New WMA Licensees - Western Massachusetts ARRL

New WMA Amateurs from January 2023

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Gilbert Hayes

Please welcome the recently licensed amateur radio operations in the WMA section!

Robert L Waring, KC1SJB
10 Skyview Dr
Millbury, MA 01527-3642

Harish Sathishkumar, KC1SIO
3 John Matthews Rd
Southborough, MA 01772-1522

New WMA Amateurs for November

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Gilbert Hayes

Please welcome the recently licensed amateur radio operations in the WMA section!

Jacob A Maheu, KC1SCX
45 Kopec Ave
Belchertown, MA 01007-9538

Steven Storie, KC1SDK
91 Broadview Ter
Pittsfield, MA 01201-4385

Andrew R Schweitzer, KC1SBI
79 Pleasant St
Dalton, MA 01226-1126

Amanda Menier, KC1SBW
271 Log Plain Rd
Greenfield, MA 01301-1030

Andrew J Drawec, KC1SCZ
309 Petersham Rd
New Salem, MA 01355-9608

New WMA Amateurs from October

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Gilbert Hayes

Please welcome the recently licensed amateur radio operations in the WMA section!

Michael K Williams, AC1NZ
PO Box 24
Amherst, MA 01004-0024

Seth H Blackwell, KC1RYX
PO Box 1420
Warren, MA 01083-1420

Katherine E Blackwell, KC1RYY
285 Cutler Rd
Warren, MA 01083-7926

Thomas J Juzba, KC1SAA
74 Nagle St
Indian Orchard, MA 01151-2136

Dominic V Iacopino, KC1RYA
1020 Ashby West Rd
Fitchburg, MA 01420-6630

Michel Perritt, KC1RZI
35 Courville Rd
Auburn, MA 01501-1206

Christopher A Mitchell, KC1RZL
PO Box 663
Brookfield, MA 01506-2663

Daniel J Creeron, KC1RYU
6 Willow Tree Ln
Charlton, MA 01507-1495

Richard A Desourdis, KC1RZB
81 Park Rd
Charlton, MA 01507-5419

Peter S Mitchell, KC1SAB
PO Box 3
East Brookfield, MA 01515-0003

Timothy L Graves, KC1RZE
116 Hodgkins Dr
East Brookfield, MA 01515-1524

David B Eaton, KC1RYT
369 Pleasant St
Leicester, MA 01524-1221

James M Fraser, KC1RZD
89 Gilbert St
North Brookfield, MA 01535-1432

Daniel P Meloche, KC1SAH
84 Cherry St
Spencer, MA 01562-2213

Stephen P Miller, KC1RYW
8 Linwood St
Webster, MA 01570-2709

Ernest C Bell, KC1RZC
319 Mason Road Ext
Dudley, MA 01571-5770

Ryan J Labbe, KC1RZV
1 Sayles Way
Dudley, MA 01571-6922

Albert F Sandberg, KC1RYV
77 Asnebumskit Rd
Paxton, MA 01612-1346

New WMA Amateurs from August and September

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Gilbert Hayes

Please welcome the recently licensed amateur radio operations in the WMA section!

Peter Campbell, KC1RTO
79 Ashbrook St
Springfield, MA 01118-1202

Kyle D Kobold, KC1RTL
130 Silver St
Lanesborough, MA 01237-7904

Emily A Chase, KC1RRE
10 Lowell Ave
Holden, MA 01520-2134

Vincent J Johnson, KC1RRC
40 Killdeer Rd
Webster, MA 01570-3302

New WMA Amateurs from July

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Gilbert Hayes

Please welcome the recently licensed amateur radio operators in the WMA section!

Jiaxi Tian, KC1RMN
950 N Pleasant St Apt 132
Amherst, MA 01002-3155

John S Folliard, KC1RME
26 Sheffield Dr
Belchertown, MA 01007-9522

Daniel J Smith, KC1RKT
112 Sheehan Dr
Holyoke, MA 01040-1024

Cecil Lewis, KC1RIN
PO Box 455
Huntington, MA 01050-0455

Joshua Towse, KC1RIV
30 Jefferson St
Westfield, MA 01085-2855

Brian O Richards, KC1RNP
60 Pineridge Dr
Westfield, MA 01085-4547

Michael E Reed, KC1RIO
342 Southwick Rd Apt 18
Westfield, MA 01085-4791

Sergey Sheremet, KC1RNF
28 Worcester St
West Springfield, MA 01089-3406

Garrett L Holt, KC1RLZ
55 Field Rd
Longmeadow, MA 01106-1004

Walter J Lysak, KC1RNL
421 Gifford St
Springfield, MA 01118-2418

Sarah A Guttmann, KC1RKC
11 Martin St
Pittsfield, MA 01201-3226

Erik R Muise, KC1RNJ
17 Carpenters Ln
Greenfield, MA 01301-3213

Libby Levison, KC1RKH
15 Old Shirley Rd
Harvard, MA 01451-1309

Jeremy A Tobin, KC1RMI
30 Adams Rd
Hubbardston, MA 01452-1416

Jose A Valerio, KC1RIQ
126 Park Hill Ave
Millbury, MA 01527-2125

Nathaniel A Sutton, KC1RJS
373 Main St
Northborough, MA 01532-1607

Zachary P Peyev, KC1RIR
9 Welch Ave
Rutland, MA 01543-2161

William Wong, KC1RKA
6 Jennings Rd
Westborough, MA 01581-3007

Anna R Gauvin, KC1RMH
12 Stone School Rd
Sutton, MA 01590-2942

Section Manager’s Report April 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Gilbert Hayes

Greeting’s earthlings! As you may know I had formed a group back in January with 3 clubs to conduct license classes and VE testing. I am pleased to report that the Tech. class has completed and out of 12 people who took the test, 10 passed and 3 of them also took the General and passed also! I think I can call this a success. We are now planning on doing a General License Class. We had the luxury in using the ARRL PowerPoint slides for the tech class, but found there is none for the general and extra class. We are now looking to develop a course ourselves. Quite challenging since we plan on a May 3^rd start. With the success of this program, I am now inviting all clubs who has anyone wish to volunteer to teach some of the classes via Zoom to give me an email. The goal for this is to be a growing program and be self sufficient to provide opportunities for growth in new hams for our clubs. I also want a group of teachers to share the task so as not to burn out others causing the program to collapse.

Earlier in March I attended the Mt. Tom Hamfest in Chicopee and I think there was an air of excitement that we are now getting out and seeing friends face-to-face again. It was great to see everyone there. My hopes are that some clubs who are still shut out of their meeting places get open again, or possibly a new venue becomes available. Remember, GO to the meetings where you can, don’t rely on Zoom all the time. There is so much benefit to being there!

So, April and warmer weather brings the thought of Field Day. It’s coming faster than you think. One thing to keep in mind is with new hams getting licensed, the first thing you need to do is mentor them right at the beginning. What a way to enhance that and invite the new hams to Field Day. They can use the club callsign and work HF and learn great skills. That is how I got into it, on top of Mt Wachusett. Do something different, hold a class on a mode, antenna, etc. Try a different approach to Field Day. QRP, home-brew, satellites? It’s not all about the scores, it’s having fun! (I’m sure some may argue that point!)

While I’m in the neighborhood, here is the list of new hams. Each club should look at this and reach out to them and welcome them and introduce them to your club and mentor.

That’s all for me for now. What have you got going on? Let me know.

Report for 2022-03-02

Ralph B Cerreta, KC1QND
PO Box 749
Cheshire, MA 01225-0749

Michael Leo, KC1QKM
110 Pearl Hill Rd
Fitchburg, MA 01420-2004

Evan Hollander, KC1QKB
70R Milk St
Blackstone, MA 01504-1216

Mozart M Telles, KC1QMR
30 Douglas Hill Way
Douglas, MA 01516-2257

Howard Shpegel, AC1MN
98 Mary Catherine Dr
Lancaster, MA 01523-2958

Nichole R Anderson, KC1QMD
164 Leicester St
North Oxford, MA 01537-1006

Garret Bratica, KC1QJM
2801 Windsor Ridge Dr
Westborough, MA 01581-2358

Christopher P Pinto, KC1QKI
58 Wildrose Ave
Worcester, MA 01602-1123

Benjamin L Antupit, KC1QMU
100 Institute Rd
# 1213
Worcester, MA 01609-2247

Noel H Nieves, KC1QLQ
143 Beacon St
Apt 1
Worcester, MA 01610-1583

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New Hams March 2022

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Gilbert Hayes