Inside..
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NIMS / ICS
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ARRL Hamvention Forum Topics
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Getting this Newsletter
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NVIS Day
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Handbook Give Away
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Upcoming Hamfests
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My Final
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NIMS / ICS
Training
The
numbers just keep growing! WHY? Well, the answer is simple, our Ohio ARES folks
realize that they need to be properly trained, and you don’t get that by just
being a bystander or having an HT in your hand! It takes some effort on your
end and our folks are showing very clearly that they will make that effort
count! Just having these numbers grow every day proves that we are doing the right
thing for the right reasons. We need these courses, and we need to continue our
education. It doesn’t stop just because we got our Amateur Radio license.
Here’s
the latest count we have on everyone.. Total amount of members in the database
is 720. The total amount of members
completing all 4 required NIMS courses 503
and the total Number of the Courses taken by everyone in the database is 4755. We’re now over the 500 mark, but that’s only about a third of
the Ohio ARES membership. Now the push is on to get all the others to join in
as well.
Here’s
the link so that you can find out if your name is on the list..
Now,
for the folks in border counties of Ohio, you may be registered in our other surrounding
Section ARES programs (Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania or
Michigan) and that’s ok.. They may, or may not require the 4 basic courses for ARES
membership, BUT Ohio does! Please send me, and your EC, copies of your
certificates, regardless of another Section’s requirements.
Also,
for those outside of Ohio in the bordering states, if you have these 4 courses
in, please feel free to send me copies of your 4 certificates and we’ll be very
happy to get them entered into our database as well. Please make sure that you
have your call sign either in the email or as part of the file name on the
certificate.
For
those just starting out, we have a webpage with all the information about how
to get started.. http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/training.html. This page
contains a lot of information about what is needed. Each course takes about an
hour or so to take, that’s really not much to ask now is it? You spent way more
than that to get your Amateur Radio operators license!
Now
here’s a link that Ed, KE8ANU found that breaks it all down for you as to what
the classes are:
Thanks
Ed.. This is a really great link and
explains a lot!!
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ARRL
Hamvention Forum Topics Will Encompass Makers, Youth, HamSCI
(from
the ARRL Bulletins)
When
Hamvention® opens on May 19 for the first time in Xenia, Ohio, the focus of
ARRL activities will be the ARRL EXPO in Building 2 of the Greene County
Fairgrounds and Expo Center. ARRL will sponsor a slate of forums on all 3
days of Hamvention.
To highlight the new location, some fresh ARRL forum topics will accompany the old standards. Space is limited at some forum venues.
To highlight the new location, some fresh ARRL forum topics will accompany the old standards. Space is limited at some forum venues.
* ARRL has reached out to the Maker movement,
and “Ham Radio Makers and Hackers” will kick off the League’s forum
schedule on Friday at 10:30 AM (Room 4). The ham radio community has always
promoted the DIY (do it yourself) approach — what some hams call “homebrewing.”
The panelists at this hour-long session will share experiences about how ham
radio is finding kinship with the new generation of creators, makers, hackers,
and innovators. Panelists will include ARRL author Glen Popiel, KW5GP, and ARRL
Education & Technology Program instructor Tommy Gober, N5DUX. Also on the
panel is Cara Kouse, Innovation and Makerspace Manager at the Xenia Community
Library, who will talk about the new Makerspace opened at the library early
this year.
* Also new at Hamvention 2017 will be the “HamSCI, the Ham Radio
Science Citizen Investigation” forum, Saturday at 9:15 AM (Room 4).
Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, will answer the question, “What is HamSCI?” A group
of panelists will share information about professional research programs
supported by radio amateurs. Presentations also will address investigations
related to the total solar eclipse in August, and Frissell will discuss “The Solar
Eclipse QSO Party: Ionospheric Sounding Using Ham Radio QSOs.”
* One popular forum at the Orlando HamCation
focused on the ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative (CARI). Andy
Milluzzi, KK4LWR, will bring the discussion to Hamvention on Saturday at 12:30
PM (Room 4). A growing number of campus radio clubs and student radio amateurs
have begun to share ideas and suggestions on the CARI Facebook page to rekindle
interest in ham radio on college and university campuses, bringing students
together, and developing career connections. Students, alumni, and faculty will
present at the forum. The ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative is sponsored
in part by the W1YSM Snyder Family Collegiate Amateur Radio Endowment.
* Learning. Discovery. And FUN!” on Sunday at
9:15 AM (Room 2). ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology
instructor Tommy Gober, N5DUX, will introduce teachers to a variety of tools,
as well as a curriculum to take back to their classrooms. Topics include an
introduction to basic electronics, the science of radio, space technology, and satellite
communication, as well as weather science, introduction to microcontrollers,
and basic robotics. Gober will share strategies to motivate students to learn
and to inspire interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) fields.
* ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Dale
Williams, WA8EFK, will moderate the ARRL Member Forum on
Saturday at 11:45 AM (Room 1). It’s an opportunity for ARRL members and
prospective members to hear from local and national ARRL officials on key areas
of membership interest. Learn how ARRL supports dozens of ways to get involved,
get active, and get on the air.
* The wide-ranging “Public Service
Communications Panel Discussion” on Saturday at 1:45 PM (Room 4) will offer
a chance to hear from representatives of organizations active during disasters
and emergencies. ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, will
moderate. There will be presentations by representatives of the VoIP WX Net and
VoIP Hurricane Net; the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS); the Hurricane
Watch Net (HWN); the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN), and
the US Department of Homeland Security’s SHARES network.
* At “Ham Radio and the Law: Antenna
Permits and Problems” on Friday at 2:45 PM (Room 2), attorney Fred H.
Hopengarten, K1VR — the author of Antenna Zoning for the Radio Amateur
— will head a panel of Amateur Radio attorneys in a discussion of
legal issues to include avoiding restrictive covenants, tower permits, and
recent court rulings on the PRB-1 limited federal preemption. The forum will
present the latest information on H.R. 555, the Amateur Radio Parity Act of
2017.
* “ARRL National Parks on the Air Recap”
on Sunday at 10:30 AM (Room 2) will review the highly successful NPOTA activity that
commemorated the centennial of the US National Park Service last year,
inspiring more than 1 million contacts during park activations. ARRL Radiosport
Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, and ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Sean
Kutzko, KX9X, will moderate.
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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. 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
are always free to “Opt-Out” at any time
if you feel this is not what you were expecting. Just send me an email with the
email address that you used to opt-in on, and you will be removed. It’s that
simple.
Also..
are you viewing the Ohio Section Website on a regular basis? You should, it
changes all the time. Here’s a link to it.
http://arrlohio.org
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NVIS DAY
Ohio’s NVIS antenna day is scheduled for April 22, that’s
this coming Saturday folks. In addition to 40 and 80 meters, we want to add 160
and 60 meters (a good 160 antenna should also operate on 60). With the band
conditions in the trash, we need to work up alternative bands and plans to
maintain communications across the state! These new bands should make for
some interesting antenna construction projects, so get your teams busy!!
More information – Times and Frequencies can be found on the Ohio ARES
website.. Just go to:
http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/default.html Want more information on how to
make a NVIS Antenna?
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Handbook Give Away
Have
you seen that the NEWEST “Handbook Giveaway” drawing on the website yet? 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 2017 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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Upcoming Hamfests
April
04/29/2017
| Jackson County Amateur Radio Club Hamfest
Location: Jackson, OH
Sponsor: Jackson County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://jacksoncountyarc.org/page3.html
04/30/2017 | Athens Hamfest
Location: Athens, OH
Sponsor: Athens County Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://ac-ara.org/
May
Location: Jackson, OH
Sponsor: Jackson County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://jacksoncountyarc.org/page3.html
04/30/2017 | Athens Hamfest
Location: Athens, OH
Sponsor: Athens County Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://ac-ara.org/
May
05/19/2017
| Ohio State Convention (2017 Dayton Hamvention)
Location: Xenia, OH
Sponsor: Dayton Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://www.hamvention.org
Location: Xenia, OH
Sponsor: Dayton Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://www.hamvention.org
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My Final..
Today
is April 21st and it’s TGI Friday!!!
Have a great weekend..!!
Amateur
Radio has its serious side, but it can also have a FUN side too.. So, as we go
through our training and exercises learning from our past and learning from
those who are willing to take the time to teach us, let’s remember to have FUN
too.. It’s what keeps us alive and vibrant..!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
eof..
