Inside..
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ARES Leadership Conference
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NIMS / ICS
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Handbook Give-Away
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School Roundup Results
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Getting this Newsletter
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My Final
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ARRL Ohio ARES
Leadership Conference
The
2017 Ohio ARES Leadership Meeting was held this past Saturday and it was
absolutely fantastic! We had a huge crowd there, and lots of great information was
given out. It definitely was a fun day
for everyone there.
The
entire Conference was videoed and will be up on the website soon. Thanks to
Mike, KB8MPC we do have lots of pictures from the day up on the website
already. Here’s a link to the pictures..
If
you missed this Conference, you really missed out!!
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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 701. Members
completing all 4 required NIMS courses 491.
Total Number of the Courses taken by everyone in the database 4628,
Here’s the link so that you can find out if your name is on the
list..
I
had a very interesting conversation with the West Virginia Section Emergency
Coordinator at the Ohio ARES Conference this past Saturday, it seems West
Virginia ALSO requires the 4 basic NIMS courses to be completed as well!
Interesting isn’t it.
So,
for the folks in border counties in Ohio may be registered in our surrounding
Section ARES programs (Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania or
Michigan) and that these other Section’s may or may not require the 4 basic
courses for ARES membership as Ohio does. Please take note, it IS a requirement for membership the Ohio
ARES, and you still need to get these courses in, and copies of your
certificates to your Ohio County E.C. and to me, regardless of another Section’s
requirements.
Also,
for those outside of Ohio in the bordering states, if you have these 4 courses
in, please feel free to send me copies of your 4 certificates and we’ll be very
happy to get them entered into our database as well. Please make sure that you
have your call sign either in the email or as part of the file name on the
certificate.
For
those just starting out, we have a webpage with all the information about how
to get started.. 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!
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Handbook Give-Away
We had a great
response this month with over 2,000 folks registering for the Give Away.. Now, I’m
sure all of you are wondering just who won… So, without further delay.. It’s Al
LeRoy, W8RKY from Vienna.
Congratulations
Al !!! The Handbook is going out today to you.
The
drawing is over for this month, but keep stopping back to the website to see
just when that big red arrow appears.. That’s your signal that the drawing is
back on!!
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School Club
Roundup Winter Term 2017 Scores Now Available
(from
the ARRL Bulletins)
Final
scores from the winter term 2017 recent running of School Club Roundup (SCR) in
February have already been posted online. Here’s a link.. http://www.b4h.net/arrlscr/scr_scores201702.php
SCR
is sponsored jointly by ARRL, its Hudson Division Education Task Force, and the
Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club (LIMARC), with the goal of fostering
Amateur Radio contacts with and among school radio clubs.
LIMARC
receives and checks the logs at the submission deadline, then pass along the
results to Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, for posting.
The
Elementary/Primary School winner was the Russell Elementary Amateur Radio Club
(KM4RE) in Georgia. The Middle/Intermediate/Junior High School winner was
Schofield Middle School (K4SMS) in South Carolina. Topping the High School
field was the LASA High School Amateur Radio Club (K5LBJ) in Texas. Case Western Reserve University (W8EDU)
took first place in the College/University category.
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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 April 3rd.. For those of you who may
not remember, or might not have been born yet, this is a date that will live
with a lot of us for a very long time. Yes, on April 03 and 04 the United
States had the largest outbreak of tornadoes in its history. Xenia had an EF-5 tornado
hit, which is very unusual for this area, but even more unique than that was
the fact it was a multiple vortex tornado, and that is very rare for around
here!
For
me I was a volunteer with the Red Cross and there for several weeks helping out.
It was a mess for sure.
Amateur
Radio has its serious side, but it can also have a FUN side too.. So, as we go
through our training and exercises learning from our past, let’s remember to
have FUN.. It’s what keeps us alive and vibrant..!!
73,
Scott,
N8SY..
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