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A guest operator at Field Day. Photo courtesy W2IRY.

NVARC June Meeting is ***Tonight***

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Please accept my apologies for the late notice.

The Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club’s June meeting is TONIGHT, Thursday, June 18th, at the Pepperell Community Center. We’ll start socializing at 7:00 PM, with the main meeting kicking off at 7:30 PM.

At June’s meeting, we’ll talk about club plans for ARRL Field Day, which will take place on June 27 and 28. Bruce, K1BG, will talk introduce Field Day to the club’s new and newer hams with “What is Field Day” and he will discuss the HF CW station design and capabilities. Les, N1SV, will talk about the NVARC “Ugly Filters” and how they improve our field day efforts. We’ll talk about the Field Day site, stations, antennas, etc. And we’ll be there to answer any and all questions about Field Day and how YOU can participate, help and most of all, have a great time.

Field Day is NVARC’s largest activity of the year. We take the opportunity to gather, operate, mentor, enjoy each other’s company, and show the public what Amateur Radio and NVARC has to offer.

We look forward to having members and guests participate!

If you have any questions, contact Bruce, K1BG, at 978-772-2773 or bruce.blain@charter.net.


2026 ARRL Field Day – Please Join Us

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Join us June 27–28 at Heald Street Orchard in Pepperell MA for ARRL Field Day, amateur radio’s biggest annual event, a nationwide, off-the-grid communications exercise that brings together thousands of hams across the U.S. for 24 hours of radio, resilience, community, and FUN.

First held in 1933, Field Day is part emergency drill, part outdoor adventure, and part contest, testing our ability to deploy radios and antennas anywhere, anytime, using backup power when traditional systems go down.

Radio signals travel across the country and around the world, even when the internet and cell towers can’t.

This year, we’ll be operating from the high ground at Heald Street Orchard in Pepperell, MA, transforming an open meadow into a temporary, self-sufficient communications hub.

Whether you’re here to operate, learn, or just check out what ham radio is all about, you’ll find hands-on STEM demos, a GOTA tent for unlicensed visitors.

Stations you’ll find on-site:
1 Phone (voice) station
1 CW / Digital (Morse code and Digital Communications) station
1 VHF / UHF / Satellite station
1 GOTA station (Get On The Air – for guests and newcomers, no license required!)
STEM & Educational Activities

Throughout the weekend we’ll be offering hands-on demonstrations and informal talks on:

Radio frequency (RF) science – how we create and transmit signals
Signal propagation – how signals travel across terrain and around the world
Antenna design – the physics and strategy behind getting on the air
Digital modes & software – decoding, sending, and logging radio traffic
Emergency preparedness – how amateur radio keeps working when the grid goes down

Whether you’re into amateur radio, electronics, emergency planning, software, or just good old-fashioned tinkering, there’s something to learn (and try out!) at Field Day.
YOU are invited! Feel free to bring family members and friends!

When: June 27th and 28th. Radio operations from 2 PM Saturday through 2 PM Sunday.  Setup after 9 AM Saturday

Where:  Heald Street Orchard in Pepperell.  Entrance adjacent to 119 Heald Street.

For more information, contact Bruce Blain at K1BG.bruce@gmail.com