From the North Shore Radio Association Facebook page:
K1EMS making a second attempt at an ISS pass #ARRLFD #hamradio #amateurradio

Serving ARRL members who reside in the New England sections
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.
Despite several ARRL statements that Logbook of The World (LoTW) and DXCC data are safe, it seems that some users are still concerned that this may not be the case due to the time that it’s taking to restore service.
Follows is a recent post from Jon Bloom, ex-KE3Z, one of the original LoTW authors:
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Perhaps it will ease some minds if I tell you that I know for certain that these data are safe. I know this because I personally assisted ARRL staff to get these data backed up to locations and systems that are in no way connected to ARRL HQ or cloud systems. The LoTW data, for example, exists in multiple physical locations and cloud backup services. Such is also the case for the LoTW source code. In addition, I imported the LoTW data backup into a separate, new test database system to verify it. This took several days since the database is about 3 Terabytes in size. (It’s a LOT of data!)
Getting the systems themselves back on-line is another matter, and I have no information to share about that as I’m not involved in the ongoing process of restoring them. ARRL has apparently made the decision, wisely in my view, not to bring any affected systems back into service until all parts of them can be vetted and secured. But the data itself is safe, and LoTW will definitely be back at some point.
— Jon
[We are working with Jon to get LoTW back online. As you can see from his explanation, there is not a definite timeframe. We want to be sure that the LoTW platform is secure before we bring the system back up. I hope that this helps. —Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC]
Hello everyone,
I know that many folks are preparing for and looking forward to Field Day 2024. I very much enjoy visiting Field Day sites throughout New England to talk with friends, meet new hams, and to see what everyone is doing. Unfortunately, I have had surgery on my foot and, as a result, I am unable to do much walking at this time. I hope to be back on my feet by the end of July. This means that I will not be able to make my usual Field Day visit tour this year. I hope that you can understand my situation and I wish everyone a safe and fun Field Day 2024.
Best and 73,
Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC
(603) 413-5400
Mail: ab1oc@arrl.org
ARRL New England Division Director
Northeast HamXposition Press Release ROBUST LINEUP OF VENDORS AND SPEAKERS AT THE 2024 NORTHEAST HAMXPOSITION June 1, 2024 For more information, visit: <https://hamxposition.org/> https://hamxposition.org Plans are shaping up for the 2024 Northeast HamXposition and New England Division Convention on August 22-25, 2024 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. This year's convention will be held at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center, 181 Boston Post Road W, Marlborough, MA 01752. This venue is located off of I-495 on Route 20 west. It offers many amenities and lots of nearby family-friendly attractions and dining options. The festivities kick off on Thursday evening, August 22 with entertainment provided by nationally known comedian Juston McKinney. Seating is limited to 250 people. Tickets are just $35, and also available as part of the "Convention Plus" package. Join your fellow hams for a delicious DXCC/Contest Banquet on Friday night with Yuri Onipko, VE3DZ, as he recaps his 50 years of DX and contesting activities and shares his operating experiences from a variety of locations around the world. Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, will present the keynote on Saturday morning. Steve leads ARRL's Education and Learning Department. He has a passion for youth outreach, and works constantly to find ways to engage more youth in wireless technology and help teachers ELEVATE their STEM programs. The Saturday evening Grand Banquet will feature special guest Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW. Known as "Space Weather Woman" in social media, Dr. Skov forecasts and analyzes space weather processes - in the heliosphere and exosphere. Several new vendors will have their wares on display at the convention this year: FlexRadio, Elecraft, and SteppIR Communications Systems. We'll also feature Halibut Electronics, Club Gear Online, Reliance Antennas. Remote Ham Radio, VE2DX Electronics, Gold Medal Ideas, AG Custom Gifts, and others. New for 2024 is "Mini-Contest University," based on K3LR's popular Contest University. CTU has been featured at the Dayton Hamvention since 2007 and has been presented in 15 countries to over 10,000 participants. Mini CTU is a series of contest-oriented talks and presentations offered at HamXposition all day Friday. HamXposition is pleased to offer a Parks On The Air (POTA) track featuring presentations designed for both newcomer and experienced POTA operators alike. There will be a functioning portable station operating on the hotel grounds designed to show beginners how to "chase" POTA contacts. In addition, an actual POTA activation will occur in a nearby state park following the prize drawing and closing ceremony. This year, volunteers will staff a special "Get On The Air" station, W1XPO, to mentor and assist newcomers in making their first HF contact. Our popular EmComm track will be back for 2024. Veteran emergency communicators will share their knowledge and experience to help others to "up their game." In addition to talks and presentations, convention goers will get to see operational emergency communications vehicles on display in the parking lot. As always, the Northeast HamXposition will feature a robust flea market, open to tailgaters on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. No major convention would be worth its salt without great prizes. Along with hourly drawings, we're pleased to announce that one lucky person will receive the grand prize-an Icom IC-705 QRP all-in-one transceiver. Second prize will be a Xiegu X6100 QRP HF/6m transceiver. The third prize will be an Icom ID-50A VHF/UHF/D-Star handheld. Tickets can be purchased in advance by visiting <https://ticketing.
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