Upcoming Events for 2024

This will be our first meeting of 2024.  It will be a combination Zoom meeting and in person meeting. If you aren't traveling to South Paris and want to participate, please make sure you have the Zoom invite from Wayne.

• Dates and Times-
   
• Generally the first Saturday in January, and the third Saturday in  June, see the ARRL Contest Calendar for current Kids Day event dates at  http://www.arrl.org/contest-calendar
  
  Kids Day always runs from 1800 UTC through 2359 UTC. Operate as much or as little as you like.

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the Oxford County Repeater system.

Marty Engstrom 

Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, Jan. 20, at The River Church at 2600 E. Main St. in Center Conway, N.H.

To share memories and condolences with the family, please go to woodfuneralhome.org.

Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home at 9 Warren St. in Fryeburg.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Martin’s name may be made to the Way Station at 15 Grove St. in North Conway, N.H.

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the Oxford County Repeater system.

ARRL Winter Field day is always on the last full weekend of January, beginning at 19:00 UTC on Saturday and running though 18:59 on Sunday.

You can operate on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter HF bands and all bands above 50 MHz.

To be considered for scoring, all participants must submit their log entries before 11:59 UTC on March 1st .  All logs must be submitted in the Cabrillo formation and contain the proper exchange data. Late entries cannot be accepted.

WFD participation and results are tallied and posted on the website for future reference. Winter Field Day team goal is to have logs scored by May 30th and posted the first week of June.

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the Oxford County Repeater system.

 Meeting 7:00pm (1900) 

Dinner at Applebee's at 5:00pm (17:00)

Meeting Agenda - some highlights:

1. Presentation by Horses Across Maine
2. Review of communications tests from February
3. Progress on new facility
4. Updates on radios in the EMA

Newsletter Link

5 Year Plan

Work Day with N1MRE and N1GZB setting up WinLink at the EMA.

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the W1IF, N1BBK, W1OCA repeaters 

The final test will be for: 

• 40 meters at 7.262 ( and the frequency is subject to change depending on time of day and foreign broadcasters on frequency.) 
• The 60 meter test will be on voice channel 2 (5.3465 Mhz USB) with a backup of channel 3 (5.3570 Mhz USB) - Please note the current EMA HF radios DO NOT have 60M capability unless someone physically hooks up the backup HF radio Kenwood TS440S.  

 Pi Day is on the menu for amateur radio on March 14, 2024. 

       Pi  Day, 3/14, is a day when mathematicians, scientists, and math lovers  around the world celebrate the mathematical sign pi, which is a  never-ending number. 

The David Sarnoff Radio Club (DSRC) will operate special event station N3P on March 14 from 0000Z to  2359Z, in conjunction with Princeton University's Pi Day celebration  and the Einstein Birthday Party held in Princeton, New Jersey. Albert  Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. 

     When contacting N3P, make sure to  say, "happy Pi Day" and include the state, province, country, and/or  grid square from which you are celebrating. 

The operating frequencies  will be: 

• 14.031, 
• 14.314, 
• 7.031, and 
• 7.227 MHz. 

       If propagation allows,  contacts can also be made 10 and 80 meters. 

DSRC's local repeater will  also be operative on 146.46 +1 MHz, PL 131.8, and 443.4 MHz. Look for  N3P on standard FT8 and FT4 frequencies. 

There may be additional  activity on PSK31 around

•  7070+ and 
• 14070+, 
• or even RTTY. 

For more  information, see DSRC's special event page.

 On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the W1If, N1BBK, W1OCA Repeaters 

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the W1IF, N1BBK, W1OCA repeaters  

For Thursdays in the Month of May 2024 

Technician License Class- 5:00pm to 6:30 pm The first class is Thursday May 2nd at the Oxford County EMA building on 9 Western Prom, South Paris, Maine 

Books are available at 

• AMAZON (today $31.30 that includes tax and shipping) and the 
• ARRL (32.95 +tax+shipping). 
• A Kindle edition is available through AMAZON as well for roughly 10 dollars less. 
• The class itself is "free". 

Books and licensing will be the only required expense.

 If Ordering the book please order the :ARRL Ham Radio License Manual 5th Edition – Complete Study Guide with Question Pool to Pass the Technician Class Amateur Radio Exam    Spiral-bound – June 16, 2022 for Exams from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. 

Licensing  fees are $35.00 paid directly to the FCC and a $15.00 exam fee paid to the VEC.  

If interested, please contact Wayne N1YIS at wstrout2008 at gmail.

In-Person & ZOOM Meeting 7:00pm EDT (1900) 

Pre Meeting Dinner at Applebee's in Oxford at 5:00pm (17:00)

At the Oxford County EMA building on 9 Western Prom, South Paris, Maine 

We will review Chapters 1 & 2 then work through Chapter 3. 

On Air Net  7:30 pm (19:30 local) 

At the Oxford County EMA building on 9 Western Prom, South Paris, Maine 

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time

At the Oxford County EMA building on 9 Western Prom, South Paris, Maine 

On Air Net 7:30 pm (19:30) local time on the W1IF repeater 

The large parking area to the right  of the Augusta Civic Center as you drive in. Viewing and visiting time  will be in the morning from 8:00 am till Noon. 

This a large-scale display for our  participants and first responders attending The Preparedness Conference at the Civic Center.  Wayne N1YIS is hooking up the trailer at 5:30 am and leaving South Paris at 6:00 am. 

At the Oxford County EMA building on 9 Western Prom, South Paris, Maine