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Lockport Amateur Radio Association Hamfest HAMFEST/CONVENTION 06/06/2026 Start Date: 06/06/2026 End Date: 06/06/2026 Location: Cambria Volunteer Fire Hall 4631 Cambria-Wilson Rd. Rt. 425 Lockport, NY 14094 Sponsor: Lockport Amateur Radio Association Type: ARRL Hamfest Talk-In: 146.22/.82 (107.2) Public Contact: Norman Papaj , N2DZD 376 Oak St. Youngstown, NY 14174 Phone: 716-579-8107 Email: n2dzd@arrl.net See less
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93rd Annual Rochester Hamfest
Date: Saturday June 20, 2026
Location: Barnard Fire Field 410 Maiden Lane, Rochester, New York 14616
Time: Flea Market Vendor Entry at 7:00am & Flea Market Opens at 8:00am
General Admission: 10 Dollars, RaRa Members are Free Under 18 Years of Age/Students With ID: Free Flea Market Sales: $5.00 Per Vehicle
More Information: https://www.rochesterham.org/.hamfest.htm
Free Admission for Any Club Members in Exchange for Volunteering
To Sign up to Volunteer at This Years Ham Fest See Link www.rochesterham.org
73’s Dan KD2WWY kd2wwy@rochesterham,org
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NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Three Questions from Use
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) has removed two questions from the General Class question pool and one question from the Extra Class pool from use.
Due to recently published FCC rule changes affecting the 60‑meter band (see previous ARRL News story), General Class questions G1A04 and G1C09 are no longer valid and must be removed from use on examinations. Extra Class question E4D05 must also be removed because it contains more than one correct answer. All affected questions should be removed from examinations as soon as possible.
Updated General Class question pool files, including the errata and new information, have been posted to the NCVEC General Class question pool web page at www.ncvec.org/index.php/2023-2027-general-question-pool-release. The current Element 3 General question pool became effective on July 1, 2023, and it is valid through June 30, 2027.
Updated question pool files have also been posted to the NCVEC Extra Class question pool web page at www.ncvec.org/index.php/2024-2028-extra-class-question-pool-release. The current Element 4 Extra question pool became effective on July 1, 2024, and it is valid through June 30, 2028.
The ARRL VEC advises the amateur radio community, and particularly Volunteer Examiners (VEs), to regularly check the NCVEC website at www.ncvec.org for updates to the question pools, which may include errata and withdrawn questions.
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Obsolete Part 97 Rules to be Deleted February 10, 2026 12/19/2025 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in October 2025 adopted a Report and Order to delete almost 400 obsolete rules pertaining to its wireless services. As previously reported by ARRL, among the deletions were four in Part 97 that govern the Amateur Radio Service.
ARRL reports that the notice of the Report and Order has now been published in the Federal Register. Unless an objection is raised by January 2 that the Commission finds to deserve its consideration, the following four Part 97 provisions will be deleted as of February 10, 2026:
§ 97.27. This provision is duplicative of a statutory provision related to the FCC’s right to modify station licenses. § 97.29. This provision specified an obsolete procedure to replace paper licenses. ARRL proposed deleting this section in comments filed earlier this year. § 97.315 (b)(2). This obsolete provision grandfathered HF amplifiers purchased before April 28, 1978 by an amateur radio operator for use at that operator’s station, and grandfathered those manufactured before April 28, 1978, for which a marketing waiver was issued. 4. § 97.521(b) and Appendix 2. This rule and appendix relate to obsolete VEC regions.
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AMATUER RADIO NETS
Sunday Night’s at 8pm: ECAR WNY Emergency ARES Net: 146.865 + PL 141.3
Monday Nights at 7pm: RAWNY Information Net: 444.000 242.82
Tuesday Night’s
Arats 10 Meter net Every Tuesday Night At 8pm, Strve KD2PPZ is Net Control
Arats 2 Meter Net is held Every Thursday Night at 8pm on 146.955 - Offset, PL Tone 151.4
Tuesday at 8pm; Genesse Races: 147.285+
WEDNESDAY Nights at 8pm 2 Meter Side Band Net 144.210 NET Control Keath WB2VUO
Thursday Nights at 7:30pm: Stars Information Net: 145.090 + PL 107.2
Thuresay Night’s at 8pm: Arats (Amatuer Radio Association of the Tonawandas) 2 Meter Net: 146.955 - Offset, PL Tone 151.4
LARA (Lockport Amatuer Radio Association) holds their 2 Meter Net Every Sunday at 8 PM, ON 146.820 PL 107.2
RAWNY (W2PE) holds their net on monday night’s at 7 PM, (444.000)
STARS (South Towns Amatuer Radio Association) has a 2 Meter Net Every Thursday Night at 7:30 PM, 146.090 PL107.2
Western District Net(WDN} holds a Traffic Handling Net every night at 9:30pm on the K2XZ (145.390 Repeter) & the WDN also takes check ins on the W2HKS (444.000 Repeater)
WDN is part of the Amatuer Radio National Traffic Handeling System.
Western District Net handles formal written messages in a specific format, WDN is operated by the National Traffic System. All amatuer radio operators can and are encouraged check in with or without traffic.
Western District Net is always looking for Net Controlers, if you would like to learn how to take/handle traffic and become a net controler, after the net is over just let the net controler know you are interested.
VHF UHF
K2LED: Kenmore NY. TX-147.000-147.600 PL 107.2 —-KC2KOO: Kenmore NY. TX-443.875-448-876 Pl 107.2
WB2ECR: Buffalo NY.TX-146.865-147.465 PL 151.4 —-WB2ECR: Buffalo NY. TX-443.525-448.525 PL 151.4
K2XR: Wethersfield NY. TX-146.640-146.040 PL OPEN—-WA2HKS:Buffalo NY. TX-444.000-449.000 PL OPEN Link BARRA
N2FQN: Weathersfield NY. TX-147.105-147.705 PL 141,3 (WX Alert-Skywarn Storm Spotters)
K2XR: Delevan NY. TX-145.390-144.790 PL OPEN —-K2XR: Delevan NY. TX-444.175-449.175 PL 88.5
W2IVB: Colden NY. TX-146.310-144.710 PL 88.5
KC2QNX: Weatherfield NY, TX-443-625 PL 141.3 Linked System With Skywarn Spoter Netwark VHF 147-315
