Countdown to the 4th Annual MLotA

By mastermason, 14 August, 2024

The idea for the Masonic Lodges on the Air Contest grew out of the realization that many Freemasons have a love for Amateur Radio.  Our own lodge has at least 5 HAMs who are active members of the lodge as well.  Inspired by what the folks over at the Portage County Radio Club did with the Ohio State Parks on the Air, we crafted an idea to start a new contest to see how many Masonic Lodges we might be able to contact in a day.  We first thought it would be limited to Ohio, but why stop there?  2021 is the first year for this event, and hopefully not the last!

By mastermason, 18 August, 2024

This is way overdue with only 5 weeks until the next event!  My apologies to all who participated last year on getting results to you:

Multi-Op/Multi-Transmitter operating from a Masonic Lodge

for a 3rd year, it is WC3PS - Westmoreland Emergency Amateur Radio Service, Inc. operating from Greensburg 225 in the Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania (submitted score 384).  Congratulations brothers!

Multi-Op/Single-Transmitter operating from a Masonic Lodge

N3BYR - Big Bend Amateur Radio Club operating from Fort Valley Lodge #110 in the Grand Lodge of Georgia (submitted score 539).

Single Operator operating from a Masonic Lodge

W5GFM - Thomas G Nicolaides operating from Chetek Lodge #277 in the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin (submitted sore 308).

Single Operator outside of a Lodge

W9TCV - Erich Schwarz in Florida.

By mastermason, 23 September, 2023

Year three is in the books. I would like to personally thank all of the lodges that activated and all of the hunters at home who were looking for us. I know it is not an easy task with so much competition with state QSO parties and POTA. A couple of things to look for soon:

  1. I want to convert this page to a Facebook group to make it easier to converse and express ideas. That will probably be sometime in October.
  2. I would like opinions on leveraging DX clusters and spotting networks to make the effort of finding other lodges easier.
  3. I do plan to create a "planned activation" section so we know lodges and call signs to look for. I am hoping the event continues to grow next year, so please help spread the word.

I feel like we can all have a better experience in 2024!

By mastermason, 12 February, 2023

The long delay in getting this update pushed out. I'll definitely be seeking more help in the coming year to review and post updates:

Multi-Op/Multi-Transmitter operating from a Masonic Lodge

   WC3PS - Westmoreland Emergency Amateur Radio Service, Inc. operating from King Solomon Lodge No. 346 in the Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania

Multi-Op/Single-Transmitter operating from a Masonic Lodge

N9EOC - Central Indiana Amateur Radio Association operating from Hamilton 533 in the Grand Lodge of Indiana

Single Operator operating from a Masonic Lodge

N9FN - Dave Chasey operating from Dayton #103 in the Grand Lodge of Indiana

Single Operator outside of a Lodge

K4ZRP - Louis Devillon
  

By mastermason, 14 February, 2022

The posting on this is long overdue as we wanted to give as much time as possible for log files to roll in. Many lessons were learned as part of our first time hosting a contest, and we are already preparing for the electronic submission of scores to make it more convenient.

On that note, we want to congratulate the MML category winners WC3PS The Westmoreland Emergency Amateur Radio Service for activating Philanthropy Lodge #225 in Greensburg PA, part of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and making 109 QSOs, including 4 lodges for a combined score of 436.

The MSL category goes to NL7CF The Newark Amateur Radio Association for activating Farmers Lodge #152 in Fredonia OH, part of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and making 9 QSOs, including 3 lodges for a combined score of 27.

We only received around a dozen log submissions, we are hoping by switching over to a form-based web submission we can get a few more groups to submit their results.  

We hope to hear you on the air on September 24, 2022 

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