Serving ARRL members who reside in the New England sections
Eastern MA Section Manager Jon McCombie, N1ILZ, writes:
Larry Krainson, W1AST, writes:
Pete Chamalian, W1RM, writes:
If you are in Connecticut, I need your help. On July 1, the annual 13 Colonies event will kick off. In this event, special callsigns (K2A-K2M) will be on. In Connecticut, K2D is the call and we are short of operators. If you would like some fun and a chance to do some running, this is the place. This is DXpedition-style and you are the rare DX.
If you would like to participate, please let me know asap.
Pete Chamalian, W1RM
W1RM@comcast.net
Rick Bressler [of the Greater Bridgeport (CT) ARC] has spoken to people in 310 countries since 2007, though “spoken to” is not the phrase he would use. Bressler would say he’s contacted, or “worked” operators in 301 countries. [Full story]
From the North Shore Radio Association Facebook page:
K1EMS making a second attempt at an ISS pass #ARRLFD #hamradio #amateurradio
Eugene Glukhov, W1UAA, writes:
I invite you to participate in the 13 Colonies special event in 2024 as K2K from New Hampshire. The call sign will be active this year from July 1st to July 7th.
I would appreciate your participation, even if you can only spend a few hours. It’s a good reason to represent the state in the air from different counties. We can use all modes on all bands. This year the team has a satellite operator.
If you are ready to be an operator, please write to: k2k@hamlog.online.
Where:
5 Pioneer Way, Merrimack, NH, 03054 (Clubhouse)
Link to Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/
You can bring sweets and drinks; we will provide burgers and hot dogs.
RSVP before June, 27, 10 p.m.
RSVP and other requests to: k2k@hamlog.online
If your plans change after the RSVP deadline, don’t worry and feel free to come. We will have plenty of food.
If you won’t be a K2K operator this year, come anyway.
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..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation with Amateur Radio Call-Up Nets are likely Friday Afternoon and Evening in interior Southern New England for the severe weather and flood potential and possible Saturday through this weekend. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor conditions throughout Field Day weekend and activate as needed to guard Amateur Radio Field Day sites to provide weather information as well as to gather reports meeting SKYWARN reporting criteria throughout this weekend..
Here are some links to information on these Amateur Radio Field Day Sites from across the region.
Amateur Radio Field Day Information: https://www.arrl.org/field-day
Amateur Radio Field Day National Locator: https://www.arrl.org/field-
Eastern Massachusetts Field Day Home Page: https://ema.arrl.org/field-
Eastern Massachusetts Field Day Directory: https://ema.arrl.org/field_
The Severe Thunderstorm potential maybe a bit more isolated, perhaps similar to Wednesday of this week. It will be dependent on the frontal position that will bring cooler air into Northeast Massachusetts and amount of shear that overlaps with greater instability in the marginal risk area. Threat timeframe is 1-8 PM. In addition to the severe weather and lightning potential, flooding from very heavy downpours will bear close watching for flooding issues in areas that get repeated downpours.
This will depend on what occurs Friday and if the front that will be over the region separating warmer and more humid air from somewhat cooler air shifts northeast or holds its current position. If it shifts northeast, much of Southern New England would have thunderstorm and severe weather potential. If it doesn’t shift much, the current area of Marginal Risk denoted by SPC will be the impacted area and this will be updated in future updates. Threat timeframe is 1-8 PM like Friday.
This could be a day where much of Southern New England has severe weather potential but will depend on prior day’s convection, cloud debris, frontal position/triggering mechanism etc. and will be better known as we get to Saturday. Wind shear profiles appear a bit stronger for Sunday. All of Southern New England has a marginal risk for severe weather per SPC. Hazard timing will be better known on Saturday.
With the thunderstorm threat for this weekend, now is the time to remind folks that lightning is a threat to any and all Amateur Radio Field Day sites. Remember your lightning safety tips and details on lightning safety can be seen at the following link and we have also added a link from last year’s NWS Boston/Norton Lightning Safety Awareness Week and Public Information Statements on Lightning Safety and will update with this year’s statements in a future coordination message. See links below:
https://www.weather.gov/
“Ham radio operators from the Northern Berkshire Amateur Radio Club will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise from 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, until 1 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at the Agricultural Fair Grounds, 371 Old Columbia St., Adams, MA. [Full story]
ARRL Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI, attended the Maine State Convention & Hamfest in Augusta, Maine, on June 15, 2024. He assisted at the ARRL table and co-presented at the ARRL Forum with Maine Section Manager Phil Duggan, N1EP.
Temples presented a special door prize at the ARRL Forum—a 100th anniversary hard copy edition of the ARRL Radio Amateurs Handbook to lucky winner Timothy Tracy, KC1CMX, Carmel, Maine.
Due to a family conflict, I have canceled my plan to activate a Special Event station [W1I] at Exeter’s Independence Festival on Saturday, July 13, 2024.