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ARRL New England Division Director Candidates Forum at Northeast HamXpostion

The three candidates who are running to become the next New England Division Director participated in a Candidates Forum at the Northeast HamXpostion in Marlborough, MA recently. The Candidate Forum was moderated by Don Arthur, K1DCA. Thanks to Jim Palmer, KB1KQW for recording and producing the video of the Candidate Forum.

Don asked a series of thoughtful questions that enabled those present to learn what each candidate was about and how they planned to take the ARRL and the Amateur Radio Service forward into the future. The candidates did not know what Don’s questions would be in advance.

I hope that you will take the time to watch the video to learn about my plans as your Director.

New England ARRL members will be sent their ballots by mail on October 1st. Ballots are due back to due back at ARRL HQ no later than 12:00 pm on November 19th.

Fred, AB1OC

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Next SOTA/POTA Kearsage Mtn. September 25th

Our next  SOTA hike of 2021 is Saturday, September 25th.  Bring a sweater or fleece and a rain jacket just in case it can get pretty breezy and cool in the mountains even if we manage to get bright sunny skies. I will be monitoring the Henniker 147.195 machine as well as 147.555 simplex on the ride up.

Kearsage
John KB1EEU’s operating position on Mt. Kearsarge

 

The plan for our  Mt. Kearsarge activation is to meet at the picnic grounds at 11:00 am. Navigate to  Rollins State park 1066 Kearsarge Mountain Road Warner, NH 03278 and take the auto road up to the picnic grounds  You can get a parking permit at their website here. It is highly recommended to get a permit as there is limited parking available.

Anyone that wants to hike up from the other side and meet us here is the physical address of Winslow State park 475 Kearsarge Mountain Rd, Wilmot, NH 03287. Check The nhstateparks.org website you may need a parking reservation on this side of the mountain as well.

You can choose to operate at the picnic grounds or from the actual summit which is only .5 miles away.

As far as radios an HT with an upgraded rubber duck can get you surprising performance from even a modest gain in altitude so if that’s all you have bring it and try it out.   I’ll have my  6-meter QRP rig and a homebrew Moxon antenna. I haven’t had good propagation to give this antenna much of a try so I’m hoping for decent propagation.

Please leave a comment on this story or the updates in the forums that will follow as we get closer to the hike date with an idea of what bands you plan to operate so that club members that are unable to come will be looking for us on the bands.

I hope to see you on September 25th on Kearsarge!

73′

Jim Lajoie K1BRM

 

 

 

Featured, General, Member Spotlights

Fred AB1OC’s Town Hall Meeting

I held the first of what I hope will be many Town Hall Meetings with Hams in New England last evening. Thanks to all of the NARS members who took the time to join the Town Hall Meeting.

Town Hall Panel
Town Hall Panel

I was joined by a panel of Hams who are supporting my campaign and who are helping me to develop plans for the work I will do as ARRL New England Division Director.

After a brief introduction, we spent the evening answering questions from the folks who joined us for the Town Hall.

We recorded the Town Hall Meeting and I wanted to share it with our folks here. I would welcome to opportunity to hear your views and answer any additional questions that you might have. You can contact me at [email protected].

You can learn more about what I am planning to do as ARRL New England Division Director at elect.ab1oc.org.

Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC

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