Happy First Day of
SPRING!!
Inside..
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It’s Spring
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NIMS / ICS
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Handbook GiveAway
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Survey Question
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Getting this Newsletter
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Maritime Radio Day
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My Final
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SPRING BEGINS
Spring
begins on the March or vernal equinox, which is when the amount of sunshine is
approximately 12 hours long. The amount
of sunlight will incrementally increase until the first day of Summer.
The
vernal equinox marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator. This is the imaginary line in the sky above
the Earth’s equator, from south to north. This happens on March 19, 20 or 21
every year.
The
time the sun crosses the equator marking the Vernal Equinox is different for
each time zone. For those in the
Pacific, Mountain and Central time zones, this will occur on March 19th. For those in the Eastern time zone, spring
begins on March 20th at 12:30 a.m.
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NIMS / ICS
Training
Why
are these courses so important? The simple answer is this - without these
courses, you are not trained! Without the training, you can’t be used!
Now,
get those oh – so important ICS certificates in to me and to your Emergency Coordinator, and don’t forget to include your call sign!!
Here’s
where you can get all of this information
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!
I
also highly recommend that you get used to looking at the Ohio Section
Website.. http://arrl-ohio.org as it changes all
the time. You’ll also want to visit the Ohio Section Emergency Coordinators
page frequently too http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/default.html
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Handbook GiveAway
Have you seen that
the NEWEST “Handbook Giveaway” drawing on the website? It’s there..!! 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
2016 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!! Here’s a link to it.. http://arrl-ohio.org/handbook.html
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Survey Question
Hey
Gang,
Have
you checked out the Survey question on the website yet?. I think you’ll find
this question really interesting. You’ll find it on the left side of the main
page.. http://arrlohio.org Don’t forget, once you’ve voted to go back
and take a look at how your answer stacks up with everyone elses..!!
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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
can always “Opt-Out” at any time if you feel this is not what you
were expecting.
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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Maritime
Radio Day Event Set for April
(from
ARRL Bulletins)
Maritime Radio Day will take
place in mid-April, with activity — all on CW — centering on International
Naval Frequencies, 1,824; 3,520; 7,020; 10,118; 14,052; 21,052, and 28,052 kHz.
Maritime Radio Day is held annually to commemorate nearly 100 years of CW
maritime wireless service. Register online.
The
event gets under way at 1200 UTC on April 14 and concludes at 2200 UTC on April
15. Participants exchange QSA (signal strength, 1-5), QRK (readability, 1-5),
name, call sign of last or favorite ship/aircraft/maintenance company and
“additionally a tr, msg and/or a QTC, if you like.” SWLs are welcome to take
part. A newly designed certificate of participation will be available.
Submit
logs by May 1 via e-mail to
Rolf Marschner, DL9CM, or Narzissenweg 10, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany. —
Thanks to David Ring, N1EA
(ed
note.. as some of you might know.. April 15, 1912 is the date of the sinking of
the Titanic.. That’s what makes this
event date so special.. Especially since they did use the International
distress CQD, and it was all in CW..)
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My Final.. Today
in history..
In
1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany. In 1958 50" snow
across the Mason-Dixon line, and in 2005 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits
Fukuoka, Japan, its first major quake in over 100 years. One person is killed,
hundreds are injured and evacuated.
It’s Monday once
again..!! Now, let’s think on the bright side.. it’s only 4 more days until the
weekend!! Go have FUN..!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
PS..
Don't forget to get registered for the Handbook Give Away!!
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