Inside..
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Case Western Honors AD8Y
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One Question Survey
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Ohio Responds
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NIMS / ICS Training
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New Possibility for to the Ohio Section
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In Memoriam
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My Final
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Case Western
Honors David Kazdan, AD8Y, for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
(from
ARRL Bulletins)
At
its May 21 commencement ceremonies, Ohio’s Case Western Reserve University
(CWRU) honored ARRL member David Kazdan, AD8Y, with the Carl F. Wittke Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. A retired anesthesiologist and
virtual renaissance man, Kazdan has leveraged his passion for Amateur Radio in
his Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES) course. SAGES
classes stress critical thinking, written and oral communication, the use of
information, quantitative reasoning, engagement with ethical issues and
diversity, and exposure to experimental and theoretical approaches to
understanding human culture and behavior, scientific knowledge, and methods of
research.
As
part of Kazdan’s course, all students must earn an Amateur Radio license and
use the Case Amateur Radio Club’s W8EDU, where he’s a club advisor. Examination
sessions can include 100 students at a time. Kazdan encourages his students “to
pursue virtually anything that interests them within and beyond the
requirements of his course,” said an article posted in The Daily, CWRU’s
e-newsletter and website.
“The
curricular material is the accreditation requirement for the degree, but it’s
going to be the application of that material to life that matters,” Kazdan
said. “Extracurriculars, including research, are that application.” Kazdan —
who’s been licensed since 1970 — and his students use Amateur Radio to frame
his SAGES course, exploring distance communication and how it has shrunk the
world, The Daily article recounted. Students nominated him for the award.
Kazdan
holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering from CWRU as well as another degree
in electrical engineering, and is a musician, birder, cyclist, photographer,
licensed pilot, and drone enthusiast. He said he was “honored and proud” to be
recognized.
Looking
ahead, Kazdan will teach a new electrical engineering course on issues of radio
communication. On his QRZ.com profile, Kazdan said he enjoys CW and traffic
handling as well as some digital operation and occasional phone work.
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One Question
Survey
Hey
Gang,
Have
you checked out the NEW Survey question on the website yet?. There is a new question
up there for you to answer! You’ll find it on the left side of the main
page.. http://arrlohio.org !!
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Ohio Responds is
now LIVE
Ok..
So far we’ve had 58 of you sign up and get approved on the Ohio Responds
website. Yes, there were some sticking points that we all had to work out at
the beginning, and I know that a few of you just gave up. Please DONT.. I’ve
got a lot of bugs in their system worked out and we want as many of you to be
registered with Ohio Responds as possible. Signing up with Ohio Responds will
give you liability protection under the State of Ohio. This is a real big
things folks.. Where else can you get liability insurance for FREE.
Now,
admittedly their system was designed for another purpose, so in some places it
doesn’t match up well with Amateur Radio Operators and what we do. I have
created a webpage where you’ll find all the pertinent information for getting
registered on Ohio Responds website with as little issues as possible. You really
do need to read this information BEFORE you attempt to register, and you will
need to have all 4 of your NIMS courses completed and in our statewide database
first! There’s some very specific information up there that you’ll need to know
to correctly complete the registration process since it doesn’t match up well
in some places with what we do. Here’s a
link to that webpage… http://arrl-ohio.org/ohio-responds-page.html You can also find this link on the main page
of the Ohio Section website as well.
How
do I know if I’m on the list or not? Here’s the link to the list.
http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/special/nims_roster.html Don’t see your name on the list, and you’ve
submitted your certificates? Contact me immediately!
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NIMS / ICS
Training
The
numbers are continuing to grow! Here’s
what we have on file as of Monday, May 22.
Members in database: 747; Active Members: 734; Members NIMS complete:
534 and for the biggie.. Total Courses
Taken: 4,943. These numbers just keep growing, and that’s a really GREAT thing
to be able to tell you!
We
need to be prepared to help in a professional and TRAINED manor now days, and
the only way of getting that training is to start taking these courses. We have
a lot to be proud of, and a lot more work to do. Every ARES member in Ohio now
MUST have these courses to be a part of the Ohio ARES program and to be registered
in the Ohio Responds database!
How
do I know if I’m on the list or not? Here’s the link to the list.
http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/special/nims_roster.html If you don’t see your name on the list, and
you’ve submitted your certificates? Contact me immediately!
For
those of you just starting out now that you have a real incentive, 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!
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New Possibility
for to the Ohio Section
Hey
Gang,
I’m
really excited to announce that Anthony, K8ZT has been working on getting the
Ohio Section into the Ohio State Fair!! We are looking at the possibility of
having a display there and having it manned on Friday, July 28; Saturday, July
29 and Sunday, July 30th.
Would
you be interested in helping out? It’s fun, and it really wouldn’t take that
much of your time. The best thing is that you’ll get to answer questions about
what Amateur Radio is all about..!!
Please,
if we are going to do this we will need a sufficient amount of Amateurs to help
out. The more the merrier for sure!
Contact Anthony at: k8zt@arrl.net right away.. If we are going to do this, we
need to get moving on it now!
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Nets
Hey
gang, don’t forget to check-in on the weekly Wednesday night DMR net tonight,
there are averaging around 60 check-ins each week, and it’s really growing in
popularity for sure. Come join in on the fun, Wednesday nights at 8:30p local
on the 3139 Ohio statewide Talkgroup.
New
repeater.. Hey gang, just wanted to let
you all know that the Marysville Repeater went on the air over this past
weekend! Andrew has them in the newest
code plug already, so if you don’t have it yet, go to the website and get it
downloaded. You’ll also find just about anything concerning DMR on the website
too. Here’s a link. http://arrl-ohio.org/digital/digital.html
There’s
also the North American Tech Net that meets Wednesday 9pm EST TG: 3 and of
course there’s the After HamNation
Net following the HamNation program on
Wednesday’s on TG: 311
Here’s
another DMR net that you may not have known about. I got this information from
Dave, KD8BQN. Dave runs the TAC310 net every Sunday on DMR at 0000Z. So be looking
to check into that net as well, if you can.
>> LOCAL 6 METER NETS <<
(from
Steve, W8TER)
Wednesdays
at 9:00 pm
1st
Wednesday of the month is on 50.400 AM mode.
2nd
Wednesday of the month is on 52.525 FM mode.
3rd
Wednesday of the month is on 50.125 USB mode.
4th
Wednesday of the month is on 52.525 FM mode.
5th
Wednesday of the month is on 52.525 FM mode.
PLEASE
JOIN US…on the air
There
is also a 6-meter net on Thursday at 9pm on 50.255 USB
I
also got notified of a Sunday night net on 6-meters, from Fred, KD8GYS in
Sterling, Ohio.
The
Net is on every Sunday Evening at 19:00 Hrs. on 53.170 with a input of 52.170
and Pl’s of 107.2 Akron, 110.9 Loudonville, 123.0 Stone Creek and 136.5
Richfield as well as Echo link, All Star and 440 W8WKY Doylestown, Oh.
It’s
also linked with N2KEJ in New Jersey. As of now we cover 27 counties in Ohio, 3
counties in Pa. My goal when I was asked to run the net, was to get 50 check
ins 4 years ago.
We
have a Trivia question each week as well, to keep the mind sharpened (lol).
The
repeater also has the NWS weather alert system connected to advise all
listeners of Alerts from Ashland, Wayne, Holmes, Medina, Stark and Summit
counties.
Keep
6 Meters going strong check in join the net when possible.
Here
is another net that you may want to add to your list of nets. It’s the South
Eastern Ohio Ragchew Net 28.485 MHz, 2100 every Sunday - we thank Lyn, N8IMW for that information…
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In Memoriam
Many
of us were saddened recently at the news of the passing of George Henzler,
WB8HHZ. George was a really good friend to all, and a great District Emergency
Coordinator and traffic handler for many years here in the Ohio Section. All of
us who knew George will miss his big smile and great sense of humor.
For
anyone wanting information about George’s funeral arrangements, here is a
link.. http://www.castillofuneral.com/notices/George-Henzler
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My Final..
Today
is Wednesday, May 24th, it’s Scavenger Hunt Day! It’s also National Escargot
Day and National Asparagus Day! Guess what I’m NOT having for supper tonight!
In 1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations.
Wow.. ol’ Tom was a party line snoop!
Amateur
Radio has its serious side, but it can also have a FUN side too. I hope that
this News Update has been informative and fun for you to read. So, as we go through our training and
exercises, learning from the past and 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..
