Category Archives: Activities

Nashua Area Radio Society activities. Included is Field Day, our Annual Picnic, Tech Nights, On The Air Activations and much more.

NARS Activities at Upcoming Regional, and National Ham Radio Conventions

The Nashua Area Radio Society will be hosting Amateur Radio Displays, Expos, and Forums at Regional and National Hamfests and Ham Radio Conventions over the next 6 months.

Dayton Hamvention ® 2019

2019 ARRL National Convention at Hamvention
2019 ARRL National Convention at Hamvention

We will be a Special Guest of the ARRL in their Booth at Dayton this year. You can learn more via the ARRL’s flyer here. Quite a few NARS members will be attending Dayton 2019 and many will be supporting our presence in the ARRL Booth. We will also be hosting the ARRL Member forum on Friday, May 17th in Room 3. If you are going to Dayton this year, stop by and meet our members and say Hello!

Boxboro Regional Amateur Radio Convention

Boxboro 2018 - NARS Team at Boxboro
NARS Team at Boxboro Regional Convention

We are also planning another Youth Expo at the Boxboro Regional Ham Convention to be held on September 6th, 7th, and 8th. Our Expo will feature over 10 Amateur Radio Displays including:

We are looking for NARS members to help us with these activities. Please contact Anita at [email protected] if you’d like to help.

It’s going to be a great few months for the Nashua Area Radio Society!

Fred, AB1OC

SOTA/POTA Activation of Miller State Park/Mount Pack Monadnock

The Nashua Area Radio Society will have our first Summits on the Air (SOTA)/Parks on the Air (POTA) activation of the year on Saturday, April 13th. This is great timing as it occurs just a few days after our Tech Night build of the Tape Measure Yagis!

6m Portable Antenna
AB1OC’s 6m Portable Antenna on Mount Pack Monadnock

Miller State Park is located at  13 Miller Park Road in Peterborough and is designated as K-2662 for POTA and W1/HA-041 (Pack Mount Monadnock) for SOTA. The park is open from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. There is a fee of $4/adult and $2/child (6-11 years old).

Al, KC1FOZ and Tom, KC1GGP Operating VHF-UHF Portable
Al, KC1FOZ and Tom, KC1GGP Operating VHF-UHF Portable on Mount Pack Monadnock

This is a great opportunity for an introduction to both the SOTA and POTA program. Miller State Park is the oldest state park in New Hampshire and has a 1.3-mile paved road leading to the 2,290′ summit of Mount Pack Monadnock. There are two hiking trails from the parking area to the summit as well. The Wapack Trail and the Marion Davis Trail, both are 1.4 miles long. I would expect the trails to be wet and slightly muddy, but mainly clear of snow. Those that would like to hike up should meet in the parking lot around 10:00 am and dress for the weather and trail conditions.

Abby’s, AB1BY 1st SOTA on Mt. Pack Monadnock

Those that are driving up should plan on being at the top by 11:00 am. If you have a portable radio please bring it. If you only have an HT you will be surprised by how many contacts you can make up on the summit. I will have at least two radios as well as an HT and I am happy to share!

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at [email protected].

Jamey, AC1DC

New Membership Meeting Presentations and Summaries

Scott, NE1RD has been putting together a great lineup of presenters for our Membership Meetings and Tech Nights. Our Members have asked that we include some of the Membership Meeting presentations that we’ve been seeing at our meeting here on our website. We’ve added a selected presentation archive to our Membership Meetings page for this purpose. You need to be logged into our website to see this material.

We have lots of activities going on and we begin each of our Membership Meetings with an update on what’s coming up and how our many projects are doing. We’re also going to include the update from our latest meeting as well.

You can find all of this material along with information about the speakers for our upcoming meetings on our Membership Meetings page.

Fred, AB1OC

 

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