Old News
|
Veterans Day November 11, 2009 Pass this link on to any
Veterans you may know. Veterans eat free at Applebee’s on Nov 11th.
They might even let in
Air Force veterans.
The Applebee's in
Albemarle will be honoring our Veterans on this day. http://www.applebees.com/vetsday/#identification My hat is off to all of our Veteran's and those that are still serving our County. Paul - KD4OZI |
|
From:
To:
undisclosed-recipients
The
Foothills Weather Net
and the Cleveland County
Amateur Radio Service
will be hosting the
National Weather Service This class will be at
7:00 PM on
November 12, 2009
at Harvestworks.
Harvestworks is located
at
891 N. Post Rd in
Shelby, NC.
The
first part of the talk
will cover the winter
weather forecast for
2009-2010, including the
effects of a rapidly
strengthening
El Nino. The
second part of the talk
will be an abbreviated
spotter training
session. A significant
change in how
severe thunderstorm
warnings If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact me. Randy Ross |
|
| SEPTEMBER 2009 TRAFFIC UP Dated (10/22/09) K4IWW 524, KI4YV 361, N3BW 265, W2EAG 173, W4DNA 71, W4TTO 50, W4FAL 44, KI4ZJI 42, W3HL 36, KE4AHC 33, K8SKX 27, NC4VA 22, KC4PGN 12, WX4MMM 11, W4EHF 9. SEPTEMBER 2009 PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL NC4VA 209, W4DNA 135, K4IWW 130, W4FAL 130, KI4ZJI 120, W2EAG 110, KI4YV 100, W4TTO 100. NORTH CAROLINA SECTION TRAFFIC NETS North Carolina Morning Net 7:45am Daily 3.927MHz Carolinas Slow Net (8-10wpm) 8:00pm Daily 3.571MHz North Carolina Evening Net 6:30pm Daily 3.923MHz Carolinas Net - Early (20-22wpm) 7:00pm Daily 3.573MHz Carolinas Net - Late (15-18wpm) 10:00pm Daily 3.573MHz -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL North Carolina Section Section Manager: Timothy B. Slay, N4IB n4ib@arrl.org |
|
RE: State meeting Gentlemen, Several points came out of the meeting on Saturday, which are listed below. I think these were good points, and believe that is the way we should proceed. Tom has asked NCEM what they are going to require, when we have an answer then we will proceed with their requirements. Thanks 1. ICS training
requirements 2. County EC's
institute two types of ARES membership 3. Possibility
of developing a central database of all ICS trained ARES
members, with copies of certificates
|
|
thought I would pass this along CQ CQ CQ........ > Ham Radio Class Forming Now! > Technician (Entry) Level > > Where: Hilliard LDS Chapel > 3020 Hilliard Dr > Charlotte, NC 28205 > > Classes will be Tuesday Evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 starting 13 October 2009. Meetings will not be held on the last Tuesday of the month so the Instructors and Interested Class Members can attend meetings of the Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society. > > The class will use the ARRL Syllabus for Technician Class License Courses, which contains 15 lessons. It is estimated that three lessons could be presented each instructional period and that the course can be finished in 5 sessions. The number of instructional periods will depend on the class. > > The course is free and open to all (including youth), but attendees will need to buy, borrow, or share the textbook: The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, Level 1: Technician, First Edition (Newington, CT: The American Radio Relay League, 2006). > > If you buy the book, you could buy it on your own, or you could order it through the instructors at cost when you register for the class. A registration deadline of 06 October 2009 has been established so textbooks can be ordered so they will be received in time for the class. ARRL books are always sold on a non-returnable basis. > > NOTICE: One of the instructors has an allergic reaction to many of the perfumes and colognes in common use today. Attendees are asked not to apply perfume, cologne, or other fragrances for at least two hours before each class period. > > There will not be a test to 'pass' the class, but there is an FCC test to obtain an Amateur Radio License. FCC tests are sponsored by local Amateur Radio Clubs and are administered by Volunteer Examiners (experienced hams with certifications to give the tests). By studying the material in the text and participating in the class, most people should be able to pass the test. Many people pass the test by just studying the material in the textbook without attending a class. > > For more information, order a textbook, or to join the class, contact the instructors: > > Don (KJ4ATJ) or Shelley (KJ4ATK) Eaves > mailto:onlymomshell@ M. Rice |
| North Carolina State Meeting - October 17, 2009 Western Piedmont Community College: Information Map
http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLD_enUS321US321&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=western+piedmont+community+college+morganton+nc&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Western+Piedmont+ |
| S.E.T. Drill October 3rd all Counties |
|
REMINDER TARHEEL NET WILL ACTIVATE AT 0800 ON 3923 Alternate frequency 7232 + or - QRM if 75 meters drops out If you county is active during the set,
no need to send a formal message indicating that you are
active,just check in with net control that your county Reminder that all traffic from counties needs to be directed to your Branch Office and not State EOC. The eastern branch office will be active, others may have a surogate station operating as the branch office. The scenario will be announced on the tarheel net Friday night, but may be a surprise message Saturday morning. We all want to make NC at the top of the list, but most importantly is to check your systems, to see the pro's and con's of your capabilities , so we can better serve our agencies, and the citizens of NC. Be sure to send in you SET reports to the ARRL Thanks to all for the hard work everyone does to accomplish the goals of NC ARES Good Luck
|
Reminder == September 5th and 6th 2009 From: Susan Melvin To: k4zxn@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 10:53 PM Subject: Shelby Hamfest information Dear NC ARRL Clubs, Please pass this information along to your members. This year our club, in an effort to save money on postage, has decided not to mail brochures. Attached is a PDF with information on the 2009 Shelby Hamfest in Dallas, NC. September 5th and 6th. Tickets can now be purchased via paypal through our website at http://www.shelbyhamfest.org/hamfest.htm We are giving away 14 radios this year and you do not have to be present to win. Thanks for your time and your patronage to our hamfest. We love to see folks from all across NC and look forward to seeing you Labor Day weekend! 73 Susan Melvin K4ZXN Vice President - Shelby Amateur Radio Club http://www.shelbyhamfest.org Susan Melvin K4ZXN District Emergency Coordinator NC ARES AREA 13 http://ncarea13.k4zxn.org 6/08/09 |
|
Subject: SKYWARN Basic and Advanced Training Class
Salisbury NC
Area-11 Rowan County
I am pleased to announce that after working long and hard
with Kelly Cook, Charlotte Area Skywarn Emergency
Coordinator, Kelly has arranged for a National Weather
Service Greenville/Spartanburg Meteorologist to come to the
Elizabeth H. Dole Red Cross Chapter here in Salisbury NC to
present this training.
Date: 22 Aug 09 Saturday
Time:
10:00 AM until approximately 2:00 PM
Location: 1930 Jake Alexander Blvd.
Elizabeth H. Dole Red Cross Chapter.
Being a licensed Amateur Radio Operator is not required,
there is an 800 number that can be called to report
inclimate weather, so everyone is welcome to attend this
training class.
Refer any questions to Gary Lang,
k4ghl@arrl.net, or Kelly
Cook,
kg4ytr@bellsouth.net
Feel free to pass this information along to anyone who you
feel may be interested, and while advanced registration is
not required, it is requested so we may get a rough
headcount.
Thank you,
Gary Lang
Rowan County NC Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES)
Emergency Coordinator
704-237-7142 Cell
SKYWARN™ is a concept developed in the early 1970s that was
intended to promote a cooperative effort between the
National Weather Service and communities. The emphasis of
the effort is often focused on the storm spotter, an
individual who takes a position near their community and
reports wind gusts, hail size, rainfall, and cloud
formations that could signal a developing tornado. Another
part of SKYWARN™ is the receipt and effective distribution
of National Weather Service information.
The organization of spotters and the distribution of warning
information may lies with the National Weather Service or
with an emergency management agency within the community.
This agency could be a police or fire department, or often
is an emergency management/service group (what people might
still think of as civil defense groups). This varies across
the country however, with local national weather service
offices taking the lead in some locations, while emergency
management takes the lead in other areas.
8/10/09 |
|
Received this email tonight, passing along. I hope that WMIT
will reverse their decision and allow amateur radio
to stay! Susan
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ARES ® Registered Trademark of ARRL
From:
Jimmy Dean Blair [mailto:k2jb@bellsouth.net]
Dear Ham Radio Community. You may follow this on QRZ - http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=206595 We appreciate your assistance. Dean Blair ~ k2jb WCARS President
|
JULY NC SECTION NEWS JUNE EARTHQUAKE DRILL A BIG SUCCESS An NC Emergency Management graded NCEM/FEMA exercise was held on June 23 and 24. The exercise assumed all landline and cellular telephone systems were interrupted and communications between involved EOC's and Red Cross offices occurred via Amateur Radio. By all accounts, the exercise was a great success and state and local emergency management agencies were impressed with our capability. More than 80 stations checked-in to the Tarheel Emergency Net during the exercise and both simplex and repeater-based VHF was used between counties participating in the drill. Army MARS Winlink stations provided HF-based email between the Buncombe County EOC, Western Branch EOC in Conover and the State EOC in Raleigh. When emergency management's own email system experienced some very real technical difficulties, MARS Winlink was ready as a backup. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who participated in this drill! FIELD DAY REPORT Thanks to all of you for your Field Day hospitality! I visited 12 of the 52 sites in the NC section, driving 511 miles. Here are some random observations: The Rowan ARS had the local volunteer fire department on hand and several members are also hams. I was happy to meet the new Rowan County EC, Gary, K4GHL. The Tri County ARC in High Point was holding their first Field Day and setup at the High Point Red Cross office, with several new hams participating. I enjoyed visiting with Weldon, W4AJT who was operating from an air conditioned tent at the Greensboro ARC site. Weldon has been a ham since 1930!. The Alamance ARC had access to the county's fire training site. It helps when the county emergency manager is a ham and is participating in field day! The Orange County ARC and the Durham FM Association held a combined field day with some impressive antennas and lots of good food. The CDXA group was operating from W4DXA's QTH and probably won their category. In Concord, the Cabarrus ARC used their club emergency trailer and also had access to a massive crank up tower owned by the county. The Union County club was setup in the beautiful town of Waxhaw and had a visit from a county commissioner. Charlotte's TV14 was on-hand during my visit to the Mecklenburg ARS site and the club got some great press coverage. The Charlotte ARC activated their first class club station at the Salvation Army office. But the most impressive venue was the Smith Chart ARS operation in Raleigh. Since their Field Day was combined with a State Highway Patrol drill, the Smith Chart group had access to the NCSHP tower trailers and command post vehicle. Wow! WINLINK OPERATIONAL AT BRANCH EOC'S Thanks to the leadership of Central Branch AEC Tom Brown, N4TAB, the state EOC and Eastern and Western branch offices are now equipped with HF Winlink. There is also a portable unit for the state's command trailer. This is the culmination of 7 years of work with state emergency management to secure funding, obtain the equipment and complete installations at all three locations. The Winlink system received its most visible test during the Western NC earthquake drill. While there is still some tweaking needed, the new equipment provides excellent backup email capability for the EOC's. MEDIA HITS Congratulations to all of you who helped out with Field Day publicity in the North Carolina section! As mentioned above, the Mecklenburg ARS site had a visit from Charlotte cable's TV14 news channel. The Shelby Club effort was covered in the Shelby Star. Two TV news stories were aired in Wilmington, one on ABC affiliate WWAY-TV and another on WECT. The Cape Fear ARS efforts were covered in "Ham Radio Operators Not Yielding to Future" on fayobserver.com and dailyadvance.com described the Albemarle ARS Field Day operation. The New Bern ARC got coverage in the New Bern Sun Journal. Blueridgenow.com included not only a great article on the Blue Ridge ARC field day, but they also posted some video. The Tar River club made it into RockyMountTelegram.com. Jacksonville's jdnews.com posted a notice about the Carteret County ARS Field Day. Greenville's WNCT covered the Brightleaf ARC Field Day and the Ashe County Field Day was described on mountaintimes.com. NET MANAGER FOR CN STILL NEEDED! We're in serious need of some help with both the early and late sessions of the Carolina's Net. Check-ins, liaison stations, and net control operators are needed, but our most acute need is for someone to serve as net manager. Don't let your CW speed be a barrier. Sending stations will always slow to whatever speed you can copy and I'll bet after a few weeks on the net your CW speed will increase considerably! The CN nets cover both North and South Carolina, so your friends from across the border are also needed. CN-Early meets on 3573 kHz at 7:00pm and CN-Late meets on the same frequency at 10:00pm. UPCOMING EVENTS · July 25: Western Carolina Hamfest, Waynesville · July 25 & 26: APRS Golden Packet Event, Western NC · August 8: Cape Fear Swapfest, Fayetteville · August 18: McGuire Nuclear Drill · Sept 5 & 6: Shelby Hamfest, Dallas JUNE TRAFFIC K4IWW 288, N3BW 191, KI4YV 169, W4DNA 116, KI4ZJI 71, W4TTO 67, NC4VA 57, W4FAL 44, KE4AHC 33, W3HL 33, K8SKX 21, WX4MMM 14. JUNE PSHR W4DNA 390, NC4VA 365, KI4ZJI 180, K4IWW 140, W4FAL 130, KI4YV 100, W4TTO 100, JUNE ARES MEMBERS: 1,824, up 3 from last month.
|
Notice of McGuire NPP Drill August 18th 2009 This exercise will be from 0800 till 1300 on August 18th for Iredell Counties part. If any counties would like to participate with us we would be be glad to pass some traffic to other counties. We will be using 146.685 -600 77 hz tone for our primary freq. We will also have a HF liaison. For digital 145.090 and W3OA is our digital liaison. www.iredellares.org Dennis L. White N4WHK Iredell County ARES Emergency Coordinator WXSpots Coordinator FISTS 13570 SKCC 4475 ----- Original
|
|
While
looking for a clip art picture of a J-38 key, I ran across this
interesting page. Take a look. http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/mcelroy.html Ed - W4KMA 6/11/09 |
|
Happy
Birthday Sam Thanks Lane (KS4PG) |
| Susan's
(K4ZXN) visits in Area-13 on Field Day. Area-13 6/28/09 |
| Paul's
(KD4OZI) visits in Area-11 and Area-13 on
Field Day. Posted 7/13/09 |
Read About it.. Lincoln County |
Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio Enforcement Role |
| To: Western Branch Digital Operators First of all, I wish to apologize to all who responded promptly (some time ago) to my query about Western Branch digital operations. At that time it was my intent to assemble information and mail it out to you with some ideas about using our digital networks during the Oct. 4. SET. I realize I have been slack in accomplishing this. In September I made two long trips, one each to LA and TX, to assist in disaster relief operations to assist the victims of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The time spent away from home as well as "catch-up" tasks have contributed to this slackness. I am attaching a MS Word file with information about the five Winlink 2000 RMS Gateway stations that are currently operating in the Western Branch. I have connected successfully to each one, except KG4HJU, from my home in Concord If this information is not correct, please email me with the correction(s). Information about ARES Area 11 digital stations can be found at URL http://www.ncares11.com/Packet.htm. So, what can we do digitally during the SET? I have the following ideas. 1) Exercise your digital equipment and try to connect to as many of the RMS gateway stations as possible. 2) Send email via the WL2K system to ARES officials including the SEC and SM. Send at least one to Paul, KD4OZI, our Western Branch ASEC. His email address is KD4OZI@bellsouth.net. I have inquired of our SM, Tim Slay, as to the email addresses at the State EOC and the Branch EOCs. I have not yet received that information from him. The Section Manager's email address is N4IB@arrl.org. The email address for Jim Rogers, N4EUX, the DEC for Area 12, is bozo38@charter.net. The email address for Duke, W4DK, the DEC for Area 15, is W4DK@arrl.net. A list of Western Branch ARES officials may be found at URL http://bellsouthpwp2.net/k/d/kd4ozi/DEC/DEC%20EC%20ORG.htm 3) Send WL2K email messages to county ECs (both your own and other counties.). In order to do this we will need gather some more email addresses. If you are interested in providing an email address use the REPLY ALL button on this email and send to all on this address list.. The email address for Sam Roberts, Cabarrus Co. EC, is sroberts@pipeline.com 4)If some of you will have packet mailboxes active during the SET, tell us the call signs, frequency, and location (including county). Use the REPLY BUTTON as described above to give us this information as well. The mailbox for Cabarrus County will be W4LN-1 on 145.09, accessible via dual frequency node K4CEB-7. Please send me other ideas and information to me or the group in the address list. I realize this a late date for preparing for the SET. Thank you for your cooperation and participation. 73 Richard W4LN AEC Cabarrus County |
| Hi, folks, Just a quick update on the NCEM Winlink system. All of the electronics has been received at NCEM Raleigh (746 Pro, P/S, Pactor III modems, antennas, cables). Non-penetrating roof mounts for the Western and Eastern Branch offices, coax cables and other installation stuff is on-order and expected at NCEM Raleigh within the next couple of weeks. Here's the initial implementation plan:
This is the culmination of a lot of effort by a lot of folks in the Ham community and at NCEM over some years and is the backbone for a larger digital system for NCEM in NC. Thanks to all that have participated and in particular, Clay Benton and Mike Sprayberry at NCEM. Mike said "you present me with a workable plan and I'll make funds available". We did and he did. Thanks and 73, Tom N4TAB ASEC Central Branch Distribution: Bernie Nobles NC SEC Paul Robinette ASEC Western Branch Ron Knapp ASEC Eastern Branch Tim Slay NC SM John Guerriero EC NCEM cc: Clay Benton, Operations Center Manager, NCEM Mike Montague NCEM Communications Coordinator
|
| What is the North Carolina QSO party (NC QSO)? |
|
If you make it to the
Hamfest stop by Tables 204 and 205 and see me Paul - KD4OZI
Speaking of the
Charlotte/Concord Hamfest. Where are the K4OGB tables located:
Well, we Paul - KD4OZI
|
|
Field Day 2007 Score 3A - 4,066 2F 3A 5A 2A 1A - 2,722 Have you completed your Counties Field Day results and filed them with ARRL? First of all I really had a good time and each stop Rhoda and I made were really unique to what each county was doing or had in their plans for FD. All counties were heavily involved and had a true interest in the actual meaning of what FD was really about. The number of point that your county scored is a side issue the important issue is people, ARES and your public involvement. Back on points I normally looks at the extra points category because this tells me what your Club/ARES forks were really busy doing vs just making QSO points. Look over your picture and identify those operators in the pictures that are shown in your counties. If you have your FD scores let me know that and e-mail me. I was extremely pleased with ASHE County and their people and public involvement it was like that every ARES member had a preset assignment and were busy doing it, lots of sharing ideas among those doing the actual work. Paul - KD4OZI@ARRL.NET |
| Area-13 First Quarter
meeting of 2008. All Area-13 EC slots are filled.
Who are the EC's? See Article and Picture. 1/28/08 |
|
First
Responder Guide For Space Object Re-Entry |
| Mecklenburg Mini Field Day Pictures |
|
Ten
Steps toward a Healthier Radio Club 3/5/07 Moved from front page 4/14/07 |
You Are Visitor