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Central Arizona Youth Net - Every Sunday @ 5 PM (1700)
Central Arizona Youth Net - History and Detail Ocotillo Repeater (STV Repeater) 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz Net Control Operator - Landon, AI7HE This net has been created and organized by Landon, AI7HE. It officially began on Sunday, August 9th 2020 at 5 PM local time. This will be the official day and time of this weekly net. The purpose is to promote amateur radio to youth, encourage other youth operators to check in especially those that are not that active or are afraid to push that PTT, share ideas with hams young and old, improve on the air etiquette, and to have fun at the same time. The target is youth but ALL licensed operators regardless of skill level and age are invited to check in. This net meets every Sunday at 5PM Arizona time, 1700 hours. To participate in this net, you may access directly on this repeater or via EchoLink at N2QOJ-R, also known as Node 185734. For the duration of the net, this repeater's EchoLink node will be connected to the "YACHT" EchoLink Conference - Young Amateur Communications Ham Team, *YACHT" node 9544283. Young hams are encouraged to participate or listen in. Please pass this announcement on to a young ham or share with any youth that have an interest. ALL hams are invited to participate. If you are interesting in just listening in over the Internet, please use the following streaming audio link: This new net is sponsored by the owners, operators, and trustees of the Ocotillo Repeater: N7DJZ, WB7TUJ, N2QOJ, and KF7RYX. |
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New ARRL Podcast -The Eclectic Tech - Episode 41
New ARRL Podcast -The?Eclectic?Tech - Episode 41 The ARRL has a new podcast and it is hosted by Steve Ford, WB8IMY. The?Eclectic?Tech podcast brings news, interviews, and commentary about technology and science -- all with an amateur radio twist. This
41st episode has the following topics:? Speaking with Lin Holcomb, NI4Y, about his experimental station on the 8-meter band. Stream: As always, comments are welcome. |
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DroidStar Video Tutorial
Landon,
AI7HE, host of the weekly Central Arizona Youth Net here in the Valley,
has produced a very nice video for DroidStar, a non-radio solution for
DMR, YSF (and lots more) digital communications.
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Saturday, August 21st, is the next "Radios At Home!"
Happy Friday Everyone! Tomorrow morning, Saturday, August 21st, is the next "Radios At Home!" It will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.. We will be monitoring TWO frequencies in order to give more operators the chance to make contacts on the air. We will plan on using 146.460 with a 77.0 Hz tone encoded (as has been historically used for this event.) In addition, we will also try to use 446.000 (which also happens to be the 70 cm National Calling Frequency.) No tone will be required on that frequency. True dual-band radios should be able to monitor both frequencies at once. Two radios, of course, will do the trick as well. The function is the same as ...the whole point is to get on the air. But instead of going out into the sweltering heat, we will get to operate from the comfort of our own AC-cooled homes. We also highly encourage the use of alternative means of power while participating in order to increase one's own skills in emergency communications. Also, if you find yourselves in a lengthy conversation, please be considerate of others participating in Radios At Home and please QSY to another frequency. The use of multiple frequencies is also an important emergency communications skill that we also hope to encourage during this event. Overall, the most important thing is to have fun! Hope to hear you on the air tomorrow! -K7ZAE |
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Lunch With Hams This Friday!
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New ARRL Podcast -The Eclectic Tech - Episode 40
New ARRL Podcast -The?Eclectic?Tech - Episode 40 The ARRL has a new podcast and it is hosted by Steve Ford, WB8IMY. The?Eclectic?Tech podcast brings news, interviews, and commentary about technology and science -- all with an amateur radio twist. This 40th episode has the following topics: VLF and rockets; a revised USB standard; discussing QMESH, a low-cost digital voice and data network, with Dr Daniel Fay,?KG5VBY Stream: As always, comments are welcome. |
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Malicious Interference on Ocotillo Repeater
Malicious Interference on Ocotillo Repeater It is one or more children that have gotten a hold of Daddy's or Mommy's Boefeng or similar radio. I know that because they turned on the signalling tone or orange button alarm.There has been some malicious interference on the Ocotillo repeater today beginning at 1PM or so. As always, DO NOT ENGAGE any malicious transmission on the air. Best, and correct practice, is to ignore the interference and NEVER to acknowledge it. |
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Lunch With Hams This Friday!
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Monthly Meeting Updates
This month's meeting will feature Jeff Clark, KC7HAM, of . Jeff will be presenting on the topic of Public Safety versus Amateur Radio Communications. This should be an interesting presentation and discussion for all hams and especially hams interested in emergency communications. Regards, Joe, N2QOJ |
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QCECG Monthly Meeting
The Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group has resumed monthly meetings. Thursday, August 12th at 7PM. Our monthly meetings will be held at Queen Creek Library Annex. Meet in the Zane Grey Community Room. 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, QC, AZ 85142. Talk-in 449.475 MHz (-) 136.5 Hz. (Enter at Door #3 on photo) |
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Re: QCECG Sunday net
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýGreetings!
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I just listened to the recording of last night¡¯s session ¨C sorry I missed
it! (Had a family thing...)
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It sounded like an excellent exercise, and I¡¯m sure it provided good
insight for everyone listening, especially those who have not been involved in
emergency operations.
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For what it¡¯s worth (you know what they say about opinions...), I have a
personal observation that I used to emphasize to my crews:
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time one thinks he/she might need it.
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New commanders (or those in acting positions) often waffle about calling
for resources ¨C ¡°maybe I¡¯ll wait a little longer and see what happens...¡±.
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Resources (e.g. fire engines) can always be turned around, but no amount of
¡°shoulda/coulda/woulda¡± will get them there any sooner when things turn to bat
guano and you need them there now!
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And if, in retrospect, you realize that your request was overly-cautious,
send over a cut gallon of Baskin-Robbins and all will be forgiven.
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Before I knew that I would miss the session, I wanted to include an
announcement about the annual Perseid meteor shower.
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The shower lasts about a week, but the peak is predicted to occur on
Wednesday evening / Thursday morning and/or Thursday evening / Friday morning.
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The Moon sets at 8:30 pm local time on Thursday (about the same time
Perseus is rising in the northeast), so it won¡¯t wash out the sky.
Unfortunately, it¡¯s expected to be cloudy, and the light pollution here is
pretty bad.
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The best viewing is usually after midnight, when the part of the earth on
which we are standing rotates into the path of the particle stream.
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The radiant (point in the sky from which the meteors appear to originate)
will be in the northeastern sky (near the Double Cluster in Perseus, a superb
binocular object), but meteors will appear in all quadrants.
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Wes AG7WQ
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Re: QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 8/8/2021 @ 8 PM (20:00)
Hello Folks, On tonight's Net, we will have an exercise that will include real-time role play by a lucky few and observation/insight by the rest of the net participants.On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 11:01 AM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
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QCECG Monthly Meeting Update
The Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group has resumed monthly meetings. Thursday, August 12th at 7PM. Our monthly meetings will be held at Queen Creek Library Annex. Meet in the Zane Grey Community Room. 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, QC, AZ 85142. Talk-in 449.475 MHz (-) 136.5 Hz. (Enter at Door #3 on photo) |
Joe Sammartino
T. Wesley Erickson