The August, 2021 Rhode Island Activity Report is now available at <https://nediv.arrl.org/rhode-island-august-2021-activity-report/>.
Phil Temples
Scouts, Newport Country RC Members Set Up Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network at Sites in Cranston and Warwick, RI
The Newport County (RI) Radio Club writes on its Facebook page:
“Be Prepared” has been the Scout Motto for over 100 years. In our digitally-interconnected age, we’re now confronting new threats, new challenges like ransomware, other cyber threats, and electric grid outages.
Troop 7 Buttonwoods (Warwick, RI) spent much of Saturday in blazing heat testing a self-healing, radio-based “intranet” that could be used by responders during regional emergencies.
The tests at five different Cranston and Warwick sites were organized and managed by scout Brian C. who is completing requirements for the Eagle Scout rank.
Volunteers from the Newport County Radio Club helped prepare the key roof-top system and interpret the test results.
Maine MESH Network Meeting, August 11, 2021
Cory Golob, KU1U, writes:As per our discussion at the last Mesh Network Meeting in July, we will be having a meeting tomorrow night (August 11 @ 6:30 PM Eastern/ 3:30 PM Pacific) via Zoom and will have a 45 minute presentation from Orv Beach, W6BI. The Topic is “Using AREDN Software to Create a Ham Radio Network.”
I am including all ASMs in Maine in case they are interested in attending this participation.
[Contact Cory Golob, KU1U, at ku1u -at- protonmail -dot- com for meeting details.]
This presentation will be recorded. Please bring any questions you may have that will contribute to the development and expansion of Mesh Networking in Maine.
73 DE KU1U
HamXposition 2021 – Online Ticketing Available
Come join us at our new venue–the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12
Flea Market: Friday 12-5, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 9-1
Exhibition Hall: Saturday 9-5, Sunday 9-1
Forums & Seminars: See our schedule
Online ticketing for Northeast HamXposition 2021 is available Wednesday, August 11. You can order General Admission, Flea Spaces, and tickets for the Friday and Saturday dinner events.
http://hamxposition.org/
* Tech in a Day * VE Exams * W1A Special Event * W1B Special Event * Nashua Area Radio Club’s Ham Bootcamp * NEQRP Symposium * New England ARES Academy *
FRIDAY and SATURDAY night movie: “Contact” at 9 PM
All convention attendees are eligible to win at our grand prize drawing on Sunday.
Grand prize: Yaesu FTDX-10
First prize: RFinder B1
Second prize: Icom IC-7300
Third prize: Yaesu FTM-300
FRIDAY DXCC Dinner
Join your fellow hams for a delicious DXCC/Contest dinner on the first night of the convention! Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA, will recap his recent DXPedition and IARU Contest activities/activations from the Market Reef, Aland and Brando Islands.
Adrian is a keen DXer with DXCC 317, 9BDXCC, IOTA and a passionate contester who competed in WRTC 2018 in Wittenberg, Germany.
All dinner attendees are eligible to win a Yaesu FTM-300 door prize.
SATURDAY GRAND Banquet
Enjoy dinner as our guest speaker, Dr. Philip J. Erickson, W1PJE, discusses his group’s latest HamSCI’s latest ionospheric science investigations Haystack Observatory, a radio observatory operated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a member of ARRL, RSGB, and TAPR, vice president of the Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club.
All dinner attendees are eligible to win a Yaesu FTM-300 door prize.
2021 Northeast HamXposition Program Schedule Posted
The program schedule of forums and presentations for the 2021 Northeast HamXposition (a.k.a. “ARRL New England Division Convention”) has been posted online at: <https://hamxposition.org/forums-and-classes/forum-schedule>.
Some 68 events and talks are scheduled for the three-day event which takes place at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts on September 10-12, 2021.
For more information, visit: <https://hamxposition.org>.
Don Dickey, WV1W, West Hartford, CT, is operating from Farmington National Wild and Scenic River (K-0882) for Parks On The Air. He was last heard on 14.320 MHz at around 1954 UTC, according to pota.app. August 2021 New Hampshire Section Report Now Available
The August, 2021 “Calling NH Radio Amateurs” report is now available at http://www.nharrl.org/.
UPDATE: Rhode Island ARES Picnic, Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend Activation, Beavertail Lighthouse, August 7, 2021
Paul Silverzweig, W1PJS, writes on RIARES Facebook page:
RI ARES will be hosting once again its annual picnic and activation for National Lighthouse & Lightship Weekend at Beavertail Lighthouse at Jamestown, RI on August 7, 2021.
Stay tuned for details!
UPDATE – August 7, 2021 @ 10:06 AM:Please go to the picnic area instead of the museum area… we will have our picnic anyway…We are allowed to do that.Please tell everyone you hear from!Paul Silverzweig
W1PJS
UPDATE – August 7 2021 @ 9:00 AM:Event is cancelled due to a boondoggle with the DEM…
I am utterly embarrassed and apologize deeply to you all…
Paul Silverzweig
W1PJS
RI Section Emergency Coordinator
FEMA/RIEMA All Hazards ComL
AUXCOMM
Military Auxiliary Radio Service
RI Assoc. of Emergency Managers
Chair, Radio Comms Committee
Portsmouth RI EMA
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646-522-2262
Cape Cod (MA) ARES District Exercise “Operation Big Blow,” August 7, 2021, 10 AM-12 Noon
From ema.arrl.org:
Cape Cod ARES will conduct a district exercise “Operation Big Blow” as an advanced level exercise. Given the significant push for Amateur Radio volunteers for the 2021 Boston Marathon, several ARES District Emergency Coordinators who are either out of area or dealing with significant professional/personal workload and the high level of SKYWARN Activations during the month of July, formal section participation from the exercise has been dropped but anyone wishing to participate from outside of the Cape Cod district is more than welcome to do so and can reach the Cape Cod ARES district via 2m simplex, HF and digital modes such as Winlink and NBEMS. This is the exercise plan: Cape Cod ARES District “Operation Big Blow” Exercise.
In mid-November, we will plan another section wide exercise. This will allow for large events such as support for Northeast HamXposition and the Boston Marathon to complete as well as support for Amateur Radio hurricane nets for the upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season which is expected to ramp up and become more active as we head into mid-August. Amateur Radio Operators in the Eastern Massachusetts section should think about and prepare for what they would do if a landfalling hurricane were to strike Southern New England. The last direct landfalling hurricane to affect Southern New England was Hurricane Bob in August 1991, 30 years ago. The last major hurricane strike (Cat-3 or higher) to affect the region was Hurricane Carol in 1954. Now is a great time to prepare for the “what if” of a landfalling hurricane by preparing your station and augmenting its capabilities participating in SKYWARN Net Activations for localized severe weather events and participating in public service events where available. If a hurricane landfall does not occur this season, you will be more prepared for a major incident, weather related or otherwise, that could require Amateur Radio and ARES support.
Thanks for your continued support of Eastern Massachusetts ARES and SKYWARN!
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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August 2021 Eastern MA Section News Now Available
The August, 2021 Eastern MA Section Newsletter is now available at https://ema.arrl.org/august-2021-section-news/.