The Pilgrim Amateur Wireless Association has announced that Francis Kelly, KC1NDQ, will host a Parks On the Air (POTA) operation from Borderland State Park (K-2420) in North Easton, MA, on August 14, 2021.
Franklin Co. (MA) Members To Provide Public Service Communications for Two Events
From wma.arrl.org:
Aaron Addison, KF1G, writes:
The Franklin County Amateur Radio Club will provide communications for two events soon to take place in our area. We welcome licensed amateurs who would like to join us.
On 20 August, the Franklin County Land Trust will host an off the beaten path bicycle tour, called the Deerfield Dirt Road Rondonee (D2R2). It is part of their fund raising efforts. As the name of the tour suggests, it is mostly over dirt roads, in rural towns of western Franklin County and up into southern Vermont. Radio communications are necessary for key points along the tour where cell phone service is not available. At those points, our communicators will be the only way the Franklin Land Trust staff can send or receive messages to and from the base for the race in Deerfield.
The tour consists of three routes: 100k, 160k, and 180k. The first group of riders start at 6 AM, and the last rider may return as late as 6 PM. We will not cover that entire time period. We will ask radio volunteers to work in shifts. Volunteers may occasionally be asked to bring equipment, water, or food to remote stops along the way
On 29 August, the Connecticut River Conservancy and the Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club sponsor a traditional, 26 mile marathon. It starts at the campus of the former Marlboro Community College, in Marlboro, VT, and follows a path along the banks of the Green River, over mostly dirt roads. Our club members, with help from others, will help with the needs of the race staff, many positioned at water stops along the way. We are also there to call for help if needed by runners in distress.
For the D2R2, contact Al Woodhull, N1AW, at aswoodhull@yahoo.com, or 413-773-3522.
For the Green River Marathon, contact Chris Myers, KB1NEK, at camyers@protonmail.com, or 413-625-0344
More information on the Groups.IO site, at FCARC-MA, in the FILES section.
K1SSN Sub Base Radio Station Needs Help
Harrison Solt, N1FAM, writes on the Radio Amateur Society of Norwich (CT) mailing list:
While the [U.S. Naval Submarine Base, located in Groton, Connecticut] station has been reestablished and their towers and antennas restored, they recently lost their callsign (K1SSN) custodian/trustee. Bob, K1RJV, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was the custodian for many years. For the past couple of years Rich, NL9H, of Green, Rhode Island, was the custodian.
Currently the station is maintained by Air Force MARS members led by Ted, K1YON of Hartland, Connecticut (NW corner of the state). Ted and his team are about two hours from the base. Ted is looking for help from a local ham or one of the local clubs to pick up the call and assist/manage the station. The individual does not need to be military. Access to the base is not an issue. If help is not found, the callsign will be lost and the equipment surplussed.
This is an idea opportunity for one of the local clubs to partnership with the base and very likely grow both clubs (the local club and the base club). If not one of the clubs, perhaps someone out there is interested in coming to the aid of this historic station. There are many possibilities here. Can you help? If so please answer this post and contact Ted, K1YON at k1yon@juno.com. This is an important issue that needs help.
August 2021 Rhode Island Activity Report Now Available
The August, 2021 Rhode Island Activity Report is now available at <https://nediv.arrl.org/rhode-island-august-2021-activity-report/>.
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/.