LAST UPDATE 04/18/21

Exam information also available at:

http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-exam-session

Below you will find a list of EXAM and HAMFEST DATES. We will do our best to keep this list up-to-date. Please send along any additions and corrections to Joy Lynne Foss, Public Information Coordinator at k1sew@arrl.net .

All web page links are posted on the Maine Section web page or you can email Joy at K1SEW@arrl.net

 

TESTING SESSIONS 

Saturday April 24th 9 AM Warren Sanitary District 442 Cushing Rd (Rt 97) Warren Look for sign at the entrance  No Walk-ins / Pre Registrtion is required either by phone or email HURRY not many seats left.  Masks are Required and Social Distancing shall be observed. Sponsor: PBARC Contact: Joseph G. Devonshire 549-0061 trainbee@aol.com

 

Sunday April 25th  1:30 PM Warren Sanitary District 442 Cushing Rd (Rt 97) Warren Look for sign at the entrance  No Walk-ins / Pre Registrtion is required either by phone or email.  HURRY not many seats left. Masks are Required and Social Distancing will be observed. Sponsor: PBARC Contact: Joseph Devonshire trainbee@aol.com 549-0061

 

Monday May 3rd 6 pm (new location) Shiloh Chapel, (behind the chruch) 38 Beulah Lane, Durham ME Sponsor: Merrymeeting  ARA  Pre-registration is required due to the limited seating because of the COVID restrictions. Masks and social distancing are required.  Besides your mask please  bring your photo ID and $15 for the cost for the examination Contact: Donald Wakeman 751-1166 ka1wal.dsw@gmail.com

 

Saturday, June 5th  9 am  at the Hermon Mountain Ski Area, 441 Newburgh Rd  Hermon Pre-registration is required. contact Peter Bither, AI1O (redbeard104@aol.com) Masks and social distancing are required.

 

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These are tentative dates only. Please check with the contact person before traveling to verify date, time, location and exams being offered.  Bring two forms of identification, including a photo I-D as well as the original.and photocopies or obtain your FRN (FCC Registration Number) in advance of the testing session. Check the web site - fcc.gov  Bring the FR and/or certificates of successful completion of examination. The photocopies will not be returned. Persons needing special accommodations should check with the contact person. Face Masks are required Please practice social distancing.

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National Weather Service-Caribou, Maine http://www.weather.gov/car/Outreach_Spotters             

National Weather   Service-Gray, Maine https://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn

Weather Spotter Training - Free and open to the public. Sessions Run  1 hr - 2 hr 

SKYWARN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AREAS

area Western/Southern/Coastal Maine and New Hampshire. http://www.ws1sm.com/SKYWARN.html

 

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Weather Spotter Training is Free and open to the public. Sessions Run  1 hr - 2 hr Help your National Weather Service by becoming a Weather Spotter  The training will teach you how to identify and report severe weather as well as how to maintain awareness.

Where: Your Home

When: 6 PM Monday, May 3rd, Thursday May 13th OR Tuesday, May 18th

Registration:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5272367576402470155

Check out the Gray Maine, National Weather Service online at https://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn

You can contact Donald Dumont Donald.Dumont@noaa.gov for additional information

Monthly Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZwrcO-orjouGNKoSE15-SiHuz7P--EckQGd/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGgqDwsGtSUtBuBRpw-BI_CM_TziH5bjY12kyzAUnUeUQreI_gVAv8yNdvb

 

PAWA Monthly Administrative Meeting

The first Wednesday of each month at 7 pm  May 5th , June 2nd 

CLUBS

If you are looking for meeting information or have information about club meeting please email Joy Foss, K1SEW@arrl.net

Oxford County ARES Net meets on the 2nd thru the 4th (5th) Monday nights at 19:30 (7:30 pm) EST on the Oxford County Repeater system 146.910 N1BBK, 147.120 W1OCA, 224.620 W1IF repeaters. All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to join the net.

Oxford Country ARES/CERT The regular team meeting is via Zoom at 7pm Oxford Country ARES/CERT The regular team meeting is via Zoom at 7pm on the first Monday of the each month. For more information about the video conference

Contact: Wayne Strout N1YIS at n1yis@arrl.net or visit the website https://n1yis.org/upcoming-ares-events

 

You Tube Video by Phil Duggan,N12EP

Here is  a link to a YouTube video about the PTN, MPSN, and the new Dirigo DMR Net. LINK https://youtu.be/TxKdrzXcPWs

 

LOCATION NEEDED

John  Bogner, W1JLB is reaching out to any PAWA club member that can help and / or find a location that can be used for FCC Amateur Radio testing.

The club PAWA is required by ARRL to provide testing faculties. There are applicants that are interested and want to become PAWA members but no place to test. Open to any suggestions.

 

The Maine Amateur Radio Foundation is an organization to support amateur radio throughout Maine. They are very active. For those who were not able to attend the last Board meeting or for those who attended and wanted to revisit it a video was done. The video is 1h15m.

Please see the link:or  (email k1sew@arrl.net for the link and it will be emailed to you).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URVdgh7GKzmkcNWlR_BF4ELNHfZ4C8np/view?usp=sharing

 

If  you are interested in receiving the monthly "Maine Telegraph Newsletter" by email, please fill out the form and you will be added to  the email list. This newletter is full of all kinds of great information. Please pass along, reshare or post to groups/clubs to get the word out.  (want the link email k1sew@arrl.net)

LINK  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfixF3MZbeXg3o0EeYSWz8X7ge0nS_ZDMzogPhu-FNZiGwOrQ/viewform

April 2021 Edition of the Maine Telegraph Newsletter can be found by visiting LINK https://www.mainearrl.org/newsletter

Please see the link:or  (email k1sew@arrl.net for the link and it will be emailed to you).

 

 HAMFEST

Near-Fest for April 30th/May 1st 2021 has been cancelled.Email w1rc@near-fest.com for details. For more information visit forum.near-fest.com

 

 Dayton Hamvention Thursday, May 20th - Saturday, May 22nd  goes virtual one more time due to the COVID 19. 

There will be Virtual Forums. Those who had their tickets, inside booths or flea market spaces deferred last year will be deferred again. Those who purchased 2021 tickets, inside booths or flea market spaces will also be deferred. If you desire a refund  instead please email tickets@hamvention.org and you will be contacted. For more information visit the Hamvention website for details.

 

HERMON HAM FEST JUNE 5th

Saturday, June 5th  8 am - 1 pm. at the Hermon Mountain Ski Area, 441 Newburgh Rd  Hermon This venue has a huge parking area for easy distancing

Masks are required and Please practice the social distancing. 12 yrs old and under are free.

Testing sessions at 9 AM , Pre-registration is required. Testing Session contact Peter Bither, AI1O (redbeard104@aol.com)

Talk-in on 146.940 (136.5 tone)

Large lodge to get under cover

Great food

Prizes / 50-50

QCWA meeting at local restaurant after the Hamfest

Contact Gerald Burns, K1GUP For more information (k1gup@roadrunner.com)

Updates may be found soon at "n1me.com"

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

International Marconi Day celebrates the huge part Guglielmo Marconi played in the invention of radio. 

IMD is a 24 hour amateur radio event that is held annually to celebrate the birth of Marconi on 25th  April 1874. The event is usually held on the Saturday closest to Marconi’s birthday and in 2021 it will be held on 24th April.

The purpose of the day is for amateur radio enthusiasts from around the world to make contact with Historic Marconi Sites using communication techniques similar to those used by Marconi himself. You can also email k1sew@arrl.net and it will be sent to you   https://tinyurl.com/y3rkh8j6

 

Greetings from Tom Frenaye, K1KI

The New England QSO Party on Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd is a great time to checkout 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.

Our goal is to get everyone of the 67 counties in New England on the air so we hope you will encourage Ham Operators in Maine to join in the fun! Even if you can join the fun for a couple of hours, we'd appreciate it! Will you be QRV? Let us know with a message to info@neqp.org

The New England QSO Party is 20 hours long overall, in two sections with a civilized break for sleep on Saturday night. It runs from 4 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday, then 9 am Sunday until 8 pm Sunday. Operate on CW, SSB and/or 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 sends in a log will get a certificate. The goal is to work stations anywhere in the world - and their goal is to work New England stations, so you'll be very popular!

Last year we had logs from 283 New England stations and 896 more logs from around the country and world.

Links - if you would like the links please email Joy K1SEW at k1sew@arrl.net

The full rules are here - http://www.neqp.org/rules.html

The 2020 results were posted last weekend http://www.neqp.org/results.html

It's just under three weeks until the 2021 NEQP. Please make some QSOs even if you don't want to send in a log!

Thanks and 73 Tom, K1KI

 

ARRL Bulletin 9  ARLB009

From ARRL Headquarters  

Newington CT

To all radio amateurs 

NCVEC Question Pool Committee Seeks Input for Updated Technician Question Pool

The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC -http://www.ncvec.org/ ) Question Pool Committee (QPC http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=333 ) is requesting input from the amateur radio community on new or modified questions for the 2022 -2026 FCC Element 2 Technician Pool, which goes into effect on July 1st, 2022.

For instructions on how to submit suggested questions (email joy at K1SEW@arrl.net for the instructions)

QPC review, the committee asks that questions have no more than two 70-character lines, including spaces. Distractors should be no more than 70-character lines long, and shorter if possible. Each multiple-choice question must be accompanied by four possible distractors and only one correct answer. The answer choices may be in any order, but the correct answer must be indicated by the letters A, B, C, or D at the beginning of the question. Those submitting suggestions should provide the resource information that supports the correct answer or the FCC Part 97 rule.

The QPC will accept question comments, revisions, and submissions from the amateur radio community via email through June 30, 2021.

 

ARRL Bulletin 11  ARLB011

From ARRL Headquarters  

Newington CT  April 13, 2021

To all radio amateurs 

Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on Monday May 3rd

The FCC has announced that rule changes detailed in a lengthy 2019 Report and Order governing RF exposure standards go into effect on

Monday. May 3rd The new rules do not change existing RF exposure (RFE) limits but do require that stations in all services, including amateur radio, be evaluated against existing limits,After May 3rd 2021 any new station,or any existing station modified in a way that's likely to changeits RFE profile - such as different antenna or placement or greaterpower - will need to conduct an evaluation by the date of activation or change.

The Amateur Service is no longer categorically excluded from certain aspects of the rules, as amended, and licensees can no longer avoid performing an exposure assessment simply because they are transmitting below a given power level.

Ham stations previously excluded from performing environmental evaluations will have until May 3, 2023.

ARRL Laboratory staff is available to help amateurs to make these determinations.

ARRL Link - has an RF Safety page on its website at, http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure.

 

FCC Not Collecting $35 Application Fees yet

FCC to Require Email Address on Applications Starting on June 29th

 

PODCASTS

ARRL's Eclectic Tech Podcast fnds the PSK31 digital mode alive and well, with many amateurs using it to rediscover the joys of real keyboard-to-keyboard conversation. Also, QST and QEX author Phil Salas, AD5X, discusses the revolution taking place in small, inexpensive vector network analyzers, or VNAs.

 

ARRL's On the Air Podcast  The latest episode of On the Air podcast focuses on Parks on the Air (POTA) The podcast is a monthly companion to On the Air magazine, ARRL's magazine for beginner-to-intermediate ham radio operators.

Both podcasts are sponsored by Icom.

 

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PUBLICIZE YOUR EVENT

Please continue to send a copy of any announcements to Joy Foss, K1SEW, ARRL Maine Section information Coordinator. This way they will get put on the Maine Section Web page and other sites in the future. If you have a club newsletter please add me to the list. Then i can take information off the newsletter. Email is k1sew@arrl.net 948-6222, P.O. Box 59 Burnham, ME 04922 Thank you

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