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CVRC Field Day 2026 Plans
2026 Schedule of Amateur Radio License Exam VEC Sessions for CVRC
2026 CVRC Ham Radio Indoor Flea Market Flyer!
CVRC Field Day 2025 Plans
Now is the time to get ready for the 2025 ARRL Field Day, which takes place June 28th & 29th. CVRC plans to operate with the call sign K1B, from 2PM on Saturday to 2PM Sunday at 49 Corbin Road in Henniker with several generator-powered radios. Newly licensed and young people are especially encouraged to participate.
Planning and organization are needed!
· Please attend the CVRC Meeting on Tuesday, June 10th, if you can’t be there, please attend virtually on Zoom. The Zoom Invitation and link will go out on the Email Reflector.
· IMPORTANT, by June 22nd: If you miss the 10 June Meeting, email Marcia Shell @ k4ota2172@… with the below information to sign up for Field Day participation so I can update the internal master roster.
Besides operating, various tasks include setting up the tent (June 26 or 27, depending on the weather), putting Anti-Tick Powder on the premises, getting the food, cleaning up afterwards, computer logging, and sending Field Day results in proper format to ARRL. We also want to invite any Elected Officials and Served Agency Officials to visit – can anyone help arrange this?
The Club will provide take-out meals for participants and there will be a high-class Port-a Potty on the premises. Please bring your own insect repellent, flashlight, personal supplies, plus operating aids, such as scrap paper, pencils, clocks, lamps, etc.
You can find a Field Day Guide in the June, 2025 QST, or download the Field Day Packet at https://www.arrl.org/field-day-rules
Besides putting in a good effort, the goal is to have a safe and enjoyable time! We hope you will be part of this important Field Day Plan with the Contoocook Valley Radio Club (CVRC) in New Hampshire. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask.
Thanks and 73,
Marcia Shell, K4OTA, Designated “Field Day” Cat Herder
K4ota12762@… (703) 447-3097
*Times and Tasks For 2025 Field Day
Thursday, June 26, 10:00 AM (Rain Date is Friday.) – Two Pick-Up Trucks are needed to retrieve the 10X20’ tent, stakes, tables, chairs, extension cords, Club Banner, and other supplies from the CVRC Storage Trailer located at: 831 Hemlock Corner Loop, in Henniker, then, take the items to Dale and Mickie’s House at 49 Corbin Road in Henniker (for GPS use enter: 1 Tower Road, Henniker). Together we will set up the tent and walls, then have a nice lunch as a reward.
Friday, June 27th: Day of rest.
Saturday 6/28/2025: 8 AM until 2 PM – Saturday, June 28th: Field Day Station Set ups, testing, and performing configuration checks.
12 Noon- Lunch, Harvester Market sandwich selections. – *IMPORTANT: by 3PM on June 20th call Dale or Mickie Clement at (603) 428-3840 with your Grinder order for Harvester Market, for the Saturday, June 28th noon meal. The Grinders are very large! Consult the menu below:
During the noon meal we will be conducting an “Educational Program” for Bonus Points.
*Field Day operations start at 2 PM Saturday and go through 2 PM on Sunday*
6 PM, Dinner: “Saturday Night Special” Hot Dogs and Baked Beans!
2 PM through 11:59 PM are Operating times on Saturday. You will be given a sign-up form where you can choose the band and time that you would like to cover on both Saturday and/or Sunday.
Sunday 6/29/ 2025: 12 AM to 6 AM – Sunday Morning/ Overnight Radio Operations
8 AM Breakfast “Mickie’s Egg McMuffins”
6 AM to 2 PM Radio Operations. Field Day ends at 2PM
After 2 PM, a satisfying meal
After our meal, we will break down and stow our gear. Two pick-up trucks are needed, again to wrap up Field Day operations.
CVRC Hamfest/Flea Market
The date: March 15, 2026.
Snow Date: March 22, 2026
For information call Tim at 860-251-9494.
More information coming soon!
CVRC Christmas Party
Our Contoocook Valley Radio Club Family Christmas Party will take place in Contoocook, at the Hopkinton Library, at 61 Houston Drive, at 6 PM. This is our regular monthly 2nd Tuesday Meeting Night, December 10, 2024.
Food and table set up and decorating happens around 5 PM. We have electricity so we can plug in Crock Pots. There is also a stove with an oven in the kitchen.
Bring one wrapped gift representing each member of your family, for the “Yankee Swap”. Gifts under $10.00. Some people bring Ham related items, most bring funny things!
Everyone in our Club is invited to attend. Each year, our Members have such a good time and we have some good food, too!
CVRC November and December 2024 Meetings
November is election month, and the CVRC is no exception.
The annual CVRC Christmas Pot Luck Dinner will be held at the library on Dec. 10th starting at about 6:00 pm. Also additional time will be needed to help set up at about 5:00 pm. Please come and help.
Meeting Minutes
CVRC Meeting Minutes have been updated with available 2024 minutes.
Announcing: CVRC 2024 Flea Market
The CVRC 2024 Ham Radio Indoor Flea Market will be held on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
It will be at the Henniker Community School, 51 Western Avenue, Henniker, NH.
Doors open at 8:00 AM (7:00 AM for sellers) and close at 2:00 PM. Admission: $5 for buyers, $10 for sellers.
Talk-in: Call K1BKE 146.895 (-600 kHz, PL 100 Hz)
The attached flyer has all the information including Prizes, VE Session, and Forums.
Please print the flyer and post in public locations.
CVRC Christmas Party
Bring your Family to the Contoocook Valley Radio Club Christmas Party. We always have such a good time!
On December 12, little before 6 PM, we set up tables and chairs in our regular Meeting Room in the Hopkinton Public Library in Contoocook, then the fun begins!
We will eat around 6 PM. (Arriving 20 minutes ahead of time, you may help set up, decorate, or arrange the buffet table.) After eating, we await the announcement of the CVRC Election results followed by laughing through our “Yankee Swap”!
Please sign up for attending and/or bringing something to the “Pot Luck” Dinner. We would like an idea for seating. (And avoiding 21 fruit cakes and no side dishes!)
Main Dishes:
* Bill French, AA1BF, and his Wife are bringing Sliced Spiral Ham
* Steve Jones, N1JHJ, is bringing Macaroni and Cheese
* Lanette, KA1NKD, and Don, W1FKF, are bringing Swedish Meatballs
* Ken Wilkens, K1MID, is bringing a Hamburger Dish
* Mickie, W1MKY, is bringing Chili and Corn Bread
Sides (looking for more):
* John Reynolds, KC1STC, is bringing a Macaroni Salad
* Chris Bosse, AC1EO, is bringing Squash
Desserts (Chris is looking for more):
* Ruth Reynolds, KC1STN, is bringing a Chocolate Cake
* Lanette, KA1NKD, is bringing Chocolate and Cream Cheese Brownies
Wolf, KA1VOU, is bringing a platter of Cut Vegetables and Dip.
The Club will provide Punch and Decaf Coffee.
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Yankee Swap gifts should not cost over $10.00. Be sure to bring one representing each member of your Family, so they can get in on the fun, too! One gift = One entry.
Hope to see you, there!
73,
Mickie, W1MKY, and Dale, AF1T
603-428-3840
(Typos introduced by Chris, AC1EO.)
Contoocook Valley Radio Club 
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