Ham Bootcamp provides help and training for Hams and prospective Hams at all levels. We’ll help you to get a station together and get on the air. You can learn more about Ham Bootcamp and register here.
We will have a pre-event show which will begin at approximately 9:30 am Eastern Time.
The Nashua Area Radio Society is sponsoring the NARS QSO party on September 26th. This QSO party is born from the frustration of not being able to have large groups of our members meet for the SOTA, POTA, and IOTA events that we had scheduled before the Pandemic.
There have been some important rules changes that you need to know about. We have adjusted the final exchange and scoring to make it easy for you to use the existing North American QSO Party set up in a contest logger such as N1MM+ to participate and score your operation in the NARS QSO Party.
The exchange and multipliers for this contact are patterned after the North American QSO Party. Here’s a summary of what has changed:
I want to quickly go over how to set up N1MM+ to log contacts and score your entry correctly. N1MM+ is a free logging software that will allow you to log contacts, score the contest for you and also provide you with a log in Cabrillo format as well.
When you are finished downloading open the software.
This explanation probably sounds kind of clunky but once you open the software it will make a lot more sense. I think you should have N1MM+ configured correctly if you follow the steps above. I have pictures that I took. Email [email protected] if you want a copy of the setup pics.
There will be two operating categories for the NARS QSO Party: HF and VHF and up. A summary of the rules is below.
You should submit your final log as an Electronic Entry only and your submission should include a complete Cabrillo format log and your claimed score. Logs should include date and time in UTC, Frequency, Mode, Call Signs, and the Exchange for each of your contacts. Logs are due 7 days after the contest is finished.
Certificates will be awarded to the top 3 stations in each category.
Fred, AB1OC, and I will be on Ham Nation this Wednesday, September 23rd, starting at 9 PM Eastern Time, to publicize this so we should see plenty of activity on the air.
I hope to get you in my log!
73
Jim Lajoie, K1BRM
Are you a newly licensed Technician, or a General or Extra and have never been on the air or built a station? Are you a prospective ham but would like to learn more about Amateur Radio activities? Ham Bootcamp is the program for you and this year Ham Bootcamp is Going Online!
Registration is open for the Nashua Area Radio Society’s Fall Ham Bootcamp. This year, Ham Bootcamp is going online using Zoom web conferencing. Going online will allow us to help new Hams get on the air, in a safe way during the Coronavirus Pandemic. This will also let us reach out to new Hams across the country.
The ARRL has published an article about our Ham Bootcamp program. It is the cover story in the October 2020 QST, which is just reaching mailboxes this week. If you haven’t received your copy yet, you can access the article online at This Month in QST. If you like the article, you can vote for it to receive the Cover Plaque award at http://www.arrl.org/cover-plaque-poll
Our fall Ham Bootcamp will be held on Saturday, November 7th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time. The morning session will focus on Technician level activities and the afternoon session will focus on HF activities for General and above licensees. Here is the agenda:
… and more!
Registration is now open for the November 7th session. You can get more information about Ham Bootcamp at https://www.n1fd.org/ham-bootcamp/.
Each attendee should register separately using this link. After registering, you will be sent a link that will allow you to register for the Zoom meeting. Following the Zoom meeting registration, you will receive a personal Zoom link via email.
Any questions about Bootcamp? Contact me at [email protected]
