New England Club Newsletter Award 2024

Earlier this year, during one of the regular HamXposition meetings, Bruce, K1BG, and I were talking about doing some sort of club-centric meetings From that discussion came the Clubs forum which occurred Friday at the 2024 HamXpo.

Most of us know that clubs are the backbone of a healthy and active ham radio community. An active club most often has a newsletter that members get every month informing them of club activities and ham radio events. From this, we created the Club Newsletter Award.

Any club in New England could enter and was encouraged to do so. Newsletters would be ranked on design, layout, and information. The judge would be someone outside of New England. The top three newsletters would then be able to post the appropriate logo on their newsletters for the next year. The newsletter had to be from the second quarter of 2024 and submitted by July 5th.

The top 3 club newsletters would then NOT be able to submit again the following year, giving other clubs a chance to win the award.

I would like to thank the following clubs for submitting their newsletter this year:

 

Club Newsletter State
Algonquin Amateur Radio Club QRZ MA
Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club the A.C.O.R.N. ME
Billerica Amateur Radio Society BARS MA
Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club Messenger RI
Candlewood Amateur Radio Association CARA Capers CT
Central NH Amateur Radio Club Communicator NH
Franklin County Amateur Radio Club The Communicator MA
Hampden County Radio Association Zero Beat MA
Housatonic Amateur Radio Club Direct Currents CT
K1USN Radio Club K1USN HAPPENINGS MA
Meriden Amateur Radio Club KEYKLIX CT
Merrymeeting Amateur Radio Association SQUELCH TALES ME
Minuteman Repeater Association The Minuteman MA
Wellesley Amateur Radio Society The Spark Gap MA

 

From this list, I’d like to congratulate the following clubs:

#3 – Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club from Rhode Island
#2 – Billerica Amateur Radio Society from eastern MA
#1 – Hampden County Radio Association from western MA

 

1st, 2nd, 3rd place icons for newsletter contest

 

I would like to thank Bob, WA3PZO, our outside New England judge and Nels, K1UR, for his award design.

We’re going to do this again next year. I hope you will urge your club to submit your club’s newsletter.

73,

 

Larry, W1AST

W1AST@hamXposition.org

 

[The winners were announced in the Club Forum on August 23, 2024 at the Northeast HamXposition.]

 

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