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).
September 2023
4 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
9 Deadline for articles for the September SPARC
9–10 ARRL EME — 2.3 GHz & Up
9–10 Worked All Europe contest, SSB
9–11 ARRL September VHF Contest
10 North American Sprint, CW
11 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
16 Great Hill Gang “Day of Radio”, N. Weymouth
16–17 ARRL 10 GHz & up — Round 2
17 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
18 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
21 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
23–24 CW Worldwide RTTY Contest
24 North American Sprint, RTTY
25 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
30 Cystic Fibrosis Cycle for Life (public service event)
October 2023
2 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
7 Deadline for articles for the October SPARC
7–8 ARRL Collegiate QSO Party
9 BARC VE Session, Artisans Asylum, Allston, 7:30 pm
9 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
15 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
16 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
16–20 ARRL School Club Roundup
19 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
20–22 Head of the Charles Regatta (public service event)
23 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
28–29 ARRL EME — 50 to 1296 MHz Contest
28–29 CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
30 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
November 2023
4 Deadline for articles for the November SPARC
4 FARAFest, Bourne, MA
4–6 ARRL November Sweepstakes — CW
6 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
13 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
16 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
18–20 ARRL November Sweepstakes — Phone
20 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
25–26 ARRL EME — 50 to 1296 MHz
25–26 CQ WW DX Contest, CW
27 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm