Inside..
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Handbook Giveaway
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OHDEN Recognized in QST
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NIMS / ICS
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Zane Grey's birthday – Special Event
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Bulletins from National Weather
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Upcoming Hamfests
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Getting this Newsletter
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Got Questions
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Final – Some Interesting Facts
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Handbook Giveaway
Have
you seen the NEWEST “Handbook Giveaway” drawing on the website yet? It’s
there..!! Time is quickly running out to get registered for the this months
drawing.. If you haven’t done it yet, you better get going!
To
enter the drawing all you need to do is fill in a couple of boxes on the form..
(your name and email). That’s you need to do to be entered into a drawing to
win a 2016 ARRL softcover Handbook. There’s nothing else required (Oh.. You do
need to be a resident of Ohio to win..)
The
winner will be mailed the Handbook at my cost. This is being offered just to
see how many folks are really checking in on the website. Got the idea? Best of
luck to you!!
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OHDEN
Gets Recognized In QST
Hey Gang,
Did you see the OHDEN article in the latest edition
of QST? It’s titled “Buckeye Digital” and appears on page 52. Eldon, W5UHQ, Net
Manager of OHDEN, OHio Digital Emergency Net, worked with Steve Ford throughout
the summer on this article. I do want to mention that the website listed is no
longer available. You can find them on Facebook page instead, here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OHDEN/
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NIMS / ICS
Training
Hey
Gang, our numbers are growing steadily, as of January 22nd we have 578 ARES Members with various certs
turned in. We can also brag on the fact that we have 380 that have completed all 4 of the needed classes and 3,808
total classes registered in the statewide database. Here’s a link to the
database
I
am finding that some of you haven’t forwarded your certificates to us yet.
Please, get them to me. I want every ARES member to have at least these 4 basic
courses completed, and copies of your certificates entered into our database.
Want to take more? Fantastic!! Remember, this training is FREE, and you do most
of it from the comforts of your home!
The
list shows those who have all 4 certificates turned in. If you don’t see your
name on the list, send them to me n8sy@n8sy.com Now even if you haven’t gotten all 4 of
these courses in, we still need you to get what you do have turned in to us so
that we can get you started on your way.
The
Ohio Section has taken a lead in the country with this and really dug its heals
in and has done a great job of completing this training. Let’s keep it going
for 2017!!
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Special
Event Station K7Z will commemorate Zane Grey's birthday on January 28-31, 2017
Payson,
Arizona -- Sponsored by the Tonto Amateur Radio Association, Inc. and the
Northern Gila County Historical Society that operates The Rim Country Museum
and The Zane Grey Cabin. Members of our amateur radio association will be
active from January 28 - 31, 2017 using the call sign K7Z from their
own QTHs as well as from the Zane Grey Cabin in Payson, AZ.
Preferred
frequencies will be in the General band segments. Like Us? Spot Us!
QSL
INFO
Direct
Only - Your Card and SASE, Sorry No eQSL, LOTW or Bureau Non-USA, Please
enclose 2 US Dollars for return Postage.
Send
a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) for a commemorative QSL card to:
Tonto
Amateur Radio Assoc., Inc.
PO Box 765
Payson, AZ 85547
PO Box 765
Payson, AZ 85547
Hey
Gang.. If you didn’t know, Zane Grey was an author and master of the American
western novel and he was an Ohio born
dentist. Pearl Zane Grey spent many years under the Mogollon Rim writing
"To The Last Man" and a dozen other Westerns with Arizona settings
and characters. His prolific writings popularized the American cowboy as a
taciturn, romantic figure.
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Bulletins From The
National Weather Service..
Did
you know that you can find all of issued bulletins from the National Weather
Service for Ohio’s weather right from the Ohio Section website? You can, I have
a direct feed from the National Weather Service to our website. Here’s a link
to those bulletins… http://arrl-ohio.org/nws.html You can also find this link right on the main
page of the website. It’s on the left side.
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01/29/2017
| TUSCO Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
Location:
Strasburg, OH
Sponsor:
Tusco Amateur Radio Club
02/19/2017
| Mansfield Mid Winter Hamfest
Location: Mansfield, OH
Sponsor: Intercity Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://W8WE.ORG
Location: Mansfield, OH
Sponsor: Intercity Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://W8WE.ORG
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Are you getting
those emails
from me? If not, all you have to do is to “Opt-In” to receive them.
Heck,
just send me an email: n8sy@n8sy.com and let me know
that you want to be added. It’s really just that easy. We have over 2,500
persons on our Ohio Section Mailing List now and growing.
Are
you passing this newsletter on to others? Please, if you know of anyone that
would be interested in this information, feel free to pass it on to them. You
don’t have to be an ARRL member or even a ham to receive these emails.
You
can always “Opt-Out” at any time if you feel this is not what you
were expecting.
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Got questions, concerns or
would just like to sit and chat awhile?
Want
to sit and just chat awhile? I’m available, Heck, I’ll even buy!!
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January
23rd - A Day Of History..
1909
- 1st radio rescue at sea
1996
- The first version of the Java programming language was released
2003
- Final communication between Earth and NASA space probe Pioneer 10
Remember,
life is short, go have FUN..!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
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