June meeting will be on Friday, June 14th....the second Friday of the month! Write the change on your calendar.
Speaker topic: Field Day 2013 (More to follow.)
When: Friday, June 14th
Time: 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7 PM)
Location: Pioneer Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, 506 Cottage Street, Springfield, MA
Radio Hobby Monitoring Discussion Net
Net Control Station - KB1PKI
146.94 repeater (PL 127.3)
Thursday
7:15 p.m. (1915 hrs local) until 7:45 p.m. (1945 hrs local)
Held every Thursday. This is a good opportunity to get answers to enhance your radio scanner monitoring activities in the 30 to 1500 mhz. (Included is this range are public safety, local/state government, aircraft, railroad, public utilities, and other radio systems.) Monitoring provides the ability to have situational awareness as an emergency event occurs so that you can take appropriate action.
The discussion group primarily focuses on frequencies/radio systems in the Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire, Western Worcester Counties, as well as the border areas of Connecticut.
Interested in Public Service? Try some of these!
June 2 - - Covered Bridges Half Marathon; So. Pomfret, VT to Quechee, Vt; for additional information go to http://www.cbhm.com/
June 15 - Harpoon Brewery Ride - 148 miles from Boston, MA to Windsor, VT (Beneficiaries are Team Psycho’s Elite Development Program and The Kenary Brain Tumor Research Fund);
Click here for additional information on how to volunteer.
July 4 (Thursday) - E. Longmeadow 4th of July Parade (contact: Ed at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
July 20/21 - Vermont 100 Endurance Race; for additional information go to http://www.vermont100.com/
September 29 - Vermont 50 MT Bike or Ultra Run; for more information go to http://www.vermont50.com/
October 5 (Saturday) - National Federation of the Blind Walk (contact: Ed at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
