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I am a DX'er and digital contesting op. I am the current membership chairperson for the Nashua Area Radio Society.

CW Class Starting February 17th

Morse Code
Morse Code

Do you understand the morse code above?    Are you planning to build our February Tech Night Project and want to learn to use it?   Do you want to make more DX contacts?  Even though Morse Code proficiency is no longer required for your Ham Radio license, there is still more CW on the air than Phone and Digital modes combined. You don’t want to miss out on these contacts!

Keys 2
CW Keys

CW Class Starting February 17th

Thanks to our Morse Code Instructors, Mike, K1WVO, and Dennis, K1LGQ, we will be holding another CW Class.  The classes will start on February 17th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and will run for at least 6 weeks.  It will be held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Nashua.    You will be able to practice copying CW as well as sending CW during the class.  Toward the end of the class, if you practice regularly, you will get on the air via a CW slow net or scheduled QSOs among the students.

Our CW Class Instructors
Our CW Class Instructors

The class will be geared to the needs of those attending, whether you are just learning or if you attended a previous class and hope to build up your speed.

Hope to see you at the class.  Plan to bring a notebook and pen or pencil to copy CW.

Bouvet Island: Coming Soon to an HF Frequency Near You

Bouvet Island is one of the most remote uninhabited islands in the world.    It is 2700 miles east of South America, 1000 miles North of Antarctica and 1800 miles west  of Africa.   It is also the 2nd most wanted DX Entity just below P5, North Korea.

Map of Bouvet Island
Map of Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island DXpedition

A team of 20 Ham Radio Operators from all over the world is currently on a boat headed to Bouvet.   They are headed there to operate for 2 weeks as 3Y0Z, so that the rest of us can get Bouvet Island in our logs.  Their ship sailed for Punta Arenas, Chile on January 19th for the 10-12 day trip to Bouvet.  You can watch their progress here,  

Visit their website at http://www.bouvetdx.org/to see the latest news of their voyage and operation and learn more about Bouvet, where they plan to operate, who the team is, how to work them, check if you are in their log, and get a QSL.  You can also follow them on Facebook by joining this group.

Good luck – hope you get them in the log!

Anita, AB1QB

New Activity: Monthly Breakfasts

We have started a new activity, monthly breakfasts.  The breakfasts are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month, and we choose a different restaurant each month so that over time there is one close to each member’s QTH.

Temple Street Diner

Dave, K1DLM, at the Temple Street Diner Monthly Breakfast
Dave, K1DLM, at the Temple Street Diner

Our most recent breakfast was held at the Temple Street Diner in Nashua.  Members John, W1SMN, Patrick, KC1HDN, Mike, K1WVO, Ari, WB1ABC,  Dave, K1DLM, Fred, AB1OC,  Anita, AB1QB along with spouses and roommates.  We had some great conversation about Station upgrades, winter in New England, classic radios and computers, NEAR-fest and many other topics and the food was great!

Temple Street Diner Monthly Breakfasts
Temple Street Diner (W1SMN, KC1HDN and friends)
Mike, K1WVO at the Temple Street Diner monthly Breakfast
Mike, K1WVO at the Temple Street Diner

Parker’s Maple Barn

Breakfast at Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH

We held the December Breakfast at Parker’s Maple Barn in Mason, NH.  We all had great pancakes and enjoyed some holiday shopping in their gift shop.

Joey’s Diner

Breakfast at Joey's Diner
Breakfast at Joey’s Diner (WB1ABC and his XYL, K1WVO, AB1NS, and AB1OC)
Breakfast at Joey's Diner
Breakfast at Joey’s Diner (AB1BY, AG1A, AB1QB, and KC1ENX)

We held the first breakfast on November 18th at Joey’s Diner in Amherst, NH.

Do you have a favorite breakfast spot?  Email me at [email protected] and we’ll plan a future breakfast there.   Hope to see you at our next Breakfast on February 17th.  Stay tuned to the forums for the location!

Anita, AB1QB

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