Serving ARRL members who reside in the New England sections
Northeast HamXposition General Chairman Bob DeMattia, K1IW, writes:
Our electronic ticketing is now live! Visit our website to purchase general admission, flea, and Friday and Saturday banquet tickets!
Starting on Friday: April 29 at 1900 Z (3 PM Eastern Time), the Handiham organization will be holding a QSO Party to recognize the program’s 55th anniversary. The QSO party will run through Sunday: May 1 at 1900 Z.
The goal of this event is to make contacts with as many hams as possible, including Handiham members, and to publicize the work of the Handiham organization as it tries to make ham radio available to people with disabilities.
All bands and modes will be used.
The QSO party exchange will simply be callsign, name, and state.
If interested, you can receive a commemorative QSL card from Handihams, confirming your contact.
So, please look for participating Handiham members if you are interested.
ARRL Field Services Manager Mike Walters, W8ZY, writes:
An informational webinar about the ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 8PM EST.
Please register in advance for this webinar at: https://us06web.zoom.us/webina
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
The website has been created that will be used to convey info on the program at: http://www.arrl.org/club-grant-progr
A new mailbox here at ARRL has also been created for correspondence concerning the program: clubgrants@arrl.org
The official launch of the program is Wednesday, May 4th and clubs can apply after that date.
Thanks,
Mike
Mike Walters, W8ZY
Field Services Manager
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®
225 Main Street
Newington CT 06111-1400
860-594-0305
The group held its third meeting at 7 P.M. on Monday, April 25, 2022. The agenda included:
The meeting minutes are found on the Spectrum Protection and Use Page.
It was agreed that two working groups would be formed, a new one, nemesh, for Mesh network coordination and the existing iogroup, spectrum-protection-and-use for RFI team work. Meetings would be held each month, alternating between the two teams.
Bill Richardson, NG1P, in Maine and Jay Taft, K1EHZ in New Hampshire, successfully “tunneled” through the internet to connect their 5 GHz Mesh networks on April 27, 2022. This achievement is an important first step towards the interconnection of New England Mesh networks over RF links. Their work demonstrates that it is possible to define an address space across various Mesh networks that will allow them to be interconnected by tunneling between two points. The next actions include finding the right RF “backhaul” devices and frequencies, siting the locations for tunneling nodes, including power and maintenance needs and coordinating the tunneling addresses. A great deal of work remains but the New England Division has taken a step closer to its goal thanks to Bill and Jay.
A full schedule of events and activities for NEAR-Fest XXXI has been posted at <http://www.hamclass.net/nears22.html>.
ARRL New England Division Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, will host the ARRL Forum on Friday, April 29 at 11:00 AM. Fred will present an update of ARRL actions including: the ARRLClub Grant Program; and news about potential legislation in New England that could adversely affect amateur radio. Bring all your questions to this fast-paced forum!
All forums will be held in the Arts & Crafts Building, opposite the Administration Building. Look for the flag pole. This is near the main entrance, which is not used for NEAR-Fest.
The VE Session will be conducted in the back of this Arts & Crafts building, in the basement.
Larry Krainson, W1AST, writes on the Project Big E list:
I just received word that the Big E Booth’s application for an ARISS [Amateur Radio on the International Space Station] contact has been APPROVED!
We’re working closely with New England Sci-Tech President Bob Phinney, K5TEC, and our New England Division Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, to make this happen.
We’re very excited as you all should be too!
There is still much to plan and put in place.
But a great way to start your Sunday!
[For more information about the Amateur Radio presence at the Big E, and to get involved, see <https://nediv.arrl.org/2021/01/10/amateur-radio-booth-proposed-for-the-big-e-in-2022/>.]
New England Beacon, a newsletter for the New England Division, highlights updates from the Director, Vice Director, Assistant Directors in addition to showcasing various goings on within the seven ARRL sections. This is the first edition. Please enjoy.
Volume 21 of the Maine Telegraph is available for viewing.