Welcome to the Mohawk Amateur Radio Club!


Next Meeting Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:00 p.m. (EARLY START)

***LOCATION CHANGE*** 131 Old Westminster Rd. Hubbardston, MA

We will meet at N1UZ's to continue to plan Field Day.  Bill has offered the club the use of his very large back yard for Field Day.  At this meeting we will be working on constructing a wire beam for 80 meters to use as one of the Field Day antennas.  If you would like to have input on Field Day plans, please make sure to come to this important meeting.


Gardner 145.37 and Fitchburg 145.45 Repeaters Now Linked via IRLP

More info and details to come soon, but please note the following changes to repeater use.

  • PAUSE for 2 seconds between transmissions.
  • KEY UP for 1 second before speaking.


MARC is an active club that meets regularly on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m at the South Gardner Fire Station.

Meeting Place

Meeting Location - South Gardner Fire Station

***MAY MEETING AT DIFFERENT LOCATION - SEE TOP OF PAGE***  STARTING EARLY at 7:00 p.m.

61 East Broadway, 2nd Floor
Gardner, MA 01440
(Parking in the rear)

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What's happening...

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Highlights

  • Join the MARC e-mail distribution list.
  • Net Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. on the 145.37 - PL 136.5 W1GCD repeater.

ARRL Latest News (RSS Feed)

  • Thousands of Hams Get “Internationally Connected” in Dayton

    Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 12:45 PM

    When Hara Arena -- home of the Dayton Hamvention® for the past 48 years -- opened its doors at 9 AM on Friday, May, 18, thousands of hams swarmed in, eager to see the latest and greatest that Amateur Radio has to offer. And they weren’t disappointed! With the introduction of three new transceivers this year, as well as hundreds[…]

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  • ICOM to Support Boy Scouts at National Jamboree and at Local Council Level

    Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 10:36 AM

    Against the backdrop of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® -- the largest gathering of radio amateurs in the US -- ICOM America announced a sponsorship agreement with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for the organization’s 2013 National Scout Jamboree. As the BSA’s official Amateur Radio transceiver supplier for the jamboree, ICOM will provide equipment and technical support for the K2BSA[…]

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  • The K7RA Solar Update

    Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:20 PM

    The average daily sunspot numbers for the past week rose nearly 25 points, or about 27 percent, to 117.3. The big day was Monday, May 14 when the daily sunspot number jumped to 156. This was the day after four new sunspot groups, numbered 1481 through 1484 arrived. Sunspot numbers for May 10-16 were 93, 102, 85, 138, 156, 125[…]

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  • Enter the Seventh Annual ARRL Photo Contest!

    Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:12 PM

    Have you ever wanted to see a photo of yours in QST, the annual ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar or another ARRL publication? Well, here’s your chance! If you’re among the winners, not only will your photographic skill be propagated far and wide, but we’re offering $100 as the First Prize. The winning photo and three runners-up will be published in[…]

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  • Surfin’: Old Magazines and More Ducks

    Friday, May 18, 2012 - 11:13 AM

    By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUContributing EditorThis week, Surfin’ tries to unclutter the house and learns about more open source software.Old Magazines Fill My HouseI have copies of every issue of QST going back to the mid-1960s, when I first became interested in ham radio. In addition to QST, I also have mass quantities of QEX, NCJ, CQ, Ham Radio, 73, Popular[…]

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