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New England QSO Party, May 3–4

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[From Tom Frenaye, K1KI.] BARC is planning to participate on Sunday, May 4 from Millennium Park in West Roxbury. For more information, see the bostonARC@groups.io mailing list or contact w1bos@arrl.net.

The New England QSO Party on May 3rd and 4th 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 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your members to join in the fun! Even if you can only join the fun 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 county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with 25 QSOs or more will get 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 had logs from 212 New England stations and 516 more logs from around the country and world.

The full rules are here: www.neqp.org/rules. The 2024 results were posted last weekend: https://neqp.org/2024-new-england-qso-party/.

It’s just under three weeks until the 2025 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!

BARC General Meeting, Thursday, March 20

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The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, March 20, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. This month’s speaker will be Brendan Baldonado, NW1S, who will be giving a talk on multimeters.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84367813573?pwd=KeVTrRBayxOGu4ngGnfcT4LKaGbGWX.1

Meeting ID: 843 6781 3573
Passcode: BARC

BARC General Meeting, Thursday, February 20

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The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, February 20, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30. This month’s speaker will be Joe Chapman, NV1W, who will be giving a talk on getting started with and using Logbook of the World.

Zoom meeting info:
Meeting ID: 878 1598 3319
Passcode: BARC
Meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87815983319?pwd=dHvuoV5bSd7ZWATkdQBIQCraIYHFPx.1

Amateur Radio Exam Session, Monday, January 13

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BARC will be holding its quarterly Volunteer Exam (VE) session on Monday, January 13, starting at 7:30 pm, at Artisans Asylum in Allston. You must have a reservation, which you can get by contacting Joe, NV1W, at joechapman@alum.mit.edu. More information can be found here.

We could always use additional volunteer examiners. If you are already accredited by the ARRL VEC, you can be added to our team without any hassle. If you want to become a Volunteer Examiner but aren’t accredited, NV1W can help you with the process. While theoretically anyone can become a VE, the things a VE who does not hold an Amateur Extra license can do are very limited.

BARC General Meeting, Thursday, October 17

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The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, October 17, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30.

Our speaker will be Tom Frenaye, K1KI, a candidate for Director of the New England Region of the American Radio Relay League. All are welcome to join us, even if you are not yet a member of the club or are not yet licensed.

Zoom meeting info:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89252711947?pwd=aNReavMs5UvIYwJwn2q0IvEgEfrprX.1
Meeting ID: 892 5271 1947
Passcode: BARC

BARC General Meeting, Thursday, September 19

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The Boston Amateur Radio Club will have its regular General Meeting Thursday, September 19, at both Artisans Asylum and Zoom. We will begin with a period of socializing at 7:00 and the meeting proper will begin at 7:30.

Our speaker will be Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, the Director for the New England Region of the American Radio Relay League. All are welcome to join us, even if you are not yet a member of the club or are not yet licensed.

Zoom Meeting ID: 826 7330 6804 Passcode: BARC
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82673306804?pwd=iAchYWLx2waxQ5ExYanUQprmEpggD2.1