Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

The net occurs on the second Monday of every month at 28.485 MHz USB (+/- a few kHz to account for interference). All licensed hams are welcome to participate in the technician portion of the band.

In-Person VE Amateur Radio Testing Session details are available on our “Get Licensed” page.

“Mysteries of a Wide Area Repeater” - Paul (W1ASS): Paul Hunter, owner and operator of the 70cm repeater (443.850MHz) located atop Fort Mountain in Epsom will be discussing repeater fundamentals, voting, simulcast operation, and what makes “The Fort” so special.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every year, the ARRL hosts the Summer Field Day, a training exercise for amateur radio operators to improve their emergency communication skills. This event is the biggest emergency preparedness drill in the country and is our club's most important "on the air" event of the year.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

The net occurs on the second Monday of every month at 28.485 MHz USB (+/- a few kHz to account for interference). All licensed hams are welcome to participate in the technician portion of the band.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

The net occurs on the second Monday of every month at 28.485 MHz USB (+/- a few kHz to account for interference). All licensed hams are welcome to participate in the technician portion of the band.

This month's speaker:

Eric Pfeifer N1JUR Let’s Get your POTA on!

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

Nearfest opening day is just around the corner this coming Friday, May 2nd. Nearfest gates open at 8AM. GSARA members will be getting together for an early start breakfast at:

Putnam's Main Street Breakfast

13 Main Street

Goffstown, NH 03045

Putnam's opens its doors at 630AM and has been advised that many of us will be arriving there at that time. There is parking on Main Street as well as behind the restaurant.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

The Granite State Amateur Radio Association will be at the 4H Agricultural Fair demonstrating ham radio to the public. There will be a "Special Event HF Station (N1QC) our club booth and several demonstrations from ARES and a Learn your name in morse code. Event is from 9 am to 4 pm Saturday at the 4H Fair Grounds in New Boston.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

GSARA Club event for the Spring POTA Support Your Parks weekend. We will be gathering at the Temple Mountain State Reservation (US-11848). The park is on 101 just east of Peterborough across the street from the entrance to Miller State Park. Suppose you are not familiar with the location. In that case, Temple Mountain provides a large parking area with plenty of space to accommodate vehicles and lots of opportunities to get creative with your antennas (many trees on the parking lot's perimeter). If you’re ambitious, you can even hike up to the summit of Holt Peak or Temple Mountain.

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

The net occurs on the second Monday of every month at 28.485 MHz USB (+/- a few kHz to account for interference). All licensed hams are welcome to participate in the technician portion of the band.

In-Person VE Amateur Radio Testing Session details are available on our “Get Licensed” page.

Guest Speaker

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, we gather at Pressed Café, located in the charming town of Bedford, NH, for a delightful morning of coffee, delicious food, and engaging conversation. This informal meet-up is an excellent opportunity for newcomers and seasoned ham radio enthusiasts to introduce themselves, share experiences, and connect with fellow hobbyists.

The Port City Amateur Radio Club hosts an annual hamfest and flea market in April at the Saint James Masonic Lodge on 77 Tide Mill Road, Hampton, NH. Admission is $5 per person and children under 12 are admitted free. There are hourly door prize drawings as well as a grand prize drawing. All ticket holders are eligible to win, additional prize drawing tickets may be purchased for $5 each.

We have indoor and outdoor table space available and pre-registration is recommended. You can purchase table space using the seller’s application found at the bottom of this page.