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).
November 2025
1 FARAFest, Bourne, MA
1–3 ARRL November Sweepstakes — CW
1–8 National Amateur Radio Alliance Club Week
3 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
8 Deadline for articles for the November SPARC
8–9 ARRL EME — 50 to 1296 MHz
8–11 US Air Force MARS Annual Special Event
9 BAA Half Marathon (public service event)
10 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
15 Eastern MA ARES SET “Operation November Wind”
15–17 ARRL November Sweepstakes — Phone
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
December 2025
1 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
5–7 ARRL 160 Meter Contest
6 SKYWARN Recognition Day [cancelled]
6 Deadline for articles for the December SPARC
8 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
13–14 ARRL 10 Meter Contest
15 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
21 ARRL Rookie Roundup—CW
22 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
29 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
January 2026
1 ARRL Straight Key Night
3 Deadline for articles for the January SPARC
3 ARRL Kids Day
3–4 ARRL RTTY Roundup
5 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
10–11 North American QSO Party, CW
12 BARC VE Session, Artisans Asylum, Allston, 7:30 pm
12 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
17–18 North American QSO Party, SSB
17–19 ARRL January VHF Contest
19 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
24–26 Winter Field Day, AMC Ponkapoag Camp, Randolph
26 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
31 End of the discount for 2026 membership renewals