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August Club Meeting, August 10
This month Ed, NZ1Q, will give a presentation on batteries. Everything you need to know about batteries. He will cover how to take care of batteries, how to maintain them, recharge them and different applications for batteries. His talk will include different types from Nicad, Nickel metal, lead acid, small batteries, large batteries and some of the newer batteries. If you have any questions about batteries that you would like to pose to Ed please email the question to Greg, KB1EZJ at sirgreg@roadrunner.com Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. |
July Club Meeting, July 13
 | Roger Marcoux, of Dragonfly Aerial Photography, will be returning to the WMARC to talk about the B.E.A.R.S (Balloon Engineering and Research Squad). Roger and Bruce Consaul from Kearsarge have been working with students from the Josiah Bartlett Middle School and on April 21 successfully launched a high altitude space ballon with weather, tracking and camera equipment. This was their second launch as part of the Global Space Balloon Challenge comprising this year of 398 teams in 54 countries. The balloon traveled 54.7 miles going from Bethlehem to between Porter and Parsonfield, ME. The balloon reached its zenith over Albany at 81.741'. The balloon was equipped with four cameras and broadcasted photos as well as a live stream feed. The B.E.A.R.S first launch last spring sent a balloon from Lancaster to Denmark, ME (52.67 miles) and reached an estimated altitude of 100.000'. Roger and Bruce are very excited and anxious to share this science project with kids and the community. We are looking for teachers to offer this wonderful program to their students. Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. |
Help Needed for Field Day
 | We are in need of CW and digital operators this year's Field Day, June 24 and 25. If you or anyone you know could help us out for even a couple of hours, please contact Greg Fitch kb1ezj@w1mwv.com. Good time, good food, and a perfect location for FD (Tin Mountain Conservation Center, 1245 Bald Hill Road Albany NH). |
June Club Meeting, June 8, 5:30 PM
Pre Field Day Event Planning and Cook Out!!! To be held at the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, 1245 Bald Hill Rd, Albany, NH 03818, the site for the 2017 WMARC Field Day
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May Club Meeting, May 11
 | Dale Clement will be returning to the WMARC to present additional information on antennas. He says "there is lots to talk about when it comes to antennas". Dale's presentations are informative, enjoyable, with lots of visual demonstrations. Be sure to come and bring your questions. And if you are studying to get your license or to upgrade, this is a meeting not to be missed. Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. |
New England QSO Party, May 6 and 7
From Tom Frenaye, K1KI. The NEQP is a great time to check out antenna systems and offers a moderately paced opportunity to work new states and countries. You'll find a wide variety of participants, from newcomers to experienced contesters, all interested in making contacts with New England stations. We're working to make sure that all of the New England counties are active again this year and would appreciate your help. Get on for at least an hour or two and join in on the fun. Please let me know if you can put in any time at all so we can work on activity from the rarest counties. Will you be QRV? Let us know which county you'll be on from with a message to info@neqp.org Oh yes, the NEQP is also lots of fun when mobile. Every time you cross a county line the action starts over again. It's amazing what a 100w radio and mobile whip can do. The QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep Saturday night. It goes from 4pm Saturday until 1am Sunday, then 9am Sunday until 8pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and digital modes on 80-40-20-15-10 meters. For each QSO you'll give your callsign, a signal report and your county/state. Top scorers can earn a plaque and everyone who makes 25 QSOs and sends in a log will get a certificate. Last year we had logs from 179 New England stations and 300 more from around the country and world. The full rules are here -> http://www.neqp.org/rules.html The 2016 results were posted over the weekend and the results since 2002 are also available -> http://www.neqp.org/results.html It's just about a month until the 2017 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don't want to send in a log. Thanks! 73 Tom/K1KI |
April Club Meeting: April 13
Come learn about America's oldest man made attraction, the Mt Washington Auto Road, and why it began in the wheat fields of Canada. Howie Wemyss, General Manager of the Mt Washington Auto Road will be giving a presentation on the history of the Auto Road which first opened August 8, 1861 Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. |
Flea Market, Henniker: March 19
Contoocook Valley Radio Club Flea Market to be held on March 19 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Henniker Community School. There will be a VE Session at 9:30 am, three speakers, lots of Door Prizes, and a Yaesu FTM-3200 Fusion Raio for the main Raffle Prize. Also homemade refreshments, and a hidden transmitter "Fox Hunt" is planned. Click on link below to see a flyer with more details. |
| Attachments:
henniker ham flea 19 mar 17.pdf
March Club Meeting, March 9
 |  | Skip Youngberg, K1NKR, will talk about Girl Scout Thinking Day On The Air. Skip's a member of the Nashoba Valley ARC (www.n1nc.org) in Pepperell MA. The club has been supporting TDOTA for the past three years and finds it a rewarding way to conduct outreach to youth. In fact, this year the club supported two event-activations, one in Shirley MA and their usual one in Raymond NH. Conway Public Library, downstairs in the Ham Room. Early birds at 5:30 pm; meeting starts at 6:00 pm. As always bring a friend and/or a kid. |
March 25th Ham Fest
Radios, antennas, connecters, cables, and more where available for purchase last Saturday at the WMARC Ham Fest held at Runnels Hall in Chocorua.
Plus there were fabulous hourly door prizes (gift certificates), a 50/50 door prize and several Grand Prizes including a Raspberry PI and a DMR radio. Many enjoyed the light lunch available. The new location worked out well. The club hopes to use the hall again for some future events. Stay tuned. More photos can been seen on our Face Book page. |
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