Hi Gang,
Wow, fall has definitely
arrived!!! The Leaves are falling fast
and furious and it won’t be long now that we will be in winter. Yes, I said
that ugly word, but let’s face it, some portions of our state have even seen
some “snow”..
I wanted to pop into your
email boxes just for a quick update.. As some of you know the scores are out
for “Field Day.” Yup, and Ohio did really great this year.
In the overall scoring throughout
the country with all classes figured in, Ohio’s own DELARA scored in the top 10
stations with a whopping 15,766 points. They were 2nd in the county
for (4A) stations losing out only to the Huntsville Alabama group K4BFT who had
17,038 points. All in all, Ohio did really
GREAT and everyone should be proud, not because of your rankings (yes, that’s
always something to show-off about) but moreover, the weather was absolutely
terrible, the bands were terrible and yet, even though all these things were
factors, the public got a chance to learn something about us. We also got a
learning lesson from it. Yes, it was raining, but guess what, when that time
comes and we get the call to help in a disaster, the sun most likely won’t be
shining. It won’t be the greatest of temperatures, and the band conditions won’t
be the greatest either, yet throughout all of these adversities, we’ve shown
the public (and ourselves) that we can do it. We can get the messages through “when
all else fails..”
Within Ohio here’s how the
rankings went..
1 K8ES 15,766
4A
DELARA
2 N8BC 11,044
6A Lake County ARS (LCARS)
3 W8DXA 9,162 2A Northern OH DX Assn (NODX)
4 K8BF 8,990 4A Portage County ARS (PCARS)
5 K8PI 7,826 3A Dial RC
Now quickly onto another couple
of subjects..
** Are you getting those
emails from the Great Lakes Director or Section Manager? Now, for those of you
who may not want to go to all the bother of checking your account with the
League, or you are just not League members, you still have a chance to get
these important emails. All you have to do is to “Opt-In” to receive them.
There’s a link to do this on the Ohio Section website, it’s on the bottom left
corner.. For your convenience, here’s a direct link to it:
http://arrl-ohio.org/forwarder/forwarding.html
I urge all of you to make sure that
everyone, regardless of whether they are a League member or not, get signed up
for one of these options. You can always “Opt-Out” at any time if you feel this
is not what you were expecting. But, who in their right mind would want to miss
out on anything coming out of the Great Lakes Director or the Ohio Section
Manager?
** The Amateur Radio Parity
Act of 2015 bill in the US House (H.R. 1301) now has 108 cosponsors with Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania just
signing on! ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, credited ARRL members “who
understand the importance of the legislation” with making it possible to reach
that milestone. Remember - a big bag of letters from the constituents is always
more impressive than ones trickling in day after day.
The Ohio Section Website..
You can find the Ohio Section Website at: http://arrlohio.org
If you don’t have this website set as
your home page, I urge you to do so. This website is one of the exceptions to
the rules.. It changes all the time. It’s never stagnating, and I would highly
recommend that you check into the website at least 3 times per week or more if
you can. Yes, it does change that much! Now, how do I know so much about the
website?? I’m the webmaster for it!
** HEY, did you see that
there’s another NEW – one question – questionnaire on the Ohio Section Website.
I’ve been changing the questions about once every couple of weeks or so. It
only asks one question and it will take all of about 2 seconds for you to answer
it, and you can see how your answer stacks up with others instantly. If you
haven’t done it yet, please do.. I really want to hear from you.
** Are you a member of the
ARRL?? If you aren’t a League member, this is a great opportunity to become
one. Want more information on how to join? Here’s the link: http://www.arrl.org/membership-levels.
There’s even a 90 day FREE trial that you can apply for if you’ve never been a
member.. Got questions about being a member or what the League is all about?
Send me an email.. n8sy@arrl.org I’ll be happy to call or write to you or even
call you if you’ve given me your phone number.
** Hey, and don’t forget to
turn your clocks back one hour this Sunday, November 1st.. This is when we get
to gain that hour back that we lost early last spring.. and it’s a really neat
birthday present for me.. I get to sleep in an extra hour!!
73, for now..
Scott..
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