Most Wireless Society of Southern Maine meetings include a rountable dicussion period about the "topic of the night." These can range from  planning a field operation to ham radio basics such as antenna modelling, dx'ing, operating QRP, digital modes, or even kit building. As this page gets updated, you'll be able to keep up to date with the latest topics, and some of the useful info that rises out of our research, activities, and presentations.

2012 Events

May 25-26 - Gorham Founder's Festival Special Event

The town of Gorham celebrates its founding with a weekend of fun, rides, and festivities on Friday, May 25th and Saturday, May 26th. The events will take place next to Narragansett School, off of Chick Drive. To help celebrate the occasion, WSSM will set up an information booth and operate a special event station. For more information about the Gorham Founder's Festival, including directions and hours, please click here .

April 29th - SOTA Expedition from Ossipee Hill (W1/AM-253)

Join us Sunday, April 29th, for a day of ham radio fun on the summit of Ossipee Hill, in Waterboro, Maine. We'll activate the mountain for Summits on the Air (SOTA), and plan to operate on HF and two meters. We'll meet for breakfast Sunday morning at about 7:30 at the Station House Restaurant (Rt. 5 Hollis), before heading off. In case of bad weather, the expedition will be held the following weekend.   For more info about SOTA, click here

April 5th - SKYWARN®  Training  
(Gorham Recreation Dept. 6:30PM)

The concept of SKYWARN® was developed in the 1960's as a way to promote a cooperative effort between the National Weather Service and local communities. It’s a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters across the country. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. To ensure a network of knowledgeable volunteers and accurate reporting, those who are interested in becoming spotters are asked to attend a training session provided by a local office of the National Weather Service. SKYWARN®  training is provided free of charge and typically covers these areas:

Basics of thunderstorm development Fundamentals of storm structure Identifying potential severe weather features Information to report How to report information Basic severe weather safety

For more information: SKYWARN®  Spotters National Weather Service (Gray, ME) Yankee SKYWARN® SKYWARN®.org

Join us in May at the Gorham Recreation Department (Thursday, May 10th from 7PM-9PM), as we discuss preparations for Field Day and the Gorham Founder's Festival. We'll talk about logistics, who's going to bring what, set up, and operating times. Charlie W1CPS mentioned that the Hillock Family at Wassamki Springs Campground will allow us to use their facility again this year. Come prepared with your suggestions and ideas about either event.

March's topic is movie night. We'll watch a film about K5D's famous DXpedition to Desecheo Island, which is part of the Carribean National Wildlife Refuge Complex. K5D's Desecheo was chosen as co-dxpedition of the year for 2008/2009 by the Southwest Ohio DX Association. They logged 115,787 in the short time they were there.The meeting will take place at the Gorham Recreation Department on Thursday, March 8th, from 7PM-9PM.

 

There are literally hundreds of resources online for the radio amateur, but we've made an effort to collect links to some of the best websites in the radio community. Please keep checking, as we will continue to update this page as new sites are brought to our attention.

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