   
Winter
/ Spring 2020
Volume 10, Issue 1
Winter Field Day 2020
It’s
hard to believe that Winter is almost behind us! It seems like just
yesterday we were on the air for Winter Field Day, operating from the
parking lot at the Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency
(CCEMA), in Windham, Maine. Read
Full Story
2019 Maine 2 Meter FM
Simplex
Results
Congratulations
to the 2019 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge winners! Stefania Watson,
K1GJY, from Saco, Maine, who made 119 QSOs and 38 bonus points, in 17
different towns, for a total of 2,669 points, took the overall win.
Stefania operated mobile from 29 different locations during the
contest. In the categories... Read
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Exploring Trends in
Amateur Radio Licensing
A
few days ago, our club hosted the first of several VE exams for the
year, and we had a great turnout. Not only were there new upgrades, but
also several newcomers who earned their first licenses. And this has
been a steady trend since we began hosting these exams in 2010. It
started me wondering what the national trends might be, so I began to
research it. Read
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2019 ARRL Field Day
Results
The 2019 ARRL Field Day results are in, and WS1SM captured first place in
Maine
for the sixth consecutive year. In addition, we finished 24th overall
in
category 3A.
Congratulations to everyone on our team for a job well done! Read
Full Story
The Maine 200 Special
Event is less than a month away!
It’s
hard to believe, but the Maine Bicentennial Special Event is less than
a month away! Activities will kick off at 0000 UTC on March 16th. Read
Full Story
The Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge is March 28th!
The 2020 Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge takes place Saturday, March 28th, for 4 hours, beginning at 12pm local time! Read
Full Story
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Upcoming Meetings /
Events
3/12/2020 - Monthly Meeting - 7pm at the Gorham Recreation
Dept.
3/19/2020 - Meeting on the Air- 7pm on 147.090 repeater
3/26/2020 - ECT Meeting- 7pm at the CCEMA Bunker
3/28/2020 - Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex
Challenge
4/02/2020 - Informal Meeting -
7pm
at Dunkin Donuts, Main Street, Westbrook.
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QSL Corner
Above
is a QSL for a SSB contact with KB1HNZ on 21 MHz on December 27, 2014.
The QSL celebrates the life and writings of Swami Vivekanada, of India.
DX News
Our
last issue left off just prior to the Fall Contest season, and
mentioned some special DXPeditions, including the 9M4IOTA DXPedition
from Perhentian Island (AS-073) on September 2, and 9M16KING that was
active from Kuala Lumpur through September 30th. Francesco, IV3TMM
activated as 9U3TMM from Burundi, between August 31 through September
17, and Eddie, ES2TT activated ES2TT/3 from Vormsi Island (EU-034), on
September 7th.
In
the weeks ahead, we expect there to be quite a bit of activity for the
upcoming ARRL International DX SSB contest, on the weekend of March
7-8, as well as the CQ WPX Contest, which takes place on the weekend of
March 28-29th. In addition, the calendar is full of announced
DXPeditions, including the VP8PJ expedition to South Orkney Island
from, February 24 - March 6, the H33K expedition to Panama from March
2-13, the
9J2LA DXPedition to Zambia from March 4-15, a holiday style expedition
to Rodrigues Island, using call sign 3B9AN, from March 9-18, the TU2R
DXPedition to the Ivory Coast, from March 23 - April 3, and the newly
announced VU4R expedition to Andaman & Nicobar Islands from March
20-31.
For up-to-date news about reported DXPeditions, click here, to read the
latest 425 DX News Bulletin.
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