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).
Note: due to uncertainty surrounding responses to the coronavirus, always double-check before getting in the car or boarding the T to attend an event.
March 2023
4 Deadline for articles for the March SPARC
4 34th Amateur Radio & Electronics Hamfest, Chicopee, MA
4–5 ARRL International DX Contest — Phone
6 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
12 North American Sprint, RTTY
13 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
16 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
18 Great Hill Gang “Day of Radio”, N. Weymouth, MA
20 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
25–26 CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB
27 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
31 End of the grace period for 2023 membership renewals
April 2023
1 Mariana Trench QSO Party
3 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
8 Deadline for articles for the April SPARC
8 Seacoast Amateur Radio Flea Market, Hampton, NH
10 BARC VE Session, Artisans Asylum, Allston, 7:30 pm
10 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
14–15 Maritime Radio Day
16 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
16 ARRL Rookie Roundup — Phone
17 Boston Marathon (public service event)
17 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
18 World Amateur Radio Day
20 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
20 SKYWARN Training Class, Lowell, MA, 6:00 pm
22 International Marconi Day
24 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
28–29 NEAR-Fest, Deerfield, NH
May 2023
1 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
3 SKYWARN Training Class geared towards the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community, Framingham, MA, 6:30 pm
4 SKYWARN Training Class, Providence, RI, 5:00 pm
6 Deadline for articles for the May SPARC
6–7 New England QSO Party
8 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
15 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
18 BARC General Meeting, Artisans Asylum, Allston, and Zoom, 7:30 pm
19–21 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH
21 Flea at MIT, Cambridge
22 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm
27–28 CQ WW WPX Contest, CW
29 BARC Net, 145.23 Boston Repeater, 9:00 pm