There will be a staging and planning party for the upcoming dxpedition and activation of Thatchers Island.This meeting will take place on sunday, August 1 st starting at 10 AM at the Caara Clubhouse on 6 Stanwood Street in Gloucester Mass.If you are planning on attending please e-amil club member Rick Maybury to let him know that you are coming at rmaybury@ppg-i.com
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Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk
The Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association will activate Thatchers Island for the 3 rd straight year.The expedition group will leave late on the afternoon on friday August 6th and will stay on the island until later on the afternoon on August 8th.The callsign for this expedition will be W1T.More details to follow as it becomes available.
73`s
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk
The Cape Ann Amateur Radio Associations Emergency Communications Group will once agin be participating in the Annual MEMA statewide Hurricane Emergency Communications Exercise.This event will be held on Monday August 2 nd starting at 7 PM and running until 9 PM and will be taking place at the CAARA Clubhouse on 6 Stanwood Street in Gloucester Mass.During this exercise we will be passing simulated emergency radio traffic as a ficticious Hurricane “Hudson” rides up the Massachusetts coast. We ill be passing radio traffic to the surrounding communities as well as the National Weather Service and to MEMA.All those interested are welcome to attend.If you are planning to participate in this event please e-mail me at dburg101@aol.com so we can get a head count
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Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk
Hello to all Caara members,
There will be a club fundraising event on Saturday July 3rd from 2 PM to 5:30 PM in front of the Peak Performance building which is located right on the island side of the cut bridge on Stacy Boulevard in Gloucester.We will need your help in creating some bake goods to sell.If you plan on making something you can drop it off at the Caara clubhouse on 6 Stanwood street on friday night July 2 nd from 6 to 8 pm or 10 am to 1 PM the day of at the bake sale site.Please e-mail club member Sue Downey at sjd4849@yahoo.com to let her know .
Hello to all Caara members,
We are going to have the opportunity to set some of the field day site up the friday before field day.We are going to set up the tents and the antennas.We will meet at the Caara clubhouse at noon on friday June 25th and we will be at the James Babson Cooperage Museum field site at 2 PM.If you would like to help us out that day please e-amil me at dburg101@aol.com
73`s
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Club Clerk
Hello to all club members,
The Caara ARRL Field Day planning committee is going to hold an antenna and feedline fixing party on saturday May 29th form 9 AM to 5 PM at the Caara Clubhouse on 6 Stanwood Street in Gloucester.Club member Rick Maybury WZ1B is heading this up and we will be testing feedlines,making connectors and jumper cables.If you are willing to help on this very crtitcal part of planning field day where we are going to have 6 stations running and the antennas to work properly please e-mail Rick at rmaybury@ppg-i.com and let him know you are coming.
Hello to all Caara Club members,
This is a reminder that as per usual the club will not hold any wednesday night regular member,Board of Director or Emergency Communications meetings during the months of July and August as we take our summer break.All other club activites go on as planned.
73`s
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk
Hello to all Caara members,
The Board of Directors would like to announce that the clubs Annual meeting will be held on wednesday September 15th at 8 PM at the Caara Clubhouse on 6 Stanwood Street in Gloucester.This year we are also going to hold a Constitutional Convention at the Annual meeting as well.During this years Annual meeting the club membership will have the duty of voting in a new President and new vice President as those two terms are coming to an end.We will also have to vote on 3 new Director positions as well.During the Annual meeting we will discuss the general state of the club as well as discuss the future direction and goals of the club for the following year.During this years Annual meeting we will also hold a Constitutional Convention where the club membership will have the opportunity to discuss and vote on any changes to certain sections of the club Constitution that they deem necessary.So mark your calendars now for wednesday September 15th at 8 PM and come down to the clubhouse and catch up with the other club members after the summer break and get involved in the inner workings of your club.If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at dburg101@aol.com .
73`s
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk
With the help of club member Dick Macpherson WB1W, Caara will be participating in the upcoming New England QSO party which will be held on the fist weekend in May starting from 4 PM until 1 AM Saturday May 1st and then starting up again on 9 AM thru 8 PM on Sunday May 2nd.There will be at least 3 stations set up and will be operating from 80m thru 10m with phone,CW and digital modes.This is the perfect oppoortunity for all,especially those newly license hams out there to get in some operating practice before the ARRL Field Day by operating multiple radios as well as the contest logging program that we will be using for field day.So set some time aside that weekend at come down to the Caara clubhouse on 6 Stanwood Street in Gloucester and get your callsign in the logbook!
73`s
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk
The Caara ARRL Field Day Committee would like to announce that the club will once again be participating in the ARRL Field Day exercises which will be coming up on June 26 th thru June 27th. This year the site will once agin be the Babson Cooperage museum field which is located along Nugent stretch which is RT 127 on the Gloucester,Rockport line.The second in a series of planning meetings will be held on sunday April 25 th at 10:30 AM at the Caara Clubhouse on 6 Stanwood Street.All who are interested in helping out on field day are welcome to attend.
73`s
Dean Burgess KB1PGH
Caara Clerk