Forum: Area Amateur Radio

For the Hams: You are invited to Jim, KX1M's Monthly Ham Breakfast! *** Where:******Brittany's Cafe 291 Main St. (Intersection Bartlet St) Northborough, MA 01532 (508) 393-4433**** When:*******09FEB08, 8:00 a.m. EST**** Location:** Route 20, Northborough, MA, FN42*** Call-in:****2 m...

ARRL BOXBORO Convention tomorrow 495/Rt111 at Boxborough Holiday Inn For all the details: http://www.boxboro.com Several MMRA repeaters linked for the talk in.. On site the GEMOTO repeater should be up on 900 with the bulk of the folks using their little 900MHz portables. Others will be...

First MIT Flea this sunday http://www.mitflea.com/ Mr Mike will be there selling Near-Fest tickets 444.700R 88.5 works great there.

for those of you that are interested the massachusetts emergency management agency is conducting its annual hurricane drill. "hurricane Hudson" is due to impact southern new england between 1900-2100hrs. if you have your ham license please feel free to check into your local skywarn/RACES...

should be some interesting listening for the voip hurricane net. also for those of you with HF capability plug in 14.325 this is the hurricane watch net from the national hurricane center. and those 2m frequencies that have irlp, like the fairhaven 145.490 pl 67.0 should be linked in, should be...

this weekend is the world famous amateur radio field day starting at 2pm i believe. so for those of you who are hams whose going where and when??? where i mean if you guys or gals going to any clubs?

How about a show of hands of amateur radio operators that have digital transceivers, either P25, DStar, or any other proprietary method that may be available. I own two Motorola XTS3000's, a UHF Model 3 and a VHF Model 2. Both are P25 capable. There are no P25 repeaters normally within range...

unsure if this should be in ye olde bar and grille or not, you may switch it if you'd like moderators. for those of you that are interested the monthly voip hurricane/skywarn net is now turning into weekly events since today is the 1st day of hurrican season. saturdays at 7pm local time and it...

i was searching and searching and searching... i couldn't find anything on how to buy a microphone for the computer and hook it up to the mic. input on the interface. can any of you guys shed some light for me?

Okay I know wind swept rains have been forecasted for Friday with lighter showers on Saturday as well temperatures in the 30's but that has never stopped all us crazies before so who is going and on which days??? I'll be headed up Friday morning and there both days taking advantage of the...

hey guys hello again. i was wondering if anyone knows how to reset this radio? i looked everywhere on the internet and no such luck once again. thanks for your help as usual. also i am using a 12 amp or volt power supply to convert this radio to a desktop radio, i believe it is a 12 amp. any...

I have noticed on a few of my NMO mounts on my truck i am starting to get a little rust around the center pin. When i go threw the car wash i put special NMO screw on caps over them to prevent water from getting on the contacts, so i don't know how i am getting moisture between the contact and the...

hello everybody. i was just wondering on where i can find information about getting an online application for a special races group callsign? instead of using our own individual callsign. for example acushnet ema has a callsign of wa1ema, we would also like to get one for the new bedford ema's own...

The Framingham ham radio flea market is today. I'll be going out there just to check things out, no selling or programming this time. http://www.fara.org/flea/

hey guys i was just wondering what the status of this repeater is? and if it is active at all? i never hear anything at all and i have it as my priority channel come to think of it i might as well change it tonight.

Where can I get more information on how to get my Massachusetts HAM/AMATEUR Radio License?

Hello: I'm considering the purchase of a Motorola HT-1000 for 2m use. Has anyone here done the same and if so, have any comments? Also, is anyone familiar with the cost to program the unit? Thanks for any help, Chris

http://www.mtara.org/node/13 The MTARA holds its Hamfest/Flea Market each year in early March. For 2010, the Hamfest is scheduled for Saturday March 6th. The event is host to many regional ham radio companies and local vendors as well as the hams who have some personal property to sell. In...

I just uploaded a file of the bill that has so many Hams concerned to the files section here http://groups.google.com/group/gemotochat/web/ht04466.pdf I myself do not see any language that affects two-way radio. But the paranoia is sweeping the net so I thought folks might like to read the ...

I was surprised that no one had posted this yet; This Saturday, Feb. 13, The Algonquin ARA will host their annual amateur radio flea market at the Marlboro Middle School, from 9:00 to 1:00. Admission is $5.00 and there is a VE session at 9:00. Talk-in on the MMRA's 147.270 and 449.925 ...

In an effort to breath life back into P25 KX1M and K1BOS are promoting bring your P25 UHF radios to the Marlboro Flea. We will be using the Westborough repeater 448.775R NAC353. The Marlboro Flea is right in the heart of Westborough and Marlboro 900 coverage so folks at the site will easily be in...

Has anybody had any success raising the Boston repeater that's supposed to support P25: 448.725/443.725 NAC 444 (W1NAU) I spend frequent weekends in Boston, and I've tried a couple of dozen times to raise this repeater in P25 mode... never had any luck. OTOH, I've had GREAT luck with the...

Is there a current list of 900 repeaters in eastern MA on the Wiki? Or somewhere else for that matter. Are the repeaters linked? I see that a lot of people have bought Motorola portables. What's the coverage like compared to a mobile? Actually, I guess the question is if there is an advantage...

http://www.near-fest.com/ NEAR-Fest VI Friday October 16th and Saturday October 17th\ Deerfield Fairgrounds - Deerfield NH, USA On site: And all are welcome to join us! GEMOTO 900/WA1NVC 927.5875out 100.0 902.5875in 131.8 (most active) HEARCLEAR only!! GEMOTO/PRA UHF Simplex...