Election information below!
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Field Day 2026 setup and operating will be held on June 26,27,28
More info by contacting Jonathan, KB1COL at kb1col@yahoo.com and more right at this web page.
Like last year, Field Day will be held at the Belknap County Sportsman’s Association which is a tenth of a mile north of the Laconia Airport at 182 Lily Pond Road Gilford, NH 03249. Some clubs will be roughing it outside. Not us, we’ll even have a kitchen and indoor restrooms! Of course, we’ll be totally off-grid in terms of radios and power.
But this year we will have some changes. Rick, KK1RZ will return from vacation the day before Field Day and K1DLM may be in Europe! That may mean that Dave’s radios, AC power, antennas and RF filters may not be available. A significant amount of planning will revolve around who will bring what radios along with the required RFI filters. Ditto with antennas. Rick has pre-staged an on-site trailer at BCSA which is being filled as we speak with antennas, coax, generators and much more.
This may become a more modest Field Day with individidual members contributing their own gear. The upside is that this may be a more accurate model of emergency commuications on the fly with POTA-type equipment.
– What bands will we use?
– Who will bring what radios with RFI bandpass filters
– Who will bring what antennas
– Who will bring the logging laptops (we provide the software licenses)
– Who will bring and prepare the all-important food???
As in the past, CNHARC Field Days will not be driven by maximising contest points but by having fun, socializing and gaining new experiences. Did we say FUN?
Jonathan KB1COL is the Field Day Chair for 2026.
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Be sure to visitr our CNHARC 2.1 Facebook page! (We’re not sure who controls our old FB page from 2023 so we had to start a new one.
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We are about to send out our annual election balllots via a third party vote tabulation service. The following people below have volunteered to run for office. If you wish to run for ANY position, please send an email to cnharc@cnharc.org with the position you wish to run for.
President: Jonathan Wixson, KB1COL
Vice President: Rick Zach, KK1RZ
Secretary: Howard Epstien, W1RJ
Treasurer: (open)
Board/Steering Committee member: Two openings
The following candidates have submtted their BIO’s
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For President. Jonathan Wixson, KB1COL
Hello DE KB1COL
My name is Jonathan Wixson and I am asking for your vote for President in our upcoming CNHARC election.
I have been involved with the Central New Hampshire Amateur radio club since the late 90’s.I attended a ham radio course sponsored by CNHARC. It was a great experience and I’ll never forget the instructors, N1LT-Dick, W1PID Jim, Mike Stone,N1VE, Jules and more.
I’m looking at this opportunity as a way to give back a bit to the group that gave me so much.
I have a few goals I’m hoping to achieve with CNHARC and my main focus is to help hold a fun and well attended field day this month. Its right around the corner so let’s hope for good weather.
Looking forward I hope to help develop the relationship with the local Scouts who meet at the Belknap County Sportsman’s Assoc and with Mike N1MAY who is our contact for BSA, to install and help maintain a very high quality Amature Radio program with them. This is a great opportunity to get young people interested in our hobby much more to talk about but one step at a time.
Lastly I think the best thing I can do for the club is ensure that all members know and understand that my door is always open and please call me to pose questions, share an idea, vent about problems(club related) or just to say hello.
I look forward to serving the club as your President and thank you for your support
Jonathan Wixson
56 Pleasant st
Meredith NH
603-832-3293
For Vice-President Rick Zach, KK1RZ
I was first licensed in 1966 and now enjoy pretty much all bands and modes from 160m to 70-cm (even AM ! ). I’ve been a member of CNHARC for about 26 years, then with two years as President. My new job will be to function as Jonathan’s backup person because if elected, he will run the show and I’ll be a helper with some institutional knowledge. I LIKE being retired!
For Secretary Howard Epstein, W1RJ
I became an Amateur Radio Operator at 14 in New York City licensed as WB2KJD as a Technician. I earned my BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in Lowell. I got my married to my darling wife while in college. I was also determined to get back into Amateur Radio. I placed a 2 Meter Rig in my car and joined a club and was very active in that club until my kids were born.
Fast forwarding many years I earned 18 Credits at Fitchburg State College to become an instructor for electronics.
The stuff presented here is for background purposes only.
I have been involved with CNHARC for only 3 Years.
Along the way I earned my Extra. Which was really a review of what I did in industry.
So why should you vote for me as secretary, The answer is simple. I believe and have always believed the amount of time you spend in a club the more rewarding.it will be. The club has also helped me out Rick Zach, on my Antenna, Dave Merchant on Networking, Jonathan Wixson on supplying the materials and many others in the club. That is what clubs are for helping one another in the hobby ! That is what clubs are for and I will do my best to help out as secretary !
Member ballots will be going out soon!
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A permanent 78kW Diesel generator backup system has just been installed at the Gunstock summit for the 2026 winter season.
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Our 2M net
No net this Tuesday due to a monthly meeting
Otherwise it will be held every Tuesday but now at 7:30PM instead of the previous 8PM. Gunstock 2M repeater 146.985 – PL-123.0
We will be rotating our net control stations (NCS) more frequently. Dave, K1DLM is organizing the net control schedules.
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