**
Ohio SET October 1 **
October
1st will be the Ohio SET - an emergency exercise that is supposed to test all
our abilities to activate, manage an emergency event, then demobilize.
Last year’s “extended power outage” was a great test...but ~this~ year’s!
Oboy! NOT your Mama’s little exercise. Our ARES leadership team went into
overdrive for this one.
This year’s theme is “The total collapse of
society. Preppers call it TEOTWAWKI – the end of the world as we know it.”
This is going to test our abilities to message, react and manage many
situations. And we won’t be alone- the Ohio Military Reserve has become a
partner for our exercise, and they’ll be doing a military exercise based on our
situation. You won’t want to miss this!
For
the latest Section Emergency Coordinator’s monthly report go to:
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New State Government Liaison Appointed
I want you all to meet our newest State Government
Liaison, Bob Winston, W2THU.. As you all
read in the last edition of the Ohio Section Journal, Nick Pittner, K8NAP had
decided to retire. This then prompted me to put on my thinking cap and start
looking for someone that could carry the ball on for us in this program, and
then it hit me.. Who better qualified than Bob!! He’s litigated numerous antenna law suits
over the years so he was my choice above all others, and he has accepted.
Please congratulate Bob in his newest adventure for the
Ohio Section!!
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Ohio
ARES Conference..
Did you miss the Ohio ARES Conference this past
weekend?? Boy, do I ever have a deal for
you.. I videoed all of the presentations and they are available on-line for you
to view at your leisure.. Here’s the
link to get you started on viewing the fantastic conference that we had this
past weekend… http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/sec-conf-2016.html
Now I gotta’
tell ya’.. Having all of the presentations on video to view at your leisure is something
that we’ve never done before.. It was a true experiment that I think worked out
well, even the sound came out decent. If you agree with me, we’ll continue
to do this so that everyone can benefit from our conferences, and not just the
ones who were lucky enough to be present.
So, with that
said, connect to the presentations and then sit back with your popcorn and
drink and have a great time!!
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** Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) **
Jamboree on the Air is the largest Scouting event in the
world. In a typical year over 1 million Scouts participate with over 11,000
stations operated by 20,000+ amateur radio operators in operation from 150+
countries around the world.
The National Radio Scouting Committee develops and
maintains a great deal of JOTA supporting information online at
Jamboree-on-the-Air in addition to all the information and USA Reports posted
on this site. You can see video reports
of past year's activities below.
The official dates for 2016 are October 14, 15, 16. Note
that JOTA officially begins on Friday evening at the start of the weekend.
So, if you haven’t gotten with your local Boy Scout group
on this already, I would strongly suggest that you do it quickly.. You don’t
want to miss out on an opportunity to have our younger folks missing the great
adventures of Amateur Radio do you??
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** Traffic Nets Serving Ohio ** UPDATED..
It seems that there were a few errors in my first attempt
at posting these nets. So, after getting some additional updates from all of
you, here we go with what I hope is an accurate listed of some of the nets
around the state..
** Ohio Local Nets **
Burning River Traffic Net (BRTN), 9:30 PM daily, 147.150
MHz, W8DJG manager http://www.qsl.net/brtn/
Central Ohio Traffic Net (COTN), 7:15 PM (19:15),
daily, 146.970 MHz (Columbus RPTR), KD8TTE manager
http://www.cotn.us/
Miami Valley Traffic Net (MVTN), 7:00 PM Mon, Thurs, Sat,
146.640 MHz, KC8HTP manager
Northwest Ohio ARES Net (NWOHARES), 6:30 PM, daily,
146.610 MHz, PL 103.5, N8TNV manager
Tri-County Traffic Training Net (TCTTN), 9:00 PM Sun,
Tues, Fri, 147.015 MHz, KI8U manager
http://tricountytraffic.net/
Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net (TATN), 8:00 PM daily,
146.670 MHz, PL 123.0, WG8Z manager http://www.tatn.org/
** Ohio Section Nets **
SSB
Ohio Single Sideband Net (OSSBN), 10:30 AM, 4:15 PM and
6:45 PM daily, 3.972.50 MHz, KC8WH manager http://ossbn.org/
CW
Buckeye Net (Early), BN-E, 6:45 PM daily, 3.580 MHz,
WB8YLO manager
Buckeye Net (Late), BN-L, 10:00 PM daily, 3.590 MHz,
WB9LBI manager
Ohio Slow Net (OSN), 6:00 PM daily, 3.53535 MHz, W8OLO
manager
For the latest Section Traffic Monthly Report go
to: http://arrl-ohio.org/stm/stm.html
** DMR NET **
Ohio Statewide Net meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday
night at 8:30pm local on the Ohio Talk Group
Kentucky Statewide Net meets every Thursday night at 8pm
local on the Kentucky Talk Group
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Have you seen the NEWEST “Handbook Giveaway” drawing on the website yet? It’s there, and it’s fast drawing to
an end for this month.. You only have until midnight Friday to enter the
drawing. All you need to do is fill in a couple of boxes on the form..
(your name and email). Where do you find this at? Go to: http://arrl-ohio.org/ and look for the
big RED arrow on the left side.. 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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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 at: n8sy@n8sy.com
I’ll
get you added to the mailing list. There’s a link to do this on the Ohio
Section website, it’s on the bottom left corner.. For your convenience, here’s
a direct link to it: http://arrl-ohio.org/forwarder/forwarding.html I urge all of you to make sure that everyone,
regardless of whether they are a League member or not, get signed up for one of
these options. You can always “Opt-Out” at any time if you feel
this is not what you were expecting.
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Upcoming
Hamfests in Ohio..
10/16/2016 | Conneaut ARC
HamfestLocation: Conneaut, OH
Sponsor: Conneaut Amateur Radio Club
10/23/2016 | Massillon ARC Hamfest
Location: Massillon, OH
Sponsor: Massillon Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.w8np.org
11/05/2016 | GARC Hamfest
Location: Georgetown, OH
Sponsor: Grant Amateur Radio Club
Location: Georgetown, OH
Sponsor: Grant Amateur Radio Club
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**
RNC / NAACP Conventions **
Want
to read about what we did during the July “Conventions” week? Grab the October
issue of CQ MAGAZINE! We have a big report coming out in the October
edition of the Ohio ARES activities during RNC / NAACP Conventions! The
editors of CQ were very impressed with your work and grabbed the story and
photos we contributed! Nice work, again, everybody!!
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Got
questions, concerns or would just like to sit and chat awhile?
Give
me a call at (419) 512-4445 or email me at: n8sy@n8sy.com
Want
to sit and just chat awhile? I’m available.. Heck, I’ll even buy!!
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