The 14th Annual Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge takes place Saturday, March 16th, from 12PM – 4PM! Contacts are limited to FM Simplex on the 2 meter band. Participants may be entered as either fixed or mobile, (but not as both). Exchange – Exchange items include your call sign, the name of the city, village, town, or township you are operating from, and your power level. Rovers and mobiles must be within the city limits of whatever city they claim to be operating from. If you are operating from a served agency station, you should also include this with yo ..read more

Please join us the weekend of January 27-28, at the Cumberland County EMA, located at 22 High Street, Windham, ME, for Winter Field Day! We will be operating in the 1O category (an outdoor club station with 1 full time HF transmitter), throughout the event. If we get more operators than we have rigs for, we’ll consider moving up to 2O. WEEKEND SCHEDULE:  THURSDAY – 7:00 PM – Setup for the trailer, primary stations, log prep. SATURDAY – 9:00 AM – Final prep and antenna setup. SATURDAY – 2:00 PM – On-air activities begin.  SUNDAY – 2:00 PM – On-air activities end, follow ..read more

SCARBOROUGH, ME – On the weekend of June 24-25, the WSSM team participated in their 13th ARRL Field Day from Wassamki Springs Campground, in Scarborough. Activities began Friday morning when club members helped to setup a utility trailer, tower, and antenna, that would make up the CW operating station. The station, which is the design of Rick Fickett K1OT, goes together smoothly. After assembling the antennas which consist of a 40 meter mono band yagi and a 10/15/20m tri-bander, and tower components, the tower is pulled up by a winch, so it only needs to be guided on the way up, and when the ..read more

YORK, ME – On Saturday, August 19th, WSSM members activated Cape Neddick “Nubble” Light for International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW). The team setup their radio gear in Sohier Park, using an Icom IC-7100 on battery power and a BuddiPole, which was configured for 40, 20, and 15 meters throughout the day. Icom IC-7100 tuned to 40 meters Saturday morning Members present included: Peter Fulton WO1J, Tim Watson KB1HNZ, Eric Emery N1RXR, and Jason Andrews W1SFS, as well as other hams who stopped by while visiting the area. The weather was sunny and pleasant, despite a steady sea breeze ..read more

If you’re ready to upgrade, or trying for your first license, please join us for a VE Exam on Thursday, February 1st, 2024. The Wireless Society of Southern Maine and Portland Amateur Wireless Association will be hosting an exam session at 7PM at the South Windham Fire Station, 33 Main Street, Windham, Maine. Walk-ins are welcome, so there’s no need to sign up. Please bring a valid photo ID if you are planning on taking a test, and there is also a $15.00 test fee payable in either cash or check, made out to ARRL VEC. Click here to find out more about what to bring to the exam. MANDATORY BEFOR ..read more

Congratulations to the multi-op team of Stefania Watson (K1GJY), Tim Watson (KB1HNZ) and Rick Fickett (K1OT), who operated as WS1SM from Windham, ME. They became only the second Multi-Op team to win the contest overall, scoring a total of 364,530 points, and 1232 QSO’s! For 2023, we received over 80 logs from 3 different countries, 33 U.S. States, 3 Canadian Provinces, and 7 Maine Counties. Thanks to everyone who participated! Michael Snook W7LG, from Lewiston, PA, captured the Single Operator QRP (SOQRP) category with 3,780 points. Peter Siemsen VE9CZ, from Grand-Barachois, NB, won the Singl ..read more

During a 24-hour period beginning at noon on Friday, October 27th, and continuing through Saturday, members of the Wireless Society of Southern Maine Emergency Communications Team (WSSM-ECT) participated in a statewide drill to test their communications capabilities between various sites throughout Cumberland County and the state of Maine. The drill, known as the Simulated Emergency Test, or SET, is an annual exercise, sponsored by the American Radio Relay League, which encourages amateur radio operators from across the country to test their communications skills during a mock disaster. During ..read more

Since 1999, SKYWARN Recognition Day, developed jointly by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League, celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN radio operators make to the National Weather Service. This year’s event takes place December 2, 2023 from 0000z to 2400z (December 1st, 7 PM ET – December 2nd, 7 PM ET). After nearly three years of being in storage due to the pandemic, the radio gear at the NWS is setup and ready to be used for this year’s SRD! SKYWARN radio operators who would like to visit the Forecast Office to operate the radios there, may do s ..read more

2023 Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge Point-to-Point study. The purple lines show contacts by Stephen Jordan KD1OM during the 2023 FM Simplex Challenge. Congratulations to Stephen Jordan, KD1OM, of Bangor, who made 89 QSOs, in 49 different towns, for being this year’s overall winner! Stephen operated as Fixed Medium, using a Motorola Spectra and a 5/8 wave ground plane antenna. The 2023 Maine 2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge took place Saturday, March 11th, from 12 PM to 4 PM. This year, we were happy to receive a lot of logs from the Bangor area, so its great to see the contest is continuing t ..read more

WSSM will be hosting a VE Exam on Thursday, February 16th, at the Windham Fire Department’s South Station, located at 33 Main Street, Windham, ME. This is the same location where we hosted our last VE Exam in October. The exam will begin at 7:00 PM. Walk-ins are welcome. Ready to take the exam? Click here to find out what to bring ..read more