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Search ARRL New England Division Serving ARRL members who reside in the New England sections Menu Latest News About Leadership Assistant Director ProgramsInitiatives Emergency CommunicationsPublic Service Mentoring and New Ham Development Spectrum ProtectionUtilization Youth and STEM Outreach Sections Connecticut Eastern Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Western Massachusetts Sanctioned Hamfests ARRL Sanctioned Hamfests in New England New England Division Convention ARRL Hamfest / Convention Application RegulationAdvocacy Affiliated Clubs Project Big E W1 QSL Bureau Card Checkers NE QSO Party Get the Most Out of Your Field Day GOTA Station May 8, 2024 by Phil Temples Paul Gayet, AA1SU writes on the ARRL Vermont Members list on May 07, 2024: Subject: Get The Most Out of Your Field Day GOTA Station On page 69 of the June QST is a nice article on how to set up at successful GOTA station at Field Day. I recommend checking it out. Here is a link to the whole issue, not just page 69: https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=pubid=604160a2-6442-4ed0-9695-2e753da4eb98 ——————————————————————– ARRL Vermont Section Section Manager: Paul N Gayet, AA1SU aa1su@arrl.org ——————————————————————– Categories Field Day , Organization ARRL Division Cabinet Meeting Recap, May 6, 2024 May 7, 2024 by Phil Temples Approximately thirty-five club leaders and Section Managers (SMs) attended last night’s New England Division Cabinet meeting via Zoom to hear an update from Division Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC; his immediate staff, and section reports from the New England SMs. The meeting featured a panel presentation by active New England club leaders who shared their thoughts on how to mentor and grow their respective clubs. Categories Organization MFJ Closing Down its Manufacturing Facilities April 25, 2024 by Phil Temples From the YCCC mailing list: April 25, 2024 Dear Fellow hams and Friends, It is with a sad heart as I write this letter. As many of you have heard by now, MFJ is ceasing its on-site production in Starkville, Mississippi on May 17, 2024. This is also the same for our sister companies: Ameritron, Hygain, Cushcraft, Mirage and Vectronics. Times have changed since I started this business 52 years ago. Our product line grew and grew and prospered. Covid changed everything in businesses including ours. It was the hardest hit that we have ever had and we never fully recovered. I turned 80 this year. I had never really considered retirement but life is so short and my time with my family is so precious. I want to thank all of our employees who have helped build this company with me over the years. We have many employees who have made MFJ their career for 10, 20, 30, 40 and more years. We are going to continue to sell MFJ products past May 17, 2024. We have a lot of stock on hand. We will continue to offer repair service work for out-of-warranty and in-warranty units for the foreseeable future. Finally, a special thanks to all of our customers and our dealers who have made MFJ a worldwide name and a profitable business for so many years. You all are so much appreciated. Sincerely Yours, 73s Martin F. Jue, K5flu Categories All Wireless Society of Southern Maine Participation in 2nd Annual Touch-a-Truck Event, April 21, 2024 April 23, 2024 by Phil Temples From the WSSM Facebook page: The Wireless Society of Southern Maine participated in the Cumberland County Regional Communications 2nd annual Touch-A-Truck on April 21, 2024 from 10 AM until 2 PM. The group reported, It was a good crowd despite some rain.” Categories Public Relations HamXposition Radio Club Newsletter Competition April 21, 2024 by Phil Temples From HamXposition.org: Open to all New England Amateur Radio Clubs Each club submits: Club newsletter from the 2nd quarter of 2024 (April, May, or June) Email newsetter to: cq-newsletter@hamxposition.org Deadline to submit: Friday, July 5 Judging by someone impartial who resides outside of New England on the following: Layout design Content The top three get a digitial sticker they can use on their newsletter for the next 12 months showing that they are #1, #2, or #3 best club newsletter in New England for the period September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025. The top three winners for the 2024 HamXposition will be ineligible to participate in the 2025 HamXposition competition to allow other clubs to win. Categories Award , Clubs SKYWARN Training Session, Wallingford CT, June 6, 2024 April 19, 2024 by Phil Temples The Meriden Amateur Radio Club (W1NRG) is pleased to announce W1NRGthe National Weather Service, Upton, NY (OKX) is holding a FREE in-person three-hour SKYWARN Training Session. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Thursday Wallingford Public Library (Community Room) 200 N Main Street Wallingford, CT 06492 7:00 -10:00 pm June 6th, 2024 HOW TO REGISTER: Weather.gov/nyc Go to SKYWARN icon in lower left corner. Click on SKYWARN Training Schedule. Chose in-person event and fill out on-line form. This program is free and open to the public – you do NOT need to be a licensed amateur radio operator. Registration will be limited to 125 attendees. Ed W1YSM President, W1NRG Wallingford Amateur Radio Group/Meriden Amateur Radio Club ARRL CT Affiliated Club Coordinator EC SKYWARN NH/Middlesex Counties W1YSM@arrl.net Categories Clubs , Emergency-Communications , Public Service New England QSO Party, May 4-5, 2024 April 16, 2024 by Phil Temples The New England QSO Party on May 4th and 5th is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations. Our goal is to get every one of the 68 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your friends to join in the fun! Even if you can only join us for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org . The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your state/county. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with at least 25 QSOs will be sent a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world – and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular! Last year we received logs from 784 stations from around the country and world. There were 808 stations from New England on the air! The full rules are here - http://neqp.org/rules/ Results from the 2023 NEQP were posted a couple of weeks ago – https://neqp.org/2023-new-england-qso-party/ The 2024 NEQP will take place in three weeks. Please get on and make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log! Thanks! 73 Tom/K1KI https://neqp.org/ Categories Operating ARISS Proposal Window Open April 8-May 19, 2024 April 8, 2024 by Phil Temples Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is open April 8, 2024 – May 19, 2024 April 8, 2024 — The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contacts would be held between January 1, 2025 and June 30, 2025. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for education organizations that will draw large numbers of student...