday Feb 21st, the Eastern Mass ARES staff will be conducting it’s annual winter Simulated Emergency Test (SET). The goal of the test is to simulate a winter storm driven, large scale, long term power outage. This is an ideal exercise to participate from your home. The exercise will begin at 1000am and end sometime after 1200pm local time.

Please tune to your local RACES 2M repeater frequency and/or to 146.64 to participate.

All ARES members and interested amateurs are invited and encourage to participate.

The events of August 2003 which plunged much of the eastern part of the country into darkness has once again illustrated our vulnerability to massive power outages and the many problems associated with loss of power. It also once again bought out the importance of amateur radio communications.

Additional information on ARES and the exercise is available on the Eastern Mass ARES WEB Site http://ares.ema.arrl.org

You may also I-Mail [me] directly if you have any further questions [at] emgmgt@comcast.net

CCARES District:

Please click on the CCARES Plan to see details of the exercise in that district.

South Shore/Bristol District:

Please click on the Southeast Massachusetts ARES Drill Plan to see details of the exercise in that district.

Middlesex District:

Please click on the Middlesex ARES Drill Plan to see details of the exercise in that district.

North Shore (Essex) District:

Please follow directions as laid out for the Metro Boston district above, and please guard RACES repeaters assignned to you during the exercise.

Coastal Flooding/Storm Coor Msg (expired)

SKYWARN Logo Hello to all….
….Coastal Flood Warning in effect for Cape Cod for Thursday Morning High Tide Cycle for a minor to moderate coastal flood event….
….Some Splashover Could Occur at the time of high tide across portions of East Coastal Massachusetts’ most vulnerable locations including the Cape Ann area, other exposed locations of the North Shore and places near Hull and Scituate, Mass. Nantucket could also see splashover at the time of high tide…
….Wind Advisory Extended Through This Morning for Cape Cod and Nantucket with the greatest threat for strongest winds over the Outer Cape and Nantucket….
…..Please Report Any Coastal Flooding and coastal flood damage to NWS Taunton. Also report any wind damage and wind gusts 46 MPH or greater to NWS Taunton….

A Coastal Flood Warning is in effect for Cape Cod for the Thursfay Morning High Tide Cycle. A largely minor coastal flood situation will develop over Cape Cod during this morning’s high tide cycle. Pockets of moderate coastal flooding could develop in the most exposed location. Across Nantucket Island and East Coastal Massachusetts, the most exposed locations could see some splashover at the time of high tide. Locations most vulnerable across East Coastal Massachusetts include the Cape Ann area, and vulnerable locations of Hull and Scituate, Mass. Please report any coastal flooding or coastal flood damage to NWS Taunton. The Wind Advisory continues through this morning for Cape Cod and Nantucket. The wind in combination with the wet snow that fell yesterday could result in isolated tree and power line damage. Please report any damage or wind gusts 46 MPH or greater to NWS Taunton.

This will be the only statement concerning this situation.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Southeast Massachusetts ARES District Emergency Coordinator
SEMARA ARES 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://users.rcn.com/rmacedo

Please press the “Read More” button [>>>] to view the Coastal Flood Warning and Wind Advisory Statements from NWS Taunton:COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
320 AM EST THU FEB 19 2004

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING ON CAPE
COD
THIS INCLUDES SANDWICH, PROVINCETOWN, AND CHATHAM OUTER HARBOR. MINOR TO
PERHAPS MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO CAPE COD WEDNESDAY WILL HEAD TO
NOVA SCOTIA LATE TODAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE A STORM SURGE OF 1.5 TO 2.0
FEET ON CAPE COD DURING HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

THIS STORM SURGE WILL RESULT IN MINOR TO PERHAPS MODERATE FLOODING OF THE
MORE VULNERABLE LOW LYING COASTAL LOCATIONS, DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF AN
ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH TIDE AND 15 TO 20 FOOT SEAS JUST OFFSHORE.

FOR SANDWICH, A STORM TIDE OF 12.1 FEET MLLW IS FORECAST AROUND NOON. AT
TIDE ELEVATIONS NEAR 12.0 FEET MLLW, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL
SECTIONS IN CAPE COD BAY IS EXPECTED. SOME IMMEDIATE COASTAL ROADS MAY BE
FLOODED FOR A SHORT TIME NEAREST HIGH TIDE DUE TO LARGE SURF AND HIGH TIDES.

FOR CHATHAM OUTER HARBOR, A STORM TIDE OF 9.3 MLLW IS FORECAST AROUND 11 AM.
AT TIDE ELEVATIONS NEAR 9.0 FEET MLLW, FLOODING OF LOWEST LYING COASTAL
AREAS IS LIKELY. SOME IMMEDIATE COASTAL ROADS MAY BE FLOODED NEAREST THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE. LARGE SWELLS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

STORM TIDE FORECASTS FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE IN FEET MEAN
LOWER LOW WATER. TIME OF HIGH TIDE HAS BEEN ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST
HOUR.

SITE FLOOD TIME OF FORECAST
STAGE HIGH TIDE STORM TIDE

EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS
SANDWICH 12.0 12 PM THU 12.1
PROVINCETOWN 12.0 10 AM THU 12.1
CHATHAM OUTER HARBOR 9.0 11 AM THU 9.3

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT THE COASTAL FLOODING IS IMMINENT.
ANYONE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING MUST
TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT PROPERTY. THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SURF
AND HIGH TIDES WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND ALTERNATE
ROUTES MAY BE NEEDED.

WWUS71 KBOX 190808
NPWBOX

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
310 AM EST THU FEB 19 2004

MAZ023-190655-
DUKES MA-
310 AM EST THU FEB 19 2004

…WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD…

STRONG WINDS WHICH AFFECTED THE VINEYARD LAST NIGHT HAVE SUBSIDED.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BECOME WINDY TODAY…STRONG WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED ON MARTHAS VINEYARD.

$$

MAZ022-024-191700-
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
310 AM EST THU FEB 19 2004

…WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR CAPE COD
AND NANTUCKET…

STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET THIS
MORNING.

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING…WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FELT FROM
PROVINCETOWN AND TRURO TO CHATHAM AND NANTUCKET.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

JWD

Framingham ARA License In A Weekend Class March 12-14, 2004

Framingham ARAThe Framingham Amateur Radio Association will hold its annual License In A Weekend class March 12-14 at the FARA radio room in the basement of the Danforth Museum Building on Lexington Street, Framingham. The class will prepare candidates for the entry level Technician class license. A $35 fee includes text, lunch, and the FCC examination fee.

For more information, call 508-879-8097 or 508-881-2301 or visit http://www.fara.org/liaw04.html.