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Field Day Locator! Looking for a Field Day site near you? Want to promote your club’s Field Day efforts? Use the Field Day Locator to do both! Learn More
ARRL Field Day is the most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.
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Field Day is ham radio’s open house. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio.
We welcome the public to come learn more about ham radio! Use our Field Day Locator to search for a Field Day site near you.
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2019 Event Dates: July 1, 9AM to July 7, Midnight Eastern (July 1-1300Z to July 8-0400Z)
Update — sign up DEADLINE is this Wednesday, June 19 — don’t miss out.
I’m seeking activators for K2H, the shared Special Event callsign for all Massachusetts.
2019 13 Colonies Special Event Certificate
Please let everyone know about this opportunity. Activators can be added to the official 13 Colonies K2Hactivators list for either or bothW1AEC and their home stations.
Do you want to have the experience of being called instead of calling to make a contact? You’ll get calls from both domestic and DX operators who want to qualify for the certificate endorsements. As an activator of K2H, you will automatically qualify for a certificate. You can also contact other 13 Colonies S/E stations, including K2H, to earn your own endorsements.
You’d be surprised at how many contacts you can make with a simple wire antenna. You can work as many or few hour slots as you wish during the week. Each activator is self-scheduled by using an on-line calendar to reserve Band, Mode, and Hour blocks of air time. Also, at the end of the week, each activator submits their own Cabrillo logs to the new Massachusetts QSO / QSL coordinator, Larry Krainson-W1AST and QSO totals to Ken Villone-KU2US, event organizer.
Details will be available in about a week. Meanwhile, go to 13colonies.net for updated info. You can also go directly to QRZ.com; look up K2H for the latest details.
This event is NOT a contest; so 12m, 17m and 30m bands may be used.
Contact Larry-W1AST, link above, if you would like to be an activator or email me if you need more information, etc.
In late April, ARRL had announced that ARRL CEO Howard Michel, WB2ITX, would be on the air at W1AW on Monday, May 13, giving ARRL members a chance to chat with the CEO and get to know him better as a ham. An issue was raised, however, that this event may be a potential FCC rule violation.
The particular rule is §97.113: “A station is also not allowed to transmit communication in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an employer.” Given that ARRL is Michel’s employer and that an effort was made to publicize an event at which members of the organization could chat with the CEO, such an event could be perceived as a benefit to the organization. So, out of an abundance of caution and to avoid any potential violation of FCC rules, or even the appearance of a violation, Michel decided to cancel plans for the “Put Howard to Work” event.
“I’ve operated W1AW before and will continue to do so in the future,” Michel said. “I hope to meet many of you on the air, but only as part of my regular ham radio activities and not as part of an ARRL-promoted event.”
* ARRL CEO Howard Michel, WB2ITX, will operate W1AW to help members of the amateur radio community get to know Howard Michel, WB2ITX, the relatively new chief executive officer of the American Radio Relay League, a little better, the organizers of the “ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast” are putting on an event that will give ham radio operators the opportunity to chat with him in a very natural setting for all hams – on the air!
Michel will be at ARRL’s Maxim Memorial Station W1AW on Monday afternoon, May 13, at 2 p.m. EDT, operating on 20 meters (around the 14.250 MHz frequency on SSB) and will be ready to talk to anyone who wants to “work” him. Also, to commemorate this event, ARRL is creating a special QSL Card for those who connect with Michel via Maxim Memorial Station W1AW. Organizers hope that this card will become a prized part of most hams’ collections.
* Source: April 2019 – Eastern Massachusetts (EMA) Section News
Congratulations to these hams who passed their Technician exams at the April 6, 2019 VE Session:
Joshua Jorge —KC1LHT Denise Mullen– KH1LHS Gary L. Pacella — KC1LHU
Issued 4/16/2019.
Enjoy your new privileges!
********** Need help to get on the air?
Email us with your particular needs, including antennas, VHF/UHF handheld programming, SSB, CW and/or digital mode operation, etc. – radioevents [at] semara [dot] org.
When are you available? We may be able to arrange either 1-on-1 or small classes.
Congratulations to these hams who passed their exams at the February 2, 2019 VE Session:
Stuart Solomon, KC1KUX – General =>Upgraded: callsign W1SHS – Extra*** Nazar Rosa, KCIKZH – Technician** Mark R. St Pierre, KC1KZJ – Technician*
Enjoy your new/upgraded privileges!
***Effective 3/5/2019
**Effective 2/19/2019
*Effective 2/15/2019
Need help to get on the air?
Email us with your particular needs, including antennas, VHF/UHF handheld programming, SSB, CW and/or digital mode operation, etc. – radioevents [at] semara [dot] org.
When are you available? We may be able to arrange either 1-on-1 or small classes.
Congratulations to these hams who passed their exams at the December 1, 2018 VE Session:
Jeffrey M. Richard, Sr., KC1KDC – Extra
Joseph Pasteris, KC1FWN – General
John Regan, N1JLK – General
Frank Murray, KC1KPX – Technician
Edward H. Vacha, KC1KPW – Technician
Enjoy your new/upgraded privileges!
Need help to get on the air?
Email us with your particular needs, including antennas, VHF/UHF handheld programming, SSB, CW and/or digital mode operation, etc. – radioevents [at] semara [dot] org.
When are you available? We may be able to arrange either 1-on-1 or small classes.
Congratulations to these hams who passed their exams at the December 1, 2018 VE Session: