General, On The Air

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

Education and Training, Featured, General, Space, Youth Activities

Importance of Amateur Radio in Schools

It is vitally important that we make efforts to bring Amateur Radio to young people in schools and other venues. When we spend time bringing Amateur Radio to young people, we accomplish two important things. First, we have the potential to change a young person’s life for the better by involving them in Amateur Radio, a hobby and a service that inspires a lifetime of STEM learning and often leads to lifelong careers in Science or Engineering.

Secondly, our work in schools is one of the very best ways that we can make the general public aware of the positive benefits that Amateur Radio provides to their kids and to the general public…

Source: The Importance of Amateur Radio in Schools

In my role as an ARISS Program Mentor, I recently had the pleasure of spending a week with Sussex County Charter School for Technology students and teachers to help teachers there to deliver their summer Radio Camp.

The summer Radio Camp was a STEM education program that the school developed in support of their upcoming contact with an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). Members of the local Sussex County Amateur Radio Club teamed with the teachers at the school to deliver a 5-day program grounded in STEM learning through Amateur Radio.

You can read more about the activities that we did at the week-long summer Radio Camp via the link above.

Fred, AB1OC

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