Announcement

Bruce Blain, K1BG, writes:

First, thank you for attending the HamXposition 2025 Club Track.

I thought we had an exciting and worthwhile day!  I’d like to thank the following for their presentations:

If you remember, a fellow club member from the Nashoba Valley ARC, Jim Hein, N8VIM, recorded the presentations.  You can find those presentations on the NVARC YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMCAp9jG3I&list=PLKxqpM8coZlLN5UDAwlmGh1iTBJ0-6RKc.  If you look to the right of my introduction, you should see links to the other Club Track presentations. 

NVARC has an extensive collection of material on the NVARC YouTube Channel.  If you are interested, feel free to look at them.

If you would like a .pdf of any of the Club Track presentations, please drop me an email and I will respond.

Lastly, I’d like to see “Club Track” continue at HamXposition in future years.  I’ve run the program for two years now, and I don’t want this to be a lifelong commitment!  So, if anyone wants to organize this next year, please let me know.  I’m happy to help, happy to promote, and happy to present.  But I would like to see someone else step up!  So again, let me know if you have an interest.

Enjoy the presentations and see you again next year!

Bruce, K1BG
HamXposition

Terry Stader, KA8SCP, writes:

Hello gang. It was great to see some of you at HamXpo this past weekend. Thanks for saying hello and attending the presentations I did at HamXposition.

Below are the 2 different presentations in PDF format… there is some duplication of slides.

https://ka8scp.wb1gof.net/dstar/.presentations/IntroD-STARHamX2025.pdf
https://ka8scp.wb1gof.net/dstar/.presentations/MoreD-STARHamX2025.pdf

Terry

 Over $15,000 of door prizes were awarded at the 2025 Northeast HamXposition.

According to HamX Prize Chair Larry Krainson, W1AST, “Our top prize, the Yaesu FT-891 mobile with the ATAS-120a mobile antenna, was won by Arthur Weeks, Jr., W1AGW, Rollinsford, New Hampshire. The Elecraft KH1 Edgewood—a POTA/SOTA dream radio—was awarded to Gay Nelson, KC1WQI, Old Lyme, Connecticut.”

Mark Pride, K1RX, writes:

On behalf of the entire group of speakers at this year’s miniCTU, both Doug, K1DG and I wish to thank you for your interest and enthusiasm for one of the most exciting aspects of our hobby! It really does bring all of the elements together! We trust you found it educational and motivational.

Additionally, the WRTC 2026 UK event is striving to be the best one yet. Even in this aspect, it is competitive. Each host country tries to be the BEST one yet. And in support of this goal, we continue to look for your help through donations of any amount.

For those that did provide a donation during the Ham Expo – my thanks! Remember it is July 8-13 next year and we will look for your “audience participation”. In the meantime, please follow this link, and help close the gap.

Donate | WRTC 2026 UK

FEMARA, sponsor of the Northeast HamXposition, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen along with one dozen other organizations to receive a cash donation from the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA). FEMARA will receive $2,600.

QCWA Acting President Anthony Perales, AI1U, made the announcement in the August issue of QCWA Journal. 

“Each board member could choose an organization to benefit, and I chose FEMARA because of the good work you do for the New England region,” writes John Facella, K9FJ, a QCWA National Director who resides in Raymond, Maine. 

FEMARA will use the money to improve its scholarship awards to youths in New England.

QCWA will be represented at HamXposition at a table, and also at a “Meet and Greet” session on Sunday morning at 10:00 AM.

Be sure to stop by and thank QCWA officials for their generous contribution!

Laval, Quebec, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — VE2DX Electronics Design Inc. will introduce following the Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL Convention Keynote address in Salon A at 10h00 AM on August 23, 2025, our prototype of our new ARS1-BT aka “Maple Syrup Project.” This brand-new technology automatic antenna management system will be a game changer in the ham radio field radio market.

The ARS1-BT is designed for smaller ham radios like the ICOM IC-705, FT-100, FT-8X7 series, etc. that support both HF, VHF and UHF on a single antenna port, offering the user separate VHF/UHF and HF (both RX and TX) ports. It will also support the new RAS series of remote antenna switches, offering up to six different antennas to the operator.

Based on existing advanced VE2DX Electronics Design technologies like: TrueTTL, TrueCIV, TrueCAT, BOA, ASM, and more, it will offer blind and deaf operator assistance, advanced RFI filtering and shielding, advanced signal processing, automatic signal leveling, advanced CAT/CIV port management, CAT/CIV over bluetooth and WiFi, and powerful band management..

Please join us Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 10h00 to 10h30 at HamXposition, in the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel andTrade Center, Salon A, following the Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL, Convention Keynote address for our OFFICIAL RELEASE of the VE2DX Electronics Design Inc. “Maple Syrup Project,” the ARS1-BT.

VE2DX ELECTRONICS DESIGN INC. was founded in Laval Quebec in 2020. It is a privately owned proud Canadian Electronics company designing advance electronics devices for Ham Radio operator across the world.

For More information, please contact:

Richard G. Desaulniers Sr., VE2DX
President and Lead Designer
VE2DX ELECTRONICS DESIGN INC.
WWW.VE2DX.COM
Info@ve2dx.com
450-689-4591