Inside..
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ARES Leadership Conference
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NIMS / ICS
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Weekly Wednesday Nets
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Marconi Day Event
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Getting this Newsletter
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New Survey Question
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My Final
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ARRL Ohio ARES Leadership
Conference Wrapup
The
2017 Ohio ARES Leadership Meeting was held this past Saturday and was such a fantastic
day! We had a huge crowd there, well over 100 that attended, and lots of great
information was given out. It definitely
was a FUN and informative day for everyone.
The
entire Conference was videoed and is NOW on the website. Also, thanks to Mike,
KB8MPC we have lots of pictures as well.. Go to: http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/sec-conf-2017.html to see and hear the entire day of
presentations.
If
you missed this Conference, you really missed out!! Plan on attending next year’s Conference
now!!
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NIMS / ICS
Training
The
numbers just keep growing! WHY? Well, the answer is simple, our Ohio ARES folks
realize that they need to be properly trained, and you don’t get that by just
being a bystander or having an HT in your hand! It takes some effort on your
end and our folks are showing very clearly that they will make that effort
count! Just having these numbers grow every day proves that we are doing the right
thing for the right reasons. We need these courses, and we need to continue our
education. It doesn’t stop just because we got our Amateur Radio license.
Here’s
the latest count we have on everyone.. Members in the database 704. Members completing all 4 required
NIMS courses 492. Total Number of
the Courses taken by everyone in the database 4639, Here’s the link so
that you can find out if your name is on the list..
Now,
for the folks in border counties of Ohio, you may be registered in our other surrounding
Section ARES programs (Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania or
Michigan) and that’s ok.. They may, or may not require the 4 basic courses for ARES
membership, BUT Ohio does! Please send me, and your EC, copies of your
certificates, 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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Weekly
Wednesday Nets
Hey gang, don’t forget to check-in on the weekly
Wednesday night DMR net tonight, there are averaging around 60 check-ins each
week, and it’s really growing in popularity for sure. Come join in on the fun,
Wednesday nights at 8:30p local on the 3139 Ohio statewide Talkgroup.
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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30th
International Marconi Day Event Set for April 22
(from
ARRL Bulletins)
Dozens
of official “award stations” have registered to take part in the 2017
International Marconi Day (IMD) http://gx4crc.com/imd event, this year being
held on April 22, 0000-2359 UTC (starting on April 21 in US time zones). All
contacts counting toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF with registered
stations, but other participating stations do not need to be registered to
claim awards. This year marks the 30th IMD, held each year to mark the
anniversary of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi's birth on April 25, 1874.
IMD is observed each year on a Saturday close to Marconi’s birthday. Many special
event stations — some operating from Marconi-related sites — will be on
the air. Marconi Award certificates are available for both transmitting
stations and shortwave listeners (SWLs).
The
event is not a contest but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make
point-to-point contact with historic Marconi sites using HF communication
techniques descended from those used by Marconi, and to earn an award
certificate for working or hearing a requisite number of Marconi stations.
There
are two categories. Transmitting amateurs attempt to complete contacts with 15
of the official award stations, while shortwave listeners attempt to log two-way
communications made by 15 of the official award stations.
International
Marconi Day special event station GB4IMD will be on the air from Cornwall,
helmed by members of the Cornish Amateur Radio Club, which organizes the IMD
event. Cornwall was home to some of Marconi’s early work. A list of participating stations
http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/ is on the Cornish Amateur Radio Club’s
website.
The Kerry Amateur Radio Group in
Ireland will be taking part as an IMD award station. EI6YXQ will be set up on
the site of the former Marconi Station at Ballybunion. The YXQ suffix
commemorates the call sign of the Marconi Station at Ballybunion.
In
the US, special event station K2M will be on the air from Binghamton, New York,
the site of the remaining Marconi tower, where the
inventor demonstrated in 1913 that it was possible to communicate via radio
with a fast-moving train.
For
the seventh year, radio amateurs in Norfolk, England, will be active from
Caister Lifeboat as part of the IMD celebration. The Norfolk Amateur Radio Club
(NARC) will be on the air
from special event station GB0CMS at the Caister Lifeboat Visitor Centre to
commemorate the village’s original Marconi wireless station, established in
1900. The station’s original purpose was to communicate with ships in the North
Sea and the Cross Sands lightship.
Other
IMD sites with historical links to the inventor’s work include Cape Cod,
Massachusetts (WA1WCC and KM1CC); Nantucket Island (W1AA/MSC); Glace Bay, Nova
Scotia (VE1IMD); Villa Griffone, Bologna, Italy (IY4FGM), and many others.
A
Facebook page is
also available. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=gb4imd
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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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My Final..
Today
is National Caramel Day and National Deep Dish Pizza Day, both of which are my
absolute favorites. Looks like I’ll have to go pig out today 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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