a field organization of the National Association for Amateur Radio®
Registration is open for Amateur Radio volunteers for the Boston Marathon. Approximately 280 amateurs are needed at the start, along the course, and at the finish and transportation segments. Registration closes in early February. To sign up, visit http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/event-information/volunteer-information/volunteer-registration.aspx.
*** EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ARES PLACED ON STAND-BY FOR ALL AREAS EFFECTIVE 0600 THURSDAY, JANUARY 4TH UNTIL CANCELED DUE TO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM FORECASTED WINTER STORM/BLIZZARD ***
*** BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN ESSEX, SUFFOLK, EASTERN NORFOLK, PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHERN BRISTOL COUNTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM THURSDAY ***
*** WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM FRIDAY FOR CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD ISLAND ***
*** HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM FRIDAY FOR CAPE COD AND ISLANDS FOR WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WITH ISOLATED HIGHER WIND GUSTS ***
*** WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AREA EXCEPT FOR NANTUCKET ISLAND FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM FRIDAY ***
*** COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE COD AND ISLANDS FROM 11 AM TO 4 PM THURSDAY FOR MODERATE TO ISOLATED POCKETS OF MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ***
*** EXPECTED IMPACTS ARE HEAVY SNOW AND DAMGING WINDS AFFECTING TREES AND POWER LINES CAUSING INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AS WELL AS POST-STORM COLD TEMPERATURES ***
*** SKYWARN OPS AT NWS-TAUNTON TO COMMENCE AROUND 0600 THURSDAY ***
*** MEMA STATE EOC MOVING TO LEVEL-2 PARTIAL ACTIVATION AT 0600 THURSDAY ***
A major storm will be impacting the region on Thursday. All amateurs are asked to prepare for blizzard conditions and to notify ARES leadership of their availability to deploy for any post storm support. All amateurs during the storm are asked to shelter in place and monitor their local SKYWARN repeaters to help relay damage, snow fall amounts, any updates or relays from ARES/SKYWARN leadership, and any other pertinent information. ARES members are advised to continue to maintain readiness at home and check your emergency power and antenna situation. Secure any loose objects that can blow around easily.
The list of SKYWARN repeaters can be found at: http://wx1box.org/node/37
The latest SKYWARN coordination message for this storm is at: http://wx1box.org/node/4020
…with the next update expected Thursday morning. For the latest SKYWARN bulletins please visit http://wx1box.org/ For the latest ARES updates please visit http://ares.ema.arrl.org/
In advance of the storm, please advise your local EC/DEC/ADEC (SEC/DEC listed below) of your availability to support a potential deployment anytime through the weekend. We are creating a list of availability for ARESMAT (ARES Mutual Aid Team) deployment if needed for various local EOC’s, Red Cross, Salvation Army, NWS Storm Survey Teams, and hospitals as required. Keep your situational awareness level high for any updates from ARES leadership by checking your email for updates and our ARES web site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org and monitoring local SKYWARN/ARES/RACES frequencies for any updates on this developing situation.
When sending your availability, please send the following: Name, Call-sign, License Class, Capability (HF / VHF / UHF), Availability, and any other special notes we should be aware of. Also, please let us know if you can do an ARESMAT to another part of the Eastern Massachusetts section as this will be a large area impact storm for this anticipated blizzard. We ask that as you contact your DEC/EC, please send a copy of the message to blizzard@nsradio.org where multiple members of the EMA ARES Leadership will be able to access your availability.
What is ARES Stand-By mode?
ARES stand-by mode is to alert Amateurs within ARES that a mobilization is possible on a wide-scale and that some localized mobilizations are or could be taking place in isolated areas. It means to take a look at your Go-Kit and have batteries and equipment ready to go and charged up and take care of any requirements at home in case a mobilization is required and you can participate. Do NOT self-deploy. Wait for guidance from leadership for any deployment. It is an honor to be ready even if you don’t deploy for the event. Hopefully, this is just another exercise of our preparedness and capabilities. If not, the ARES leadership looks forward to working with you if any wide scale mobilization is required after the impact of this major storm to the region is fully understood.
Thanks for your continued support of Eastern Massachusetts ARES!
Respectfully Submitted,
Marek Kozubal (KB1NCG)
ARES Eastern MA Section Emergency Coordinator
SEC/ASEC:
SEC – KB1NCG – kb1ncg@arrl.net
ASEC – N1YLQ – mpleger@comcast.net
ASEC – KD1CY – kd1cy@comcast.net
DECs:
Essex County – KB1KQW – kb1kqw@nsradio.org
Middlesex County – KB1KQW – kb1kqw@nsradio.org
Metro-Boston – KB1NCG – kb1ncg@arrl.net
Norfolk County – W3EVE – w3eve@arrl.net
Bristol County – N1YLQ – mpleger@comcast.net
Plymouth County – N1YLQ – mpleger@comcast.net
Cape & Islands – WQ1O – wq1o@comcast.com
I hope everyone is enjoying a good start to the new year despite the cold and low number of sun spots. December turned out to be a good month traffic-wise. It seemed holiday messages increased over the past few years and that was nice to see. This station continues to have issues with 80 meters and therefore not able to make evening HF nets but efforts continue to find a solution. Thanks to all who are covering. We in Eastern Mass are seeing some new folks checking into our local nets and handling traffic. This is always most welcome and we especially welcome Peter KC1HHO, John W1JWM and Paul KC1HHK. Just remember making mistakes is not a bad thing. It is how we all learn. Fellow traffic handlers are glad to help. So jump in, learn and get experience. If it is ever called for you will be ready, and you can have fun in the process making friends. See you on the nets.
73, Marcia KW1U
| MA STM REPORT | DECEMBER 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| WMTN C1 | 30 | 3 | 227 | 233 | KD2JKV | 146.91 | 10:00 Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 31 | 7 | 185 | 153 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 13:00 Daily |
| MARI | 30 | 103 | 91 | 531 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 19:00 Daily |
| EM2MN | 31 | 139 | 199 | 688 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 20:00 Daily |
| CM2MN | 23 | 20 | 129 | 212 | KK1X | 146.97 | 21:00 Daily |
| MARIPN | 14 | 7 | 51 | 129 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 18:00 Tu,Th,Sa |
| CITN | 22 | 7 | 44 | 232 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 19:30 M,T,T, F,Sa |
| HHTN | 18 | 31 | 67 | 214 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 22:00 Su,M,W,F |
| WMEN | 4 | 0 | 113 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 08:30 Su |
| WARPSN | 5 | 10 | 83 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 08:30 Su |
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 419 | 395 | 2 | 816 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 92 | 570 | 4 | 666 | X | |
| KC1CIC | 0 | 79 | 61 | 21 | 161 | ||
| N1TF | 0 | 38 | 65 | 12 | 115 | ||
| NV1N | 0 | 21 | 66 | 0 | 87 | ||
| W1RVY | 0 | 33 | 41 | 1 | 75 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 59 | ||
| N1SYC | 0 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 51 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 150 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 130 |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| NV1N | 39 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 1137 | 1568 | 2705 | ||||
| N1IQI | 92 | 570 | 662 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 29 | 12 | 41 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| W1RVY | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA KW1U STM | |||||||
| GREG KC1CIC ASTM | |||||||
Holiday greetings to all. It has been a busy time on the nets in December. There has been a lot of activity and the nets and the digital network have been bustling. It has been fun to see all the activity, and I wish to thank each one of you for your participation and support. I hope the new year brings good things and good times to all.
Just an FYI to those CW folks. The MARI CW net has an alternate frequency on 160 meters of 1810 Khz. Conditions on 80 meters have often made communication within the section impossible. Net Control stations have been advised to begin calling on 3565 Khz, but if not hearing or copying anyone there to move to 1810 Khz. Five of our regulars have 160 meter capability and others are encouraged to try this band if feasible.
Below is the November traffic report, with the usual many thanks to KC1CIC for it’s compilation. Good job all.
73, Marcia KW1U STM EMA/WMA
| MA STM REPORT | NOVEMBER 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 30 | 105 | 189 | 591 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 13 | 39 | 42 | 184 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 59 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 17 | 16 | 52 | 171 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 21 | 9 | 49 | 244 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 30 | 77 | 99 | 454 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 20 | 6 | 106 | 169 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 30 | 5 | 252 | 207 | KD2JKV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 29 | 6 | 178 | 170 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 2 | 1 | 50 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 281 | 284 | 0 | 565 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 45 | 320 | 0 | 365 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 58 | 38 | 17 | 113 | ||
| N1TF | 1 | 38 | 52 | 3 | 94 | ||
| NV1N | 1 | 15 | 54 | 2 | 72 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 64 | ||
| W1RVY | 0 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 60 | ||
| N1SYC | 1 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 31 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 150 |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| NV1N | 35 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| K1BML | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 944 | 1442 | 2386 | ||||
| N1IQI | 45 | 320 | 365 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| W1RVY | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
This workshop is for active hams and is produced by the EMA ARES Section Staff.
This Emergency Communications Workshop will provide the background and information to support Amateur Radio operators when needed to respond to a communications emergency or when supplemental communications via Amateur Radio is required. It will feature an Introduction and Conclusion to Emergency Communications, and five one-hour training
sessions on topics including:
* Overview of Eastern Massachusetts ARES-RACES-SKYWARN Programs
* Net Operations
* NTS Traffic Message Handling
* Basic Overview of the Incident Command System (ICS)
* Go Kits
This Workshop will also provide a one-hour lunch at no coerced cost to any Amateur Radio operator who attends the session. The presentations will be given by hams well versed in the topics listed above. The training will be a worthwhile experience not just for emergency communicators but for any ham who wants to learn more about our service and hobby.
Preregistration is requested, but is not required in case anyone decides to attend at the last minute. Please try to preregister by Monday, 15 January 2018 to assure the meeting location is set up properly and we have enough refreshments for breaks between lectures and for the lunch break. We will, however, accept any late registrations after that day or any walk-ins provided space permits.
Hard to believe Thanksgiving is almost here. After a rather summer-like fall we are finally seeing some wintry weather but the holidays have stealthily crept up on us. It would sure be nice to see some holiday greeting radiograms on our traffic nets. I hope folks will consider this unique way of letting families and friends know you are thinking of them.
It is always nice to see newcomers handling messages on the nets and we welcome Peter KC1HHO to those ranks of traffic handlers. Peter is in Quincy and I’m sure he would like to see some messages coming his way.
Propagation on HF has hit a winter low again. Our section nets have seen some difficult times at net time. The CW net which normally meets on 3565 Khz at 7PM has occasionally moved to 1810 Khz on the 160 meter band. We are fortunate to have several folks with capability on that band and we have had success in moving traffic there. Keep tuned to 3565 however as we will always start there then move as necessary.
Below is the traffic report for October. Thanks to all participants for your support.
Marcia KW1U STM and
Greg KC1CIC ASTM
| MA STM REPORT | OCTOBER 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 31 | 92 | 185 | 553 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 13 | 32 | 52 | 170 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 5 | 10 | 58 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 18 | 23 | 72 | 202 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 22 | 19 | 55 | 270 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 31 | 133 | 128 | 618 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 23 | 14 | 141 | 197 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 31 | 8 | 334 | 293 | KD2JKV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 31 | 7 | 219 | 234 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 5 | 0 | 113 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 363 | 365 | 6 | 734 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 50 | 631 | 4 | 685 | X | |
| N1TF | 1 | 62 | 88 | 4 | 155 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 83 | 37 | 16 | 136 | ||
| NV1N | 0 | 18 | 67 | 3 | 88 | ||
| W1RVY | 3 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 58 | ||
| N1LAH | 1 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 54 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 52 | ||
| N1SYC | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 34 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 22 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||
| K1BML | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| N1LAH | 40 | 40 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 145 |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 140 |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 130 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| NV1N | 36 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| N1LKJ | 21 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| K1BML | 29 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 1195 | 1202 | 2397 | ||||
| N1IQI | 50 | 631 | 681 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 36 | 3 | 39 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| W1RVY | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/
As part of our relationship with MARS and our own situational awareness gathering we will be asking for any known infrastructure issues that you are aware of. The information must either be personally observed, or obtained “over the air” via amateur radio. Items considered to be infrastructure include but are not limited to: electrical power, water, medical facilities, sanitation, communications, and transportation. Examples of failure would be: small or large area power failure, water main breaks, hospitals’ ER closed, sewage issues, TV/radio station off the air (including public safety), interstate highway or major road closed. No known issues are just as important as reporting failures.
Additionally we are interested in relay of any weather information from airport ATIS/ASOS stations that you can directly receive via radio. These stations broadcast continuously in the 120.000 – 138.000 MHz frequency range using amplitude modulation. Information from the ATIS should include airport, temperature, altimeter (barometer), wind, precipitation, and visibility.
A list of stations with their frequencies and a map can be found at: https://www.faa.gov/air_tr
We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org
Thanks for your continued support of ARES!
Marek Kozubal, KB1NCG
EMA Section Emergency Coordinator
Greetings all,
Below is the September traffic report for the combined sections of East and West Mass. While participation and traffic numbers have been down, hopefully with cooler weather and holidays coming up we will see an increase.
I was invited and gave a presentation on message handling to the members of the PART Club in Westford in September. Members had little to no knowledge about traffic nets and message handling in general and the information was well received. I would like to encourage your clubs to also learn about the very vital skills of accurate and efficient message handling and net operation. If your club would like more information let me know.
Also in September I attended a very successful convention at Boxboro. We held a Meet and Greet session for traffic handlers which was well attended by active traffic handlers from all over New England, and a good discussion on the status of nets and message handling was held. Of course it is also good to see in person the folks we talk with regularly on the nets.
Traditional holidays are coming up so consider surprising a friend or relative with a unique holiday greeting via radiogram. They may even learn a little something about amateur radio.
73 and thanks for your support.
Marcia KW1U STM
| MA STM REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 30 | 121 | 172 | 649 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 12 | 22 | 46 | 164 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 65 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 17 | 19 | 68 | 200 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 22 | 13 | 65 | 309 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 30 | 136 | 115 | 565 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 28 | 29 | 143 | 230 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 15 * | 4 | 109 | 142 | KD2JKV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 29 | 9 | 147 | 173 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 2 | 0 | 45 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 KHz | 8:45 Su | |||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 346 | 353 | 5 | 704 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 97 | 356 | 4 | 457 | ||
| KC1CIC | 1 | 95 | 44 | 18 | 158 | ||
| N1TF | 1 | 51 | 56 | 8 | 116 | ||
| NV1N | 2 | 28 | 74 | 3 | 107 | ||
| W1RVY | 1 | 38 | 37 | 4 | 80 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 64 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 49 | ||
| N1SYC | 1 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 45 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | ||
| K1BML | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 155 |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 140 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 114 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 38 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| N1LKJ | 40 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| NV1N | 27 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 894 | 1321 | 2215 | ||||
| N1IQI | 97 | 356 | 453 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 37 | 8 | 45 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| W1RVY | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| * Partial report due to change of managers | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
Good Evening,
1.Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5
2 Boston 145.230 tone encode 88.5 tone decode 100.0
3.Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5
Simplex 147.42
The Net will than return to the Plymouth Repeater for final comments and Net closing.
NET Protocol: Please wait for Net Control to ask for Check-ins. When asked to check in please use the standard net check in procedure which is: Here is.., un-key, wait 3 seconds to check for doubling, then give your or your facilities call sign, your first name, and your facility’s name.
We extend an invitation to the EOC of any city or town that is served by one of the participating hospitals to join the Net. We also extend an invitation to any RACES or ARES member to check in during the NET.
Any hospital wishing to join the net that needs assistance with equipment or personnel should contact us at ssharc@gmail.com. We can assist you with getting your location on the air.
We are always looking for groups or organizations to try their hand at Net Control duties. If you are interested please let us know. Our goal is to rotate Net Control practice and the experience among as many groups as possible.
We thank the repeater trustees for their generosity in allowing us to conduct the monthly nets and the use of their systems in an actual event. The following list of repeaters are available for our use. Only a few systems are used each month with the selection of those used made by Net Control for that month. More systems are being added to the list on a regular basis.
REMINDER: The BARC Repeater is now using split tone. Boston 145.230 tone encode 88.5 tone decode 100.0
Attleboro 147.195 tone 127.3 (Sturdy Memorial Hospital)
Belmont 145.430 tone 146.2
Boston 145.230 tone encode 88.5 tone decode 100.0
Bridgewater 147.180 tone 67.0
Danvers 145.47 tone 136.5
Dartmouth 147.000 tone 67.0
Fairhaven 145.490 tone 67.0
Fall River 146.805. tone 67.0
Falmouth 147.375 tone 110.9
Mansfield EMA 446.925 tone 100.0
Mansfield 147.015 tone 67.0
Marshfield 145.390 tone 67.0
Norwood 147.210 tone 100.00
Plymouth 146.685 tone 82.5
Salem 146.88 tone 118.8
Sharon 146.865 tone 103.5
Weymouth 147.345 tone 110.9 (South Shore Hospital)
W. Bridgewater 146.775 dcs 244
Wrentham 147.09 tone 146.2
We look forward to hearing you all on the Net.
Respectfully,
John O’Neill
K1JRO
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The Lowell CERT Communications Team has been asked to support once again the Baystate Marathon and Half Marathon. This year the event is on Sunday, October 22nd. Our operational time period is from approximately 0700 until event completion (estimated 1400). Our assistance has been requested by Lowell Office of Emergency Management and Lowell Fire Department. The communications team will be employing Amateur Radio to provide this communications asset. Amateur Radio will be used for 2 functions:
* Medical operations: the purpose of this net is to provide a communications link for medical requests/status to the incident command post.
* Accountability net: the purpose of this net is to coordinate with a race public information booth the status of runners who are unable to complete the race for any issue to any one is seeking this information.
Race info may be found at http://baystatemarathon.com
Please contact Terry-KA8SCP ka8scp@wb1gof.org if you are able to assist or would like more information.
Please share this request with your local clubs. This is a pretty laid back event and suitable for first time public event participation.
Terry-KA8SCP
Terry M. Stader – KA8SCP
MEMA Region 1 RACES/Communications Officer
PART of Westford-WB1GOF, Senior Club Advisor
NESMC EMA Director
I have had requests to send welfare inquiries into Puerto Rico and have been sending these NTS messages via pactor to Florida where under normal conditions there has been regular contact with Puerto Rico for the relaying of messages. Because of the extreme devastation however I was informed by a Florida operator that the following information provided by the Weather Channel is being used to inquire about status of residents of PR. I suggest folks try either that or the Red Cross Safe and Well site, URL listed below. While we will try to get information via NTS, please understand that it may not be possible under the circumstances.
PR’s Federal Affairs Administration:
Email: maria1@prfaa.pr.gov
Call: 202-800-3133 or 202-778-0710
Please provide your contact info and share as many details as possible.
Please send only one email, no follow-ups
Red Cross Safe and Well site:
https://safeandwell.communityos.org/
| MA STM REPORT | AUGUST 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 31 | 103 | 189 | 579 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 14 | 29 | 58 | 186 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 60 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 17 | 31 | 75 | 220 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 22 | 2 | 58 | 283 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 31 | 119 | 123 | 526 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 27 | 12 | 134 | 195 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 28 | 6 | 308 | 616 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 22 | 6 | 125 | 120 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 2 | 0 | 42 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 KHz | 8:45 Su | |||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 375 | 388 | 2 | 765 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 42 | 280 | 4 | 326 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 60 | 21 | 10 | 91 | ||
| AB1UF | 0 | 13 | 67 | 0 | 80 | ||
| N1TF | 0 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 68 | ||
| W1RVY | 1 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 49 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 40 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 31 | ||
| N1SYC | 2 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 25 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| KC1CIC | 38 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 95 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| N1LKJ | 24 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| AB1UF | 32 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 713 | 863 | 1576 | ||||
| N1IQI | 4 | 280 | 284 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| W1RVY | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/
As part of our relationship with MARS and our own situational awareness gathering we will be asking for any known infrastructure issues that you are aware of. The information must either be personally observed, or obtained “over the air” via amateur radio. Items considered to be infrastructure include but are not limited to: electrical power, water, medical facilities, sanitation, communications, and transportation. Examples of failure would be: small or large area power failure, water main breaks, hospitals’ ER closed, sewage issues, TV/radio station off the air (including public safety), interstate highway or major road closed. No known issues are just as important as reporting failures.
Additionally we are interested in relay of any weather information from airport ATIS/ASOS stations that you can directly receive via radio. These stations broadcast continuously in the 120.000 – 138.000 MHz frequency range using amplitude modulation. Information from the ATIS should include airport, temperature, altimeter (barometer), wind, precipitation, and visibility.
A list of stations with their frequencies and a map can be found at: https://www.faa.gov/air_tr
We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org
Thanks for your continued support of ARES!
Marek Kozubal, KB1NCG
EMA Section Emergency Coordinator
| MA STM REPORT | JULY 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 30 | 86 | 173 | 541 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 13 | 6 | 41 | 101 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 5 | 10 | 88 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 18 | 25 | 55 | 177 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 20 | 5 | 57 | 222 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 31 | 86 | 109 | 430 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 24 | 9 | 122 | 240 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 29 | 3 | 319 | 464 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 27 | 6 | 179 | 160 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 5 | 2 | 112 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 KHz | 8:45 Su | |||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 237 | 232 | 2 | 471 | ||
| N1IQI | 0 | 48 | 222 | 4 | 274 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 37 | 53 | 2 | 92 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 57 | 23 | 7 | 87 | ||
| N1TF | 1 | 30 | 38 | 9 | 78 | ||
| W1RVY | 1 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 53 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 49 | ||
| AB1UF | 0 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 45 | ||
| N1SYC | 5 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 38 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
| N1LKJ | 40 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| AB1UF | 33 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 727 | 787 | 1514 | ||||
| N1IQI | 48 | 222 | 270 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 19 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| W1RVY | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
Hello to all…
The Cape Cod and Islands ARES group will be having their summer exercise on Saturday August 12th, 2017 from 1000 AM to Noon. All Eastern Massachusetts ARES and licensed Amateurs are welcome to participate in the exercise. The exercise plan can be seen at the following link:
https://ema.arrl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CCARESdrill59Doc08-07-17.pdf
Special thanks to WQ1O-Frank O’Laughlin, Cape Cod & Islands ARES District Emergency Coordinator for setting up this exercise!
Regards,
Marek Kozubal (KB1NCG)
Eastern Massachusetts ARES SEC
Rob Macedo (KD1CY)
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant SEC
I hope everyone had a successful and enjoyable Field Day. I enjoyed visiting the Whitman Club in East Bridgewater and the Boston Club in Hingham. Between nets and my MBO we saw a fair number of NTS messages. I hope your club was able to participate in this aspect of FD and get the extra points. We hope to expand on this next year with more instruction on how to go about it.
Traffic was down in June as well as the number of check-ins and perhaps this was due to vacations and other outdoor activities. However a good job was done by all and we thank those who helped for their support.
The traffic handlers picnic will be held Sunday August 6 in Concord at 44 Raymond Road from Noon to 4PM. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided. Bring your beverage of choice and if you wish, anything you might want to share. If you have any folding chairs for outdoors you might throw those in the car as well as I have a limited number of them here. Most can find my QTH with GPS, but if you need directions contact me at kw1u@comcast.net. If you plan to attend or are considering attending I would appreciate hearing from you so I can anticipate amount of hamburgers and hot dogs to provide. All traffic handlers and would-be traffic handlers are invited whether from Massachusetts or not. Hope to see you there.
Below is the June traffic report with thanks to Greg KC1CIC.
73, Marcia KW1U
| MA STM REPORT | JUNE 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 30 | 84 | 159 | 509 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 13 | 15 | 43 | 141 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 71 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 17 | 18 | 54 | 166 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 22 | 5 | 53 | 216 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 30 | 65 | 105 | 400 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 24 | 17 | 149 | 226 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 27 | 7 | 243 | 432 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 23 | 6 | 137 | 128 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 3 | 0 | 73 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 KHz | 8:45 Su | |||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 297 | 255 | 12 | 564 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 46 | 144 | 4 | 194 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 73 | 35 | 17 | 125 | ||
| N1TF | 1 | 35 | 55 | 6 | 97 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 20 | 38 | 2 | 60 | ||
| N1SYC | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 53 | ||
| AB1UF | 0 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 42 | ||
| W1RVY | 1 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 40 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 37 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 28 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| K1BML | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 145 |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| N1LKJ | 26 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 820 | 706 | 1526 | ||||
| N1IQI | 22 | 310 | 332 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 39 | 16 | 55 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| W1RVY | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
I hope everyone had a successful and enjoyable Field Day. I enjoyed visiting the Whitman Club in East Bridgewater and the Boston Club in Hingham. Between nets and my MBO we saw a fair number of NTS messages. I hope your club was able to participate in this aspect of FD and get the extra points. We hope to expand on this next year with more instruction on how to go about it.
Traffic was down in June as well as the number of check-ins and perhaps this was due to vacations and other outdoor activities. However a good job was done by all and we thank those who helped for their support.
The traffic handlers picnic will be held Sunday August 6 in Concord at 44 Raymond Road from Noon to 4PM. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided. Bring your beverage of choice and if you wish, anything you might want to share. If you have any folding chairs for outdoors you might throw those in the car as well as I have a limited number of them here. Most can find my QTH with GPS, but if you need directions contact me at kw1u@comcast.net. If you plan to attend or are considering attending I would appreciate hearing from you so I can anticipate amount of hamburgers and hot dogs to provide. All traffic handlers and would-be traffic handlers are invited whether from Massachusetts or not. Hope to see you there.
Below is the June traffic report with thanks to Greg KC1CIC.
73, Marcia KW1U
| MA STM REPORT | JUNE 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 30 | 84 | 159 | 509 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 13 | 15 | 43 | 141 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 71 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 17 | 18 | 54 | 166 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 22 | 5 | 53 | 216 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 30 | 65 | 105 | 400 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 24 | 17 | 149 | 226 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 27 | 7 | 243 | 432 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 23 | 6 | 137 | 128 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 3 | 0 | 73 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 8:30AM Su |
| NEPN | No Report | N2JWW | 3945 KHz | 8:45 Su | |||
| SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | |
| KW1U | 0 | 297 | 255 | 12 | 564 | X | |
| N1IQI | 0 | 46 | 144 | 4 | 194 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 73 | 35 | 17 | 125 | ||
| N1TF | 1 | 35 | 55 | 6 | 97 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 20 | 38 | 2 | 60 | ||
| N1SYC | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 53 | ||
| AB1UF | 0 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 42 | ||
| W1RVY | 1 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 40 | ||
| N1LAH | 0 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 37 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 28 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| K1BML | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 145 |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| N1LKJ | 26 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 820 | 706 | 1526 | ||||
| N1IQI | 22 | 310 | 332 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 39 | 16 | 55 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| W1RVY | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/
As part of our relationship with MARS and our own situational awareness gathering we will be asking for any known infrastructure issues that you are aware of. The information must either be personally observed, or obtained “over the air” via amateur radio. Items considered to be infrastructure include but are not limited to: electrical power, water, medical facilities, sanitation, communications, and transportation. Examples of failure would be: small or large area power failure, water main breaks, hospitals’ ER closed, sewage issues, TV/radio station off the air (including public safety), interstate highway or major road closed. No known issues are just as important as reporting failures.
Additionally we are interested in relay of any weather information from airport ATIS/ASOS stations that you can directly receive via radio. These stations broadcast continuously in the 120.000 – 138.000 MHz frequency range using amplitude modulation. Information from the ATIS should include airport, temperature, altimeter (barometer), wind, precipitation, and visibility.
A list of stations with their frequencies and a map can be found at: https://www.faa.gov/air_tr
We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org
Thanks for your continued support of ARES!
Marek Kozubal, KB1NCG
EMA Section Emergency Coordinator
Your STM needs a vacation from vacations in order to catch up. Sorry this is delayed getting on the website. Greg was right on time, but I’m the guilty party.
Traffic and check-ins have been somewhat slow the past month, but many thanks to the regulars who have kept things going during my absense. One more trip in July and that will be it for my travel for awhile.
We are looking forward to Field Day coming up this weekend (June 24-25). We hope to see lots of NTS traffic coming out of the Field Day sites. I will be visiting several sites and hope to see some of you.
Don’t forget the traffic handlers picnic currently planned for Sunday August 6 noon to 4 at my QTH in Concord MA. All traffic handlers are invited. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided. Bring yourselves, any beverage you prefer and if you wish you can bring something to share. More details will follow in July.
Happy summer to all.
Marcia KW1U
| MA STM REPORT | May 2017 | ||||||
| NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
| EM2MN | 31 | 75 | 163 | 506 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 8 PM Daily |
| MARIPN | 13 | 22 | 36 | 140 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 6PM Tu,Th,Sa |
| WARPSN | 4 | 8 | 58 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 8:30AM Su |
| HHTN | 18 | 13 | 57 | 187 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 10PM Su,M,W,F |
| CITN | 19 | 17 | 55 | 278 | N1SYC | 147.375 | 7:30PM M,T,T, F,Sa |
| MARI | 31 | 74 | 115 | 446 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 7PM Daily |
| CM2MN | 25 | 20 | 144 | 196 | KK1X | 146.97 | 9PM Daily |
| WMTN C1 | 29 | 4 | 435 | 580 | N1QOV | 146.91 | 10AM Daily |
| WMTN C2 | 31 | 2 | 264 | 281 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 1PM Daily |
| WMEN | 4 | 0 | 89 | 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 | 71 | 369 | 4 | 444 | ||
| KW1U | 0 | 190 | 168 | 2 | 360 | ||
| KC1CIC | 0 | 90 | 44 | 25 | 159 | ||
| N1TF | 0 | 62 | 58 | 9 | 129 | ||
| N1LKJ | 0 | 48 | 66 | 5 | 119 | ||
| N1LAH | 2 | 38 | 40 | 3 | 83 | ||
| W1RVY | 1 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 61 | ||
| AB1UF | 0 | 19 | 36 | 1 | 56 | ||
| N1SYC | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 30 | ||
| AC7RB | 0 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 23 | ||
| W1PLK | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||
| PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
| KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
| KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
| N1TF | 40 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1LAH | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| N1SYC | 40 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| N1LKJ | 40 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| AB1UF | 33 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
| KW1U | 858 | 831 | 1689 | ||||
| N1IQI | 22 | 288 | 310 | ||||
| KC1CIC | 43 | 14 | 57 | ||||
| W1RVY | 8 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| KC1EGK | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| KC1ETB | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| BPL = 500 POINTS EARNED | |||||||
| MARCIA FORDE STM MA | |||||||
http://www.mmra.org/repeaters/
As part of our relationship with MARS and our own situational awareness gathering we will be asking for any known infrastructure issues that you are aware of. The information must either be personally observed, or obtained “over the air” via amateur radio. Items considered to be infrastructure include but are not limited to: electrical power, water, medical facilities, sanitation, communications, and transportation. Examples of failure would be: small or large area power failure, water main breaks, hospitals’ ER closed, sewage issues, TV/radio station off the air (including public safety), interstate highway or major road closed. No known issues are just as important as reporting failures.
Additionally we are interested in relay of any weather information from airport ATIS/ASOS stations that you can directly receive via radio. These stations broadcast continuously in the 120.000 – 138.000 MHz frequency range using amplitude modulation. Information from the ATIS should include airport, temperature, altimeter (barometer), wind, precipitation, and visibility.
A list of stations with their frequencies and a map can be found at: https://www.faa.gov/air_tr
We will have several interesting announcements for the net that evening and we look forward to everyone’s participation. Updates will be posted via email and on the Eastern Massachusetts ARES Web Site at http://ares.ema.arrl.org
Thanks for your continued support of ARES!
Marek Kozubal, KB1NCG
EMA Section Emergency Coordinator