Inside..
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Red Cross Month
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Possible New Entry Level License
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NIMS / ICS
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Getting this Newsletter
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Special Events
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Hamfests
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Final
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March is Red Cross
Month
(from
Jim Ebner, N8JE)
The American Red Cross is
recognizing the country’s everyday volunteers during Red Cross Month.
March has been recognized as
Red Cross Month for more than 70 years. All of our presidents have designated
March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the American Red Cross helps people
across the country and around the world. This year there is nothing different
except many of the local Red Cross Chapters will be celebrating their 100th
year of serving their community.
Red
Cross Amateur Radio volunteers would like to help celebrate by having a special
event station operating from various chapters throughout the country. Amateur
Radio has played a large part in communications during large and small disaster
relief operations. As in the recent
flooding in Louisiana, when the cell service was disrupted, the Amateur Radio
Community along with the Red Cross Ham’s chipped in and filled the
communications gap between shelters, chapters and the disaster relief
operations headquarters.
Many
chapters in various locations all across the US will be participating in this
special events station operations in various times throughout the month of
March. Keep an eye on the cluster for chapter location and frequency. Basic QSL
information to the chapter contacted by SASE. The chapter will inform you of
the type of envelope needed for their QSL (card, certificate).
“It’s easy to become a Red
Cross community volunteer,” said Jim Ebner, N8JE (Volunteer and trustee of the
Dayton Chapter call sign K8DRC). “Be ready for an emergency by creating a
preparedness plan for your home and family. Test your smoke detectors and tell
your neighbors to do the same. Sign up to be a Red Cross volunteer or make a
financial donation.”
Information about how you can
support the organization is available on redcross.org. The Red Cross is not a
government agency and relies on donations of time, money and blood to do its
work.
An average of 91 cents of every dollar donated is invested in humanitarian
services and programs.
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ARRL
Seeks Opinions Concerning Possible New Entry Level License
(from ARRL Bulletins)
An
Entry Level License Committee was established by the ARRL Board of Directors
and appointed in September 2016. As part of its ongoing work, the committee is
gathering member input and will make recommendations to the Board for possible
rules changes to submit to the FCC.
The
result could mean changes to the Technician license, but it could also be an
additional, but simpler, license with privileges that would give a newcomer a
taste of most facets of ham radio from HF to VHF and UHF.
The
committee has created an online member survey. Please
complete and submit the survey no later than April 7, 2017. Survey results will
be published.
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NIMS / ICS
Training
Hey
Gang, get those oh – so important ICS certificates in to me and to your Emergency Coordinator!!
Every
Ohio ARES member needs to have at least these 4 basic courses completed. 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!
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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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Upcoming Hamfests
02/19/2017
| Mansfield Mid Winter HamfestLocation: Mansfield, OH
Sponsor: Intercity Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://W8WE.ORG
03/05/2017 | WinterHamFest
Location: Elyria, OH
Sponsor: Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
*Free
pancake breakfast with paid admission
*Free
Vibroplex Clinic
Website: http://noars.net
03/18/2017 | MOVARC HAMFEST
Location: Gallipolis, OH
Sponsor: MOVARC Club
Website:
Website: http://noars.net
03/18/2017 | MOVARC HAMFEST
Location: Gallipolis, OH
Sponsor: MOVARC Club
Website:
https://sites.google.com/site/midohiovalleyarc/
03/19/2017 | Toledo Mobile Radio Association
03/19/2017 | Toledo Mobile Radio Association
Hamfest
and Computer Fair
Location: Perrysburg, OH
Sponsor: Toledo Mobile Radio Association
Website: http://www.tmrahamradio.org
Location: Perrysburg, OH
Sponsor: Toledo Mobile Radio Association
Website: http://www.tmrahamradio.org
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Finally.. ?
On
This Day.. The Boston Molasses Disaster
happened in 1919 in the United States. A large molasses storage tank burst, and
a wave of molasses rushed through the streets, killing 21 and injuring 150. The
event has entered local folklore, and for decades afterward residents claimed
that on hot summer days the area still smelled of molasses.
Remember,
life is short, go have FUN..!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
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