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Wed
15
Aug '07

Lighthouses on the Air

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The Lighthouse Contest has arrived. This weekend will feature activity from many lighthouses across the Globe. Be ready! My friends, K1VV and N1DT, will be operating at Clark’s Point Light.


N1EY



See the FOLLOWING FOR DETAILS: Clark’s Point Light USA174 August 18, 2007 (Our 63rd Lighthouse Activation) New Bedford, MA .. August 18, 2007 Call to be used W1AA Don N1DT will be running CW as usual, I will be on phone. Operation will start about 7:00 AM EST (1100 UTC) and end about 2:00 PM EDST (1800 UTC) We will start on 75 phone about 3996 +- 5 khz about 7:00 am (1100UTC). Or earlier. We will go to 40 phone after we run 75 phone dry …. The next band will by 40 phone …. tune for us between the nets ….. most likely around 7234.0….+- We also will use 20 phone later in the morning around 14270 .. depending upon QRM … If we experience QRM we will QSY above 14310 … If band conditions allow we will also try 18150 +-. We will return to 40 phone about 1500 to 1600 UTC …. about noon local time. 7234.0 CW will be approximately on the half hour… 7035 …. 10116…. 14035 …. 18080 …. plus or minus QRM Stateside QSL via W1AA … Appreciate a SASE….OK in any callbook or on QRZ.COM… DX QSL via the W1 bureau. REMEMBER THAT THE POSTAL LETTER RATE IS 41 CENTS. We will be posting our spots on the DX Summit. but we would appreciate any and all W1AA spots. http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/hfdx25.html http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/ A photo QSL of the each light will be provided for Clark’s Point Light. Look at W1AA on QRZ.COM You all are the reason we activate these lights…. please be there.






CU all on Saturday. Keep the Flame.


Don N1DT #962 and Whitey K1VV #957 / W1AA

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Mon
13
Aug '07

Bicycling clubs on the South Shore

Part of webmaster's adventure in Cycling

I had an opportunity to ride with the Crack O’ Dawn club out of Newton on the CRW south shore ride, last Sunday. They ride pretty fast. They also have some pretty nifty jerseys. Check out their web page at http://www.crackodawn.com/. They like to ride the Pan Mass Challenge every year as well. There are some other nifty bicycle clubs in the area as well.
The Blue Hills Cycling Club meets every morning at 6 AM for riding around the Blue Hills(Milton, MA). Check out their web page at http://www.bluehillscycling.com/. They have a bunch of good people and they have shown up at the Sunday CRW ride as well. I do not know, if people notice a trend, but the CRW Sunday Ride is the best ride for scenery in the whole area of Massachusetts. We have Four Lighthouses to see and Two windmills. Other clubs put together special rides to give you eight lighthouses, but the CRW gives you a regular club ride with four lighthouses and a few windmills just for fun. How could you not like this?
Plus, the ride goes by the homes of a whole bunch of the guys on the Quincy machine.
Another club that rides in the area is the Boston Road Club. They ride out of Hingham on Saturdays. The problem with these racers that they like to go early at 6:30 AM. Their webpage is at http://www.bostonroadclub.com/.

I finally got a card back from New Mexico. Would people please send me their QSL cards? I only have 29 states confirmed out of an almost complete set. I need Hawaii. Who doesn’t in Massachusetts? I want to get my WAS. The new QST just arrived in the mail, so I have to go read it.

N1EY

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Sat
11
Aug '07

Bicycling

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I have been riding on the new CRW(Charles River Wheelmen) ride from West Bridgewater. It is a summer ride that starts on Thursdays at 6 PM from the park and ride lot on Route 106(West Bridgewater Rt 24). It is very flat in comparison to other rides. It makes for a fast speed and spinning. There is a core group of very enthusiast bikers. One pace goes from 15-16 and the other is pushing 19-20. I did manage one night at 19.50mph, which was very good for me!

My friend, Andy Brand, rode his 11th year in the Pan Mass Challenge. Check out his website. I sent him a donation, again. He raises a lot of money for the Jimmy Fund. He also rode a lot of miles this year and FIXED many bicycles along the way.
I have been busy working at the clubhouse for the past few weekends. I have been mopping the floors, etc. We have also been building new picnic tables for the grounds. Eight tables are almost complete and painted.

N1EY

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Tue
7
Aug '07

Braintree Club

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The Word has been received. The tower guying plan has been approved. Stay tuned. N1EY

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Fri
3
Aug '07

Article

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Few things have happened in the doldrums of summer. The beach is pretty good. I have an article that will be published in a historical society’s magazine very soon. The magazine is at the printers.

N1EY

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