—Skip Youngberg, K1NKR
“I’m a ham radio operator. I’ve got friends all over the world—and none at home.” (overheard at lunch during the 1995 New England Division convention in Manchester, NH)
Actually, we hams have socialized since the start of the hobby. On the air, at club meetings, annual dinners, flea markets, hamfests, and at ARRL-sponsored conventions.
As a kid, I remember my parents looking forward each year to the Providence Radio Association’s dinner dance at Johnson’s Hummocks. Uncle Jack was an early PRA member and dinner dance attendance was part of the family culture. But in the 1950s dinner dances were for adults only. Even when I was thirteen and got my ticket, it was still a couple of years before I got to attend. Back then, I never even knew about state or division conventions. In fact, the first convention I attended was the 1966 ARRL National Convention in Boston while I was in college. And later than that, while on an Air Force business trip back to the US from Germany in the late seventies, I stumbled into the Dayton Hamvention. (Almost exactly fifty years later I went back to Dayton and concluded that once every fifty years is good enough. New England conventions, which I’ve been attending religiously since returning to the area in 1989, are just as good. Maybe even better.)
The first ARRL convention of any sort was announced in the November 1916 QST to be held in New York City “sometime in the Christmas holiday season.” “We have had meetings of Clubs and Societies of general character to discuss scientific question on radio, but there has never been a convention of operating amateurs to discuss operating questions. It would be intensely interesting for many of us who hear each other nightly to meet and get acquainted,” the magazine editorialized. This certainly set the expectation for all subsequent conventions.
New England Division conventions have been held for one hundred years, although there haven’t been one hundred annual conventions. New England’s first ARRL-sponsored Division convention was held in Springfield, MA, on 28 and 29 March 1924. Division conventions moved to Worcester (1925), Providence (1926), Hartford (1927), and Boston (1928). Throughout the twenties and thirties, Boston-based Massachusetts State conventions were typically held in combination with the Boston Hamfest. Division and State (Section) conventions filled the average ham’s social calendar from the 1920s to the 1960s. There were a few “conventionless” years—some forced by historical events and some apparently the result of business decisions.
The original New England gathering, the 1920 Conference on Interference, was a meeting of the FCC Boston office, Amateurs, and Harvard and MIT traffic handlers to address issues affecting the passing of traffic. The 1922 “convention” was also principally one of a continuing series of traffic meetings. The 1924 convention (“the first real convention ever held as such,” per QST) and those thereafter were usually the kind of technical get-to-know-you events we are now used to.
The typical convention had fewer than ten technical talks, at least through the thirties. Each of these meetings garnered consistent attendance by numerous ARRL Headquarters Organization officials; large club delegations; Army, Navy, and Naval Reserve officers; and academia. They were also attended by the FCC’s First District Radio Inspector to conduct license exams. (Fifty to sixty new licenses was typical.) The gatherings often offered tours to local radio stations or electronics factories. Prizes during the convention were and remain a major draw.
There were three talks during the 1925 convention. John Reinhartz, 1XAM himself, spoke for an hour and a half on “Short Waves.” Prof. White, of Dartmouth College, explained Ohm’s Law. And Prof. Newell, of Worcester Polytech, thoroughly covered the subject of vacuum tubes. And harking forward to the “let me check out your Baofeng for you” technical assistance of nowadays, 1925’s 1YK group (from WPI) offered wavemeter calibration “to make it easy for New England ‘hams’ to keep within their wavebands.”
ARRL President Hiram Percy Maxim and his wife each gave “fine talks” at the 1926 Division Convention banquet in Providence. ARRL Treasurer A.A. Hebert, First District FCC Radio Supervisor C.C. Kloster, and D.A. O’Connor, president of the Providence Radio Association, as host.
Television was introduced and demonstrated to the Amateur community by C.N. Kraus, W1BCR, during the 1929 convention in Springfield.
Early on in the history of New England Division conventions, a group from the Hudson Division presented the hosts a bottle of glue “to forever bind our organizations together.”
VHF, then called “the ultra-highs,” was well represented in the early thirties. Technical talks began in 1929, and by 1934 numerous attendees arriving with 56‑mc AM‑phone mobile stations (56 MHz was the five-meter band which preceded our 6m allocation) were noted at the Massachusetts Section convention in Provincetown and the Division convention in Springfield. A five-meter hidden transmitter hunt was one of the highlights of the 1936 Connecticut Section convention.
While CW copying contests were common during banquets, surely the highlight of celebrity and performance came at the 1937 Division convention when T.R. McElroy gave a demonstration and copied, unofficially, 82 words per minute.
In the early years, conventions were major events for what was, admittedly, a small population. Half- to full‑page QST announcements and reviews were common. The 1925 Vermont Section convention, for instance, garnered a half-page QST write-up and the 1928 Maine Section convention’s report covered almost a full page (and its banquet was broadcast over WCSH radio in Portland). These extended reviews seem to have been eliminated after 1940. Prior to all that, each convention announcement was news in itself. QST started the “Coming Conventions” insert box in 1946 and virtually ended all post-convention coverage except for national events. There were, however, very occasional STRAYs with photographs.
Banquets have always been a part of the ticket, usually priced separately. Banquet price was typically 2‑1/2 times the registration price (e.g., $1.00 for registration and $2.50 for the banquet in the early years). There was often exceptional club-provided skit-style entertainment at the banquets: typically Liars contests, Cracker Eating contests, and put-on technical talks. And ever since that first division gathering in 1924, conventions usually included a midnight ceremony to introduce and induct attendees into the Royal Order of the Wouff Hong.
A few highlights:
- The Springfield ARA celebrated its 20th anniversary and the League’s 25th anniversary by sponsoring the New England Division convention in 1939.
- Attendance at early conventions was in the low hundreds. Attendance finally totaled one thousand—at the Massachusetts Section convention—in 1939.
- Conventions were suspended from 1941 through 1945. Then in April 1946, QST pronounced, “FLASH! First Postwar New England Division Convention, Dennison Memorial Hall, Framingham, Mass. Saturday May 4th.”
- The New England Division conventions presented a Ham of the Year award in the mid-1960s.
- The New England Division convention was billed as “the world’s largest “hamfest” in April 1964 QST.
The Federation of Eastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Associations (now officially named just FEMARA, to encompass the entire Division) sponsored both the 1966 and the 1970 ARRL National Conventions. FEMARA has sponsored virtually every New England Division convention since 1960. Other sponsors have included the Pioneer Valley Repeater Association (Hartford, 1975), the NE Division Convention Committee (Hartford, 1977), and the Connecticut Amateur Radio Society (Hartford, 1979). (The 1981 Division convention was held in Hartford, but I have no information on it.) There were no Division conventions announced for 1971, 1972, 1974, for the odd numbered years of 1983-2013, and for 2014.
Section conventions here in New England pretty much went extinct by 1960, although they remained popular in other sections of the country. Nowadays they have returned and the Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut state conventions are the stalwart Section gatherings here in New England. Notably, these New England state conventions picked up the slack during the years when there was no New England Division convention. Some of the state conventions were listed as “ARRL,” i.e., “Section,” conventions and some were listed as just “State Conventions.”
To put the major conventions and hamfests in historical perspective, Hamcation (which claims to be the 2nd largest annual gathering of radio amateurs in the world) started as a club event in Orlando in 1946 and was first held as a major hamfest in April 1960. The origins of the Huntsville Hamfest date back to August 1954. The Dayton Hamvention goes back March 1952. The first HAM RADIO in Friedrichshafen, Germany, took place in 1976. But these are hamfests, pretty much commercial in nature, not Division conventions.
So what does today’s New England Division convention offer? Camaraderie, flea markets, a full program of talks, vendors, activities and demonstrations, banquets, guest speakers, and prizes. Amateur Radio is a doing, achieving, learning hobby, with many personal rewards. At conventions, we convene: we share the opportunity to exchange brags and ideas, and have the opportunity to learn about the full spectrum (pardon the pun) of Amateur activity and interest.
What more could you want?
For you OCD data mavens, the following table shows the details:
| YEAR | NEDiv Convention Dates | NEDiv Convention Location | Sponsor | Cost, incl principal convention Banquet
($ equiv) |
Section (State) Conventions | Section Dates | Section Convention Location | Sponsor | reference |
| 1920 | Boston Inter-Club Conference on Interference | o/a Jan 1920 | Boston | ARRL | QST, Feb1920 | ||||
| 1921 | Maine | 10 Sep 1921 | Portland, ME | ARRL | QST, Nov 1921 | ||||
| (“Annual”) New England Traffic Men’s Convention | 26 Nov 1921 | Springfield, MA | ARRL | QST, Jan 1922 | |||||
| 1922 | |||||||||
| 1923 | |||||||||
| 1924 | 28-29 Mar
(1st NEDiv Convention. “annual” New England Traffic Convention) |
Springfield, MA | “Men of Springfield” | $4.50
($80.72) |
QST, May 1924
QST, Mar 1924 |
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| 1925 | 3-4 Apr | Worcester, MA | Worcester County RA | Vermont | 4 Sep | Poultney, VT | Poultney Executive Radio Council | QST, Jun 1925
QST, Aug 1925 QST, Nov 1925 |
|
| 1926 | 9-10 Apr | Providence, RI | Providence RA | QST, Apr 1926
QST, Jun1926 |
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| 1927 | 15-16 Apr | Hartford, CT | RTA Hartford | $4.50
(79.79) |
QST, Apr 1927
QST, Jun 1927 |
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| 1928 | 20-21 Apr | Boston, MA | Eastern Mass ARA | Maine | 13-14 Jul | Agusta, ME | “Section convention committee” | QST, Mar 1928
QST, Jun 1928 QST, Sep 1928 |
|
| 1929 | 19-20 Apr | Springfield, MA | Springfield RA | Maine | 6-7 Sep | Bangor, ME | Queen City RC | QST, Mar 1929
QST, Jun 1929 |
|
| 1930 | 25-26 Apr | Worcester, MA | Worcester RA | Maine | 22-23 Aug | Portland, ME | Portland AWA | QST, Apr 1930
QST, Jun 1930 |
|
| 1931 | 24-25 Apr | Boston, MA | Eastern Mass ARA | $5.00
($98.95) |
QST, Apr 1931
QST, Jul 1931 |
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| 1932 | 8-9 Apr | Providence, RI | Assoc RA of Southern NE | $5.00
($110.34) |
QST, Apr 1932
QST, Jun1932 |
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| 1933 | 28-29 Apr | Hartford, CT | Hartford County ARA | QST, Apr 1933
QST, Aug 1933 |
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| 1934 | 4-5 May | Springfield, MA | Springfield RA
Western Mass RA |
Massachusetts | 28 Jul | Provincetown, MA | Provincetown RC | QST, Apr 1934
QST, Jul 1934 QST, Sep 1934 QST, Oct 1934 |
|
| 1935 | 26-27 Apr | Worcester, MA | Central Mass ARA | $3.50
($77.80) |
QST, APR 1935
QST, Jun 1935 |
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| 1936 | 18 Apr | Boston, MA | Eastern Mass ARA
South Shore ARC |
$1.00 (no banquet)
($22.39) |
Connecticut | 4-5 Apr | Bridgeport, CT | Bridgeport ARA | QST, Mar 1936
QST, Apr 1936 QST, Jun 1936 QST, Jul 1936 |
| 1937 | 21-22 May | Providence, RI | Eastern Mass ARA
South Shore ARC |
$3.50
($74.56) |
Connecticut | 25-26 Sep | Bridgeport, CT | Bridgeport ARA | QST, May 1937
QST, Aug 1937 QST, Sep 1937 QST, Oct 1937 |
| Massachusetts | 2 Oct | Boston, MA | EMA ARA
South Shore ARC |
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| 1938 | 21-22 May | Hartford, CT | Hartford County ARA | $3.50
($76.14) |
New Hampshire | 17 Sep | Manchester, NH | QST, May 1938
QST, Aug 1938 QST Oct 1938 |
|
| Massachusetts | 15 Oct | Boston, MA | EMA ARA
South Shore ARC |
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| 1939 | 20-21 May | Springfield, MA | Springfield RA | $3.00
($66.68) |
New Hampshire | 23 Sep | Manchester, NH | Manchester RC | QST, May 1939
QST, Jul 1939 QST, Sep 1939 QST, Oct 1939 QST, Jan 1940 |
| Massachusetts | 21 Oct | Boston, MA | EMA ARA
South Shore ARC |
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| Vermont | 14 Oct | Rutland, VT | Green Mountain RC | ||||||
| 1940 | 20-21 Apr | Worcester, MA | Worcester RA | New Hampshire | 21 Sep | Manchester, NH | QST, Apr 1940
QST, Sep 1940 QST, Oct 1940 |
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| Massachusetts | 5 Oct | Boston, MA | EMA ARA
South Shore ARC |
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| Vermont | 12 Oct | Rutland, VT | Green Mountain RC | ||||||
| 1941 | 18 Oct | Boston, MA | Eastern Mass ARA
South Shore ARC |
$2.50
($50.12) |
Connecticut | 27-28 Sep | Bridgeport, CT | Bridgeport ARA | QST, Sep 1941
QST, Oct 1941 |
| Vermont | 4 Oct | Burlington, VT | Burlington ARC | ||||||
| 1942 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1943 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1944 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1945 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1946 | 4 May | Framingham, MA | $4.75
($78.76) |
Vermont | 5 Oct | Burlington, VT | Burlington ARC | QST, Apr 1946
QST Sep 1946 QST, Oct 1946 |
|
| New Hampshire | 26 Oct | Manchester, NH | Manchester RC | ||||||
| 1947 | 18 Oct | Boston, MA | Eastern Mass ARA
South Shore ARC |
$4.00
($53.35) |
Massachusetts | 21 Jun | Framingham, MA | QST, Jun1947
QST, Aug 1947 QST, Oct 1947 |
|
| Connecticut | 27-28 Sep | Bridgeport, CT | |||||||
| New Hampshire | 4 Oct | Manchester, NH | |||||||
| 1948 | No convention | New Hampshire | 19 Sep | Concord, NH | Concord Brasspounders | QST, Jun 1948 | |||
| 1949 | 30 Apr | Framingham, MA | Framingham RC | $4.50
($57.76) |
New Hampshire | 17 Sep | Manchester, NH | Manchester RC | QST, Apr 1949
QST, Sep 1949 |
| 1950 | No convention | New Hampshire | 17 Sep | Concord, NH | Concord Brasspounders | QST, Sep 1950
QST, Oct 1950 |
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| Vermont | 14 Oct | Burlington, VT | Burlington ARC | ||||||
| 1951 | No convention | Vermont | 16 Sep | Brattleboro, VT | Tri-County ARC | QST, Sep 1951 | |||
| New Hampshire | 6 Oct | Manchester, NH | |||||||
| 1952 | 14 Jun | Springfield, MA | Hampden County RC | $5.00
($57.88) |
Vermont | 14 Sep | Burlington, VT | Burlington ARC | QST, Jun 1952
QST, Jul 1952 QST, Sep 1952 |
| New Hampshire | 27 Sep | Nashua, NH | Nashua Mike & Key Club | ||||||
| 1953 | No convention | New Hampshire | 13 Sep | Concord, NH | Concord Brasspounders | QST, Aug 1963
QST, Sep 1963 |
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| 1954 | 10 Oct | Manchester, NH | Manchester RC | $8.00
($91.57) |
QST, Oct 1954 | ||||
| 1955 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1956 | 21 Oct | Providence, RI | Providence RA | $3.00 (banquet separate)
($33.46) |
New Hampshire | 30 Sep | Concord, NH | Concord Brasspounders | QST, Aug 1956
QST, Sep 1956 QST, Oct 1956 |
| 1957 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1958 | 28 Sep | Providence, RI | Providence RA | $6.50
(68.99) |
New Hampshire | 21-25 May | Concord, NH | QST, May 1958
QST, Jul 1958 QST, Aug 1958 QST, Sep 1958 |
|
| 1959 | 5-6 Sep | Hartford, CT | Hartford County ARA | $8.50
($88.99) |
Massachusetts | 17 May | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA
($7.50 |
QST, Feb 1959
QST, Mar 1959 QST, Apr 1959 QST, May 1959 QST, Jun 1959 QST, Jul 1959 QST, Aug 1959 QST, Sep 1959 |
| 1960 | 1 May | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $8.00
($83.19) |
QST, Jan 1960
QST, Feb 1960 QST, Mar 1960 QST, Apr 1960 QST, May 1960 |
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| 1961 | 8-9 Apr | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $8.00
($82.35) |
QST, Mar 1961
QST, Apr 1961 |
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| 1962 | 7-8 Apr | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | No data | QST, Jan 1962
QST, Feb 1962 QST, Apr 1962 |
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| 1963 | 26-28 Apr | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $8.50
($85.49) |
QST, Nov 1962
QST, Dec 1962 QST, Jan 1963 QST, Feb 1963 QST, Mar 1963 QST, Apr 1963 |
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| 1964 | 9-10 May | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $8.50
($84.38) |
QST, Oct 1963
QST, Nov 1963 QST, Dec 1963 QST, Jan 1964 QST, Feb 1964 QST, Mar 1964 QST, Apr 1964 QST, May 1964 |
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| 1965 | 21-25 Apr | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $8.50
($83.04) |
QST, Oct 1964
QST, Nov 1964 QST, Dec 1964 QST, Jan 1965 QST, Feb 1965 QST, Mar 1965 QST, Apr 1965 |
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| 1966 | 22-24 Apr | National Convention
Boston, MA |
FEMARA | $11.60
($110.16) |
QST, Aug 1965
QST, Sep 1965 QST, Oct 1965 QST, Jan 1966 QST, Feb 1966 |
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| 1967 | 22-23 Apr | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $9.50
($88.04)
(rooms s/d/t: $10/15/18 =93/139/167 |
QST, Sep 1966
QST, Oct 1966 QST, Dec 1966 QST, Jan 1967 QST, Feb 1967 QST, Mar 1967 QST, Apr 1967 QST, May 1967 |
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| 1968 | 1-2 Jun | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $10.00
($88.40) |
QST, Oct 1967
QST, Nov 1967 QST, Dec 1967 QST, Jan 1968 QST, Feb 1968 QST, Mar 1968 QST, Apr 1968 QST, May 1968 QST, Jun 1968 |
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| 1969 | 24-25 May | Swampscott, MA | FEMARA | $10.50
($88.48) |
QST, Dec 1968
QST, Feb 1969 QST, Mar 1969 QST, Apr 1969 QST, May 1969 |
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| 1970 | 25-27 Sep | National Convention
Boston, MA |
FEMARA | $15.00
($117.38) |
QST, Feb 1970
QST, Mar 1970 QST, Apr 1970 QST, May 1970 QST, Jun 1970 QST, Jul 1970 QST, Aug 1970 QST, Sep 1970 |
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| 1971 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1972 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1973 | 29-30 Sep | Hyannis, MA | FEMARA | $13.50
($91.62) |
QST, Mar 1973
QST, Apr 1973 QST, May 1973 QST, Jun 1973 QST, Jul 1973 QST, Aug 1973 QST, Sep 1973 |
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| 1974 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1975 | 1-2 Nov | Hartford, CT | Pioneer Valley Repeater Assoc | $18.00
($99.84) |
QST, Mar 1975
QST, Apr 1975 QST, May 1975 QST, Jun 1975 QST, Jul 1975 QST, Jul 1975 QST, Aug 1975 QST, Sep 1975 QST, Oct 1975 QST, Nov 1975 |
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| 1976 | 10-12 Sep | Boston, MA | FEMARA | $15.00
($79.33) |
QST, Dec 1975
QST, Jan 1976 QST, Feb 1976 QST, Mar 1976 QST, May 1976 QST, Jun 1976 QST, Jul 1976 QST, Aug 1976 QST, Sep 1976 |
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| 1977 | 23-25 Sep | Hartford, CT | NE Division Convention Committee | $24.50
($122.40) |
QST, Jan 1977
QST, Feb 1977 QST, Mar 1977 QST, Apr 1977 QST, May 1977 QST, Jun 1977 QST, Jul 1977 QST, Aug 1977 QST, Sep 1977 |
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| 1978 | 14-15 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $20.00
($91.43) |
QST, Nov 1977
QST, Dec 1977 QST, Jan 1978 QST, Feb 1978 QST, Mar 1978 QST, Apr 1978 QST, May 1978 QST, Jun 1978 QST, Jul 1978 QST, Aug 1978 QST, Sep 1978 QST, Oct 1978 |
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| 1979 | 28-30 Sep | Hartford, CT | Connecticut ARS | $29.25
($120.27) |
QST, Feb 1979
QST, Jul 1979 QST, Aug 1979 |
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| 1980 | 3-5 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $16.00
($57.88) |
QST, Jan 1980
QST, Mar 1980 QST, Jun 1980 QST, Jul 1980 QST, Aug 1980 QST, Sep 1980 QST, Oct 1980 |
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| 1981 | 19-20 Sep | Hartford, CT | QST, Dec 1980
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| 1982 | 2-3 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $17.50
($54.66) |
QST, Jan 1982
QST, Sep 1982 QST, Oct 1982 |
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| 1983 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1984 | 29-30 Sep | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $21.50
($62.81) |
QST, Jan 1984
QST, Jul 1984 QST, Aug 1984 QST, Sep 1984 |
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| 1985 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1986 | 18-19 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | No data | QST, Jan 1986
QST, Aug 1986 QST, Sep 1986
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| 1987 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1988 | 1-2 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $24.50
($62.52) |
QST, Jan 1988
QST, Sep 1988 QST, Oct 1988 |
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| 1989 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1990 | 13-14 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $30.00
($68.93) |
QST, Sep 1990
QST, Oct 1990 |
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| 1991 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1992 | 3-4 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $26.95
($58.30) |
QST, Jan 1992
QST, Sep 1992 QST, Oct 1992 |
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| 1993 | 24-25Jul | Manchester, NH | New Hampshire ARA | $4.00
(admission only) ($8.54) |
Maine | 17 Jul | Union, ME | Maine Hamfest Association | QST, Jan 1993
QST, Jun 1993 QST, Jul 1993 QST, Sep 1993 |
| Connecticut | 9-10 Oct | Durham, CT | Meriden ARC
Middlesex ARS Shoreline ARC |
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| 1994 | 1-2 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $28.00
($57.45) |
QST, Jan 1994
QST, Aug 1994 QST, Sep 1994 |
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| 1995 | 29-30 Jul | Manchester, NH | North East Convention Associates | $7.00
(admission only) ($14.16) |
Vermont | 17 Jun | Rutland, VT | Vermont AR Council | QST, May 1995
QST, Jun 1995 QST, Jul 1995 QST, Aug 1995 QST, Sep 1995
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| Connecticut | 7-8 Oct | Durham, CT | Meriden ARC
Middlesex ARS Shoreline ARC |
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| 1996 | 5-6 Oct | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $8.00
(banquet separate) ($15.50) |
QST, Jan 1996
QST, Aug 1996 QST, Sep 1996 QST, Oct 1996 |
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| 1997 | No convention | ||||||||
| 1998 | 29-30 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $32.95
($61.86) |
QST, Jan 1998
QST, Jul 1998 QST, Aug 1998 QST, Sep 1998 |
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| 1999 | No convention | Connecticut | 10 Oct | Wallingford, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | QST, Apr 1999
QST, Oct 1999 |
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| 2000 | 26-27 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $36
($63.91) |
QST, Jul 2000
QST, Aug 2000 QST, Sep 2000 |
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| 2001 | No convention | ||||||||
| 2002 | 23-25 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $43.00
($72.99) |
Vermont | 23 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2002
QST, Feb 2002 QST, Mar 2002 QST, Jul 2002 QST, Aug 2002 QST, Sep 2002 |
| 2003 | No convention | Vermont | 22 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2003
QST, Mar 2003 QST, Apr 2003 QST, Sep 2003 |
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| Maine | 28-29 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 12 Oct | Wallingford, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2004 | 13-15 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $45.00
($72.84) |
Vermont | 28 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2004
QST, Feb 2004 QST, Mar 2004 QST, Apr 2004 QST, Aug 2004 |
| Maine | 26-27 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| 2005 | No convention | Vermont | 27 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2005
QST, Feb 2005 QST, Mar 2005 QST, Apr 2005 QST, Sep 2005 QST, Oct 2005 |
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| Maine | 25-26 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 9 Oct | Wallingford, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2006 | 25-27 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $50.00
($75.22) |
Vermont | 25 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2006
QST, Feb 2006 QST, Mar2006 QST, Apr 2006 QST, Jul 2006 QST, Aug 2006 QST, Sep 2006 QST, Oct 2006 |
| Maine | 24-25 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 8 Oct | Wallingford, CT | (no data) | ||||||
| 2007 | No convention | Vermont | 24 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2007
QST, Mar 2007 QST, Apr 2007 QST, Sep 2007 QST, Oct 2007 |
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| Maine | 30-31 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 7 Oct | Wallingford, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2008 | 22-24 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55.00
($77.01) |
Vermont | 23 Feb | Milton, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2008
QST, Mar 2008 QST, Apr 2008 QST, Jul 2008 QST, Aug 2008 QST, Sep 2008 QST, Oct 2008 |
| Maine | 4-5 Apr | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 12 Oct | Wallingford, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2009 | No convention | Vermont | 28 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2009
QST, Feb 2009 QST, Mar 2009 QST, Apr 2009 QST, Oct 2009 |
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| Maine | 27-28 Mar | Lewiston.ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| 2010 | 27-29 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55.00
($77.28) |
Vermont | 27 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2010
QST, Feb 2010 QST, Mar 2010 QST, Apr 2010 QST, Jul 2010 QST, Aug 2010 QST, Sep 2010 QST, Oct 2010 |
| Maine | 26-27 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 10 Oct | Wallingford, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2011 | No convention | Vermont | 26 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | QST. Jan 2011
QST, Feb 2011 QST, Mar 3011 QST, Apr 2011 QST, Aug 2011 QST, Sep 2011 QST, Oct 2011 |
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| Maine | 25-26 Mar | Lewiston. ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 9 Oct | Wallingford, Ct | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2012 | 24-26 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55,00
($73.23) |
Vermont | 25 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2012
QST, Feb 2012 QST, Mar 2012 QST, Aug 2012 QST, Sep 2012 QST, Oct 2012 |
| Maine | 23-24 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 7 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2013 | No convention | Vermont | 23 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Jan 2013
QST, Feb 2013 QST, Mar 2013 QST, Apr 2013 QST, Sep 2013 QST, Oct 2013 QST, Nov 2013 |
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| Maine | 29-30 March | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 13 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2014 | 17-19 Jul | National Centennial
Hartford, CT |
ARRL | Vermont | 22 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2014
QST, Mar 2014 QST, Apr 2014 QST, May 2014 QST, Jun 2014 QST, Jul 2014 QST, Aug 2014 QST, Sep 2014 QST, Oct 2014 |
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| Maine | 28-29 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 12 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2015 | 21-23 Aug | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55.00
($71.18) |
Vermont | 28 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2015
QST, Mar 2015 QST, Aug 2015 QST, Oct 2015 |
| Maine | 27-28 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 18 Oct | Meriden, Ct | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2016 | 9-11 Sep | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55.00
($70.26) |
Vermont | 27 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2016
QST, Mar 2016 QST, Aug 2016 QST, Oct 2016 |
| Maine | 25-26 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 16 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2017 | 8-10 Sep | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55.00
($68.73) |
Vermont | 25 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Mar 2017
QST, Aug 2017 QST, Oct 2017 |
| Maine | 31 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 22 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2018 | 7-9 Sep | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $55.00
($67.20) |
Vermont | 24 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2018
QST, Mar 2018 QST, Aug 2018 QST, Oct 2018 |
| Maine | 30-31 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 21 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2019 | 6-8 Sep | Boxboro, MA | FEMARA | $58.00
($69.67) |
Vermont | 23 Feb | South Burlington, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2019
QST, Mar 2019 QST, Sep 2019 |
| Maine | 29-30 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 13 Oct | Meriden, CT | Nutmeg Hamfest Alliance | ||||||
| 2020 | 6-7 Nov | Virtual Banquet | FEMARA | Free | Vermont | 22 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Mar 2020
QST, Apr 2020 |
| Maine | 10-11 Apr | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| 2021 | 10-12 Sep | Marlborough, MA | FEMARA | $63.00
($70.83) |
Vermont | 27 Feb | Virtual | RA Northern VT | QST, Mar 2021
QST, Aug 2021 |
| 2022 | 26-28 Aug | NE and Hudson Div Convention
Marlborough, MA |
FEMARA | $65.00
($67.69) |
Vermont | 26 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Mar 2022
QST, Apr 2022 QST, Aug 2022 QST, Sep 2022 |
| Maine | 1-2 Apr | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 9 Oct | North Haven, CT | Meriden ARC | ||||||
| 2023 | 25-27 Aug | Marlborough, MA | FEMARA | $65.00
($66.29) |
Vermont | 25 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | QST, Feb 2023
QST, Mar 2023 QST, Aug 2023 QST, Sep 2023 |
| Maine | 24-25 Mar | Lewiston, ME | Androscoggin ARC | ||||||
| Connecticut | 8 Oct | North Haven, CT | Meriden ARC | ||||||
| 2024 | 22-25 Aug | Marlborough, MA | FEMARA | $67.00 | Vermont | 24 Feb | Colchester, VT | RA Northern VT | |
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