The Maine Telegraph June 2023 Edition is now available.
New England Division Town Hall Meeting, June 15, 2023
Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, writes on the New England ARRL members list:
Phil Temples K9HI, our Assistant Directors, and I will hold our next New England Division Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, June 15th, at 7 pm ET. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide you with an ARRL update, get your thoughts on what we should be focusing on, and answer any questions that you might have about the ARRL and what we are doing on behalf of ARRL members here in New England.
We plan to spend a good deal of our time together answering your questions. If you’d like to send us a question in advance, you can do so via an email to ab1oc@arrl.org, or you can just plan to ask your questions during the Town Hall Meeting.
We will hold our Town Hall Meeting via a Zoom Webinar. You can get a personal link to join the Town Hall Meeting via the following link (paste the link in your browser to register) –
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e5ufUAYVQFaVOzWXr8O0XQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
We hope to see you on June 15th!
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ARRL New England Division
Director: Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC
ab1oc@arrl.org
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New Hampshire Amateur Radio Operators Prepare For Annual Field Day Event (Press Release)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2023
For more information contact :
Skip Camejo, Public Information Coordinator, New Hampshire Section ARRL
603-707-9848 AC1LC@outlook.com
Or individual club contacts listed below.
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New Hampshire amateur radio operators prepare for annual Field Day event.
Every June, more than 40,000 amateur radio operators, known as “hams” throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to their communities. Field Day combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio. Field Day 2023 will be held on June 24th and June 25th.
The slogan for the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) “When all else fails, amateur radio” is just as important now as it has been since amateur radio first began in the early parts of the 20th century. The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) regulation governing amateur radio states as the basis and purpose “(a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recently entered into an updated Memorandum of Agreement with the ARRL . The agreement will enhance cooperation between ARRL’s emergency communications program, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®), and FEMA in providing disaster communications. The agreement emphasizes the importance of skilled Amateur Radio Operators in times of crisis and the role of ARES leadership within the emergency communications space. In March 2023 FEMA released the final version of the NIMS Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Functional Guidance, which includes amateur radio in the response program and national emergency preparedness.
Field Day provides valuable experience and training to enhance the efforts of these federally licensed amateur radio operators in practicing for their emergency communication response capabilities. It should be noted that in the event of an emergency, amateur radio operators provide this service utilizing their own or club owned radio equipment at no cost to the public or other responding emergency service agencies.
A number of New Hampshire amateur radio clubs and organizations are planning events to help educate the public as to the value of amateur radio to the community for emergency communication response as well as the fun aspects of the hobby. Members of the public are invited and encouraged to visit one of the Field Day events.
As of this date the following events are planned.
The Granite State Amateur Radio Association will be holding Field Day at 972 Back Mountain Rd Goffstown, NH. They typically have a “Get on the air” or GOTA station and a fox transmitter hidden on the grounds for fox hunting demonstrations. Last year they lead members of the public on a short fox hunt using radios to find the hidden transmitter.
Contact: William Arcand ph: 603-600-6469 email: w1wra@w1ra.net Club website: www.gsara.org
The Lakes Region Repeater Association will be holding their Field Day event at 151 Old Route 109, Moultonborough, NH They will have a GOTA station and the public will be able to observe operators involved in contest events. They are planning on running a contest period for 24 hours, with no breaks. The contest officially ends at 2pm on Sunday.
Contact: Rich Kumpf ph: 508-259-7600 email: WF1V@ARRL.NET Club website: www.W1BST.ORG
The Great Bay Radio Association will be holding their Field Day event at the Milton Town Beach in Milton, NH.
Contact: Jeffrey Zajicek ph: 603-833-1087 email: n1xuq@w1fz.club Club website: www.w1fz.club
The Cheshire County DX Amateur Radio Club will be holding their Field Day event at the Mt Caesar School 585 Old Homestead Hwy
Swanzey, NH. The Cheshire County Club will be offering a GOTA station.
Contact: Jeff Mungovan ph: 603-680-1978 email: Jeff.mungovan@yahoo.com Club website: www.ccdxarc.org
The Nashua Area Radio Society will hold their Field Day event at 1 Memorial Drive Hudson, NH. They will be including a GOTA station in addition to radio demonstrations.
Contact: Jonathan Turner ph:617-470-1739 email: ac1ev@arrl.net Club website: www.n1fd.org
Additional information is attached to this release from the ARRL regarding Field Day.
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Raul “Skip” Camejo – AC1LC
Public Information Coordinator
ARRL New Hampshire Section
PO Box 206
Ashland, NH 03217
603-707-9848
ac1lc@outlook.com
ac1lc@arrl.net
SKYWARN Training 2023 Schedule Update for June 2023
Rob Macedo, KD1CY, writes:
The following is updated SKYWARN Training information with a couple additional classes for the month of June in Acushnet and Walpole MA.
Additional SKYWARN Training classes are in planning. This includes the following locations:
Northeast HamXposition in Marlborough, Mass (Late August 2023)
Gardner MA
Tolland CT
The following is the latest 2023 NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN Training Class Schedule for the early Summer season. Please distribute widely to anyone interested in becoming a SKYWARN Spotter and we will update as additional classes are confirmed!
Saturday June 10th, 2023 – 1000 AM-1230 PM:
Acushnet Council on Aging
59 1/2 South Main Street
Acushnet, MA 02743
Taught by: Amateur Radio Coordinator
Co-sponsored by: Acushnet Office of Emergency Management
Registration is required via Eventbrite at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Tuesday June 13th, 2023 – 630 PM-830 PM:
Walpole Town Hall – Select Board Meeting Room
135 School Street
Walpole, MA 02081
Taught by: Amateur Radio Coordinator
Co-sponsored by: Walpole Emergency Management Agency
Registration is required via Eventbrite at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Again, we will provide updates when new SKYWARN training classes are added to the schedule. Also, if specific groups are interested in a live or virtual class, the Amateur Radio Coordinator team would be able to support those groups as needed. Thanks to all for their support of the NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN program!
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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Memorial Day Fox Hunt, Preston CT, May 29, 2023
Mark Noe, KE1IU, writes on the ctfoxhunter list:
[Southeastern CT Amateur Radio Society] will be sponsoring a Memorial Day fox hunt on Monday, May 29 at 1 PM. This will be an on-foot fox hunt. Meet at Preston Community Park: 13 Route 117, Preston, CT 06365. This park is located between Route 2A and Route 117. Your foxes will be Mark KE1IU and Dave K1DCT. We will have 4 foxes running with the potential to add a couple more. The frequencies for the four that will be hidden are listed below. I will send a followup e-mail with information on additional foxes. Talk in on 146.730 (- offset, PL 156.7)I will be bringing my tape measure Yagi and offset attenuator. We will happily help beginners, and if you do not have equipment there will be some available for you to borrow. The weather forecast for Monday is partly cloudy and 76 F – perfect for fox hunting. I look forward to seeing you there!
KC1NEK Elected to Rhode Island Section Manager Post
From the ARRL Letter, May 25, 2023:
ARRL Section Manager Spring Election Results
The results of two balloted Section Manager elections held this spring were determined when the ballots were counted at ARRL Headquarters on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
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Nancy Austin, KC1NEK, was elected as ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager when she received 129 votes, and incumbent Section Manager Bob Beaudet, W1YRC, received 127 votes.
Austin, of Middletown, is the President of the Newport County Radio Club, and she will begin a 2-year term of office on July 1.
Beaudet, of Cumberland, has served as ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager for 21 years.
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New England Beacon, 4th Edition—May 2023
New England Beacon, a newsletter for the New England Division, contains updates from the Director, Vice Director, Assistant Directors in addition to showcasing various goings on within the seven ARRL sections. Enjoy the May, 2023 edition.
Ham Help Sought for Cisco Brewers Portsmouth 5K Fundraiser, Portsmouth NH, May 28, 2023
Sherry Brooks, N1NSB, writes on the Port City ARC mailing list:
The Cisco Brewers Portsmouth 5K fundraiser for The Krempels Center will be held on Sunday, May 28th 2023. The point person for this is Derek, KB1LXX.
Date: May 28
Time: 07:00 until about 11:00
Location: Cisco Brewery Pease Trade Port.
Typically, the volunteers have been in charge of directing traffic for parking cars.
The VIP section is already sold out, so I think the parking will be pretty busy this year.
Click Sign up here: Sign Up Here.
WX4NHC, National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station Annual Communications Test, May 27, 2023
Announcement from WX4NHC
Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, Miami Florida
WX4NHC will be On-The-Air for the Annual Communications Test
Saturday May 27th, 2023 from 9AM – 5 PM EDT (1300z-2100z)
The amateur radio station of the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC (NHC), located on the campus of Florida International University in Miami, will conduct their on-the-air Annual Communications Test on Saturday, May 27, 2023, from 9 AM – 5 PM EDT (1300z- 2100z).
This is the NHC’s 43rd year of public service. NHC Amateur Radio Assistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R/WX4NHC, reports that the purpose of this event is to test amateur radio equipment and antennas at the NHC as well as operators’ home equipment, antennas, and computers prior to this year’s hurricane season. The 2023 hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November 30.
This event is good practice for amateur radio operators worldwide to practice amateur radio communications during times of severe weather.
Ripoll said WX4NHC will be on HF, VHF, UHF, 2- and 30-meter APRS, and Winlink, To contact the NHC’s amateur radio station send an email to wx4nhc@winlink.org. The subject of the email must contain //WL2K.
The Hurricane Watch Net will try to stay on 14.325 MHz for most of the time, as well as 7.268 MHz depending on propagation. They may also change frequencies due to potential QRM.
You may be able to find WX4NHC on HF by using one of the DX spotting networks, such as the DX Summit website at http://www.dxsummit.fi.
The VoIP Hurricane Net will also be active from 4 PM – 5 PM EDT (2000-2100z), IRLP node 9219/EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node 7203. Visit their website for more information.
WX4NHC will also make a few contacts on local VHF and UHF repeaters, as well as the Florida Statewide Amateur Radio Network (SARnet) system to test station equipment.
QSL cards are available via WD4R with a self-addressed stamped envelope. More information about the NHC is available at their website.
Thank you for your participation in the WX4NHC Annual Station Test event.
73, Julio – WX4NHC/WD4R
Maine eNews, May 2023
eNews Maine Section Manager, May 2023
Hamfest Correction
The June QST has an error regarding the date of the HERMON HAMFEST. The correct date is Saturday, June 3 at the Hermon High School. This will be a fun hamfest, rain or shine. An antenna launching competition is scheduled, along with VE exams, tailgating and more. Check out https://n1me.org/home/hamfest_2022.php for more details.
ARRL Member Survey
Please log onto your ARRL member account at www.arrl.org before the end of the month to take the Member Dues Survey. The League wants your input on how to best overcome the huge inflationary costs that is impacting the ARRL. This is your opportunity to voice your opinion, so please do so.
Field Day Locator
Clubs: list your Field Day Site in the ARRL Field Day Locator. Several are not listed and I have been getting queries on where the nearest field day sites are, so if you want more participation and visitors, make it easy for them to find you. https://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator
Digital Voice Net Highlights
The Maine Dirigo DMR Net meets Sunday mornings at 10 am on Maine Statewide. The New England UFB Fusion Net meets Sundays at 7:30PM on the linked repeater system viewed here: https://ufbnewengland.com/
MSSN
Maine Slow Speed Net (CW) meets Monday through Friday on 3585 kHz at 6pm.
Acculades
Bravo Zulu to Jim Kutsch, KY2D, for being such a prolific traffic handler for the Maine section.
Feedback
If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to share something with Maine hams, please let me know. Email n1ep@arrl.org. 73
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ARRL Maine Section
Section Manager: Philip W Duggan, N1EP
n1ep@arrl.org
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