This calendar lists upcoming club events and other events of interest to members and Boston-area hams.
For more contest information see the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM’s Contest Calendar. For information on upcoming hamfests and conventions, see the search page on the ARRL website.
Not listed (due to frequency) is the twice-weekly SST (Slow Speed Test) run by our friends at the K1USN club. This is a short, relaxed CW contest with a maximum speed of 20 wpm. SSTs are held on Fridays at 20:00–21:00 UTC and Mondays at 00:00–01:00 UTC (Sunday night Eastern time).
April 2025
1 Dumpsters on the Air special event
5 Deadline for articles for the April SPARC
7 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
13 ARRL Rookie Roundup — Phone
14 BARC VE Session, Artisans Asylum, Allston, 7:30 pm
14 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
17 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
18 World Amateur Radio Day
19 Boston 5K (public service event)
20 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
21 Boston Marathon (public service event)
21 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
26 International Marconi Day
26 Great Hill Gang “Day of Radio”, N. Weymouth
27 Run of the Charles (public service event)
28 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
May 2025
2–3 NEAR-Fest, New Boston, NH
3 Deadline for articles for the May SPARC
3–4 New England QSO Party
5 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
10 Nashua Area Radio Society Ham Bootcamp (on Zoom)
12 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
15 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
16–18 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH
18 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
19 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
24–25 CQ WW WPX Contest, CW
26 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
June 2025
2 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
7 Deadline for articles for the June SPARC
7–8 ARRL International Digital Contest
7–8 Museum Ships Weekend
9 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
14–16 ARRL June VHF Contest
15 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
16 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
19 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
21 ARRL Kids Day
22 Boston 10K (public service event)
23 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
28–29 Field Day, Hale Education, Westwood
28–29 Bike MS: Cape Cod Getaway (public service event)
30 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm