W2MO - Madison-Oneida Amateur Radio Club

05/10/2026

02/17/2026

Are you looking to get your amateur radio license or upgrade your existing license? MOARC offers testing after each meeting and periodically by request.

Registration is now open for the March 3 testing session, more info:

Find local ham radio test sessions, register for a test session, and get your ham radio license!

01/07/2026

The annual MOARC Holiday Party & January Meeting took place last night at The Fort in Morrisville. Great conversation and fun had by all. Club President Jeff Barlow KE2AUB presented the club’s 2025 Ham of The Year award to Andy Harmon-Kimball W2ZXN during the festivities. It was wonderful to see everyone and hopefully we will see everyone back at the Gorman Foundation on February 3rd for the next meeting!

Photos courtesy of Ed KD2WNW.

01/01/2026

ATTN: The Madison Oneida Emergency Service Net scheduled for tomorrow (01/01/2026) is canceled due to the holiday. Happy New Year! Stay safe out there!

73 de W2ZXN

12/02/2025

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URGENT NOTICE

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Due to the effects of the weather in our area, the MOARC meeting scheduled for 6:30PM tonight at the Gorman Foundation Community Center is cancelled. Please join us at our next meeting, the annual holiday party & installation dinner on Tuesday, January 6th at 6PM at The Fort (97 Main St, Morrisville NY). All are welcome to attend.

11/24/2025

Winter Weather Watch Thursday (11/27) through Saturday (11/29)… It’s a good time to stay out of the snow and blustery conditions to play radio!

11/23/2025

America250 WAS

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

11/05/2025

This Sunday, Chenango County ARES/RACES will be participating in a joint Simulated Emergency Test. The SET is a nationwide exercise is the chance to test your personal emergency-operating skills and the readiness of your communications equipment and accessories in a simulated emergency-like deployment.

All wishing to participate, are asked to join in on Sunday, November 9th at 3pm. We will start out on 146.42 simplex. I will monitor the 146.685 repeater during the drill as a backup.

The goal is to gather a workable list of towns that we can establish communications in & out of. For this drill we will NOT be focused on repeater operations. While "I can hit this repeater" may be useful... we are really looking for real-world data about communications not requiring infrastructure.

If stations have the capabilities, we would encourage testing of as many bands as possible... 10m, 6m, 2m, 1.25m & 70cm for example.

The drill will be fairly simple. Setup your HF station in a way that takes advantage of NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) and log who you can make contact with as well as who you can hear. All amateurs, whether members of ARES or not are welcome & encouraged to participate and for that matter… anyone is encouraged to submit a report of stations heard, whether you’re licensed or not. Even those who can only listen can participate!

I have made up a “quick & dirty” station log & report form which can be used to keep track of who you hear and can then be sent to me. It has been uploaded to our website and can be downloaded at https://cvara.net/nvis-log/ The log form gives space for you to describe your station setup as well as list each station you heard. If you were able to make contact with the logged station, please note that in the form as well.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me.

Thanks,
Matthew Jenne - WZ2I
Chenango County EC

https://cvara.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NVIS-Log.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pV9031XgnU

10/15/2025

The bridge assignments & paperwork for the 2025 Madison Oneida Pumpkin Patrol have been mailed out this morning to volunteers. We are still looking for additional support; specifically in the Utica / Rome areas and will happily take any additional volunteers for the remaining areas as well. Please share with any interested parties/clubs. If interested contact Andy W2ZXN (MO ARES EC) by phone/text at 315-219-2219 or by email at [email protected]

10/10/2025

Members participated in the Oneida Fall Festival on Saturday, October 4th in the City of Oneida. Booth 49 was the coolest radio booth in the whole show!

10/01/2025

Urgent… Please share!!! We have only received 6 confirmed volunteers and are trying to cover 23 bridges.

📡 CALLING ALL HAMS!!!
HELP WANTED!!!
🎃 2025 Pumpkin Patrol 🎃
Thursday, October 30th & Friday, October 31st
6PM until 10PM (ish).
Please email Andy W2ZXN ([email protected]) with your name, address & callsign if interested. Looking to cover all bridges in Oneida & Madison Counties!!! If you have a preference, please include your preferred bridge/location.