We have successfully tested the ISS Telebridge capabilities here at our station. ARISS has scheduled a Multipoint Telebridge a school contact using our Ground Station for Thursday, April 30th beginning at 13:35 UTC (9:35 am Eastern Time). The Multipoint Telebridge format enables the students to contact the ISS from their homes via telephone connections…
After two successful tests of the Telebridge/Phone Patch capabilities here at our station, we are ready to support a school contact! ARISS has scheduled a Multipoint Telebridge contact using our station for next Thursday.
We’ve added some upgrades to our Space Communications Ground station to accommodate ARISS contacts with the ISS. The additions include:
We learned a great deal about Amateur Radio Station Construction as part of building our station. The AB1OC-AB1QB station project involved the construction of a dedicated room for a new shack. We also put up a tower-based antenna system. It took Anita and I about 1 1/2 years to build our station. We covered quite a number of areas during the project…
Many folks are stuck at home right now. As a result of the Pandemic, many of us cannot go out to see friends and do their usual activities. We know that many Hams are looking around on the Internet for Amateur Radio project ideas and information. In an effort to help, we recently spent some time organizing all of the information on our blog, https://stationproject.blog concerning Amateur Radio Station construction.
AB1OC-AB1QB Tower and Antennas
There is lots of information on shack design and construction, tower and antenna building, and much more on our Blog. The link above contains lots of information including pictures, videos and how-to information on station-building. There is also a “Virtual Station Tour” available which provides some videos showing our station in operation.
We hope that this article will provide some useful information, ideas, and Ham Radio fun!
In these difficult times where many of us are practicing social distancing, Amateur Radio gives us many opportunities to have fun on-the-air and stay in touch with friends. The Nashua Area Radio Society has several weekly on-air nets that can provide you with some Amateur Radio fun as well as a chance to socialize with friends. We are also taking our April and May Meeting online and add a new, 40m Phone net, to our lineup. You can read more about our plans here.
Our Existing On-Air Nets
The Nashua Area Radio Society currently holds two weekly on-air Nets. The purpose of our nets includes:
Testing and using our equipment; being prepared to support communications in emergency situations
All licensed Amateurs are welcome to join our weekly nets.
Weekly Repeater Net
Our weekly repeater on-air net is held on Sunday Evening at 7:30 pm eastern time (Monday 00:30 UTC during standard time). The format of our Repeater Net includes a weekly discussion question or two which gives all who participate a chance to share something about themselves and their interests. This Net also includes information about upcoming Nashua Area Radio Society activities and events. We conduct our weekly nets on the N1IMN-N1IMO Repeater System whose wide coverage includes New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
N1IMO-N1IMN Repeater System Access Information
You can access our Repeater Net via any of these repeaters or via EchoLink as N1IMO-R.
We have a different Net Control Operator (NCO) for our Repeater Net each week. The NCO for the next few nets posted in our On The Air Forum here on our website. The NCO will also post a list of the operators who check in each week in this same forum.
We hope to hear you on our next Weekly Repeater Net!
Weekly HF Net
We also hold on Weekly HF on-air net on the 10m band. This Net begins at 8:30 pm eastern time (Monday 01:30 UTC during standard time) on Sunday evenings and features a round-table chat format. We hold our HF Net on or around 28.480 MHz using SSB Phone mode. The NCO for our HF Net can be contacted here. You can find more information about this net on our club calendar. All licensed Amateur Radio operators are invited to join our HF net.
We Are Going Online!
We are inviting all Nashua Area Radio Society Members, Internet Subscribers, and all US-based Hams to join us for online our April Meetings.
NARS will hold our meeting using the Zoom online service. Zoom is free and all you need to join us is an Internet-connected Windows or Mac PC or a Tablet (ex. an iPad).
Here are the zoom links for our April Meetings:
April 7th, 7 pm Eastern – Nashua Area Radio Society Regular Meeting. Our speaker will be Jim Idelson K1IR who will talk about Tower Safety. Join Zoom Meeting
April 14th, 7 pm Eastern – Nashua Area Radio Society Tech Night. Fred, AB1OC will provide a presentation on How to Get Started in 2m EME (Moon Bounce). Join Zoom Meeting
We suggest that you join our meetings online at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start times.
A New HF Net is Comming!
NARS will also be conducting a new, after-meeting on-air net on 40m after our meetings. We will hold new after meeting on-air nets on or around 7.260 MHz LSB. Look for us to post an update on the final frequency on our home page (and here) just before our nets begin. We hope that these nets will give our members and guests a chance to communicate and socialize with each other. Folks who join us for the preceding online meetings will also be able to monitor our new after meeting nets via the online share.
We hope to see all NARS Members, Internet Subscribers as well as some new Ham friends around the United States and around the World join us for one of our Nets and/or join us for our April online meetings.
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