Marion Mason, W1GRL, from the Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association, shared her experiences attending the 2024 Northeast HamXposition.
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Grand Prizes Awarded at 2024 Northeast HamXposition
Congratulations to the grand prize winners at the 2024 Northeast HamXpositon!
Joseph F. Del Guidice, K1CR, of Cranston, Rhode Island, was the lucky winner of the combination SteppIR SDA 100 Controller and PreppIR 20m-6m Portable, Quick Deploy Dipole System by SteppIR.
The 2nd Grand Prize award, an Icom IC-705 QRP all-in-one transceiver 160m to 70cm + D-Star, went to Yuri V. Dogadaev, UT1EE, from Ukraine.
Gary E. Schultzbert, KC1HGC, of North Uxbridge, MA, won the 3rd Grand Prize: a Xiegu X6100 QRP HF/6m transceiver.
The Fourth Grand Prize was awarded to James E Dalton, II, KB5RBY, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. James won a Icom ID-50A VHF/UHF/D-Star HT.
Congratulations to these amateurs and those in attendance Sunday afternoon who won many, many door prizes given away.
New England Club Newsletter Award 2024
From nediv.arrl.org:
Earlier this year, during one of the regular HamXposition meetings, Bruce, K1BG, and Larry, W1AST [the Eastern and Western MA Affiliated Club Coordinators, respectively] were talking about doing some sort of club-centric meetings From that discussion came the Clubs Forum which occurred Friday at the 2024 HamXpo.
Most of us know that clubs are the backbone of a healthy and active ham radio community. An active club most often has a newsletter that members get every month informing them of club activities and ham radio events. From this, we created the Club Newsletter Award.
Any club in New England could enter and was encouraged to do so. Newsletters would be ranked on design, layout, and information. The judge would be someone outside of New England. The top three newsletters would then be able to post the appropriate logo on their newsletters for the next year. The newsletter had to be from the second quarter of 2024 and submitted by July 5th.
The top 3 club newsletters would then NOT be able to submit again the following year, giving other clubs a chance to win the award.
[Full story]Massachusetts Governor Healey Confers Citation to ARRL on the 100th Anniversary of the New England Division Convention
A signed official Citation from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kimberly Driscoll to mark the ARRL New England Division Convention’s 100th anniversary was among the special events highlighted at the Northeast HamXposition.
ARRL Vice Director Phil Temples, K9HI, presented the Citation to those attending the Convention’s Saturday evening Grand Banquet:
“On behalf of the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I am pleased to confer upon you this Governor’s Citation in recognition of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) New England Division Convention, held this year in Marlborough, and in deep gratitude to the approximately 13,000 amateur radio operators in the Commonwealth, who dedicate their time, knowledge, and equipment to assist their communities,” it read.
1Degree Outside Talk at HamXposition
The 1Degree Outside team of Matt & Danielle Noyes provided this nice publicity on Amateur Radio/SKYWARN and the Northeast HamXposition:How Did We Do This Year?
Please take a moment and tell us your thoughts about HamXposition—what you enjoyed the most and what you enjoyed the least—so that we may continue to improve the Northeast HamXposition.
https://hamxposition.org/what-people-are-saying-about-hamxposition/
“Lessons Learned as a Ham for Broadcast RF and Vice Versa” at HamXposition
Join Douglas Evans, K3DRE, as he talks about lessons learned in professional radio and how they lead him to ham radio. From there, he’ll move to the things he learned as a radio amateur that helped his career. Doug’s been a lot of places and seen very interesting stuff, but found the basics of RF always apply. #hamxposition
Youth Forum at Northeast HamXposition
What inspires today’s youth in the amateur radio hobby? Find out what’s on the minds of our youngest hams in this captivating round-table discussion. Great learning opportunity for teachers, scout leaders, or clubs wanting to attract more youth to their local radio clubs. #hamxposition
Invite Your Imaginary Friends
Your imaginary friends will enjoy attending the 2024 Northeast HamXposition on February 22-25 at the Best Western in Marlborough, MA. We encourage you to bring your real friends, too, of course.
“Perennial Favorite” Kansas City DX Pileup Competition, at HamXposition
Join your friends following the Friday banquet for this perennial Dayton favorite: Northeast HamXposition’s version of the annual Kansas City DX Club CW Pileup Competition, hosted by Ed Parish, K1EP.
This competition has become a tradition at the Dayton Hamvention. Participants are charged with copying as many calls as possible from a pileup of about 100 calls. The pileup file simulates a possible “on the air” experience, with some calls sent once, some twice, at varying speeds and pitches. You won’t want to miss it!