   
Holiday 2024
Volume 14, Issue 2
POTA Activation of Bradbury Mountain
State Park (K-2383)
WINDHAM,
ME – On the beautiful autumn Sunday of October 20th, members of the
Wireless Society of Southern Maine gathered at Bradbury Mountain State
Park in Pownal, ME, and hiked the quarter of a mile to the summit.. Read
Full Story
Pictured above are Stephen Jordan KD1OM, Brad Brown KC1JMH, and Peter Fulton WO1J.
2024 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) A
Success
WINDHAM,
ME – For 4-hours, beginning at 8:00 AM Saturday, October 26th, members
of the Wireless Society of Southern Maine Emergency Communications Team
(WSSM-ECT), which meets monthly in Windham, participated in a statewide
drill to test their communications capabilities between various
different sites throughout Cumberland County and the state... Read
Full Story
Pictured above is Michael Fandell N5QYQ, who operated from Westbrook Public Safety during the SET.
2024 SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 7th!
Please
join us for SKYWARN Recognition Day! We’d like to have some operators
at the NWS Gray ham station this year! We've created a sign-up sheet with
time blocks for Friday evening (7-10 PM) and Saturday morning
(8AM-12PM) for the NWS station. Remote operators are also welcome to
participate.... Find out More
2024
Maine 2 Meter FM
Simplex Challenge is Saturday, March 16th
Mark your calendars! The 15th Annual Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge
takes place
Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 12PM - 4PM...
Find out More
2025
Winter Field Day is January 25-26
Early
planning is underway for 2025 Winter Field Day! Notable changes for
2025 include changes to the event times, Locations no longer have to
remain fixed during the entire event, Objectives are now called
Multipliers, and Several New Objectives have been added... Find out More
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Upcoming
Meetings /
Events
11/28/2024 - Thanksgiving
12/12/2024
- Monthly
Meeting (Holiday Pot Luck) - 7pm - 9pm at the South Windham Fire
Station, 33 Main Street, Windham, ME.
12/19/2024 - Meeting
on the Air - 7pm on the 147.090 (+ / 100 Hz) repeater.
1/09/2025
- Monthly Meeting - 7pm - 9pm at the South Windham Fire
Station, 33 Main Street, Windham, ME.
01/16/2025
- Meeting
on the Air - 7pm on the 147.090 (+ / 100 Hz) repeater.
01/23/2025 - ECT
Meeting/Training Net - 7pm at the CCEMA Bunker, 22 High
Street, Windham, ME & the 449.225 (- / 103.5 Hz) repeater.
1/25/2024 - 1/26/2024 - Winter
Field Day
02/13/2025
- Monthly Meeting - 7pm - 9pm at the South Windham Fire
Station, 33 Main Street, Windham, ME.
02/20/2025
- Meeting
on the Air - 7pm on the 147.090 (+ / 100 Hz) repeater.
02/27/2025 - ECT
Meeting/Training Net - 7pm at the CCEMA Bunker, 22 High
Street, Windham, ME & the 449.225 (- / 103.5 Hz) repeater.
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QSL Corner
Above
is a QSL card from DK5DW, for a 20m FT8 QSO
with YO/KB1HNZ on 05/29/24. The QSL card depicts a map of Germany with an indicator for Freyung, DK5DW's QTH.
DX News
Besides
the well known recent DXPeditions to Cocos Keeling VK9CV, Chatham
Island ZL7YL, and Burkina Faso XT2MD, there were several stations that
were active
during the CQWW SSB (October 26-27) and CW (November 23-24) contests.
As we move into the new year, we have some exciting DXpeditions coming
up, including those to Bangladesh, French Guiana, Gambia, Marquesas, Mozambique, and Christmas Island.
Upcoming DXPeditions:
Rotuma - 3D2Y; (Nov
15 - Dec 04); By W6IZT and others; 160-6m; CW, SSB, FT8, QRV for CQWW
DX CW.
British Virgin Islands - VP2VMM; (Dec 8 - Dec 18); By K2KW and others; QRV for ARRL 10m Contest; QSL via KU9C.
Bangladesh - S21DX; (Dec 13 - Dec 19); By 18 S21 ops, from Dhal Char Island (IOTA AS-140); 160-10m; SSB, RTTY, FT8; QSL via EB7DX.
French Guiana - TO0J; (Dec 20 - Dec 31); By OZ0J; 80-10m; CW, SSB, FT8; QSL via Clublog OQRS.
Gambia - C5RK; (Jan 4 - Jan 5); By F4GJE; 80-10m; SSB, FT8, FT4.
Marquesas - TX7N; (Jan 12 - Jan 27); By F6BCW and others, from Hiva Oa Island; 160-6m; QSL via Clublog OQRS.
Mozambique - C8K; (Jan 17 - Feb 02); By OK1BOA and others; 160-6m, including 60m; CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, FT4, PSK; QSL via OK6DJ.
Christmas Island - VK9XU; (Feb 18 - Mar 04); By DL2AWG and others; HF; CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8; QSL via LoTW.
For up-to-date news about reported
DXPeditions, check out the
latest 425 DX
News
Bulletin.
Classifieds
There's
been some new additions to the Classified listings, including some
radio gear that Peter KC1DFO, Scott VE1CSA, and others are selling. Click here to find out more.
Wireless
Society of Southern Maine | P.O. Box 1603,
Scarborough, ME 04070 | www.mainehamradio.com
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