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Rob Macedo, KD1CY, writes on SKYWARN_Announce:   Hello to all… ..The following is the second in a series of messages on Amateur Radio Field Day Weekend and providing information on the weather during this period. This is a tradition spanning over 20 years for Amateur Radio Operators involved with Field Day and the NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Program.. ..This year’s Amateur Radio Field Day Weekend will feature the risk for Isolated to Scattered Strong to Severe Thunderstorms for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It will remain warm and humid over most of Southern New England with some relief in Northeast Massachusetts Friday …

Amateur Radio “Field Day” June 22 and 23, 2024, Demonstrates Science, Skill, and Service.   The public is invited by the Boston Amateur Radio Club to view the proceedings on Saturday from 2 to 8 PM and on Sunday from 10 to 1 PM at Hale Reservation, 80 Carby Street, Westwood, MA, 02090. Drop by to see them in action, learn how to join in on the hobby.  

Bill Ricker, N1VUX, writes: Greetings of the season. I have posted GPS zip, KML, CSV extracts for use by Eastern Mass Field Day tourists. (Download link https://fd.ema.arrl.org/field_day/history/GPS_files_FD24.zip is on Tours page https://fd.ema.arrl.org/field_day/history/tours.html below the 2024 logo.   If there are any updates Friday, I’ll repost and re-email.) If any Leadership Tourists have specific plans, I’d be happy to post plans ahead of time (including touring elsewhere in NE Div). (As usual I’ll be visiting Scituate Fourth Cliff, not committing to any other visits.)  -73- Bill    n1vux@arrl.net editor https://ema.arrl.org/field_day/ 25th Annual EMA Field Day Directory

Peter Doherty, KC1HHO, writes: As ARRL Field Day approaches please keep in mind that you or your group can earn up to 200 Bonus Points by sending NTS Radiogram traffic from your Field Day site. Relay stations will be calling out on the local Eastern MA repeaters and simplex calling frequency throughout the event asking for traffic.  You can also bring your traffic to a local traffic net, please see link below for net information. Please review the rules 7.3.5 and 7.3.6, printed below as well as the address information for the Section Manager and Section Emergency Coordinator and links …

Eric Horwitz, KA1NCF, writes on the North Shore RA mailing list:   It is that time again for NSRA to help out the Cape Ann Rowing Club   They again are putting on Blackburn Challenge a 16-mile ayak race around Cape Ann.   Date: 07-13-24 Time: between 7 am and 3 pm Location: Around Gloucester, MA   We are looking for a bunch of hams to spend their day on case boats for health and welfare communications.   Come enjoy a day on the water, and do some ham radio on the side.   I know it seems early to be …

My name is Jim Bradley, KB1JKJ, from the North Shore Radio Association. We’ve been asked to assist with the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure charity ride in Lexington, MA on Sunday, August 18th, and we need your help to make it a success! We’re looking for ham radio operators to fill two important roles: SAG (Support and Gear) Drivers: Use your own vehicle to transport cyclists and their bikes if needed, and patrol the route to assist riders with any issues. Rest Stop Communications: Help us maintain communication with the Command Center, providing updates on rest stop status and any assistance …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phil Brooks, KA1PXZ, Chief of NEAR-Fest, is pleased to announce that, effective October 4th, 2024, the New England Amateur Radio Festival, known as NEAR-Fest, will be held at the Hillsborough County Agricultural Society Fairgrounds and Youth Center located at New Boston NH, approximately 15 miles west of Manchester. The reason for the permanent change in venue is due to ongoing scheduling conflicts with other events at the Deerfield (NH) Fairgrounds, NEAR-Fest’s home for the past eighteen years. The hard decision to move the popular New England hamfest was taken by a unanimous vote of NEAR-Fest’s Board of …

Alan, KD1D, writes on the NEMassFoxHunters list on June 15, 2024: The KD1D Fox is once again at the Prouty Woods conservation area in Littleton, MA.  The official entry point to the trail is at the end of Wilderness Road, which starts just past the Police Station Parking lot.  Follow the semi-paved road (Speed Limit 10 mph), keeping an eye out for the resident chickens.  You can park near the barn and gate.   The KD1D Fox is a 55 mW beacon transmitter, repeating a 25 second voice message every 60 seconds on 146.565 MHz FM simplex. You probably won’t be …

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release For additional information contact: John Bielefeld 19 Ernie Drive Littleton, MA 01460 Cell: 508-254-5863 Email: jeb2117@gmail.com Web: http://www.n1nc.org   Ham Radio Operators On the Air for Nationwide Event June 22nd – 23rd   Ham radio operators from the Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club in Pepperell and surrounding towns will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 2PM] on Saturday until 2PM on Sunday, June 22nd – 23rd. The event is ARRL Field Day (www.arrl.org/FieldDay), an annual amateur radio activity organized since 1933 by ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio in the United …

Bruce Tinkler, N9JBT, writes on the stars-radio list: RCA Interview Tuesday June 11, 9 p.m. ET. A Lifetime of Wireless Propagation Research: In-Building, Underground, Tropospheric, You Name It! Featuring Dr. Robert Johnk Robert (Bob) Johnk (M’91 – SM’07) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado in 1990, where he specialized in electromagnetics and antennas. Bob recently retired as research engineer from the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (NTIA/ITS) where he was engaged in advancing the state of the art in radio-channel propagation measurements/analysis and mentoring new engineers in the art of measurement science. During the development of the …

On Saturday, May 18, amateur radio operators from the Falmouth Amateur Radio Association and the Barnstable Amateur Radio Club provided communications support for the Dave Birtwell Walk for Alzheimer’s at Scusset Beach State Reservation in Sandwich.   Jon, N1ILZ, was net control. Irish, KC1TNX, staffed the Med Tent. Doug, N1OEI, and Stephen, KC1QEM, provided communications for two golf carts to move supplies and assist walkers in need of a ride. Rich Fox, KC1TCA, and John Grullon, KC1SAT, staffed water stops while Barry, KB1TLR, monitored the walk turn-around, keeping folks on course. Ham Radio Team Captain Chris, WA1CMR, teamed up with Walk Captain …

Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association members held a Tech-In-A-Day Review and Volunteer Exam Session on June 1, 2024, at the North Shore 911 Dispatch Center in Middleton, MA. Fourteen students attended from various 911 dispatch centers around the Boston metropolitan area.   “I am happy to report 12 out of 14 students passed their licenses,” reported Bill Poulin, WZ1L.    Volunteer examiners included:  Bill Poulin, WZ1L; Larry Beaulieu, AJ1Z; and David Suuronen, KB1KR.   Kudos to the CAARA gang for a job well done!      

W1HUD Update: April 2024 The Hudson High School Facilities installed a Diamond Vertical on the roof to complement the 18 ft tall Hy-Gain 5-band vertical antenna. Collectively we now have HF/VHF/UHF coverage. – Thank you to Facilities!  A special thanks to W1TF for his generosity for needed parts and  N1CNG for testing. AARC – Kicked offed the Technician License Prep course. We have have a very excited group taking part and look forward to taking the test at the end of the year. Spring – Fox Hunt Equipment – Special thanks to KV1J for organizing the equipment list and Hudson Home and School Association for purchasing the …

Bill McIninch, KA1MOM, writes: This is from the Facebook open group for Field Day, a page read almost entirely by hams: 1) Posting in the Field Day group on Facebook is not likely to get you any more visibility with the public or get people to come visit your site. So if your goal is to get visitors, especially non-ham visitors, rethink where you are posting.   2) Make sure that your posts contain all the necessary information such as:   What the event is all about (make it understandable for non-hams) Why someone might want to visit Where the …

Hello to all,     This email is the typical monthly message to let everyone know that Monday evening, June 3rd, 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 as well as those stations that participated in the section emergency exercise that occurred this past weekend. This month kicks off Hurricane Season and we should all be getting on the ball to be able to assist and respond to emergency communication needs in our communities. While …

Hello to all… The June Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday June 3rd, 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 …

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 June 2024, the RACES nets will be held on Mon June 3 at: ******************************************************************************** No 80 Meter HF net given there is NCS station available this month. ********************************************************************************* 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, ARES, or other interested stations. If there is time, we …

Jeff N1SOM and the South Shore Hospital Group W1SSH writes: Good Evening, On Saturday June 1, 2024 the South Shore Hospital Amateur Radio Group will hold an Eastern MA Hospital Net commencing at 10:00AM. We realize that some locations, individuals, and groups may be subject to COVID restrictions. We encourage everyone who is affected by these restrictions to utilize their home or mobile stations to check into the net if possible. Even if you cannot reach all the systems being used, please check-in on those you can. We will use the following repeaters in the order listed. 1. Plymouth Repeater …

Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, writes: Hello everyone, Many of you have probably noticed that several ARRL online services and the HQ phone system have been down. The ARRL is working as quickly as possible to restore all services, and progress is being made. You can see the current status of the restoration at this link – http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption You can check this link periodically for further updates. It will likely take some time to get everything fully back up and running. We appreciate your patience. ——————————————————————– ARRL New England Division Director: Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC ab1oc@arrl.org ——————————————————————–

Due to poor propagation at 1700 EDT on 75 meters, Ralph, N1LAH, Net Manager, has announced MARIPN will be meeting on 7243 kHz effectively immediately, with a back-up of 3978 kHz. If nothing heard on 40 meters, try 75 meters. This will be in effect until further notice.