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Charlie Bures, WA3ITR, writes: We have had a beautiful stretch of sunny, warm days but, (of course) the nice weather is ending Friday night. Rain is forecast for Saturday in the morning and day.  After discussions with others and various weather outlets, it is not looking good [to hold a Parks On The Air event]. There will be other opportunities this summer. 73, Charlie

Friar John Mary, KC1QAP, is looking for communications support for our Corpus Christi Procession on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 from 1:30PM to 4:30PM in New Bedford, MA: Each Comm person would be assigned to a key figure person in the Procession in order to facilitate communications between them, thus ensuring that the Procession runs smoothly . The challenges in the past has been key figures having to run around looking for the one they need to communicate with or not even try because of the distance between them is too great. Walkie talkies in the past have not been too …

Here is the new ham report as of June 1, 2025, listing newly licensed hams in the Eastern MA Section. Club officials, please review the list and reach out to those in your footprint and invite, welcome them. To all: please welcome these folks when you hear them on local repeaters. Offer assistance as well! Report for 2025-06-01 Darin E Larabee, KC1WVQ – FCC 55 Karen Rd Framingham, MA 01701-2609 Kristofer E Elbing, KC1WSI – FCC 187 Pelham Island Rd Wayland, MA 01778-2509 Ariana Rydzkowski, KC1WTB – FCC PO Box 271 Burlington, MA 01803-0471 Joseph M Erickson, KC1WVS – FCC …

The 14th Falmouth Soldier Ride took place on Friday, June 6th, 2025.  Fifty Wounded Warriors from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan rode from the start of the Shining Sea Bikeway in North Falmouth down to Woods Hole and back. The twenty mile round trip on the bike path allowed lots of room to find a spot to cheer the Warriors on as they rode.  Three Falmouth ARA members (Ralph-N1YHS, Mel-K1ELB, and Matt-KB1MLP) manned net control, which was located in the FARA Communications Trailer at North Famouth.   Eight Falmouth ARA members (Barry-KB1TLR, Jeremy-WA1JRC, Jay-WB4KYW, Steve-KC1TMJ, Harold-N1ZTV, Phil-KB1DOS. Henry-K1WCC, and Larry-W1IZZ) manned …

Terry, KA8SCP writes to the PART Mailing list that the WB1GOF 146.955 repeater in Westford is back online on Echolink at node 380799. Repeater info can be found at Echolink, the WB1GOF repeater page, and RepeaterBook! He also pointed out that the analog repeater is also streaming on Broadcastify.  

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I’ve been doing ‘virtual NTS training’  (https://groups.io/g/VNTN)  for the past couple of months over Zoom.  I thought that maybe I could help other clubs in the area by doing an abbreviated training session focused on Field Day radiograms. I’ve put a web page at https://www.qsl.net/n1cvo/FDNTS.htm with the details.  These sessions are at 8pm on June 11th, 18th and possibly 25th. The Zoom sessions will be recorded and I’ll post the recording link to the FDNTS page the day after a session. If you want a head start, there is a good intro to creating and voicing radiograms at: https://www.k8amh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/National-Traffic-System-and-Radiograms.pdf . …

Dust off your APRS gear and check in next week to the New England APRS Test Net! This is a great opportunity to figure out the APRS functions on your latest HT or other APRS gizmo. Why participate in the test net? During the first month, there were a number of reports of operators who tried to check in, but needed to figure out how to send a message or worse, realized they needed to update the firmware of their device. As Amateur Radio Operators, we often market ourselves folks who can send a message “when all else fails” so …

If your club is planning to participate in Field Day, please consider listing YOUR club’s Field Day location on the ARRL Field Day Locator page: https://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator.  If your club is already listed, Thank You! If you know of any clubs or individuals who are not ARRL Affiliated who will be operating Field Day stations, please encourage them to use the Field Day Locator page.

Jeff-N1SOM and the South Shore Hospital Group W1SSH writes: Good Evening, On Saturday June 7, 2025 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. West Bridgewater repeater …

We are looking for volunteers to help out with the 46th Annual Paul White Road Race in North Falmouth. This year, the race will be held on Saturday, July 5th, starting at 9:00 am, and typically last 2 hours. Your mission is to report to Net Control when the first runners arrive at your station, when the last runner has passed your station, and report any incidents or problems. A 2-meter HT, preferably with a hi-gain whip antenna, will work in most all locations. It’s also a good idea to wear a hi-visibility traffic vest if you have one, and …

“Pi” Pugh, K1RV, writes in K1USN Happenings, June 3, 2025: This upcoming Friday, Saturday & Sunday we will be operating at the Bare Cove Fire Museum in Hingham on 45 Bare Cove Park Drive! This invitation is being set to help us better prepare for our June 7/8 Museum Ships weekend setup operation. Hopefully we will have a good turnout for this Thursday’s work party as we put our heads together to figure out the station and antenna configuration, etc. BTW, there will be no meeting this Saturday @ the Tufts Library due to our Museum Ships special event operation …

While technically in the New Hampshire ARRL section, it is close to the Eastern Massachusetts ARRL section and the coordinator of this public service event is based in the Eastern Mass ARRL Section. K1DSL-Dan Loveman writes: On June 14th, cyclists will return to Hampton Beach to begin their 2025 New England Ride To End Alzheimer’s, and I’m writing today to ask for your help in supporting them! The event details are as follows: Saturday, June 14th Hampton Beach State Park, Hampton, NH Volunteer roles vary and range from 6am-4pm **SAG team members are asked to commit to the whole day, …

Mike “Sparky” Leger, N1YLQ, ARES DEC – MEMA Region 2 RACES Radio Officer writes:   Hello to all,       This email is the typical monthly message to let everyone know that Monday evening, June 2nd, 2025 is our first non-holiday Monday of the month and, as such, will be the next RACES/ACS/Preparedness Net night.       For those who participate in the WinLink net, please note that there is a different NCO noted for the WinLink net this month with messages being routed to KF1D with a copy to AB1PH.          For any operators interested in …

Hello to all… The June Eastern Massachusetts ARES section net will be Monday June 2nd, 2025 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 2025, the MEMA RACES nets will be held on Mon June 2 at: ******************************************************************************** 80 meter Voice net 6:45 PM Frequency: 3930 KHz working up until the first free frequency Jeff N1JCM 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, …

Dean Burgess KB1PGH writes: The Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association is looking for hams to help us on providing public safety communications during the Gloucester Horribles parade which will be held on Thursday July 3rd  at 6 PM. We are looking for operators to man stations along the parade route and for the lead and trail cars. If you can help us out please e mail Dean at dburg101@aol.com and he will find you a spot along the parade route.  

Rick Cabral, W1RJC, writes on the Southeastern MA ARA mailing list: The 147.000 [Dartmouth] repeater is now streaming live directly from the repeater site on Broadcastify: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/45255 Enjoy!

Adam Smith, AA1N, writes on the NEMassFoxHunters list: Passing along – Cape Ann ARA’s “World’s Easiest Fox Hunt” is today as rain-date.  Basically a linear hunt on a rail/bike trail.  Middleton, MA.   <…>   73, Adam / AA1N

The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), founded on Labor Day weekend in 1965, is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2025. The net, known for relaying surface observations into the National Hurricane Center, is also seeking volunteers to serve as net control operators. Net Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, reports HWN is preparing for what could be, yet again, an above­-average hurricane season, and that the net needs more amateur radio operators to help. “We are starting early this year in preparations and looking to add more net control stations to our roster,” said Graves. “We are looking for dedicated new members willing …