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 2026
1 Eastern MA ARES Section Exercise
1–2 ARRL 222 MHz and Up Distance Contest
3 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
8 Deadline for articles for the August SPARC
8–9 ARRL EME — 2.3 GHz & Up
10 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
13–16 Northeast HamXposition, Marlborough
15–17 ARRL 10 GHz & Up — Round 1
16 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
16 ARRL Rookie Roundup, RTTY
17 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
24 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
31 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
September 2026
5 Deadline for articles for the September SPARC
5–6 ARRL EME — 2.3 GHz & Up
7 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
12 150th anniversary of Colorado: Colorado QSO Party
12–14 ARRL September VHF Contest
14 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
17 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
19–20 New Hampshire QSO PArty
19–21 10 GHz & Up — Round 2
20 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
21 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
28 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
October 2026
2–3 NEARFest, New Boston, NH
3 Deadline for articles for the October SPARC
3–4 ARRL Collegiate QSO Party
5 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
12 BARC VE Session, Artisans Asylum, Allston, 7:30 pm
12 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
15 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
18 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
19 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
19–23 ARRL School Club Roundup
24–25 CQ WW DX Contest, SSB
26 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
30 QRP Zombie Shuffle
31–Nov. 1 ARRL EME — 50 to 1296 MHz