Inside..
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Weekly Wednesday Nets
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ARES Leadership Conference
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NIMS / ICS
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State Parks On the Air
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Handbook Give-Away
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Survey Question
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Getting this Newsletter
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My Final
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Weekly Wednesday Nets
Want
to know more about DMR? Here’s a link. http://arrl-ohio.org/digital/digital.html
I’ve
also got some new information about some 6-meter nets too..
>> 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
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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. Folks, that’s this coming Saturday!!. 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..
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NIMS / ICS
Training
The
numbers are growing for sure! Here’s the latest count we have on everyone.. Members
in the database 699. Members
completing all 4 required NIMS courses 488.
Total Number of the Courses taken by everyone in the database 4620,
Here’s the link so that you can find out if your name is on the
list..
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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State Parks on the
Air
(from
John, KD8MQ and PCARS)
There's
some interesting stuff happening in the State Parks On the air world.
First
of all, the inaugural Florida State Parks On The Air Operating Event is coming
up this weekend. You can learn all about it on their website at https://flspota.org/
Next
on the list is the Michigan State Parks On The Air; a 3 year operating event
that kicks off on Saturday. You can read all about it at http://www.mspota.org/
And,
finally, on April 8th & 9th, is Texas State Parks On The Air. You can
learn more about it at http://www.tspota.org/ (Ignore
the annoying rotating globe on the page, HI HI)
And
there's more coming. Don't forget that
this year is the 10th anniversary of the grand-daddy of them all; OSPOTA!
73
all, and have fun out there!
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Handbook Give-Away
Have you gotten
registered for the “Handbook Giveaway” drawing yet, you only have until Friday
night! That’s right, April 1st is this coming Saturday!
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 Newest Survey question on the website?. There is another
brand new question up there! 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
are always free to “Opt-Out” at any time
if you feel this is not what you were expecting. Just send me an email with the
email address that you used to opt-in on, and you will be removed. It’s that
simple.
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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My Final..
Today
is March 29th, National Vietnam War Veterans Day, be sure to give thanks to a
veteran for his service.
Now,
go and have FUN today!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
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