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Join Mark Pride, K1RX, on Saturday, August 23 at 11 AM in Marlborough room/W9  as he presents “Radiosport or Contesting Operation for the Beginner,” one of the many hobbies within the hobby where multiple aspects come together. For the new amateurs interested in trying out contesting, this is a must attend. Critical success elements are presented for operating SSB and CW contests. These basic skills will establish an excellent baseline for growth and enjoyment and help advance you to the next level of contesting. Even if your CW speed is not very fast, the techniques explained will help you advance quickly.  

Mark has been a radio amateur for 60 years, contesting over 50 years, past president of the YCCC, one of the Directors for WRTC 2014 Boston event, referee at German WRTC 2018 and now the NA Lead for Fundraising WRTC 2026, YouTube W1DED on contesting and enjoys paying it forward by helping new operators further their interest in Radiosport.  

Join Don Rolph, AB1PH, who will show how to configure FLDIGI so you can participate in emergency nets at 11 AM on Sunday, August 24, at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.

Don Rolph is an ARES Emergency Coordinator for Norfolk County, MA. He has an article published in the September/October 2023 edition of the ARRL publication QEX magazine entitled, “An Open Source Meta-Design for an APRS™ Appliance” describing the function, design and testing of a low cost APRS device.

AB1PH was first licensed in 1961 as WH6EHQ. He was re-licensed in the 1970s as WA2CNM. He was licensed as AB1PH in 2012. 

Come and hear a discussion on how you can revitalize the youth participation in your club with an activity that allows students between the ages of 11 and 18 to launch a small project on a NASA sounding rocket at the Northeast HamXposition on Saturday at 2 PM. Bob Phinney, K5TEC, along with several students who launched their project from Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility, will present. 

Bob Phinney, K5TEC, retired from 38 years of teaching at a private school in Brookline, MA. He taught after-school STEM classes, radio and electronics courses, classical LATIN, math, photography, and science. In 2014 he founded New England Amateur Radio, Inc. (NE1AR), a non-profit to develop wireless educational curricula, as well as provide regular or on-call VE sessions. In 2018 he founded New England Sci-Tech, a non-profit STEM education center that teaches electronics and wireless communications with an emphasis on getting youth into the amateur radio hobby. 

Come to the NTS Meet and Greet, hosted by veteran traffic handler Marcia Forde, KW1U, and meet with traffic handlers throughout New England and beyond at 2 PM in Northborough/W7 on Saturday, August 23, 2025.

“We welcome seasoned traffic handlers and those just curious what it is all about,” writes Marcia. “Get questions answered here, exchange information, share stories, and perhaps pick up a tip or two. Questions about NTS 2.0? We’ll try to have answers for that, too.”

Marcia Forde KW1U, is Section Traffic Manager for Eastern and Western Mass and Rhode Island. She’sheld various leadership positions in NTS over the past 40+ years, including section CW net manager, Eastern Area net manager, TCC Director and Eastern Area Staff Chair. 

Doug Grant, K1DG, writes on the YCCC list:

Attention W1/2/3 and VE1/2/3 contesters!

David Ring, Jr., N1EA, will talk will be about being a radio officer in the United States Merchant Marine and about commercial radiotelegraphy. He’ll describe the famous SOS in which he was involved in 1980—the fire and abandoning of passenger cruise ship MS Prinsendam. The Prinsendam was on fire and burning out of control when James N. Pfister, NS1L, and David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA, both Radio Officers on the USA flagged ‘super-tanker’ Williamsburgh (Call Sign WGOA), picked up her SOS.

David Ring was first licensed in 1965 as WA1DRS, upgraded to Amateur Extra in 1967 to avoid the necessity of relearning all the subdivisions, obtained secondary call N1EA in 1978, and when the FCC dropped secondary call sign assignments, kept N1EA. He holds FCC First Class Radiotelegraph, and First Class Radio Telephone Licenses and worked in broadcast and at Marine Coast Stations. He also holds a U.S. Coast Guard license as Radio Officer, and sailed from 1980 until 1993 as a Merchant Marine Radio Officer. He also worked at maritime coast station WSC in West Creek, NJ and at various broadcast stations in the Boston, MA area.  In 1988, Jim Pfister and David Ring were awarded the VWOA “Marconi Gold Medal” for their work during this rescue. 

Interested in 3D printing? This presentation will go over some of the history, different types of 3D printing, typical process, applications for the radio amateur radio, and suggestions to start from. (Saturday, August 23 at 11 AM) 

Jeff Bail, NT1K, has been involved in amateur radio for 30 years and has a background in engineering and CNC machine operations. He has been involved in the 3D printing hobby for over 10 years and has helped many others get started.