Past Club News:

  • 3:10 PM Mar 1stFoxhunt Saturday March 6 on 146.790 Weston, from 10:00 to 12:00+

  • 3:47 PM Feb 9thDuring the Algonquin ARC flea market 147.270 and 449.925 repeaters will be linked from approx 06:30-13:00 on Sat Feb 13, 2010 for talk in.

  • 12:18 PM Feb 1stThe 53.81 repeater power amplifier is now the Larcan transmiter module from WTAE Pittsburgh, running at 350 W.

  • 4:56 PM Jan 11thHooray, Marlborough 927.700 IRLP node 4978 is up and running. It joins our Boston 900 repeater in being full-time linked to the NEAR-900 net

  • 4:15 PM Jan 4thFoxhunt on Weston 146.790, Saturday Jan 9, 10:00 to around 12:00

  • 1:03 PM Nov 13th, 2009The MMRA network will be in the EMa ARES linked mode for the Mini-Exercise on Saturday November 14 from approx 10:00-11:30AM

  • 4:51 AM Nov 10th, 2009Boston 900 Repeater has changed frequency to 927.0625, same -25 MHz offset, same DPL 244.

  • 7:57 PM Nov 2nd, 2009927.775 IRLP Audio Problems have been resolved; node is operating normally

  • 7:03 AM Oct 31st, 2009Due to IRLP audio problems, 927.775's IRLP node (#4977) has been disabled until further notice

  • 5:19 AM Oct 30th, 2009927.775 may be temporarily disconnected from the NEAR900 net by keying "73" on ur DTMF pad. It will reconnect after 3 minutes of inactivity

  • 5:17 AM Oct 30th, 2009927.775 is temporarily running with an input frequency of 902.0125. Please let us know your observations about whether this is a cleaner frq

  • 8:58 AM Oct 20th, 2009Foxhunt Sat. Oct 24. Start at 10AM. Location within 10m of 146.715 repeater. Fox on repeater input 146.115. Xmit every 5 min for 30 secs.

  • 6:32 AM Oct 9th, 2009MMRA D-Star is now fully operational from the Prudential tower in Boston: 145.16 (-600 kHz) "W1MRA..C" ( . = spaces )

  • 8:34 AM Oct 5th, 2009New shelter for MRW (donated by N1KMA) transported from ME to Marlboro.

  • 7:07 PM Sep 27th, 2009145.16 D-Star has been relocated to the Prudential tower. Receiver needs some work however, so range is limited at this time.

  • 10/4/2009: New Shelter for MRW moved from Maine to Marlboro. Many thanks to N1KMA for donating the shelter and to Keith (KB1OEI) of Land's towing for transporting the shelter for the club! photos/video from W1BRI

  • 9/12/2009: Until further notice, 449.575 Southboro linking has been disabled

  • 8/18/2009: 53.81's Link Transmitter is back in service.

  • 8/17/2009: K1KWP has been appointed interim trustee of 223.95, AE1C has been appointed interim trustee of 146.61

  • 8/11/2009: The Marlborough 927.7000 repeater is on the air. DPL is 244. This system has its antenna at the top of the Sligo water tank.

  • 8/11/2009: 147.270's antenna system has been repaired and the repeater is back to full power.

  • 8/3/2009: MMRA now has a 10m repeater on the air! Receiver is in Weston. Transmitter is at Marlborough East. 29.68 (input -100kHz) PL 131.8

  • 7/28/2009: The PA on the Hopkinton 223.940 has failed. This repeater will be off until further notice.

  • 7/19/2009: The MMRA Foxhunt section has been reactiviated with news from July 18th's joint fox hunt with QRA. See it here.

  • 7/13/2009: At 10AM on Saturday July 18,2009 the MinuteMan Repeater Association (MMRA) and the Quannapowitt Radio Association (QRA) have scheduled a joint hidden transmitter fox hunt. See our foxhunting page for more info!

  • 6/23/2009: The Quincy 224.40 repeater has been disabled until further notice. It is receiving interference which is then being relayed into the entire network, causing disruption of various nets and activities.

  • 6/20/2009: MMRA welcomes KA1RCI as the newest affiliate repeater to the MMRA network. RCI operates 145.19, 223.96, and 449.325 in Johnston, RI (JHN) and is linkable to HUB1 only. JHN will be linked for the Rhode Island and Eastern Mass 2m Traffic net on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8PM. See our repeater page for more info!

  • 6/17/2009: The Weston 224.70 repeater is back to operating at full power.

  • 6/13/2009: Thanks to the work of W1BRI with re-install assistance from K1JWB, WA1NVC and NE1R, 449.925 has been repaired and is functioning normally. The crew took the opportunity to also replace the backup battery and cleaned up the vegetation that was trying to overtake the shelter.

    Join us on our "Technical Information and Other Stuff (TIOS)" net, on the MMRA network, every Tuesday at 8PM. We are looking for NET CONTROL STATIONS for our Tuesday night nets. A time commitment of about 1/2 hour per month is needed to be an NCS! Contact Larry, W1DYJ, for more information.


  • 6/5/2009: The 449.925 power amplifier has failed. HUB1 is off-the-air it can be repaired.

  • 6/3/2009: The Boston repeater - 927.775 (DPL 244) is ON THE AIR. It is currently operating with a limited receive antenna. The final receive antenna will be operating within the next 2 weeks.

  • 5/20/2009: The Brookline 146.820 repeater is off the air for rework. W1BRI will be recabling, and tightening things up in an attempt to clear up the noise issues affecting the receiver.

  • 5/11/2009: A lease has been signed for a new MMRA 900 MHz affiliated repeater located atop of One Financial Center in Boston. This repeater is the result of efforts and donations from K1RJZ, N1OTY, K1WUK, W1BRI, N3HFK, K1IW, and others. The repeater is built and will be on the air soon. Repeater TX will be 927.775 (receive on 902.775 ). More details are available here.

  • 5/10/2009: Thanks to Bryan and a perfect 'find' at NEARFEST, the PA tube has been replaced on 53.81. MRE is back on the air!

  • 5/1/2009: MRE 6m is off the air. The PA tube has failed. We will be purchasing a new one and replacing it very soon.

  • 4/8/2009: HUB1 now has outgoing echolink capability. Members can find out how to do this by logging into the member's area. Additionally, HUB1 will now be linked to W1OJ's 10m (29.62) and the Mt. Wachusett 448.625 repeaters.

  • 3/5/2009: WF1F's slides from the March meeting (with FARA) about SSTV on the ISS are available here on the MMRA website.

  • 1/21/2009: N1OTY's slides from the January meeting on getting onto the 902 MHz band are available here on the MMRA website.

  • 12/29/2008: Thanks to K1KWP, many older issues of The Minuteman newsletter are now available. Our archive is still missing all issues prior to 1983, from 1991-1998, and others randomly scattered through the past. If you have any old copies of the newsletter, we'd like to borrow them so we can add them to the archive. See more on our newsletters page.

  • 10/27/2008: Burlington UHF, 446.775, is now on the air

  • 10/18/2008: The MMRA Stoneham repeaters (146.715 & 446.725) have been relocated to Burlington. Coverage is expected to be approximately the same. 446.725 is currently off-the-air and will return in 1-2 weeks on a new frequency of 446.775 (same 88.5 PL).

  • 9/23/2008: We are informed that one time MMRA President Steve Rudin (W1WSN) will have an article about antennas in the November QST.

  • 9/17/2008: At our September meeting, Daniel Rajczyk, N1KJN, was elected by the membership to fill the vacant secretary position. Please welcome Daniel to this important role in our organization.

  • 9/15/2008: The MMRA's D-Star repeater is now on the air from the Marlborough East site. Operating on 145.16(-), it is the first D-Star repeater operating in Greater Boston area, and the first VHF D-Star system in the state. The repeater is owned by N1KMA and is located in MMRA's shelter through an arrangement in which the repeater is sponsored by MMRA, and operates with the W1MRA callsign. To configure your D-Star radio, dial up the following settings:

  • 8/25/2008: The Foxbox was hidden at the Boxboro convention on Friday afternoon (8/22) for round one and was found on Saturday (8/23) by W1HFN at 11:00, W1DYJ/W1SJ at 15:21, and WB1EWS at 15:30. The foxbox was re-hidden Saturday evening for round two but there were no signs that anybody found it on Sunday.

  • 4/13/2008: The Mendon 2m repeater is now linkable to HUB2

  • 3/25/2008: The Weston 2m & 222 repeaters are now linkable to HUB2

  • 11/27/2007 MMRA acquires Crocker Public Service Group: In October, the MMRA board authorized an offer to CPSG to acquire that organization. In return, CPSG members in good standing as of 11/1/2007, with expiration dates on or after 11/1/2008, who are not already MMRA members, will be offered one-year memberships in MMRA at no cost. Club president K1IW extended the offer to CPSG, and CPSG accepted the terms of the offer at its membership meeting on November 27th. CPSG members eligible have been contacted directly.

  • 10/27/2007 HUB2 / 442.70 Weston is now fully operational. Thanks to the efforts of W1BRI, NG1Z, and K1IW, HUB2 has a new main antenna and link antenna and is now fully operational.

  • 5/16/2007 The 146.82 "Brookline" repeater has returned to Brookline!

  • 4/29/2007 On a misty Sunday morning, two tower climbers and three MMRA members trekked to the Quincy site and restored the Quincy repeater antenna to its former glory. Many thanks to Paul Young, K1XM, and Charlotte Richardson, KQ1F, for gratiously lending their services to perform the work. N1BE, W1BRI, and K1IW were also there as helpers. In 1999, the main Quincy 2m antenna failed. Members scurried to install a new DB224 antenna. The antenna remained at roof level for eight years, but has now been moved to the top of the 50 foot tower on the building. Quincy coverage has noticeably improved! Pictures from the work party can be seen at Quincy April 29 Work Party.

  • 2/16/2007 The 449.575 repeater which was located in Shrewsbury for several years has moved to Southborough. For more details.

    12/16/2006 HUB2 in Weston, on 442.700, is now on the air! Repeater was installed by Bryan, W1BRI on Saturday Morning 12/16, with help from his brother. The new HUB is located at MMRA's Weston location, and will serve as an alternate way to link the club's repeaters. In case of a failure at '925, this can be used as a backup. Also, MMRA will now be able to link all of its repeaters into two separate groups (for example, link Quincy, Stoneham, and Brookline while at the same time link Marlborough and Mendon separate.) Photo shows the MMRA's newest repeater (left) alongside the MMRA's oldest (146.79, right).

  • 8/16/2006 The MMRA Hub now supports IRLP The MMRA Hub is now running EchoIRLP software. It is IRLP Node # 4133. It continues to support Echolink as node # 94940 as well.

  • 3/3/2006 In early 2006 the 146.610 repeater returned to the air at its new location in Mendon. Like before, it is full time linked to the MMRA network. Many thanks to W1BRI, N1XXI, AE1C, K1KWP, and N1BHI for getting it installed and back on the air. Special thanks to KB1LOY who arranged for the equipment necessary to install the antenna. Pictures of the repeater and the Friday March 3 antenna mounting operation are available on the info page for Mendon.

  • 1/1/2006 Most repeaters are now linked weeknights from 9:50 to 11:50 pm for the Heavy Hitters traffic net. This is an NTS-affiliate net for passing formal written "radiogram" traffic. The net begins at 10pm. All MMRA repeaters that are normally linked, plus Stoneham '715, Quincy '67, and Marlborough '27, are linked. The Weston '79 repeater does not link for this net.

  • 9/20/2005 MMRA/Brookline is ON THE AIR. This repeater operates on 146.22/146.82, with the standard MMRA tone of 146.2 Hz.

  • 9/20/2005 The Weston repeater has returned to the air on its new frequency of 146.790 (-600KHz in, PL 146.2)

  • The MMRA is always looking for additional volunteers to be one of the rotating net control operators for the Tuesday night 8PM MMRA Technical, Informational, and Other Stuff net. This is a good opportunity to gain more familiarity with the MMRA linked system. Because the MMRA linked repeater system is used for the ARES and public service events familiarity with the system for as many people as possible is encouraged. If you would be interested in being an MMRA net control please let us know or on the Tuesday night net itself. W1DYJ (Larry) is the manager of this net.