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RUSS Notes - 4/11/2020
Hi Folks, Today is the last RUSS event until next "season".The HF check-ins and QSOs will be streamed live at: RUSS Descriptions Important - Just because you may be operating from home, be safe and follow best practices and safety at all times! If you would like photos of your setup/operations published on any of the social media ham sites I manage, send them to me via private email. 73, Joe, N2QOJ |
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Listen in On PC/Laptop or Smart Device
Hi Folks, Don't have a radio or scanner but you would like to listen to your ham community?(By the way, "listening in" is an excellent way to learn how to converse on the radio while non-hams are studying for their license exam.) You can also download scanner apps to your Android or iOS device. W7ARA White Tanks Repeater:? W7ARA Phoenix Metrolink System: Ocotillo / STV Repeater:? W0NWA Pinnacle Peak: Eastern Arizona ARS Repeater System EAARS: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If
you want to install a very good radio scanner app on your smartphone or
tablet, Radio Scanner by Gordon Edwards is very good (and free!): For Android: For iOS: As always, I welcome feedback. Regards, Joe, N2QOJ Joe Sammartino 24/7: ?480.270.4563 Mobile: ?480.381.2993 |
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International Space Station Visible Tonight
International Space Station Visible Tonight
Folks -?Good news!
Another opportunity to?spot?the International Space?Station?this evening as it passes over our area in Arizona. It should be a good pass and hopefully the clouds will be minimal.
Treat your family and friends to a viewing of the International Space?Station?tonight. I find that even the most non technical family member or friend get a kick out of seeing the?station?as it moves across the sky at 17,150?MPH?- that's 4.76 miles per second - and about 250 miles above us.
If you are an amateur radio operator, take the opportunity to relate how us hams can communicate directly with the ISS or through one of its transponders.
The ISS will be visible for 3 minutes and should be a good viewing and becomes visible directly from the West Northwest and disappears toward South Southeast.
Time: Tuesday Apr 07 7:55 PM Visible: 3 min Max Height: 49° Appears: 31° above WNW (from 293°)Disappears: 18° above SSE (toward 158°) I've also attached an illustration that will help you determine how to use this information. You can watch and track the?station?in advance at this link: And, something new! I've attached a chart of the actual pass. Remember, these times are based on a viewing site from the?Mesa?area (and within 50 miles). If you would like to generate times from your specific city or town, visit the link and follow the instructions. If your specific city or town isn’t listed, pick the closest one. The space?station?is visible for at least a 50 mile (80 km) radius around each of the listed locations. If you are an amateur radio operator, listen in (or work) on these frequencies: Voice and SSTV Downlink: 145.80 (Worldwide) Voice Uplink: 144.49 for ITU Regions 2 and 3 VHF Packet Uplink and Downlink: 145.825 (Worldwide) - easiest to hear UHF Packet Uplink and Downlink: 437.550 UHF/VHF Repeater Uplink: 437.80 UHF/VHF Repeater Downlink: 145.80 Regards, Joe N2QOJ |
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QCECG Weekly Training Net
QCECG?Weekly Training?Net If you haven't checked in to the?Net?in a while - or ever - please join us. With
the Corona Virus threat, this is a great time to
dust off your HT, charge it up, and join us on the net. QCECG?weekly training?net?- 3/29/2020 @ 8 PM (2000) 8 pm at 449.325 Mhz PL 100.0 Hz. - Visitors welcome! Your Net Control will be Clint, KG7BWD. |
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International Space Station Visible Tonight
International Space Station Visible Tonight
Folks -?Good news!
Another opportunity to?spot?the International Space?Station?this evening as it passes over our area in Arizona. It should be a good pass and hopefully the clouds will be minimal.
Treat your family and friends to a viewing of the International Space?Station?tonight. I find that even the most non technical family member or friend get a kick out of seeing the?station?as it moves across the sky at 17,150?MPH?- that's 4.76 miles per second - and about 250 miles above us.
If you are an amateur radio operator, take the opportunity to relate how us hams can communicate directly with the ISS or through one of its transponders.
The ISS will be visible for 4 minutes and should be a good viewing and becomes visible directly from the North Northwest and disappears toward East.
Time: Sun Apr 05 7:50 PM Visible: 4 min Max Height: 41° Appears: 10° above NNW (from 338°)Disappears: 28° above E (toward 90°) I've also attached an illustration that will help you determine how to use this information. You can watch and track the?station?in advance at this link: And, something new! I've attached a chart of the actual pass. Remember, these times are based on a viewing site from the?Mesa?area (and within 50 miles). If you would like to generate times from your specific city or town, visit the link and follow the instructions. If your specific city or town isn’t listed, pick the closest one. The space?station?is visible for at least a 50 mile (80 km) radius around each of the listed locations. If you are an amateur radio operator, listen in (or work) on these frequencies: Voice and SSTV Downlink: 145.80 (Worldwide) Voice Uplink: 144.49 for ITU Regions 2 and 3 VHF Packet Uplink and Downlink: 145.825 (Worldwide) - easiest to hear UHF Packet Uplink and Downlink: 437.550 UHF/VHF Repeater Uplink: 437.80 UHF/VHF Repeater Downlink: 145.80 Regards, Joe N2QOJ |
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Important for Home Depot Shopping
For folks in the Phoenix Valley.... Starting Friday morning at local Home Depots (some already started), there will be areas (corrals) in the front of the store for Pro customers and Do-It-Yourself customers to line up. The store will be counting in-going and out-going customers. They will be limiting the store to 150 customers at a time. Also, up to (4) parking spaces have been reserved for customers who have placed an order online for pick-up at the store. You drive up, park in one of those spots, and call the number on the sign. An employee will bring out the order to you. Be safe, only shop for essentials and learn how to use ?or the Home Depot app on your Android or iOS device. It's easy and will give you a better shopping experience now and in the future. If you have any questions on how to use the online ordering or app, private message me. Stay safe and evolve into a digital shopper! |
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Re: Important EmComm Information
Hi Folks, Please disregard my previous email. It was pointed out to me that the message contained a few inaccuracies and it was not approved by the organizations mentioned to share with the community at large. If you would like information regarding MCDEM and ARES emergency protocols. Please reach out to those organizations directly. Thank you, Joe, N2QOJ On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 8:53 AM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
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QCECG Weekly Training Net
QCECG?Weekly Training?Net Tonight, we bring you a very relevant exercise to demonstrate EmComm communications. If you haven't checked in to the?Net?in a while - or ever - please join us. With
the Corona Virus threat - real or imagined - this is a great time to
dust off your HT, charge it up, and join us on the net. QCECG?weekly training?net?- 3/29/2020 @ 8 PM (2000) 8 pm at 449.325 Mhz PL 100.0 Hz. - Visitors welcome! If you don't have access to a handheld radio or scanner, you can listen in over the?Internet?at |
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Local Ham Radio Links
Local Ham Radio Links This is not meant to be a complete list but a list of known, active stuff. ================================================== Follow the Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club via Twitter at: And the FB Page: And Website: Follow the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group via Twitter at: Website: Join the very popular - and growing - at: . You need to be a local licensed amateur radio operator to join. Interested in SOTA, Portable Ops, Digital Modes, Contesting, Satellites, etc.? Then join the folks at at: They also have a support group at: /g/GOTW Interested in practicing and experimenting with digital modes? Then join our friend Arron, AG7GK, as he hosts the Valley's digital net. More info at: Be sure to sign up for the mailing list on the same page. Interested in Preparedness, then join the very popular MESA R U Prepared Group at: My favorite phone nets in the Valley: AEN-MAR - Mondays, 9 PM, Metrolink System - Shaw Butte, 147.240 MHz (+) PL 162.2 Hz Mesa RU Prepared - Wednesdays, 7 PM, Ocotillo Repeater, 449.325 MHz (-) PL 100.0 Hz New Ham Net - Thursdays, 7 PM, Metrolink System - Shaw Butte, 147.240 MHz (+) PL 162.2 Hz Chandler Ham Radio Club - Thursdays, 8 PM, MARCA South Mountain Repeater, 443.050 (+) PL100.0 Hz Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group - Sundays, 8 PM, Ocotillo Repeater, 449.325 MHz (-) PL 100.0 Hz |
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Important EmComm Information
IMPORTANT: The following information is provided to our local amateur radio community as a source of real-time information concerning any formal deployment of ARES emergency ham radio operators by the Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management (MCDEM). It will be your best source of unfiltered communications between Incident Command and deployed EmComm volunteers. If you are not part of the afore mentioned responding infrastructure, DO NOT ENGAGE. Just listen and be informed. When MCDEM needs ham radio operators, it will call out to the local amateur radio community via ARES registered volunteers. An information/resource net will be started on the ARA Metrolink repeater system, and in particular, the Shaw Butte Repeater.Via Internet Streaming Audio: The resource/information net is a way to collect ham resources and disseminate information. Dispatching of resources will be done on another net, which will be announced on the resource/information net. By monitoring the Shaw Butte Repeater during an event, you will keep up to date as any incident develops and will learn of any other frequencies to monitor. I must stress again, if you are not part of the volunteer call out by MCDEM, DO NOT operate on the frequency. Just listen and be informed. (If you would like more information regarding the Metrolink Repeater System, send to me a private email. N2QOJ (email address at QRZ dot Com) As a licensed ham radio operator that can be available during an emergency, observe the following:
This is a message from the "East Valley Amateur Radio" FaceBook Group at |
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East Valley VE Testing Session Canceled
East Valley VE Testing Session Canceled From Fred, AB7JF, our Session Manager at East Valley VE Testing: "Because of the virus going around we will not be having a test session on 4-13 -2020." - AB7JF (If you manage or administer a ham radio related forum, on-line Group, or Club, please pass this information along.Thanks - Joe, N2QOJ) |
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QCECG Weekly Training Net
QCECG?Weekly Training?Net If you haven't checked in to the?Net?in a while - or ever - please join us. With the Corona Virus threat - real or imagined - this is a great time to dust off your HT, charge it up, and join us on the net. It takes only a few minutes a week to exercise both your HT and your skills. QCECG?weekly training?net?- 3/22/2020 @ 8 PM (2000) 8 pm at 449.325 Mhz PL 100.0 Hz. - Visitors welcome! If you don't have access to a handheld radio or scanner, you can listen in over the?Internet?at? |
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Re: Volunteers Needed for Spring Into Queen Creek, Saturday March 28th 8:30 AM till 1:30 PM
To all of you who have volunteered already, please join us at our monthly QCECG meeting tonight at 7 PM. I need 6 more volunteers!We will be discussing how we will be supporting this event. We need more volunteers for this event. Please join us at our monthly QCECG meeting tonight at 7 PM. We will be discussing how we will be supporting this event. On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 7:47 PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
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Re: Corona Virus Webinar - Friday, March 13th @ 7 PM
Oops, sorry Michelle, I got the call sign wrong - It's KG7NCW On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:22 AM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
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Corona Virus Webinar - Friday, March 13th @ 7 PM
Corona Virus Webinar - Friday, March 13th @ 7 PM From Mesa R U Prepared Group ---- Michelle, KG7NVW, Director of Clinical Services for a Health Care Company will be hosting and presenting this webinar. "This will be our first live webinar! Day to day things are changing so we are going to be working with our live webinar platform. This will be a discussion with the best available information of the status of Covid-19 pandemic." "We HIGHLY recommend that you test you ability to make the webinar link before the meeting. During (and immediately before) the meeting NO support will be available to assist you with login problems." NOTE: Please feel free to pass this registration invitation to anyone you feel might benefit from this webinar! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please register for Coronavirus Webinar on Mar 13, 2020 7:00 PM MST at: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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