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).
August 2025
2 ARES Exercise “Operation Summer Strike”
2–3 ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest
4 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
9 Deadline for articles for the August SPARC
11 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
16–18 ARRL 10 GHz & Up — Round 1
16–17 ARRL EME — 2.3 GHz & Up
17 ARRL Rookie Roundup — RTTY
17 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
18 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
21–24 Northeast HamXposition, Marlborough
25 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
30–31 US Islands QSO Party
September 2025
1 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
6 Deadline for articles for the September SPARC
8 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
13 SS John W Brown Living History Cruise Special Event
13–14 ARRL EME — 2.3 GHz & Up
13–15 ARRL September VHF Contest
14 North American Sprint, CW
15 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
18 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
20–22 ARRL 10 GHz & Up — Round 2
21 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
21 North American Sprint, RTTY
22 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
29 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
October 2025
3–4 NEAR-Fest, New Boston, NH
4 Deadline for articles for the October SPARC
6 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
13 BARC VE Session, Artisans Asylum, Allston, 7:30 pm
11–12 ARRL EME — 50 to 1296 MHz
13 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
16 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
19 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
20 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
20–24 ARRL School Club Roundup
25–26 CQ WW Contest, SSB
27 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm