Serving ARRL members who reside in the New England sections
Members from the Middlesex Amateur Radio Society of Portland, Connecticut, operated special event station W1E on August 21, 2021 to raise awareness of the Epilepsy Foundation at its Mud Volleyball competition at Zoar Pond in Middletown, Connecticut.
To receive a special event QSL card, please send a SASE to the address listed on the W1E QRZ page.
Dave Tipping, NZ1J, writes on the Meriden (CT) ARC Facebook group:
We had a [Parks On The Air] activation at Sleeping Giant [K-1717] and Wharton Brook [K-1728] simultaneously today.
Rob, K1RCT, hunted both activations from the EOC. The parks are only two miles apart and the EOC is four miles from each park. At these short distances, even with portable antennas, we were able to work every band from 160 meters to 70cm on each of the three paths. That, along with QSOs with quite a few club members, resulted in about 200 total QSOs. For anyone who wants to get on the air more, Parks on the Air is a very good way to do it.
Paul Silverzweig, W1PJS, writes on RIARES Facebook page:
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
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Ed, W1OKH, writes on the Burlington ARC Facebook page:Al Grant, KB1HYL, writes on the Granite State ARA mailing list at 11:44 AM on July 31, 2021:
Just to let you know, the fox is loose. Since the power output is so low (15 milliwatts) and not easy to receive with an omnidirectional antenna, I’ll tell you that the fox is somewhere in Earl Legacy Park in Bedford, NH.
Sorry it took me so long to get started today, but the fox will be loose until about 6 or 7 Sunday afternoon. I’ll get more efficient as I do this more often.
73
Wayne – KB1HYL
Rod Bungard, N1RUU, writes on the ctfoxhunter list at 5:21 PM on July 30, 2021:
Greetings Fox hunters,
Fox #5 PL 123.0
Is out hiding, the fox is running 1.5 watts into a 18 inch antenna. Since there is no starting place for finding the hidden transmitter, all you can do is while going about your travels, periodically try to activate the hidden transmitter. Your first try may be from home. You do this by going on the 2 meter simplex frequency of 146.550 MHz (PL 123.0), key your transmitter, ID and then send a DTMF “1”. If the FoxBox can hear you and you can hear it, you will hear its very distinctive sound. It will transmit for 30 seconds, ID and then go back to sleep. You can make it transmit as often as necessary to find it.
Once someone has been able to bring it up and hear it, please report that information to the other fox hunters. Feel free to reply to the group. Do not reveal its location, just a location (and direction if possible) from which you are able to hear it. This then becomes a starting point for the other fox hunters to use.
You do not actually have to touch the box to claim finding it. If you hunt the Fox please log to this group even if you don’t find it.
Hint: Can be heard from Lowe’s in Manchester. Location, after you find the box look at the Sassafras growing in the area. The plants have different shaped leaves on the same plant.
Good luck.
Rod N1RUU
Mark Noe, KE1IU, writes on the ctfoxhunter list:
We will have a live foxhunt beginning at 1 PM today. Start from anywhere in Norwich, CT. You can download a map that could be useful (for those wishing to use a paper map) at this link: https://d85bc6ea86296c327d7f-fc14fae93feb1cf1ff31873061ee8f7d.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/62/1641/Norwich2016Reduced.pdf. Page 2 has a complete map of Norwich, which I think you will find helpful.
There will be three transmitters running – on the following frequencies:
146.330 MHz – 1 mW (KE1IU Fox H listed on our website)
145.910 MHz – 10 mW (KE1IU Fox I listed on our website)
146.550 MHz – 0.5 W (KE1IU Fox J listed on our website)
Our website is https://rason.org
These transmitters will be hidden – possibly by some junior hams at the site (KC1IVR and KC1LXO) – so you can hunt for them when you arrive.
In addition, I will have a mobile rig tuned to the N1NW repeater (146.730 MHz, PL 156.7), so you can track me from the input. Listen for me on 146.130. I will transmit on request, and we will also use this frequency for hints.
All hunters should check in so that I can end the hunt when the last person has found me.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Don Dickey, WV1W, West Hartford, CT, is operating from Penwood State Park (K-1706) on Talcott Mountain in Bloomfield, Connecticut, for Parks On The Air. He was last heard on 7.295 MHz at around 1930 UTC, according to pota.app. 