A late request has come in to WPI Wireless Association to help support the WPI Chapter of Colleges Against Cancer's Triathlon on the WPI campus this Sunday September 18 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Colleges Against Cancer is a program of the American Cancer Society.

WPIWA has always supported WECT's operations, including referring new members to us and by giving us expressed permission to use their W1YK Worcester Airport repeater for our nets. We are glad to assist them in this event with some operators for this triathlon!

To sign up or for more details, contact WPIWA President Matt Dodd KC2UBJ.

The Worcester Area VE Team will be holding an amateur radio test session for all license classes at Kaven Hall, Room 116, Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM.

If you have never registered with the FCC's ULS system and received a FRN number, please read the notice in the Read More link below.

We will try to provide a talk-in on the 145.310 / 449.025 W1WPI repeater. It is recommended that if you are not familiar with the WPI campus that you print out and bring with you the campus map.

Please bring:

• AN ORIGINAL AND A PHOTOCOPY of your current license and any CSCEs or other paperwork you are submitting
  
• A basic calculator
  
• Two forms of state acceptable ID (one must be a picture ID)
  
• $15 exam fee (if check, payable to "ARRL VEC")
  
• Pen or pencil

The photocopies of your paperwork are very important as we must submit a copy of your records to the ARRL VEC if you are successful.

Any questions regarding this session can be directed to Gil Hayes WK1H or John Ruggiero N2YHK.

NOTICE ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS - FCC REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Some amateurs have been concerned over the FCC's requirement for your Social Security Number (SSN). The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, requires all federal agencies to collect Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) from all persons doing business with the agency. This includes all applicants and holders of FCC licenses. For an individual, your TIN is your SSN.

It is suggested that all applicants register in the FCC's Universal Licensing System to obtain an FCC Registration Number (FRN) prior to attending a VE session. When you register for an FRN, your SSN will not be disclosed to the public and it must be given only once. You may then use your FRN in place of your SSN on all future applications, including the Form 605 you will complete at the VE session. The Commission has taken several steps to ensure the privacy of your SSN. Electronic registration on the Internet is accomplished using the FCC's secure Web server.

To register for an FRN, go to http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls and click on REGISTER. Once you obtain your FRN, write it down and bring it with you to the VE session. Be sure to keep a record of your FRN and password for future use. If you do not register before the VE session, you will be required to provide your SSN on Form 605 at the VE session in order for your application to be processed.

We need to schedule a fall work party at 50 Skyline Drive. We will need about 5 - 6 WECT volunteers on Saturday September 17 starting at 10:00 AM.

Some of the activities will involve our HF dipole and inventory / cleaning up the garage loft storage area out back.

Please let Gil Hayes WK1H and Mike Fagan KI6RKZ know if you are interested in helping out with this effort.

Hi Folks,

I'm looking for some hams to assist with the Title 9 Women's Only Sprint Triathlon in Hopkinton on September 11 from about 7:00 AM to Noon (some assignments should secure as early as 9:30am, and most by 11am). It will be held in Hopkinton State Park and includes a swim, bike and run that travels through Hopkinton, Southboro and Ashland. More info online on the event's website.

I will forward maps and details about the event to those signed up. If you are interested, please send me an E-Mail and let me know if you have UHF equipment with DCS / DPL. Thanks!

73,
John, N2YHK

Worcester Emergency Management is looking for our team to assist with the Mass Remembers 9/11 event honoring those who lost their lives, sacrificed and responded to the tragedy of September 11, 2001.

The event will be on Sunday September 11 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM in Institute Park off Salisbury Street.

We will need about 12 WECT radio operators. The assignments will almost entirely be shadowing various event officials from not just the city but all of the various community leaders involved as well.

Our primary comms will be on the city's 800 MHz trunk radio system. Each volunteer will be issued a city radio for the afternoon. The event will have its own TAC talk group on the city system. We will also be asking all of our volunteers to bring along their own dual-band HTs as our back-up.

There is another event planning meeting coming up that WEMD will be attending, after which further details and refinements will be available.

For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please contact City of Worcester RACES Officer Tim Mongeau KB1LZF.

As stated on the July Massachusetts RACES Nets, the Massachusetts Statewide Hurricane Drill will be on Monday August 8, 2011 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. MEMA Regional stations and the State EOC, the NWS Taunton station will be active during the drill, as will ARES/RACES/Skywarn teams and individual operators throughout the state.

The annual hurricane drill is important for keeping our operating skills in shape in order to assist with any statewide event.

There are several documents that drill participants should review:

• Participants Info and Instructions
• ICS217A for 2 Meters
• ICS217A for HF and 6 Meters

Please consider joining in the drill effort!

The Worcester Area VE Team will be holding an amateur radio test session for all license classes: at Higgins Labs, Room 116, Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 6:30 PM.

If you have never registered with the FCC's ULS system and received a FRN number, please read the notice in the Read More link below.

We will try to provide a talk-in on the 145.310 / 449.025 W1WPI repeater. It is recommended that if you are not familiar with the WPI campus that you print out and bring with you the campus map.

Please bring:

• AN ORIGINAL AND A PHOTOCOPY of your current license and any CSCEs or other paperwork you are submitting
  
• A basic calculator
  
• Two forms of state acceptable ID (one must be a picture ID)
  
• $15 exam fee (if check, payable to "ARRL VEC")
  
• Pen or pencil

The photocopies of your paperwork are very important as we must submit a copy of your records to the ARRL VEC if you are successful.

Any questions regarding this session can be directed to Gil Hayes WK1H or John Ruggiero N2YHK.

NOTICE ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS - FCC REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Some amateurs have been concerned over the FCC's requirement for your Social Security Number (SSN). The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, requires all federal agencies to collect Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) from all persons doing business with the agency. This includes all applicants and holders of FCC licenses. For an individual, your TIN is your SSN.

It is suggested that all applicants register in the FCC's Universal Licensing System to obtain an FCC Registration Number (FRN) prior to attending a VE session. When you register for an FRN, your SSN will not be disclosed to the public and it must be given only once. You may then use your FRN in place of your SSN on all future applications, including the Form 605 you will complete at the VE session. The Commission has taken several steps to ensure the privacy of your SSN. Electronic registration on the Internet is accomplished using the FCC's secure Web server.

To register for an FRN, go to http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls and click on REGISTER. Once you obtain your FRN, write it down and bring it with you to the VE session. Be sure to keep a record of your FRN and password for future use. If you do not register before the VE session, you will be required to provide your SSN on Form 605 at the VE session in order for your application to be processed.

WMA ARES Section Emergency Coordinator and WECT Secretary John Ruggiero N2YHK is looking assistance with this season's Massachusetts State Triathlon in Winchendon at the Lake Dennison Recreation Area on Sunday, July 18 from 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Assignments will vary but will generally include various checkpoints along the route, start and finish line, and shadowing the triathlon coordinators. Times involved with each of the assignments will vary as well. More details on the triathlons are available on the Max Performance website.

For more details on the amateur radio assignments or to sign up contact John N2YHK.