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“CQAF” AND New England Chowdercon, September 16, 2023

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Carl Achin, WA1ZCQ, writes on the New England QRP mailing list:

“CQAF” (QRP-Afield) is always on the third Saturday in September [September 16]. The NEQRP Sprint/Contest Committee is now headed-up by Shirley Márquez Dúlcey, KE1L <mark@buttery.org>.

I’m sure there will be an update before this coming Saturday, September 16th, 2023.

Also “Chowdercon” will be held on the same date (this coming SATURDAY) on Four Tree Island New Hampshire, so listen for ” W 1 C ” (Whiskey One “C”howdercon) on all the QRP frequencies during the standard time of CQAF.
https://www.newenglandqrp.org/qrp-afield-2018/

Thanks for your interest in QRP-Afield. See you down-the-log.

7 3 es 7 2 ,

Carl
http://qrz.com/db/WA1ZCQ
“Carl Achin – WA1ZCQ” <wa1zcq@amsat.org>
http://NEQRP.org

K1W White Island (NH) State Park POTA and Lighthouse On the Air Event, September 16-25, 2023

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K1W White Island, Rye NHFrom K1W QRZ.com website:

Special Expedition by the Port City Amateur Radio Club (W1WQM) for 2023

White Island, Isle of Shoals, Rye, NH

Operational (weather permitting) September 16 to September 25, 2023

NH QSO Party (Sept. 16 or 17)  Rockingham County (ROC) 1600Z to 2200Z  40 & 20 M SSB/CW

IOTA NA-217

POTA K-8006 (White Island NH State Park & Historical Site)

Lighthouse ARLS USA 406

FN42qx

QSL via K1RX

Rhode Island QSO hunters – This is Your Week

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RI POTA operationFrom ri-arrl.org:

Starting today through Sunday (Sept 6-10, 2023) a collaborating team of about twenty POTA – Parks on the Air enthusiastic activators from across the country, region, and state are setting up their portable rigs across the 52 officially-recognized POTA parks.

Already this morning from just before 8 am until around Noon, I was able to hunt 12 unique parks across the SSB bands of 40m, 20m, 17m and 15m from my home QTH. I was logged by 11 unique operators, including Kerri Wright, KB3WAV (with over 170,000 POTA QSOs to her credit), as well as the NCRC organizer of this event, Jim Garman, KC1QDZ – taking a break from his farm between tomatoes and turnips.

POTA hunters, near and far, are encouraged to keep an eye on POTA Spotting and join the fun. It’s a great way to understand your band propagation and make progress on your POTA – Worked All RI award.

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Granite State ARA POTA Activation, Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown NH, September 9, 2023

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GSARA POTA Activation flyerTimothy Cates, KC1QDK, writes:

The Granite State Amateur Radio Club is happy to announce our late summer Parks on The Air meet-up. The GSARA will be hosting a group activation in which all members of the public are welcome to come and join us at Bear Brook State Park K-2643.

Come join us for a fun afternoon of radio and nature bring your gear and activate the park, or come to see how amateur radio operators set up and run their stations in remote locations off the grid. We are looking forward to seeing you all there on September 9th 2023 from 1-4 in the afternoon. The park is very friendly to those who may have mobility issues and there is a tarred path leading to a Gazebo that will offer shelter if it rains.

This event is rain or shine and hope to see lots of folks getting out for the afternoon and enjoying the park some camaraderie and operating our radios.

Contact Timothy at ctimothy9@aol.com.

 

Newport County (RI) RC Parks On The Air Demo Helps new Generals Get On the Air

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From ri-arrl.org:

Newport Co RC POTA Operation, 9/2/23

“I learned more from your POTA demo today than I learned as a new ham over the last year! Thank you!” –Mike, KC1NFG (visiting Newport and welcomed to join in and GOTA.)

Today’s Newport County Radio Club (NCRC) POTA demo at Brenton Point Park was well attended by club members as well as a ham just passing by.  All were curious to jump in and learn how to quickly deploy a portable antenna and POTA setup to get on the HF bands quickly and make contacts. Jim Garman, KC1QDZ, and Randy Jones, K8ZFJ, were ideal mentors, helping some make their first POTA QSOs. 

From September 6-10, 2023, the NCRC is hosting a collaborative effort to activate all 52 Rhode Island POTA parks. For more information on POTA—Activate All RI and resources for getting started with Parks on the Air, please bookmark: https://ri-arrl.org/pota/.

Meriden ARC Balloon Launch, September 2, 2023

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Ed Snyder, W1YSM, writes at 12:13 PM on September 2, 2023:

Balloon is at ~36,000 feet. Telemetry available on U4B.live. W1NRG balloon  app. 

We have some video of the launch and lots of stills and telemetry. Signal heard all over the globe (almost all over). 
 
-Ed W1YSM 

 

Ray Cirmo, KC1QLS, writes on the Meriden ARC mailing list:

MARC members,

We are planning a third balloon launch this Saturday September 2, 2023 between 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM weather permitting.  Weather permitting this time of year will mean no precipitation, low wind speeds on the ground, and no storms over the Atlantic moving up from the South.  If all of those factors are in our favor we will plan to launch from Veterans Memorial Park in Wallingford, CT, with the W1NRG callsign.

Depending on the wind direction, we may set up in one of several places within the park.  If you are free and can come out and join us we would love to have you onboard for this event.  Just remember if conditions are not just right we reserve the right to scrub the mission.

Tracking for this balloon launch can be done at any of the following sites:

WSPRnet.org

WSPR.rock

U4B.live (This is the site that Brian N1BRI has developed for the club balloon launches.  Go to the site and on the right side of your screen you will see a button labeled W1NRG.  Simply click that button and you should be good to track our progress). This is our recommended site.

We have a great deal of time and testing under our belts and we are expecting a successful launch.

Ray,

KC1QLS

Volunteers On The Air, W1AW/1 Massachusetts Activators Sought, November 1-7, 2023

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VOTA logoAre you interested in becoming an activator for the ARRL VOTA Fall operating week? The dates for the fall schedule are November 1 through 7.

There are currently 14 ops signed up and room for more.

We’re looking for people that can spend time getting on the air and making contacts. All modes of operation are welcome. During the Spring VOTA, Massachusetts made over 9000 QSOs. We’d like to beat that this time around. Would you like to be part of that?

To find out more, contact ARRL VOTA MA State Manager Larry Krainson, W1AST, at W1AST@arrl.net by October 1st.

Larry, W1AST
ARRL WMA Affiliated Club Coordinator
HCRA President
Visit my Ham Radio club website at: www.HCRA.org
Team K2H – 13 Colonies Massachusetts State Manager
Project Big E 2022 & 2023 Organizer
Proud Member of ARRL, FCARC & YCCC
413-348-3289
W1AST@arrl.net

New Hampshire Gears Up For Volunteers On The Air W1AW/1 Special Event Operation, September 20-26, 2023

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ARRL is celebrating a year-long operating event honoring all ARRL volunteers: Volunteers On the Air with special W1AW/portable operations in each of the fifty states and U.S. territories.

The second 2023 special event station in New Hampshire (W1AW/1 Portable) will run September 20-26, 2023. Our team is looking for operators who can activate a W1AW Station.

You can operate from your home station or a portable location, e.g., beach, park, or public area. You can use digital, voice, or CW modes on several bands (with certain exceptions. See https://arrl.org/vota for more details). We aim to work as many stations as possible anywhere in the world.

If you have any questions, please contact Eric Pfeifer (N1JUR) at n1jur.nh@gmail.com or Peter Stohrer (W1FEA) at pstohrer1@gmail.com. If you would like to sign up as an operator, use our form at <https://forms.gle/jnNHmyS9G11YWMsr9>. We’ll add you to our mailing list.

Thanks,

Eric Pfeifer
N1JUR
n1jur.nh@gmail.com

Lighthouse On The Air Activation: Stratford Point CT, August 12, 2023

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Stratford Point LighthousePeter Cimino, K1PCN, writes on the Greater Bridgeport (CT) ARC mailing list:

In March of 2023 I put in for a permit to activate Stratford Point Lighthouse for [Lighthouse On The Air] on August 11, 2023. After several follow up calls, it did not seem that we would get permission due to renovation on the lighthouse.

I received a call today stating the we have permission to activate tomorrow 11 AM to 2 pm from the adjoining Stratford Autobahn land.

If anyone is interested, join me at 11 AM.