ARRL New England Division

From ARRL News, 09/12/2025: 

Below are the results of our recent Section Manager nomination period for the term beginning January 1, 2026, and declared elected, with no opposition:

New Section Managers:

Michigan – Ralph Katz, AA8RK
Santa Barbara – Keith Elliott, W6KME

Continuing:

Alabama – Dennis Littleton, K4DL
Alaska – David Stevens, KL7EB
Delaware – Steven Keller, KC3DSO
East Bay – Mike Patterson, N6JGA
Kansas – Ron Cowan, KBØDTI
New Mexico – Bill Mader, K8TE
Tennessee – David Thomas, KM4NYI
Western Massachusetts – Ray LaJoie, AA1SE

The ARRL Field Organization is the grassroots corps that makes up the 60,000 volunteers among ARRL membership. It is divided into 71 Sections, each of which is led by a volunteer Section Manager who is elected by the members of the Section. Section Managers serve two-year terms.

What a fun time I had at the Windsor Hamfest last week. It was great seeing all the “Seagullers” and other hams around the state, including Mike KC1RCG and Leasa AC1UR Garvin, who drove all the way down from Houlton to attend. We had a good NTS Nets meeting with awesome attendance. The event had great food, fellowship and fun. Thank you to Jose Douglas KB1TCD and crew and the Lincoln County ARC for organizing the hamfest.

Alexander Hamfest!

The last Maine hamfest of the year is the Alexander Hamfest, sponsored by the Saint Croix Valley Amateur Radio Club, and will be Saturday, September 20 from 8am until noon. The hamfest is located at the Alexander Elementary School, 1430 Airline RD (RT-9) in Alexander.  Talk-in is on the W1LH Cooper Mountain Repeater 147.330+ pl 118.8.  Don’t miss the opportunity to sell, trade, or buy some awesome deals, or win one of the many door prizes.

Pine State ARC 50TH Celebration

Congrats to the Pine State Amateur Radio Club for its upcoming 50th anniversary, for which they are celebrating with a catered banquet on October 11. If you would like to purchase tickets to the banquet, or join the club, contact PSARC President Ed Paradis, wi1z@arrl.net or call 207-702-7733.

EAWA POTA

The Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association will be conducting a Parks-On-The-Air on Saturday morning, October 11 at the Lamoine State Park. All are welcome.

Radiogram Training

Jim Kutsch, KY2D, will be starting up his excellent radiogram training sessions again on the second Sunday of each month. Starting September 14, at 5:00PM on 3.940 MHz, Jim will start the training from the beginning, and progress each month. If you do not have 75 meters capability, no worries. You can point your browser to the Sebago Lake SDR and customize the settings to listen to 3940. 0 kHz LSB. The web site is sebagolakesdr.us:8901. Works great!

Kudos to Ham Volunteers

Many thanks to all the Maine ham radio operators who volunteer consistently for public service events, relaying radiograms via the National Traffic System, drill and hone skills through their Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), or RACES or other EmComm group, proctor FCC exams as Volunteer Examiners, or mentor/assist other hams, serve as club officers and other leadership positions. Without your efforts, ham radio would be a lot less fun.

Maine Slow Speed Net

If you are new to CW (Morse Code), 0r a bit rusty, consider checking into the Maine Slow Speed Net Monday through Friday at 6:00PM on 3.585 MHz. Net control usually sends around 10 to 13 words per minute, but will gladly slow down to any speed with which you are comfortable. This is a great net to practice your cw!

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ARRL Maine Section
Section Manager: Philip W Duggan, N1EP
n1ep@arrl.org
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ARRL Section Manager, Connecticut

September 3, 2025

CONTENTS
– Public Service and Youth Radio Activities for YOU!
– Hurricanes
– ARES – When All Else Fails
– Section Manager Cabinet Openings.
– New England Division “Ham of The Year”

Public Service and Youth Radio Activities for YOU! Book these Dates to come out to Play Radio and support your community.
September
9/16/25 – Region 1: Mass Casualty Communications Drill (A full Tuesday Event) Details at: https://ct-ares.groups.io/g/Announce/topic/r1_mass_casualty_drill/114876871

October
10/18/25 – Scouting’s worldwide Jamboree On The Air (JOTA) (A full Saturday Event) Working on confirming sites at: Ashford, New Hartford, Goshen, Redding, Greenwich (Need “Teams of 6” at each confirmed site)

General JOTA Info rmation at: https://www.arrl.org/jamboree-on-the-air-jota

Volunteer Sign-Up @: https://tinyurl.com/4zj3tyfe

10/25/25 – ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) (a Saturday Morning Event) Details to follow: https://ct-ares.groups.io/g/Announce/topics

Hurricanes
Connecticut’s Hurricane Season 2025 is HERE! ARE YOU PREPARED? JOIN CT ARES www.ctares.org

ARES® – When All Else Fails®
Amateur radio operators use their ARES® training, skills, and equipment to provide communications during emergencies When All Else Fails®.

• Hams serve our communities when storms or other disasters damage critical communication infrastructure, including cell towers, and wired and wireless networks.
• Amateur radio can function completely independently of the internet and phone systems.
• An amateur radio station can be set up almost anywhere in minutes. Hams can quickly raise a wire antenna in a tree or on a mast, connect it to a radio and power source, and communicate effectively with others.

To learn more about ARES check out: https://www.arrl.org/files/file/ARES%20Fact%20Sheet_Final.pdf

To learn more about our local Connecticut ARES go to: https://ctares.org/

CT ARES needs YOU!
The ARES organization has 4 types of Emergency Coordinators (EC):
– the local EC for a town/municipality/group of towns
– the local Assistant EC
– the District Emergency Coordinator (DEC), one for each of 5 Regions
– the Assistant DEC, one or more for each of 5 DECs

Building CT ARES
I am pleased to announce that we have FOUR new ARES Emergency Coordinators (ECs) in CT ARES. Please congratulate and support these fine people.

REGION 1
Jeff Bustraan – KC1RQH: EC – Bridgeport
Conrad Trautmann – N2YCH: EC – Trumbull
Adam Hosa – N1AH: EC – Stratford

RE GION 5
John Ahle – W1JMA: EC – Ridgefield

More Positions to Fill
We have 169 towns/municipalities in CT which are divided into 5 REGIONS.

Not every one of them has an EC. Additionally, we are currently short two District Emergency Coordinators (DEC): Region 2 & Region 4.

Check out if an “EC” Position is right for YOU. Link: https://www.arrl.org/emergency-coordinator

For more information about CT ARES, go to: www.ctares.org\

CT Section Manager Cabinet Openings
I still have need of 2 people to complete my CT Section Cabinet Roster.

The work is simple, and the pay is “unbelievable” (LOL!) Contact, your friendly CT Section Manger: WA1SFH@arrl.org

– Section Youth Coordinator (SYC)
Promoting Amateur Radio activities to YOUTH, and next steps.

– Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC) – Pending
Keeping in touch with Affiliated Clubs, and encouraging other Clubs to become ARRL Affiliated Clubs

New England Division’s “Ham of the Year – 2025″
At this year’s North East HamXposition, the NE Division “Ham of the Year” Award was presented to: Dave “Tess” Tessatore, K1DT

Each of the NE Sections had their own runners up: Congratulations to David Tipping – NZ1J receiving the CT Section award.

Ham Radio is FUN!

SEE YOU ON THE AIR !

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ARRL Connecticut Section
Section Manager: Douglas E Sharafanowich, WA1SFH
wa1sfh@arrl.org
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