Inside..
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AM Rally Coming
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ARES Leadership Conference
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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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Upcoming Hamfests
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My Final
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AM Rally on April
1-3 Weekend an Opportunity to Try a Vintage Mode
(from
ARRL Bulletins)
If
you’re not familiar with full-carrier amplitude modulation (AM) or have never
used it on the air, you’ll have a chance during the AM
Rally during
the April 1-2 weekend, on the bands between 160 and 10 meters (except 30, 17,
and 12 meters) plus 6 meters.
Once
the primary voice mode on the ham bands, AM eventually gave way to SSB, a form
of AM. Yet AM has remained popular among dedicated radio amateurs who consider
it their primary operating mode. Many modern transceivers include an AM button.
“Whether
your rig is software defined, solid state, vacuum tube, hybrid, homebrew or
broadcast surplus, you’ll be a welcome part of the AM Rally,” said Clark
Burgard, N1BCG, who is spearheading the event with Steve Cloutier, WA1QIX, and
Brian Kress, KB3WFV.
The
AM Rally starts on Saturday, April 1 at 0000 UTC (Friday, March 31, in US time
zones) and concludes at 0000 UTC on Monday, April 3. Certificates will be
awarded to high-scoring stations in each of five power classes, both for most
contacts and most states/provinces worked.
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ARRL Ohio ARES
Leadership Conference
The
2017 Ohio ARES Leadership Meeting is being held on April 01, 2017 at the Marion
Technical College / OSU - Marion Campus, 1467 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Marion. Check-in
is at 8am. This conference is open to anyone and everyone that is interested in
emergency communications and the Ohio ARES program. We do ask that you register
so that we know just how many to plan for..
The conference room as electrical hookups for your laptop or tablets and
there’s very comfortable seating provided as well.
You
won’t be sorry that you came and spent the day!! Here’s where to register.. http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/form.html
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NIMS / ICS
Training
Hey
Gang, The numbers just keep growing, and that’s absolutely fantastic! Here’s
the latest count we have on everyone.. Members in the database 694. Members completing all 4 required
NIMS courses 478. Total Number of
the Courses taken by everyone in the database 4593, Here’s the link so
that you can find out if your name is on the list.. http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/special/nims_roster.html
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, I’m
not going to kid you.. These courses are just the beginning of your training.
These 4 courses are the BASICS only, but they are extremely important to me and to your Emergency Coordinator.
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
By
the way.. When submitting copies of your certificates to us, please don’t
forget to include your call sign!!
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Handbook GiveAway
Have you gotten
registered for the “Handbook Giveaway” drawing yet? Well, if you haven’t it’s
time you do.
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!!
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Survey Question
Hey
Gang,
Have
you checked out the Survey question on the website yet?. This one will have you
doing an inventory in your shack for sure! 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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Upcoming Hamfests
April
04/01/2017
| Portsmouth Radio Club Hamfest
Location: Portsmouth , OH
Sponsor: Portsmouth Radio Club
04/08/2017 | CFARC 63rd Annual Hamfest
Location: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Sponsor: Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.cfarc.org/hamfest.php
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/
Want
the full list of ARRL Ohio Hamfests..
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My Final.. It’s TGI
FRIDAY!!
Relax
this weekend, and definitely have FUN!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
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