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-- Skip to content February 21, 2020 Eastern Massachusetts ARRL a field organization of the National Association for Amateur Radio™ Latest News Introduction Section Organization Clubs Emergency Communications Governmental Licensing, Education & Training National Traffic System Operating Public Information Public Service Technical Youth Field Day Main Menu Youth Cincinnati Youth on the Air Camp Application Deadline is March 15, 2020 February 20, 2020 February 20, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment Youth on the Air Camp held June 21-26, 2020 in Cincinnati is for already licensed amateur radio operators between the ages of 15 to 25. Have a license, but you don’t know what to do next? Come to YOTA camp, and we’ll teach you all kinds of cutting edge technology that can be used with amateur radio and connect you to other young hams and mentors in North, Central, and South America. Already an expert? We’re looking for young hams to take their knowledge to the next level and share their previous knowledge with other young hams. The camp will … Read More Youth New England Sci-Tech: “Building Electronic Gadgets: Beginning Soldering” at Girl Scout STEM Conference Workshop, March 14, 2020 February 19, 2020 February 19, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment New England Sci-Tech members will participate in the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts 2020 STEM Conference Workshop on Saturday, March 14, 2020, from 9 AM to 5 PM on the campus of Framingham State College. New England Sci-Tech will present “Building Electronic Gadgets: Beginner Soldering.” The workshop will teach girl scouts how to solder electronic parts together to make their own blinking gadget to wear and impress friends. According to the Conference organizers, “Our dynamic workshop presenters, leaders in their STEM fields, are excited to share their knowledge with you! Workshops may include coding, toxicology, space science, wildlife conservation, biochemistry … Read More Affiliated Clubs Pilgrim Amateur Wireless Association Meets February 21, 2020 February 19, 2020 February 19, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment The Pilgrim Amateur Wireless Association will hold its next business meeting on February 21, 2020 at 7:00 PM in the Margaret Stone Conference Room, Morton Hospital, 88 Washington Street, Taunton. Raffle tickets go on sale at 6:30 PM. We will have discussions on new events, activities, and new ideas you may have along with items for sale by club members and new radio gear you may have. Stop by to see what we have planned for the new year. New members are always welcome. Check in for talk-ins along the way. You can find us on our club repeaters: 147.135 … Read More Operating Down Under Special Event Will Use Former Radio Australia Antennas February 19, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment From ARRL Web: Over the March 14 – 15 weekend, members of the Shepparton and District Amateur Radio Club (SADARC) in Australia will be on the air as VI3RA (Radio Australia), connecting their transceivers to the curtain array and rhombic antennas at the former Radio Australia site in Shepparton. Radio Australia ceased transmitting from the site in 2017. VI3RA will operate on 40, 30, 20, 17, and 15 meters. [Full story] Read More Affiliated Clubs / Technical Nashoba Valley ARC “Tech Morning” Participants Engage in Interesting and Varying Discussions February 19, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment Stan Pozerski, KD1LE, writes in the February, 2020 issue of The Signal: “Tech Morning continues to meet every week at 10:15 AM, Mondays at the Pepperell Community Center. “From week to week we engage in widely (and wildly) varying, ad hoc, discussions on topics of current interest. At times we have a major common project focus, as we had for many months with the Arduino Antenna Analyzer. Mostly though, we just ragchew on our radio interests and issues of the week. “In a recent session we discussed a kit Peter, N1ZRG, found for building a nixie tube digital clock for … Read More Affiliated Clubs Waltham ARA Meets February 26, 2020 February 19, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment The Waltham Amateur Radio Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 PM on February 26, 2020 at the New York Life building, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA. Directions: From beautiful downtown Waltham, stay on Main St. where it forks right onto Route 117. Jones Rd. is the 2nd left after the bridge over Route 128/95. New York Life is a six story office building at the end of Jones Rd. Turn right immediately before the building into the main parking lot. If nobody is at the door to let you in, knock on the conference room window to the … Read More Licensing Education & Training / Youth New England Sci-Tech Technician License in a Weekend, March 7-8, 2020 February 18, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment For junior high and high school students, homeschool students, and adults interested in wireless communications and electronics, this fast-paced, two-day course will get you ready to take the Amateur Radio Technician license exam. Topics range from the science of radio electronics to the FCC rules governing the radio spectrum. Some preliminary reading and study is necessary to get the best results from this course. Material will be sent a few days before the course. The Technician level course runs on Saturday, 8:30 AM-5 PM and Sunday, 8:30 AM-1 PM, followed by the FCC Technician exam at 1:00, at New England Sci-Tech, … Read More Affiliated Clubs “Members Short Subjects” at Nashoba Valley ARC, February 20, 2020 February 17, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment The Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club’s February meeting is Thursday, February 20th at 7:30 PM at the Pepperell Community Center (in Pepperell). That’s this coming Thursday. This month’s meeting program is our annual “Members Short Subjects” night. If you have a short presentation, please let one of the Officers or Board Members know so we can plan the meeting accordingly (you can reply to this email or call me at the number below). Especially, please let us know if you need any particular equipment such as speakers. The regular presentation equipment should be there with a screen, VGA LCD projector, … Read More All Call for Speakers, 2020 Northeast HamXposition @ Marlborough February 17, 2020 February 17, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment !!! NEW DATE AND VENUE !!! Don’t just attend the 2020 Northeast HamXposition @ Marlborough—BE A PART OF IT! The HamXposition Committee seeks fresh and exciting presentations for this year’s ARRL New England Division Convention, July 24-26, 2020 . We’re looking for talks of both a technical and non-technical nature. As a HamXposition speaker, you will have the opportunity to share your subject and knowledge with Amateur Radio operators from around New England, surrounding states, and Canada. In addition to forums throughout the day Saturday, we will feature Saturday evening entertainment, workshops on Friday, and a half-day Sunday program. … Read More Affiliated Clubs Massasoit ARA Meets February 18, 2020 February 17, 2020 February 17, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment The next meeting of the Massasoit Amateur Radio Association is Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at 6:30 PM at the Bridgewater Emergency Operations Center, in Bridgewater. MARA holds monthly meetings each third Tuesday of the month. In addition, members conduct “meetings on the air” each Tuesday at 8 PM on the 147.180 MHz repeater (PL 67.0 Hz). Read More Licensing Education & Training Bristol County RA VE Test Session on February 24, 2020 February 17, 2020 - by k9hi - Leave a Comment *** If a test session falls on a major holiday it will be delayed by a week. *** Reminder: Bristol County Repeater Association VE Test Session When: Monday, 17 24 February 2020, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, (GMT-05:00) America/New York Where: Stop and Shop Somerset, MA Community Room 2nd Floor Description: Come in the entrance on the Fall River side, near the Dunkin Donuts in the store, stairs and elevator will be on the right, go left on second ...