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Club QSO Party, June 20–21

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If you’re looking to get in some operating the weekend before Field Day, there will be a Club QSO Party in honor of the ARRL’s having declared 2026 the “Year of the Club”. It runs from 00:00 UTC June 20 through 23:59 UTC on June 21. Anything goes as long as RF is involved: any band (though like any contest, you should avoid the WARC bands) and any mode. Even repeater contacts count!

Rules are here: https://www.clubqsoparty.org. The exchange, for a club member (any club), is “C”. Sounds like a great opportunity to try out CW to me. However, you are also asked to suffix your callsign with the age of the club (in years) you belong to! For BARC members, that would be “/38”.

Long Island CW Club offering free training in June

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[Thanks to Arne, AC1UT, for drawing my attention to this. —NV1W.]

The Long Island CW Club is offering free Field Day CW training during the month of June, and for the first time this training is open to all amateur radio operators, not just LICW members.

ARRL Field Day 2026 takes place June 27–28. The Field Day operating period begins at 1800 UTC Saturday and runs through 2059 UTC Sunday. This year’s theme is “Amateur Radio: A National Resource.”

LICW will conduct nine Field Day CW training classes each week. These live Zoom sessions will focus on the practical skills needed for Field Day CW operation, including the Field Day exchange, operating rhythm, listening, sending, common abbreviations, recovery, and confidence-building.

This is a great opportunity for anyone who is curious about CW, returning to CW after time away, preparing for a first Field Day CW contact, or simply interested in understanding how CW works during Field Day.

There is no charge to attend.

Schedule and Zoom access information is available on the LICW website: https://longislandcwclub.org.

NE QSO PARTY

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Hello All, 

We appreciate you guys waiting till the last minute for news about the NE QSO party. The weather is looking salvageable possibly similar today cloudy not super warm with a chance of rain but we’ve decided we’re going to operate for a short window in the early afternoon.

Quick details:

Where: Millienium Park

Time: 10 am to 1pm 

Bring: Warm clothes, weather protection. 

We will have a radio for people to use and see but welcome to bring your own. 

Monitor: BARCs .23 Machine

Full Details.

We are going to head to Millienium Park and operate from there around 10am to 1pm. 

I have included a picture of the top parking lot and where we typically operate from. Once parked at the Top Southern lot head west word past the soccer fields to a small clearing with a few trees that has some picnic benches and tables this typically where we operate. 

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In the picture included we typically park somewhere near the blue square and the operate somewhere near the orange square. It’s a bit of a hike as a walk so if you have a lot of equipment prepare to bring something to carry it and transport it with.

I will bring my KX3 and the club’s KX3 as well as a wire antenna and a vertical for use. 

As always all hands young old and almost hams are welcome to join If you want to get on the air we can get you on the air if you just want to come and observe and talk radio we absolutely welcome that as well. There are porta potties but they are also a bit of a walk and plans just warm. 

Looking forward to seeing many of you there. 

New England QSO Party, May 3–4

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[From Tom Frenaye, K1KI.] BARC is planning to participate on Sunday, May 4 from Millennium Park in West Roxbury. For more information, see the bostonARC@groups.io mailing list or contact w1bos@arrl.net.

The New England QSO Party on May 3rd and 4th is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations.

Our goal is to get every one of the counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your members to join in the fun! Even if you can only join the fun for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org.

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with 25 QSOs or more will get a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world—and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular!

Last year we had logs from 212 New England stations and 516 more logs from around the country and world.

The full rules are here: www.neqp.org/rules. The 2024 results were posted last weekend: https://neqp.org/2024-new-england-qso-party/.

It’s just under three weeks until the 2025 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!

POTA Outing, Saturday, July 27, Herter Park

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BARC will be having a summer Parks on the Air (POTA) outing on Saturday, July 27, beginning at 10:00 am at Herter Park (part of the Charles River Reservation, park US-8405) in Allston. The location is reasonably accessible using the T, and there is free parking.

Bring yourself and a radio if you have one, and lunch or refreshments. For newcomers to POTA, we can help you activate your first park. You are encouraged to visit the POTA website to review the rules and sign up.

The goal is to have some fun, play some radio, get on and learn HF, especially if you’ve never done so before.

For more information or if you have questions, contact Brendan, NW1S, at nw1s.brendan@gmail.com.

New England QSO Party — 2024

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[Via Tom Frenaye, K1KI. — NV1W.]

The New England QSO Party on May 4th and 5th is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations.

Our goal is to get every one of the 68 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your friends to join in the fun! Even if you can only join us for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org.

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80–40–20–15–10 meters. For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your state/county. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with at least 25 QSOs will be sent a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world — and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular!

Last year we received logs from 784 stations from around the country and world. There were 808 stations from New England on the air!

The full rules are here -> http://neqp.org/rules/

Results from the 2023 NEQP were posted a couple of weeks ago — https://neqp.org/2023-new-england-qso-party/

The 2024 NEQP will take place in three weeks. Please get on and make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!

Thanks!

73 Tom/K1KI

New England QSO Party, May 6–7

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(via Tom Frenaye, K1KI.)

The New England QSO Party on May 6th and 7th is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations.

Our goal is to get every one of the 67 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your friends to join in the fun! Even if you can join us for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org.

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with at least 25 QSOs will get a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world—and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular!

Last year we had logs from 871 stations from around the country and world. There were 295 stations from New England on the air!

The full rules are here: https://neqp.org/rules/

The full 2022 results were posted a couple of weeks ago: https://neqp.org/2022-new-england-qso-party/

This next weekend is the 2023 NEQP. Please get on and make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!

New England QSO Party, May 7–8

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(From Tom, K1KI) The New England QSO Party on May 7th and 8th is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You’ll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations.

Our goal is to get every one of the 67 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage your friends to join in the fun! Even if you can join the fun for a couple of hours, we’d appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org.

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you’ll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who sends in a log with 25 or more QSOs will get a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world—and their goal is to work New England stations, so you’ll be very popular!

Last year we had logs from 947 stations from around the country and world.

The full rules are here: https://neqp.org/rules/.

The full 2021 results were posted last month: https://neqp.org/2021-new-england-qso-party/.

It’s just three weeks until the 2022 NEQP. Please get on and make some QSOs even if you don’t want to send in a log!

Thanks!