Month: December 2024

Fesseden Special Events Station N3V, December 21, 2024

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[On December 24, 1906, the first radio broadcast for entertainment and music was transmitted from Brant Rock, Massachusetts to the general public.]

Lem Skidmore, W1LEM, writes on the Barnstable ARC mailing list:

The Charles County Amateur Radio Club (CCARC) will be operating a Special Event Station on Saturday, 21 December 2024, to commemorate the 124th anniversary of Radio’s First Voice. On 23 December 1900, Reginald Fessenden made the first wireless transmission of human speech between two sets of 50-foot masts erected along the shore of Cobb Island, in Charles County, Maryland.

Who: CCARC

What: Special Event Station, call sign N3V (for New Voice).

Where: Old Fisherman’s Field, Cobb Island, MD (a grassy field bordered by Cobb Island Rd, Route 254, and Neale Sound Drive, just over the bridge to Cobb Island) 

When: Saturday, 21 December 2024, On-the-air operations are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET.

How:  Contact N3V on various bands/modes of operation, QSL information at N3V on qrz.com. https://www.qrz.com/db/N3V

*Potential operations include various bands 40M, 20M, 15M, 10M on modes SSB and FT8.  

*Echolink: Connect to EchoLink node KB3KOW-R and call for N3V.

*Check your favorite DX Cluster, such as http://www.dxsummit.fi, for current N3V spots.

(We intend to self-spot periodically, but if you hear us, please spot N3V to help draw traffic)

*US Islands Awards concurrent activation for Cobb Island, Island # MD020R. https://usislands.org/maryland/

*Visitors welcome to join us at the Cobb Island operations site.

*Hope to see you or hear you on Saturday!

73

Jeff – KB3SPH

 

ARRL Kids Day is Only a Couple of Weeks Away on January 4, 2025

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From ARRL News:

Kids Day runs from 1800 UTC – 2359 UTC. Operate as much or as little as you like.

The event is designed to give on-the-air experience to young people, to foster interest in getting a license of their own, and give older hams a chance to share their stations and love for amateur radio with their children. You can share the excitement with your own kids, grandkids, a Scout troop, a church, or the general public!

All participants are encouraged to post their story and thumbnail photos to the Kids Day Soapbox page. Tell the world about your operations, the fun you had, and the contacts you made! Remember, ARRL must have a completed release form in order to include youth photos (younger than 18 years of age) in ARRL publications.

There will be a second ARRL Kids Day on June 21, 2025.

More information, including frequencies, suggested exchanges, and how to download a certificate, can be found at Kids Day.

Nashua Area Radio Society Fox Hunt, December 14, 2024

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Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB, writes on the PART of Westford mailing list on December 14, 2024:
 
PART Fox Hunters,
 
The Nashua Area Radio Society will have a fox hunt today, and you are invited to hunt the foxes.
 
The following four foxes will be out in or around Mine Falls Park in Nashua by 10:00 am today (December 14th):
 
  • Fox 0 – 146.595 – 500 mW
  • Fox 1 – 146.565 – 500 mW
  • Fox 2 – 146.535 – 50 mW
  • Fox 3 – 146.505 – 15 mW
73,
 
Anita, AB1QB

Androscoggin (ME) ARC Special Event Station W1S, December 15, 2024

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Androscoggin ARC logoCory Golob, KU1U, writes on the Androscoggin ARC mailing list:
 
We will be doing a special event station at the American Legion Post 135 in Sabattus, Maine, this weekend, Sunday, December 15th, from 9 am to 7 pm. It is the 100th anniversary of the American Legion Post in Sabattus. We will use special event callsign W1S (for Sabattus). 

New England Mesh Working Group Online Meeting, December 10, 2024

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Ben Jackson, N1WBV, writes:

Just a reminder that the December New England Mesh Working Group monthly Zoom meeting is scheduled for Tuesday December 10th at 7:30PM. It is a pretty sparse agenda this month.Please let me know either here or offline if you have something to add.

Current Agenda:

  * Intros
  * Roundtable
  * Closing

I’ve also been neglectful and never posted the recording of last month’s meeting. I will be fixing that shortly.

Please feel free to invite anyone who you may think would be interested.

73

Ben, N1WBV

[Zoom details available upon request]