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Weekly Repeater Chat Net

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Our weekly repeater net is held on Sunday Evenings at 7:30 pm.   We will use a round-robin chat format – discussion topics will change each week.  This is a great opportunity for all hams and Nashua Area Radio Society members to get on the air.  EchoLink is available for those that don’t yet have a rig – search for N1IMO-R.    Here is the repeater information:

You can also view the access information on the N1IMN-N1IMO site. We post a list of stations that check-in to each of our nets in the On The Air Forum here on our website.

Antennas, Education and Training, Field Day, On The Air

Field Day 2024 at Hudson Memorial School

Information, Food and Operating Tents
Information, Food, and Operating Tents

We are almost ready for Field Day 2024 at Hudson Memorial School. The antennas are up, stations are built, everything is connected, and we’re doing final testing.

Tower Team Raising the Tower
Tower Team Raising the Tower

We have one HF Tower with a tribander for 10m, 15m and 20m, and wire antennas for 40m and 80m.  Thanks to Brian, W1XMM, our Field Day chairman and Tower Team lead.

HF Antenna Tower
HF Antenna Tower

We also have a shorter tower with a 6-meter beam.

6 meter antenna tower
6 meter antenna tower

We will be 3A, with 3 HF stations (20m, 10m/40m, and 15m/80m.). Thanks to Joe, AC1LN for hours of setting up and testing all of the computers and transceivers ahead of Field Day.

20 meter station
20 meter station

We also have plenty of food thanks to John, W1SMN.

Food Tent
Food Tent

Our Field Day planning team has done a great job of preparing for Field Day.

Stop by and visit us this weekend.  Our Field Day site is at Hudson Memorial School, 1 Memorial Drive in Hudson, NH.  Operations are from 2pm Saturday through 2pm Sunda.

 

Education and Training, General, On The Air

Ham Bootcamp is Coming Up – Saturday May 11th

The Nashua Area Radio Society will be holding an online Ham Bootcamp on Saturday, May 11th from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time.

Ham Bootcamp is a program to help new, inactive, and prospective hams gain the skills and information that they need to Get On The Air.  It is open to any interested Ham or Prospective Ham in the US and Canada and there is no charge to attendees.

The morning session is geared toward operating on the VHF/UHF bands:

  • Putting together a Station for Repeaters – How to pick an HT or Mobile Radio and an Antenna
  • Radio Programming Tutorial
  • Making Contacts and Joining a Repeater Net
  • Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Getting Started with Fox Hunting
Abby on Fox Hunting
Abby Speaks About Fox Hunting in Fall 2020 Ham Bootcamp

The afternoon session is geared toward operating on the HF Bands:

  • Putting together an HF Station for SSB, CW, and Digital
  • Picking and putting up an HF Antenna, Feedlines, and Grounds
  • Operating on the HF bands using SSB Voice
  • Getting started with WSJT-X and FT8 Digital

We will also have a breakout session where attendees can choose one of the following sessions:

  • Learning CW
  • Intro to EmComm
  • Finding DX, Logging and QSLing
  • Portable Operating

… and more!

Registration is now open for the May 11th session.

You can get more information about Ham Bootcamp, including a link to register at n1fd.org/bootcamp 

You must register to receive the link to join the web conference.

If you have any questions, you can contact us at [email protected].

 

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