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Hamvention Talk-in Frequencies
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Ohio Responds
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Ohio
Section NEWS FLASH!!!!!
Hi
Gang,
Sorry
for sending out another News Update on all of you so fast, but this just came
in and it's really important information for anyone going to the Dayton
Hamvention...
My
name is Gary Mullins K8UW and I am the chair of the Talk-In committee for
Hamvention this year. As you can probably imagine, the change of venue is
going to make Talk-In very busy and very important to our visitors this
time. In an effort to be able to help as many hams as possible, and
reduce traffic and repetitive questions on our primary Talk-In frequency of
146.94- 123.0, Back up: 146.985 - PL
123.0
We
will be utilizing an informational bulletin system this year that will provide
answers to many of the frequently asked questions and provide important general
information to those approaching the area. The bulletin system will be
transmitting on 145.525 where attendees and vendors can listen to get the
information they need.
Of
course we will still be operating our usual Talk-In operation to address
questions or problems that aren't answered on the bulletin system.
The
system will begin operation at approximately 0700 hours EDT on Thursday the
18th and will continue during Talk-In operation hours throughout the
weekend. The more people that are aware of the availability of this
service, the better things can run for us and those attending.
Thank
you,
Gary
Gary
Mullins K8UW
Committee
Chairman
Talk-In
Hamvention
2017
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Ohio Responds is
now LIVE
I
have created a webpage where you’ll find all the pertinent information for
getting registered for Ohio Responds. You WILL need to read this information
BEFORE you attempt to register for Ohio Responds and you will need to have all
4 of your NIMS courses completed and in our statewide database! There’s some
very specific information up there that you’ll need to know in order to
correctly complete the registration process.
Now..
for those of you who still have a funny feeling about all of this, Rhonda Meggitt,
our Ohio Responds System Administrator will be at the Hamvention this year. She
will have a booth in building 6. She’s all primed up and ready to take your
questions for sure. Here’s a link to the
information: http://arrl-ohio.org/ohio-responds-page.html
How
do I know if I’m on the list or not? Here’s the link to the list.
http://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/special/nims_roster.html Don’t see your name on the list, and you’ve
submitted your certificates? Contact me immediately!
For
those of you just starting out now that you have a real incentive, 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!
Now
here’s a link that Ed, KE8ANU found that breaks it all down for you as to what
the classes are:
And
here’s an additional link to the FEMA First Responder Catalog www.firstrespondertraining.gov Thanks Michael, N8QHV
I
want to announce that our database guru Jim, W8ERW will be at the Ohio Section
Booth at Hamvention with his computer. He’ll be able to look up you NIMS
records right from there. Also, if you want to load up a disk or flash drive
with your certificates on it, Jim will be able to upload that into the system right
from there. You’ll need to scan your certificates either as a picture or as a
.pdf and put them on a flash drive or disk. Jim will not be able to do any
scanning from there, so please have that done before you get to the Hamvention.
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73,
Scott,
N8SY..
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