Inside..
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ARRL Board of Directors
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New Net
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NIMS / ICS
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NEW 1 Question Survey
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Getting this Newsletter
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Special Events
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Final
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ARRL
Board of Directors Adopts Legislative Objectives for 115th Congress
(from ARRL Bulletins)
The
ARRL Board of Directors has unanimously adopted five legislative objectives for
the 115th US Congress. The Board took the action when it met in Connecticut January
20-21. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, chaired the session.
You’ll
definitely want to click on the link above, it takes you to the Board of
Directors Meeting Minutes. The report is quite lengthy, but it does give you
great insight as to what the ARRL is working on for the future.
I
do want to congratulate Dale Williams, WA8EFK, our Great Lakes Director for
being re-elected to the Executive Committee for another term.
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NEW NET
Northwest
Ohio Regional Communications. The NORC NET is a voice net operating on 75 and
40 meters. The net will start on 3.915 +/- Then, when the 75 meter net is completed it
will go to 7.215 +/- and see how it goes there.
The
first Saturday of the month, Amateur Radio Operators are needed. Tune in TIME:
11:00 am (Tune up or down from 3.915 MHz to find the net)
NORC
Net is the backup communications system for all of the Northwest Ohio County
Emergency Operation Centers. (EOC)
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NIMS / ICS
Training
Hey
Gang, I want to thank everyone that has forwarded your certificates to us.
Please, get them to me, and to your
Emergency Coordinator too!! Every Ohio ARES member needs to have at least these
4 basic courses completed, and copies of your certificates entered into our
database, and to your Emergency Coordinator for his records.
Want
to take more? Fantastic!! Remember, this training is FREE, and you do most of
it from the comforts of your home!
Why
are these courses so important? The simple answer is this - we need these
courses as part of our requirement for our state credentialing system. As you
know, the State of Ohio has a credentialing system that we are a big part of,
and to obtain your credential when the time is needed, means that you need to
have these courses completed and turned in to the database. So, without these
courses being completed, you won’t be able to get credentialed!
Let’s
not let that happen. These courses are about 1 1/2 hours long each and YES,
they are boring as all get out, but they do give you a lot of information about
how Incident Command works, and that after all is what it’s all about.
Here’s
what we have on file as of February 5th - Members logged - 619, Members ICS
complete - 406, Courses logged - 4,052
I have to tell ya, this number is growing every day. Let’s keep it going
for 2017!!
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1 Question Survey
There’s
a BRAND NEW – one question – questionnaire on the Ohio Section Website! This
question is just something that would be interesting and fun to know.. It will
only take about 2 seconds for you to answer it, and you can see how your answer
stacks up with others instantly. If you haven’t done it yet, please do..
Do
you have a question that you’d like to see posted? This latest question
actually comes from Robert, WD8NVN.
How’s
about it, got a question that YOU would like to see asked? Send it to me, n8sy@n8sy.com
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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.
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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02/11/2017
| The Portage County Amateur Radio Service's Twelfth Annual "Freeze Your
Acorns Off"
(FYAO)
Special QRP Event.
The
event will start promptly at 10 AM and go until 4 PM EST. They will be active
on CW, Digital &
Phone
in the 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meter bands (Repeater & Echolink on the K8SRR
echo link node for a certificate) and anything else that they can get working.
Yes,
they'll be braving the cold snowy weather of North Eastern Ohio to set up QRP
stations using portable power and antennas.
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02/18/2017
| WRARC 7th Anniversary
Feb
18, 1500Z-2300Z, W8WRC, New Springfield, OH. Western Reserve Amateur Radio
Club. 21.300 14.305 7.200. QSL. Western Reserve Amateur Radio Club, 2050 East
South Range Road, New Springfield, OH 44443. www.wrarc.net
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Finally.. Super Bowl – Did your team win?
Hey
Gang,
I
really thought that today I would have to be saying that I picked the losing team.
But, with just a few minutes left in the 4th quarter, the Patriots pulled off
the biggest upset in the history of the Super Bowl.. Wow.. what a game it was.
Remember,
life is short, go have FUN..!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
eof..
