Category Archives: Activities

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

Thirteen Colonies Special Event – We are Top Club and Top State!!

Well, it’s finally official – our Club is again the Top Club for the Thirteen Colonies Special Event 2017! Thanks to all of the hard work by the operators from our club, we also made K2K New Hampshire the Top State in the 2017 event with a total of 12, 838 contacts. We edged out K2M Pennsylvania by just 5 contacts!

Thirteen Colonies Special Event – K2K New Hampshire QSL Card
Thirteen Colonies Special Event – K2K New Hampshire QSL Card

Congratulations to all of our 2017 operators for a tremendous job well done!

Our 2017 Operator Team

  • AB1BY – Abby, Nashua, NH
  • AB1OC – Fred, Hollis, NH
  • AB1QB – Anita, Hollis, NH
  • AB1ZO – Brian Operating from AB1OC, Hollis, NH
  • AE1N – Layne, Nashua, NH – CW Only
  • AG1A – Wayne and Family (Megan and Mikayla), Operating from AB1OC, Hollis, NH
  • K1DLM – Dave, Windham, NH
  • K1HMS – Hamilton, Amherst, NH
  • K1LGQ – Dennis, Brookline, NH – QRP
  • KC1EMJ – Ira, Nashua, NH
  • KC1ENX – Jamey, Nashua, NH
  • N1CMD – Curtis, Peterborough, NH – Digital
  • W3UA – Gene, Bedford, NH – CW Only
  • WK1V – Desmond, Merrimack, NH

Our operator team also set an all-time record total number of contacts for K2K New Hampshire and increased our score from last year by +3,119 contacts.

You can learn more about the special event here. Also, check out Layne’s Thirteen Colonies soapbox article.

Thanks to all of our ops!

Fred, AB1OC
Thirteen  Colonies Special Event, K2K New Hampshire State Manager

ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY – Sunday August 20

The ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY contest is open to anyone who was first licensed in 2015, 2016 or 2017 or anyone who has never made a RTTY mode contact.

We will be defending our title as #1 Multi-Op Area 1 in the ARRL Rookie Roundup – RTTY.  The contest will take place on August 20 from 2 pm – 8 pm and we will operate from AB1OC/AB1QB’s QTH.

This is a great opportunity for you to try out digital modes or to try your hand at contesting!

Abby, AB1BY and Jamey, KC1FFX operate during the 2016 Rookie Roundup RTTY
Abby, AB1BY and Jamey, KC1FFX  operate during the 2016 Rookie Roundup RTTY

Please contact Anita at [email protected] if you are interested and for more details, see the calendar event.

Anita, AB1QB

Join us for our Family Summer Picnic on August 19!

Our Family Summer Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, August 19th at Greeley Park in Nashua. All club members and their family members are invited.  This is the same day as the Greeley Park Art Show.

Summer Picnic Food
Pot Luck Lunch served at last year’s picnic

This will be a potluck lunch and members are encouraged to bring a dish. I have created a sign-up sheet. You can view it here.  Please edit this sheet to indicate whether you will attend, how many family members including yourself will attend, and what you will bring.

Rumor has it a fox may be on the loose in the park that day.

Summer Picnic Fox Hunt

We will start to gather around 10:00 am and lunch will be served at noon. Directions can be found on the club event calendar.

The rain date will be Saturday, August 26. If there is inclement weather in the forecast for August 19, stay tuned to our Forums for updates.

See you at our picnic!

Anita, AB1QB

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