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).
March 2025
1–2 ARRL International DX Contest, Phone
3 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
8 Deadline for articles for the March SPARC
9 North American Sprint, RTTY
10 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
17 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
20 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
24 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
29–30 CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB
31 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
31 End of the grace period for 2025 membership renewals
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
20 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
21 Boston Marathon (public service event)
21 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
28 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
May 2025
3 Deadline for articles for the May SPARC
3–4 New England QSO Party
5 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
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