The Nashua Area Radio Society has been recognized as the 2019 Hamvention® Club of the Year. Below is the video of the announcement from the DX Engineering facebook page. The Club of the Year announcement starts at 10:00 into the video and don’t forget to click on the speaker icon to hear the sound.
The theme of this year’s Hamvention® is “Mentoring the Next Generation” and we won the award for our mentoring and youth outreach activities including:
Here are some photos from some recent mentoring activities:
Teaching Amateur Radio Licence ClassesRookies and Elmers who joined the weekly repeater net.Students and the NARS Operator TeamHAB-3 Students Testing the HAB’s Radios
Thanks to all of our members who have put their time into helping the club to carry out these activities and for helping us to become Club of the Year. Thanks especially to Scott Andersen, NE1RD for getting us through the application process. Here is the writeup that we sent to the Hamvention® Awards team.
The Nashua Area Radio Society is starting a new program called New Ham Boot Camp. This will be a series of events to help you get on the air with your Amateur Radio License. You are invited to the first event, which will be held this Saturday, March 9th at Fred, AB1OC and Anita, AB1QB’s QTH and will include the following:
The event will be from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 9th. A light lunch will be provided.
If you are interested in attending, please email me at [email protected]. If you would like help with programming your HT, please email me the Make and Model.
Keith, KC1IMK working the Satellites with Fred, AB1OC
Some of the follow-on events will include the following. We’ll update the dates and places as we finalize the plans.
Topics
Date
HT Programming
Getting Started with Echolink
Join the Repeater Net
Fox Hunting
Shack Open House and Tour at AB1OC/AB1QB
Saturday, March 9th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Satellite Operating Session
Learn to Operate Digital
HF GOTA
SOTA (Summits on the Air) Intro
Saturday March 16th
starting After the NARS Breakfast (Around 10:00 am) to 2:00 pm
How to pick a Radio
Commercial Antenna Options
Group Trip to Ham Radio Outlet in Salem with Elmers
Tuesday March 19th
Build an Antenna for VHF/UHF
How to pick an antenna and tune it up
TBD
How to setup an HF Station
HF Radio Choices
Building, tuning, and putting up a first HF Antenna
Getting on 6 meters
Mobile HF
TBD
New Ham Contest (ARRL Rookie Roundup SSB)
Sunday, April 14th
Hands-on Field Day Visit
Friday - Sunday June 21st - 23rd
Join the Spring HAB Launch
May / June TBD
N1FD Multi-Op team at 2018 Rookie Roundup SSB
We also have many on the air activities planned to help you use the skills that you get through the bootcamp. See Get Active! for more information.
Group Trip to HRO
We hope to see our newly licensed members at Ham Radio Boot Camp and then hear you on the air!
The Nashua Area Radio Society recently hosted another Youth Expo as part of the New England Tech Trek (NETT) at Fall NEAR-Fest. Our display featured many hands-on activities and displays.
Fred, AB1OC Introduces Students to Amateur Radio in the NETT ClassroomAB1QB Teaching in the NETT Classroom
There were quite a few students and teachers who attended NETT on Friday. We had a classroom at NETT to introduce the students to Amateur Radio and the activities in our display.
GOTA and Special Event Stations
HF GOTA Fun – Ira, KC1EMJ hostingJon, AC1EV Helps a Student Get On The Air
We set up three GOTA stations (two remote HF and one Satellite) at NETT. This gave the students a chance to make some Amateur Radio contacts and experience Amateur Radio at NETT.
N1T Youth Expo Special Event QSL Card
We again hosted an N1T Special Event on the air. All of our GOTA stations used the N1T callsign. Operators and their guests made about 200 contacts as N1T during NEAR-Fest.
Here’s some video from our GOTA operations at NETT.
Learning Morse Code
Learning Morse Code at NETT – Mike, Bill, and Jamey are Mentors
Our Morse Code activity at NETT was popular. This gave the students to try out Morse Code and learn from our experts!
Satellite Operations
Burns WB1FJ Explaining Satellite OperationsSatellite Antennas at NETT
The Portable Satellite Station 3.0 was back again at NETT and Burns, WB1FJ spent quite a bit of time introducing the students and NEAR-Fest attendees to satellites and satellite operating.
Amateur Radio Displays
NARS Display at NETT
NARS had many displays at NETT and folks who were attended enjoyed learning about many different aspects of Amateur Radio from SOTA, to DXing, to Kits and Computers and more.
Fox Hunting
Jamey, AC1DC hosts a NETT Fox Hunt
Jamey, AC1DC hosted several Fox Hunts at NETT. I ran into several groups of his Fox Hunters throughout the weekend and they were having great fun!
Kit Building
NETT Kit Building – Mackenzie, KE1NZY and Bill, AB1AV MentoringKit Build Fun at NETT – Craig, N1SFT and his Family having kit fun together!
We hosted another kit build at NETT. The latest version of the Morse Tutor kits was available to build at NETT. Over 20 of these kits were built at NEAR-Fest.
Photos and Video from NETT at NEAR-Fest
NETT Signage
NETT Signage
AB1QB Teaching in NETT Classroom
AB1QB Teaching in NETT Classroom
NARS Display at NETT
NARS Display at NETT
NETT Display - SOTA
NETT Display - SOTA
Fred, AB1OC Introduces Students to Amateur Radio in the NETT Classroom
Fred, AB1OC Introduces Students to Amateur Radio in the NETT Classroom
N1T Special Event at NETT
N1T Special Event at NETT
Learning Morse Code at NETT
Learning Morse Code at NETT
Learning Morse Code at NETT - Mike, Bill, and jamey are Mentors
Learning Morse Code at NETT - Mike, Bill, and jamey are Mentors
Morse Code Fun at NETT
Morse Code Fun at NETT
Morse Code Fun at NETT
Morse Code Fun at NETT
NETT Kit Building - Mackenzie,KE1NZY and Bill, AB1AV Mentoring
NETT Kit Building - Mackenzie,KE1NZY and Bill, AB1AV Mentoring
NETT Kit Build - Bill Mentoring
NETT Kit Build - Bill Mentoring
Kit Build Fun at NETT
Kit Build Fun at NETT
Explaining GOTA
Explaining GOTA
John, AC1EV Helps a Student Get On The Air
John, AC1EV Helps a Student Get On The Air
NETT GOTA Ops
NETT GOTA Ops
Jamey, AC1DC hosts a NETT Fox Hunt
Jamey, AC1DC hosts a NETT Fox Hunt
HF GOTA Fun
HF GOTA Fun
Burns Explaining Satellite Station
Burns Explaining Satellite Station
Satellite Antennas
Satellite Antennas
The photo gallery above includes some more photos from NETT at NEAR-Fest.
And here’s a video shot by a NEAR-Fest NETT attendee which include many highlights from NETT.
Thank You To All Who Supported NETT!
The NEAR-Fest organizers, attendees, and several of our members either provided matching contributions or generously donated to our fundraising effort to support STEM learning and skills development through Amateur Radio.
Our NEAR-Fest fund drive resulted in raising $2,400 in the two weeks up to and including NEAR-Fest. Thank you very much to all of our donors!
It would be impossible for us to host one of our Youth Expos without the tremendous support of NARS members. Folks stepped up to provide transportation, display setup, hosting for GOTA and display tours and much more during NEAR-Fest. Thank Youto everyone for your support!
Also, a special Thank You to our Media Committee for providing the photo and video content featured here.
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