Hey Gang,
Just wanted to pop into your email boxes for a quick minute
to keep you updated on things happening in the Ohio Section..
Summer is now officially here!! Yes, and it’s also officially FIELD DAY!!
I’ve placed a “Field Day Locator” link on the left side of
the Ohio Section website so that you can easily plug-in where you would like to
go play Field Day at. For those of you organizing your Field Day event, please
register your Field Day so that you can be easily found among all the rest..
It’s easy, just click on the Field Day Locator link. There’s a link located on
the right side of the page that will allow you to register your Field Day.. The
Section Cabinet will be out and about, like it was last year. I will be
traveling around trying to hit as many of the Field Day Sites as I can, and
that’s another good reason to make sure that your Field Day Site is registered
in the Locator.. You don’t want me wandering all around the country-side
looking for your site, do you??
Now, with that I also have several other links of interest..
One of them goes to a copy of the State of Ohio Proclamation for this weekend
and there’s also a link to a proposed Media Release about Field Day. Make sure
that you print off a copy of the Proclamation and have it on display at your
site.. It’s very impressive to show off to anyone visiting your site.
Go to: http://arrl-ohio.org/SGL/sgl.html for both of these..
Did you know that the Ohio Section is on Facebook.. We are,
you can locate us at #ARRL Ohio Section or #Ohio Section. Also.. Just recently
the Ohio Section joined 100 million plus of you on Twitter. Our “handle” on
Twitter is: @arrlohio Come join us
there as well.. You’ll find that all of these sites are now updated
regularly..
As you know, June 1st is officially the start to Hurricane
season. Now I realize that we live in more of the central part of the country,
pretty much immune to such events, but it is the peak season for
tornadoes
around here. And, YES, we’ve had our fair share of those around here! Are you
prepared if a tornado comes? Do you have a “Go Box” ? Do you have a your hand-held all charged up?
These are things to think about now, now during the event. It’s too late then.
Have you checked your generator? Do you have fuel for it? Now about this time
I’m sure you’re saying “what’s he leading up to..” Be prepared... Events like these can spring up very suddenly and you may not have the time to charge up those toys before things really get to blowing around.
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From our HF Digital guys..
OHDEN SCHEDULE
OHDEN net will be active this year to handle traffic from Field
Day participants going to Ohio section SM and/or SEC.
The on the air schedule will depend on how many NCS are
available. Generally the net will operate between 1400-2200 Saturday and resume
1000-1400 Sunday. The NCS will listen at the top of the hour for 15 min and
handle any traffic listed. A NCS schedule will be posted on OHDEN website,
email and yahoo group.
Frequencies will be the net regular frequencies as listed on
the web site.
* Saturday 1400-2000, 40 meters 7072kHz USB +/- QRM
* Saturday 2000-2200, 80 meters 3885 kHz USB +/- QRM
* Sunday 1000-1400, 40 meters 7072kHz USB +/- QRM
Stations with traffic should be ready to listen to the
opposite band as a backup in case of loss of communications on the hourly
primary band.
* Same above schedule-60 meters is planned to be active among
select stations. This band has an advantage of excellent in state coverage and
it is the only HF band where voice and data can be on the same frequency. OHDEN
will operate on Channel 1 5332kHz USB waterfall 1.5kHz
See the following for 60meter guideline. OLIVIA and PSK will
be used on 60 meters. http://www.arrl.org/60m-channel-allocation
Digital modes will be OLIVIA 8-500 primary. The NCS will be
alert to copy other popular modes such as PSK, and MT63. FLDIGI will be the
software of choice.
If you’re not one of the digital folks, I do encourage you
to still get involved with one of the statewide nets (Buckeye (early); Buckeye (late); Ohio Slow Net; Ohio Single
Side-Band Net). You can find the times and frequencies of these nets by
following this link:
http://arrl-ohio.org/stm/stm.html I also encourage you to check-in to any of your local nets as well.
http://arrl-ohio.org/stm/stm.html I also encourage you to check-in to any of your local nets as well.
Did you see that the Ohio Section got another article published in the ARRL Newsletter? We did, it’s
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ohio-ares-nvis-antenna-day-concludes-that-the-truth-is-up-there all about our April NVIS Day, and here’s a link to the article..
Of course you can also see this on the Ohio Section website
as well.. I want to take just a moment to thank not only Stan, N8BHL but also
Tim Price, K8WFL for pushing this along.
Lastly.. Get your pencils or pens out and mark your
calendars for August 1st at the Aladdin Shrine Hall for the Great Lakes
Division Convention and Columbus Hamfest. There will be a number of great
forums and this year, the winner of the Ohio Section Newsletter Contest won’t
be announced until just before the announcement of the winner of the Great
Lakes Division Newsletter Contest. The judges of both contests are all lined up
and ready to go. The scheduling is tight, but I have been told that they are
all up for this, so there’s just a few weeks left to get your newsletters in
before the judging begins! Don’t be left out.
Now I haven’t mentioned it before, but did you know that there
are Division Awards? There are and if you know someone that might qualify for
one or more of these awards please, get your nomination in now. Go to: http://arrl-greatlakes.org/awards_criteria.html
for the details.
Also.. A Wouff Hong has been scheduled as well. This special ceremony hasn't been performed for quite some time around here. It will be a real treat for everyone attending. There is one stipulation however.. you MUST be an ARRL member to participate. Now this is the perfect opportunity for those who aren't members to become one. There is an on-line registration for this event. Please take the few minutes that it will take to complete the registration so that we have your certificate all ready for you when the ceremony is completed.. Go to: http://arrl-greatlakes.org/wh_form.html
That’s going to do it from here.
47 & 73,
Scott, N8SY
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