BARC’s March General Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 18th. There is no speaker scheduled. The meeting will be held at Artisans Asylum, 96 Holton St. in Allston. Directions are here. You may also join the meeting on Zoom.
The meeting will open for a period of socializing at 7:00 pm and the meeting will start at 7:30. On Zoom, please use your name and call sign (if you have one) as your meeting name.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87557714647?pwd=ejgvOTF0blo1d2pyQWVLNm52UjBKdz09
Meeting ID: 875 5771 4647
Passcode: BARC
May SPARC is Now Available!
New England QSO Party, May 6–7
(via Tom Frenaye, K1KI.)
The New England QSO Party on May 6th and 7th 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 67 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your friends to join in the fun! Even if you can join us 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 at least 25 QSOs 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 871 stations from around the country and world. There were 295 stations from New England on the air!
The full rules are here: https://neqp.org/rules/
The full 2022 results were posted a couple of weeks ago: https://neqp.org/2022-new-england-qso-party/
This next weekend is the 2023 NEQP. Please get on and make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!
April SPARC Now Available!
BARC VE Session, Monday, April 10, 7:30 pm
BARC will be holding a Volunteer Exam session on Monday, April 10, at 7:30 pm at the Artisans Asylum in Allston. Exams for all license levels will be available. General information on these sessions can be found here.
Reservations are required, we cannot take walk-ins. To reserve a space, contact Joe Chapman, NV1W, at joechapman@alum.mit.edu or Jim Clogher, N1ICN, at n1icn@arrl.net.
March SPARC Now Available!
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, Mar. 16, 7:30 pm
BARC’s March General Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16. There is no speaker scheduled. The meeting will be held at Artisans Asylum, 96 Holton St. in Allston. Directions are here. You may also join the meeting on Zoom.
The meeting will open for a period of socializing at 7:00 pm and the meeting will start at 7:30. On Zoom, please use your name and call sign (if you have one) as your meeting name.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87535243291?pwd=VWpKVmRFODhCVFZqL1B4dDNGYUxaUT09
Meeting ID: 875 3524 3291
Passcode: BARC
New England Division Town Hall Meeting – Feb 23rd, 7 pm
(From Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC)
Phil Temples K9HI, our Assistant Directors, and I will hold our next New England Division Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, February 23rd, at 7 pm ET. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide you with an ARRL update, get your thoughts on what we should be focusing on, and answer any questions you might have about the ARRL and what we are doing on behalf of ARRL members here in New England.
We plan to spend a good deal of our time together answering your questions. If you’d like to send us a question in advance, you can do so via an email to ab1oc@arrl.org, or you can just plan to ask your questions during the Town Hall Meeting.
We will hold our Town Hall Meeting via a Zoom Webinar. You can get your personal link to join the Town Hall Meeting via the following link (paste the link in your browser to register) – https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-4QVGZj_THG1VXImuTnazQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
We hope to see you on February 23rd!
February SPARC Now Available!
BARC General Meeting, Thursday, Feb. 16, 7:30 pm
BARC’s February General Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 16. There is no speaker scheduled. The meeting will be held at Artisans Asylum, 96 Holton St. in Allston. Directions are here. You may also join the meeting on Zoom.
The meeting will open for a period of socializing at 7:00 pm and the meeting will start at 7:30. On Zoom, please use your name and call sign (if you have one) as your meeting name.
Meeting ID: 875 2003 7213
Passcode: BARC