Over the weekend of March 14th the MIT Repeater W1XM/R saw heavy use in coordinating the relocation of undergraduate members of the MIT Radio Society. While not formally enlisted in MIT’s emergency response, the repeater proved invaluable for individual members of the club coordinating their relocation from MIT campus. Over the week since, the repeater has remained a hub for communication between students still in the Greater Boston area.… (more ...)

The MIT Radio Society and UHF Repeater Association elected new officers on 4 February 2020: W1MX - MIT Radio Society W1MX President: Fischer Moseley (fischerm at mit dot edu) W1MX Vice President: Aaron Yeiser (ayeiser at mit dot edu) W1MX Treasurer: Sarah Greer KI7TGW (sygreer at mit dot edu) W1MX Secretary: Mitch Berger N2YIC (mitchb at mit dot edu) and Quentin Smith AB1IZ (quentin at mit dot edu) W1MX Station Manager: Matthew Cox KX4MM (coxm at mit dot edu) W1XM - UHF Repeater Association W1XM President: Milo Hooper KC1MNR (hooper at mit dot edu) W1XM Vice President: Rihn Hong KC1MFU (rihn at mit dot edu) W1XM Treasurer: Alexander Tsao KC1MCA (alextsao at mit dot edu) W1XM Secretary: Luis Torres AC1IC (luillo at mit dot edu) W1XM Station Manager: Josh Noguera KC1REV (jnoguera at mit dot edu) … (more ...)

Although not in the hardest-hit earthquake zone, Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory nonetheless has been affected by the recent spate of earthquakes and aftershocks. The landmark Arecibo radio telescope and ionospheric radar facility was a victim of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Members of the MIT Radio Society stepped up to help in support and recovery efforts for the Arecibo Observatory on January 14th. Daniel Sheen, KC1EPN, Station Manager for the MIT Radio Society, assisted Phil Erickson, W1PJE, and Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, in using the MIT Station for a scheduled radio contact with Arecibo’s lead telescope operator and spectrum manager, Angel Vazquez, WP3R.… (more ...)

Reception for celebrating Kirk Kolenbrander’s service to MIT W1MX opened and attended Kirk Kolenbrander’s farewell party. Alex LaGrassa opened by transmitting to him in Morse code : “W1FA thank you for your service to MIT, from W1MX” from the W1MX station. Here is a group photo with Matt Goldstein, Christian Haughwout, Sarah Greer, Daniel Sheen and Kirk Kolenbrander (left to right). … (more ...)

Elected Officers for 2019-2020 W1MX - MIT Radio Society W1MX President: Christian Haughwout KC1EDU (chaughwo at mit dot edu) W1MX Vice President: Tyler Lerner KC3LOF (tylerl at mit dot edu) W1MX Treasurer: Sarah Greer KI7TGW (sygreer at mit dot edu) W1MX Secretary: Mitch Berger N2YIC (mitchb at mit dot edu) W1MX Station Manager: Daniel Sheen KC1EPN (dsheen at mit dot edu) W1XM - UHF Repeater Association W1XM President: Jordyn Mann W1KXJ (jordynm at mit dot edu) W1XM Vice President: Alex LaGrassa KC1IXU (lagrassa at mit dot edu) W1XM Treasurer: Greg Allan KD2HUL (gr24939 at mit dot edu) W1XM Secretary: Joey Murphy KJ0EY (tjmurphy at mit dot edu) W1XM Station Manager: Quentin Smith AB1IZ (quentin at mit dot edu) … (more ...)

Radio society members are running through fall protection procedures in order to maintain the GlenMartin tower on top of Walker roof. The tower is owned by W1MX and is a useful platform for radio experimentation. It currently has an azimuth rotor on it. We plan to install an antenna for Earth-Moon-Earth communication, and an elevator motor. .… (more ...)

Over the weekend, some W1MX members went up to Mount Washington in New Hampshire to test 40m with a low noise floor and high altitude. Frigid temperatures meant running operations from the trunk of the car. We used an Orion 2 transceiver with a built in preamp with a wire dipole strung between two rocks. We successfully made QSOs over SSB with people over the east coast from Maine to Florida, and heard call signs from Europe, though they were not able to hear us.… (more ...)

The club went on a short road trip to Lake Dennison Recreational Area to practice setting up a VHF field station in preparation for a trip up a mountain. They brought a 73cm yagi, and 6M dipole antenna. Power to the radio was supplied through a generator and battery. Not bringing an antenna analyzer made tuning difficult, but now W1MX has practice setting up a tower with a Yagi, and dipoles on trees.… (more ...)

W1MX participated in Field Day, an annual ARRL event where stations leave their usual locations to operate in more public areas, often outside. The main purposes are outreach and emergency preparedness. W1MX set up 2 dipole antennas on 40m and 80m anchored to higher floors of Stata, with the field station set up on the fourth floor. We also operated a Get On The Air station from the usual station using the green wire for 160m, 80m, and Pro-96 for 20m and 40m.… (more ...)

We moved the Yagi antenna for the EME station mentioned in this page off the roof of the house of the previous owner to the workshop, currently waiting to be reassembled on Walker lower roof. We expect to assemble the antennas on the tower currently sitting on Walker lower roof over Summer 2018. .… (more ...)