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March Meeting – 200 Member Celebration!

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On Tuesday, March 5th, we held our March Meeting.  In addition to a great program, we celebrated reaching 200 members and took a group picture!

200 Member Celebration Cake
200 Member Celebration Cake

11 of the students in our Technician License Class became members and that brought our total members to 205!  To celebrate going over 200 members, we had a cake during the refreshments portion of the meeting.

Nashua Area Radio Society Group Photo
Nashua Area Radio Society Group Photo

We have been invited by the ARRL to be a featured club in their booth, the ARRL Expo at the Dayton Hamvention this year.  Our media team gathered all the club members at the meeting together for a group photo, which will be used to promote this event.

Speaker Joe Dzekevich, K1YOW
Speaker Joe Dzekevich, K1YOW

Our speaker was Joe Dzekevich, K1YOW, who gave a very interesting talk about 6 Meter Es Propagation.   You can view a copy of his slides at the link below.

Es and Weather HamSCI Boxboro 2018

Anita, AB1QB

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NARS to be ARRL Expo Spotlighted Club at Hamvention®

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The Nashua Area Radio Society has been invited by the ARRL to be a spotlighted club in the ARRL Expo at the 2019 Dayton Hamvention®!   The theme of this year’s Hamvention is “Mentoring the Next Generation” and the ARRL invited us to be part of their booth because of our focus on Education, new Ham Development, Mentoring, and Youth Outreach.

The Dayton Hamvention, now held at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, OH, is the largest Amateur Radio Convention in the world.  You will see booths from just about any vendor you can imagine.  There are also many educational forums on topics such as Contesting, Antennas, AMSAT, SDRs and much more!  This year’s Hamvention will be held on May 17th – 19th.

ARRL Expo at 2017 Hamvention
ARRL Expo at Hamvention

We will be taking a group photo of our members at the March Meeting this Tuesday, March 5th.  Please plan to attend the meeting so that you can be part of this photo!

If you would like to travel to Dayton to attend the Hamvention and would like to help staff the booth,  please contact Anita, AB1QB at [email protected] or talk to me before or after the meeting on Tuesday.

Anita, AB1QB

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NARS Youth Expo at Boxboro

The Nashua Area Radio Society put together a very successful Amateur Radio Youth Exposition at the New England Amateur Radio Convention at Boxboro this year.

Boxboro 2018 - Youth Expo Display
Boxboro 2018 – Youth Expo Display

Our Expo featured more than ten high-quality displays and hands-on activities which introduced young people to many aspects of Amateur Radio.

Boxboro 2018 - HF GOTA Coach Jerry K1OKD
Boxboro 2018 – HF GOTA Coach Jerry K1OKD

Our HF GOTA at Boxboro 2018 was a hit with many folks making their first HF contacts with us. We operated AB1OC-AB1QB’s station remotely via the Internet. We secured a the N1T special event callsign for Boxboro and we made over 150 contacts as N1T during the convention.

Boxboro 2018 - Satellite Station Operated by Burns WB1FJ
Boxboro 2018 – Satellite Station Operated by Burns WB1FJ

We also had our transportable satellite station at Boxboro and we made quite a few satellite contacts as N1T as well.

Boxboro 2018 - Space Comms Display
Boxboro 2018 – Space Comms Display

There was lots of interest in satellites between the satellite GOTA station and our Space Communications display.

Boxboro 2018 - Kit Building (Dan AC1EN and Mackenzie KE1NZY)
Boxboro 2018 – Kit Building (Dan AC1EN and Mackenzie KE1NZY)

We added a kit building activity to our Youth Expo at Boxboro and it was a big hit!

Builders (Burns WB1FJ and his Grandson)
Builders (Burns WB1FJ and his Grandson)

Over 40 K1EL Morse Code Tutor kits got built during the weekend with many parents and grandparents building kits along with the kids.

Boxboro 2018 - Karen KC1KBW - BGHS Teacher Building a Kit
Boxboro 2018 – Karen KC1KBW – BGHS Teacher Building a Kit

Some of our High-Altitude Balloon program students and teachers also had fun with the kit building activity.

Boxboro 2018 - Forum Presentation by Dan AC1EN
Boxboro 2018 – Forum Presentation by Dan AC1EN

We did three presentations related to the activities at our Youth Expo in the forums at Boxboro. The most popular one was about the many youth outreach projects that the Nashua Area Radio Society is doing.

Boxboro 2018 - Forum Presentation by Mackenzie KE1NZY and Fred AB1OC
Boxboro 2018 – Forum Presentation by Mackenzie KE1NZY and Fred AB1OC

Dan and Mackenzie Pooler (AC1EN and KE1NZY) helped me with this one and they brought a very valuable perspective on our youth outreach work.

Boxboro 2018 provided lots of great moments and memories for the many members who help with our Expo. Check out the photo memories above to see some more of these.

Boxboro 2018 - NARS Team at Boxboro
Boxboro 2018 – NARS Team at Boxboro

A very special THANK YOU to the many Nashua Area Radio Society members who helped throughout the weekend!

We are planning another Amateur Radio Youth Exposition as part of the New England Tech Trek at NEAR-Fest in October. Don’t miss it and please come out and help us create another great Amateur Radio experience at NEAR-Fest!

Fred, AB1OC

 

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