Serving ARRL members who reside in the New England sections
The Candlewood Amateur Radio Association will be operating from the Green behind the New Fairfield (CT) Town Hall in the center of town on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 10 to 4:00 PM.
Regards,
Ed Ridolfi, K1RID, writes on the Port City ARC mailing list:
All are invited to join or listen in on the York County (ME) QRS Net tonite (Thursday) at 7 PM on 7.118. This is a slow speed, beginner-focused practice net.
Check in at any speed or experience level and copy the weekly message – 1st at around 15 WPM and then again at about 8 WPM.
Hope to see you on the air!
York County QRS Net (YCQRS)
When: Thursdays, 7:00 PM local
Where: ~7.118 MHz (± QRM)
Pace: ~5–10 WPM to start; up to ~18-20 WPM welcome
Comfort level: Beginner and 1st time cw ops are welcomed. Check in or just listen in. If listening, please email me any sig reports
SCRIPT to follow along:
V V V THE YORK COUNTY QRS NET STARTS AT 1900 ET V V V
V V V NET CONTROL IS K1RID ES ALL WELCOME TO CHECK IN V V V
CQ CQ CQ DE K1RID FER YCQRS NET =
NET IS OPEN TO ALL FER MORSE CODE PRACTICE =
PSE CHECK IN WID CALL SIGN ES NAME ONLY =
CHECK INS NW PSE FER YCQRS NET DE K1RID K
STATION CALLS: KC1CMF GIANNI K
NET CONTROL REPLIES: R R KC1CMF UR RST 599 NXT STATION PSE
THIS CONTINUES UNTIL ALL CHECK INS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED. THEN I WILL CALL EACH STATION IN ORDER FOR ANY COMMENTS OR SIMPLE GOODBYE LIKE: TNX 73 DE KC1CMF K
Next I will send: THIS WEEKS PRACTICE MSG FOLLOWS = <>
To close the net I will send:
GN ALL ES TNX QNI BST 73 DE KITTERY ES K1RID QRT SK dit dit
dit dit
73 de Ed, K1RID
We’re celebrating our 15th Anniversary
with Special Event operations using the call sign W1V,
between August 24 – September 6!
During the two weeks, club members will take turns activating the call sign and we are offering a special certificate with the following endorsements for contacts:
Certificates will be available to anyone who works our station, in three achievement levels:
• GOLD – For anyone who contacts W1V on 10 or more different bands / modes
• SILVER – For anyone who contacts W1V on 5 to 9 different bands / modes
• BRONZE – For anyone who contacts W1V on 1 to 4 different bands / modes
We will also be offering certificates for operators, in the same levels. For example, if you activate 10 or more different band slots, you are eligible for a Gold level certificate.
Brian Horne, N1BAM, writes on the CT-POTA mailing list:K1DSL-Dan Loveman writes:
On June 14th, cyclists will return to Hampton Beach to begin their 2025 New England Ride To End Alzheimer’s, and I’m writing today to ask for your help in supporting them!
The event details are as follows:
Saturday, June 14th
Hampton Beach State Park, Hampton, NH
Volunteer roles vary and range from 6am-4pm
**SAG team members are asked to commit to the whole day, rest stop volunteers may have shorter shifts depending on where they are stationed.
If you’re able and willing, I’d like to invite you to join the Amateur Radio team for the 2025 Ride To End Alzheimer’s. You can find all the event details here and the direct registration link is here.
This is a very important event. The riders at this event are raising money to fund research that will one day put an end to Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. Our job is to staff the communications network that helps keep them safe while they do it.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thanks and 73,
Dan Loveman /K1DSL
alz@k1dsl.net
Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO, writes:
In just a few weeks, one of the most popular summer operating events kicks off – The 13 Colonies Special Event. Now in its 17th year, the event has grown from Special Event Stations making approximately 12,000 contacts to last year making 292,496 contacts around the world. The Event runs from July 1 9:00 AM—July 7 Midnight Eastern (July 1 1300 UTC—July 8 0400 UTC).
This year, event organizers are recognizing the 13 Colonies Special Event founder Ken Villone, KU2US, who is passing the torch on to Tony Jones, N4ATJ. For the past 16 years, Villone has lead the event by working with state and bonus station coordinators. Then after the event he would print out individual certificates for thousands of people who made contact with the special event stations.
The Special Event consists of one station operating in each of the 13 Colonies (K2A – K2M) and three bonus stations (WM3PEN – Philadelphia, GB13COL – England, TM13COL – France) each representing their city, state, or countries role in America’s Colonial period.
Villone describes how the event got started:
“I had just finished participating in the ARRL Sweepstakes in 2008, and remarked how fun it was. I could not figure out why there were not more of these type special events on the air. So I decided to try my luck and create one for one year only to see what happened and to have some fun. I knew we had to offer a special QSL card and/or certificate, plus have on hand a printer and supplies. The hard part was deciding what the event would commemorate and when to do this. I needed a theme that ALL could relate to! Also, the event would have to be the type with multiple event stations involved, like the ARRL Sweeps.
“Then it hit me! 13 Colonies states, during the 4th of July week, and offer a certificate with the theme for the year. I made sure the theme was different each year with a different certificate design to make it interesting and to also make the certificate collectable. The theme would highlight some event or thing connected to the American Revolution. The event was held July 1st to the 4th, 2009, 4 days with no advertising except on QRZ. I had a hard time getting 13 different Ops, one from each Colony state, but it worked out. All in all, it was a success! We made over 12,000 contacts the first year. I decided we had a good thing going, so I recruited another Op from each state and ran the event the followning year.We did over 32,000 contacts in 2010, and had a total of 26 state operators. There was a 13 Colonies special event in 1962 but only lasted one year, according to my research. (I was 13 years old).”
Ham radio operators and SWLs can participate in the event. Complete information about the call for each colony station and the bonus stations can be found on the event website 13colonies.us and they can follow us on Facebook – 13 Colonies Special Event Community. Stations need only make one contact with one of the participating stations, or they can go for a Clean Sweep and work all 13 Colony stations and the three bonus stations. Each station offers a special QSL card for the event as well as a different certificate each year. Operators can keep an eye out for the special event stations by watching many of the DX spotting networks, such as DXSummit.fi.
From WX1BOX.org:
WD4R-Julio Ripoll, founder and Amateur Radio Coordinator for WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami FL, which has been active during landfalling New England tropical systems received the prestigious Dayton Hamvention Special Achievement Award. Further details including a picture of Julio receiving the award can be seen below:
From Providence Radio Association Facebook page:
Jay Taft, K1EHZ, writes:1. Smartphone or other browser device