Hey Gang..
Just wanted to jump into your email boxes for a quick second
to let you in on some important happenings..
Here’s a very important message from our ARRL President, Kay
Craigie, N3KN..
Dear ARRL Member:
Congress is about to take action on the Amateur Radio Parity
Act – and your elected Representative needs to hear from YOU!
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications
and Technology has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, January 12, 2015. One of the measures to be reviewed is H.R.
1301 – the Amateur Radio Parity Act. Your Representative in the U.S. House is a
member of this subcommittee. We are asking you to contact their office to urge
them to SUPPORT this bill.
HR 1301 is the ARRL’s top legislative priority. Your elected official needs to hear from you
to know that it is a top priority for you – a constituent. While you may have
contacted your Representative previously, we need you to contact them again and
make your voice heard!
You can do that in THREE EASY STEPS.
1. Follow the ARRL link below:
2. When you visit that page, enter your Zip code and your
information (name, address, etc.). An
editable draft letter will be created.
3. Once you make any desired edits, click the “send” button
and your letter will be on its way. If
you prefer to contact your Representative by phone, the site provides that
information for you as well.
We are now at a crucial stage in our effort to get the
Amateur Radio Parity Act successfully through Congress. WE CAN ONLY SUCCEED
WITH YOUR HELP! Please take a few minutes to let your Representative know this legislation
is important to you and all the other Amateurs in your District.
Thank you for your help at this critical juncture. Let’s get this done!
Kay Craigie, N3KN, President
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio
** Here’s an Additional Note from Tom W8WTD, Vice Director,
ARRL Great Lakes Division..
This will have particular impact for people living in the
Ohio 6th Congressional district (along the Ohio River from south of
Youngstown all the way down to Portsmouth), because Rep. Johnson is on the subcommittee. Please encourage them to contact their congressman
right away. Thanks for your help!
*****
Hey Gang.. Check out the February issue of QST magazine (the
electronic version is out already). The Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS)
made a very nice donation to the Center of Hope at Christmas time, and the story of that donation can be found on page
72.
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Ohio's Speaker Bureau.. Need a speaker for your club
meeting? I’m available. Please, feel free to give me a call. I’ll do my very
best to be at your function. Just drop me a line and let me know if I can help
you out by coming to one of your meetings and speaking.
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HEY, I know that most of you are looking, but did you see
that there’s another NEW – one question – questionnaire on the Ohio Section
Website? 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.
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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 to: n8sy@n8sy.com
I’ll get you added to the ListServer.
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.
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How’d you do in the “First Annual Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest”??
Have you got your reports in to Stan yet? Please, make sure you send in your
logs..
Submit an email to contest@delares.org with the following:
Your name:
Group name:
Location: (City,
county)
FM Simplex Contacts:
“Everything else” Simplex Contacts:
Digital Simplex Contacts:
EOC bonus:
Portable bonus:
Total Contact Score (Add above together, but you figured
that out already):
Multiply by total number of counties contacted (include your
own!):
Bask in the glory of a well thought out, well executed
effort!
*****
Handbook Give-away..
I’ve been trying an experiment to see just how many of you are actually
looking and investigating the website as you’ve told me you’re doing when I ask
you at your club meetings.. I’ve found out that not as many of you are actually
looking as has been stated at your meetings! Shame on you.. BUT.. You can
change that.. All you have to do is start being a regular check-in to the site.
You’ll find it at: http://arrl-ohio.org if you don’t have it set as your home page on your
browser, at least set it up as a “favorite” so that you can access it quickly.
Now for the drawing.. Yes, we did have a winner and if
you’ve been paying attention you’ll know and see just who it is, so I won’t spoil
your surprise here.. Now why am I bringing this up you ask?? That’s because
there’s going to be another Giveaway coming up very soon (January). Just when
it will start is going to be a surprise.
That’s why I’d suggest that you keep an eye open regularly
to the website.
Good Luck, and maybe your picture will be the next one
posted as being the one who receives a Handbook!!
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OHIO HAMFEST CALENDAR
01/17/2016 | SCARF Hamfest
Location: Nelsonville, OH
Sponsor: Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation
Website: http://www.qrz.com/db/kc8aav
01/24/2016 | Tusco ARC Hamfest
Location: Strasburg, OH
Sponsor: Tusco Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.tuscoarc.org
*****
SPECIAL EVENTS STATIONS IN OHIO
Cabin Fever Special Event
Jan 30, 1700Z-2300Z, K8PRC, Canton
Pedestrian Amateur Radio Club
14.250 14.050 7.250 7.050.
QSL. K8PRC,
1661 Manor Ave NW
Canton, OH 44708
Pedestrian Amateur Radio Club 1st annual Cabin Fever Special
Event.
Breaking up the middle of winter with a fun radio activity.
QSL via directions on K8PRC on QRZ.com.
*****
On a final note.. I
want to remind all of the EC’s, DEC’s, OO’s, OES’s, and ORS’s to get their reports in on time each month. Each one of these listed appointments has a
report due each month. Please make sure that you get them in, and on time. In
the Ohio Section, all but one of these reports (OO’s) is automated, so those
reports can be quickly and easily filled out and submitted.
The information that you provide in ALL of these reports is
extremely vital to Amateur Radio and the Ohio Section. This information is sent
to the League to document just how many hours of time and resources are used here in Ohio in helping our fellow citizens. This
information is shared with Congress and others and exemplifies our efforts in
keeping communications strong in America. Yes, it even can help with this latest
push for the “Parity Act” that’s coming up for consideration this week. So, you
can see, every hour that we can capture in these reports is extremely important
to all Amateurs.
*****
That’s going to do it for now.. Like any good Section
Manager, I could go on and on (hi..
hi..), but I only wanted to drop in to your email boxes for a quick second or
two..
So, for this time around..
73, for now..
Scott, N8SY..
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