ARRL New England Division Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, presented the 2024 ARRL Doug Demaw, W1FB, Technical Excellence Award to Paul Wade, W1GHZ, at the Vermont State Convention (“Ham-Con”) on February 21, 2025 in Colchester VT.
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Tom Frenaye Recognized as New England Division Director by ARRL Board
Newly elected New England Division Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, is awarded a certificate and pin by ARRL First Vice President Kristen McIntyre, K6WX, at the ARRL Board of Directors meeting on January 17-18, 2025 in Windsor, Connecticut.
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
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
[The winners were announced in the Club Forum on August 23, 2024 at the Northeast HamXposition.]
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HamXposition Radio Club Newsletter Competition
From HamXposition.org:
Open to all New England Amateur Radio Clubs
- Each club submits:
- Club newsletter from the 2nd quarter of 2024 (April, May, or June)
- Email newsetter to: cq-newsletter@hamxposition.org
- Deadline to submit: Friday, July 5
- Judging by someone impartial who resides outside of New England on the following:
- Layout design
- Content
- The top three get a digitial sticker they can use on their newsletter for the next 12 months showing that they are #1, #2, or #3 best club newsletter in New England for the period September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025.
- The top three winners for the 2024 HamXposition will be ineligible to participate in the 2025 HamXposition competition to allow other clubs to win.
AB1OC, AB1QB Honored as Co-Recipients of the 2024 Orlando HamCation Gordon West Ambassador of the Year Award
George Allision, K1IG, writes on the PART of Westford mailing list:
Congratulations to […] Fred, AB1OC, and Anita, AB1QB, who are co-recipients of the 2024 Orlando HamCation Gordon West Ambassador of the Year Award. This award is given annually to outstanding Amateurs who represent and inspire others, who embody the amateur radio spirit, and who have made outstanding contributions to the Amateur Radio community.
Fred and Anita are recognized for their outstanding work both in the New England division and U.S. with Ham Radio Bootcamp, ARISS school contacts, youth outreach, amateur radio balloon launches, and license training. In their spare time, Fred also serves as the New England Division Director, and Anita is the New England Division Assistant Director for Mentoring and New Ham Development.
Well done to Fred and Anita!
[The award was announced on the Ham Nation YouTube broadcast on January 3, 2024. You can see the story at 27 min., 30 sec. into the video.]
Harvard Wireless Club Honored With 50-Year ARRL Affiliation Plaque
From ema.arrl.org:
ARRL New England Division Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, and Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI, recently visited the W1AF club shack on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massaschusetts, and awarded a 50-year ARRL affiliation plaque to HWC Vice President Cameron Lu, KC1LZI. The ARRL Board of Directors recognized the club in the form of an official motion at its July, 2023 meeting in Windsor, Connecticut.
The club has a distinguished history, and is one of the oldest radio clubs in the country. It was founded in 1909 as “The Radio Society of the Institute of Geographic Exploration at Harvard” and changed its name to the Harvard Wireless Club a year later.
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Barry Hutchinson, KB1TLR, Receives Barnstable (MA) ARC Volunteer Of The Year Award
Barry Hutchinson (on left), KB1TLR, of Brewster, MA recently received the Barnstable Amateur Radio Club (BARC) Volunteer of the Year Award from BARC President Norm Cantin, WA1NLG, at the club’s August meeting. Barry has held many club leadership and ARES positions including president of both the Falmouth Amateur Radio Association (FARA) and BARC at various times. Barry also is the amateur radio coordinator for both the Falmouth Road Race and the Cape Cod Marathon, a member of the Cape ARES team and is a leader for the BARC Field Day effort. Barry also is a frequent participant at club outreach events, such as the Harwich Brooks Park and Cranberry Festivals. He has been a Technician class and merit badge instructor during the club’s JOTA activities. Barry was recently nominated for the Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award due to his contributions to club’s outreach efforts to the public.
Congratulations Barry!
Amateur Radio Club of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut Awarded Grant from ARDC
The Amateur Radio Club of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), a private foundation that supports and promotes amateur radio. The grant will allow the Amateur Radio Club to design and implement new antennas which cover frequency ranges available to U.S. radio amateurs and add earth-space capabilities to its “shack.”
New functionality will include a computer-controlled tracking, high gain antenna system and a new satellite transceiver. This will allow for communications through the International Space Station and several low earth orbit amateur satellites.
These improvements will allow our visitors to better engage with technologies which impact their everyday lives.
Bob Allison, WB1GCM, president of the amateur radio club commented “These new capabilities will allow club members to show the full range of technologies that make amateur radio the unique lifetime hobby it is. Over the years these demonstrations have encouraged more than a few visitors to pursue their amateur radio licenses.”
The Director of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut, John Ellsworth, emphasized the importance of the Amateur Radio Club as part of the story of communication “During our docent-led tours we discuss the history and development of radio and television. Having a working radio station available reinforces many of the topics discussed.”
About ARDC
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) is a California-based foundation with roots in amateur radio and the technology of internet communication. ARDC makes grants to projects and organizations that follow amateur radio’s practice and tradition of technical experimentation in both amateur radio and digital communication science. Such experimentation has led to broad advances for the benefit of the general public – such as the mobile phone and wireless internet technology. ARDC envisions a world where all such technology is available through open-source hardware and software, and where anyone has the ability to innovate upon it.
Learn more about ARDC at ampr.org.
About The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut
The radio station and museum are an all-volunteer organization located at 115 Pierson Lane, Windsor, CT. The museum is open all year, Thursdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Closed for major holidays.) We can be reached at (860) 683-2903. Please visit our web site at vrcmct.org for additional information.
W1FD Scholarship Presentation to Shiv Patel
The 2023 W1FD scholarship was awarded to Maloney High Valedictorian Shiv Patel at the [Meriden Amateur Radio Club] June business meeting by committee chair Jim Savage, N1ZN, and President Ed Snyder, W1YSM.
Shiv is planning on UCONN’s school of Aerospace Engineering and is looking to advance into the space program with companies like SpaceX.
Courtesy Meriden ARC Key Klix, June 2023
AB1BY Receives 2023 NEAR-Fest Scholarship
Abigail Findchum, AB1BY, of Nashua, New Hampshire, has been selected “from an outstanding group of applicants” for the New England Amateur Radio Festival Scholarship in the amount of $2,000.
In a letter dated June 1, 2023, from ARRL Foundation President David Norris, K5UZ, to NEAR-Fest’s Michael Crestohl, W1RC, Norris thanked NEAR-Fest for making the scholarship possible and “for aiding a student Amateur Radio operator in his/her pursuit of their higher education.” [NEAR-Fest NH Facebook page]