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Chris Winczewski, W1TAT,, writes on the Cape Ann ARA mailng list: We have had a very successful race season so far and we are down the fall stretch with just 5 races to go in 2024! Now we need to fill our slots for the upcoming September 15th for the By The Sea Half-Marathon. We need two more volunteers to operate Checkpoint 1 and Checkpoint 2, both in Manchester-By-The-Sea. Please see the race details and open slots for this race and future races and email Chris, W1TAT, as soon as possible. RACE SCHEDULE, DETAILS, AND SIGN-UP INFO Many thanks and …

Hello to all… A reminder that the monthly ARES/RACES Nets will be delayed one week to the second Monday of September on 9/9/24 due to the Labor Day holiday on the first Monday of the month. We hope everyone enjoys the long holiday weekend. Thanks to all for their continued support of ARES, RACES and SKYWARN. Respectfully Submitted, Robert Macedo (KD1CY) ARES SKYWARN Coordinator Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM) Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM) Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com https://ares.ema.arrl.org https://www.wx1box.org Like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/wx1box Follow us on Twitter …

Chris Larosee, AC1RV, writes on the NEMassFoxHunters list:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-radio-foxhunting-tickets-996401974127?aff=erelexpmlt   I will teach a Foxhunting class on September 7th at Artisans Asylum through the Boston Amateur Radio Club with additional support from BERG.  I focus on mindset/hypothesis testing to find the fox and learn about radio more broadly. These are skills taught to me in my work tracking wildlife with the same technology for the USGS.   [Artisans Asylum is located at 96 Holton St, Brighton MA 02135.]

Ethan, KC1OIP, writes on the Boston ARC email list: It’s that time of year again! The Head Of The Charles is looking for Amateur Radio (and lifeguards, first aid and bike team) volunteers for 2024. Please see below. — Volunteer registration for the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta is opening today at 3pm! The PIN across all of our volunteer teams is 0911. While registration is opening early for returning volunteers, I’d ask you to spread the link and associated information to anyone you know that may be interested in helping! We’re always looking for enthusiastic people to join …

Welcome to the August 2024 EMA Section Update! This update is also being published to the EMA Section and NE Division websites. Please spread the word.   It’s still summer. The weather – at least here on the Cape – has been crazy variable, from hot-humid-swampy to nice-cool-dry, and everything in between. I hope you’re all taking it easy, staying cool, keeping hydrated, and enjoying the nice days. The population of our Cape Cod communities continues at 3-4 times off-season. Many businesses make all their profits for the year, and that is to be respected. On the bright side, listening to …

From the Watertown Patch: “Swapfest is a huge electronics, tools, technology, amateur radio, and gadget flea market held on the third Sunday of every month from April to October in the Albany St. parking garage at MIT. Come buy, sell, or just look at objects as diverse as WWII Enigma machines, motors, power tools, computers, space capsules, and more. Early bird buyer admission starts at 7:00 AM for $15. Normal buyer admission starts at 9 AM for $6 (or $5 with a paper printout of our flyer). Vendors can preregister by the 5th of the month by mailing in our …

“Blending vivid theatricality and meticulously researched history, Three Dots tells the story of one of our region’s proudest accomplishments— in 1903 the first transatlantic telegraphs from America to Europe were sent from a station on the cliffs of our small seaside hamlet: Wellfleet, MA.  An insightful look at the science and the psyches behind this remarkable event.”  For more information, visit https://www.harborstage.org/three-dots.html.

KA8SCP-Terry Stader – MEMA Region 1 RACES Radio Officer and ARRL ARES District Emergency Coordinator for Region 1 RACES writes: This year’s Baystate Marathon and Half-Marathon race is scheduled for Sunday October 20, 2024. Amateur Radio operators have been asked once again to support the Baystate Marathon and Half Marathon. This year the event is on Sunday, October 20th. 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. …

Ethan Hansen, KC1OIP, writes on the Boston ARC mailing list:   Hi all, Cycle for Shelter is looking for amateur radio operators for this year’s event. Please see the information from Ross Chapman below. — This year’s event will take place on Sunday September 15th.  The start and finish  is again at the Northern Essex Community College sports complex, Haverhill, Mass.   There are (4) routes planned, a 100 mile, 62 mile, 35 mile & 15 miles long. Most will overlap each other. The final routes are still being worked out but will run through similar areas as in years …

From K1USN Happenings, August 13, 2024: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CW ops and contesters from around the world are invited to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the K1USN weekly Slow Speed Contest (SST) by participating in a new event, the K1USN SST OPEN (SSO) to be held annually starting on Friday, September 13 from 2000-2359Z. From its inception in September 2020, the twice-weekly SST has encouraged CW newcomers to join with experienced ops in a relaxed contest at speeds less than 20WPM. Contest sponsors strongly urge all participants to operate at 12WPM or less to provide new CW ops with a …

  Seth Kendall, KC1PZY, writes on the New England Sci-Tech ARS mailing list:   Hey everyone,   Just wanted to let you all know we are aiming to launch two separate StratoScience Lab balloons THIS WEDNESDAY 8/14 from NEST.  That means we’ll actually be filling up and releasing the balloon from the NEST parking lot.  Exact time is not nailed down yet, but release will most likely be sometime between 10am and 2pm.  We’ll update here the night before or morning of.  Since it is taking place at NEST, we also may be able to run the STARS Zoom meeting …

Brendan Baldonado, NW1S, writes on the Boston ARC mailing list:   Following the great success of our POTA event in July we’re hosting another in August.    We are planning August 10th at the Mystic Lakes Playground area. It is a little out of the city but there are a few Purple line stations nearby for those that are public transport dependent. We are also hoping to coordinate carpools with anyone that may need that too.    So Shannon Beach at Mystic lakes has a large parking lot, although I imagine on weekends it gets very busy. (Satellite pictures included …

The Northeast HamXposition boasts a cadre of dedicated volunteers who make this convention possible. But we can still use more volunteers.  Your smiling faces and eagerness to help makes a difference to the attendees. From selling tickets, assisting presenters, supervising the flea market, setting up the rooms, handling parking signage, supervising the flea market, and taking it all down and packing it up for next year— you make it happen! If you’d like to help us at the 2024 Northeast HamXposition, please register at https://registration.hamxposition.org/volunteer/ or contact our Volunteer Chair Barbara Irby, KC1KGS, at kc1kgs@hamxposition.org.  [See also: https://hamxposition.org/2024/07/23/meet-hamxposition-volunteer-chairperson-barbara-irby-kc1kgs/]

Kayla Creamer writes I would like to announce our “guest speaker video” for the August 7, 2024, Club meeting via Zoom. We will be having a YouTube video discussing the operations of radio station WWVH in Hawaii. This video is a virtual tour of the NIST shortwave time standard station for the Pacific which broadcasts on 2.5, 5, 10 and 15 MHz with highly accurate frequency and time signals, propagation (geomagnetic storm) bulletins and other special announcements. Full details on this event are at https://www.w1hh.org/august-7-2024-bars-meeting-steve-johnston-wd8das-on-wwvh-in-hawaii/   

Hello to all… The August Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday August 5th, 2024 at 830 PM on the MMRA Repeater system. For frequencies that will be linked into the ARES Net on the MMRA Network, please see the following link from the MMRA web site detailing the repeaters that will be linked in through Hub 1: https://mmra.org/repeaters/repeater_linking.html (Click the ARES box to see the repeaters and other systems linked) We look forward to your participation and remember, we are always looking for Net Controls to run the ARES Net. We will have several announcements for the net …

N1YLQ-Michael Leger, Region 2 RACES Radio Officer writes:   Hello to all,      This email is the typical monthly message to let everyone know that Monday evening, August 5th, 2024 is our first non-holiday Monday of the month and, as such, will be the next RACES/ACS/Preparedness Net night. I would like to thank the stations that checked into our nets last month. I would also like to thank those stations who participated in yesterday’s ARES Emergency Exercise. The notice for the  exercise was relatively short, but from initial reports it seems that the event was well attended.     …

Don Rolph, AB1PH, Walpole area ARES Emergency Coordinator writes: The MEMA RACES nets are held on the first Monday of the month, unless the first Monday is a holiday, when it is delayed one week,  For August 2024, the RACES nets will be held on Mon August 5th at: ******************************************************************************** 80 meter Voice net 5:45 PM ET Frequency:  3930 KHz working up to the first free frequency Matt KC1PFA will be net control ********************************************************************************* Region 2D VHF net: 7:30 PM ET VHF net on 146.865 MHz PL 103.5 (Sharon Repeater) We will have  a general call up of any RACES, …

Jim Barber,  K1TT, writes on NEMassFoxHunters at 11:29 AM on August 5, 2024:   WHEN: Saturday, August 10th at 1 PM. Rain date Sunday the next day, same time. We may need the rain date!    WHERE: John J. Donovan Reservation & Sagamore Hill Conservation Area, 473 Sagamore Street, Hamilton MA   This is a wonderful Greenbelt property. The paths are gravel road or mowed grass with some hills. There are a lot of open fields. It is a very popular spot for dog walking, horseback riding, and bird watching. Dogs are welcome at this reservation off leash when away …

Heads up: the email-blast-to-all-section-members function is still down, a casualty of the cyber-attack on ARRL HQ.  There is currently no ETA. I’m publishing the Update on the EMA website and sending it to all the clubs I have email addresses for, with a request to distribute it widely.  It’s now officially Summer. That means the population of our Cape Cod communities has swollen by a factor of 3-4. Many, many businesses are making their profits for the year, and that is to be respected. On the other hand, geez, the increase in car traffic is crazy, making driving challenging. Ah …