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QCECG Net for October 29th is Cancelled. The QCECG Net at 8 PM on Sunday evening is cancelled. We'll be back on the net next Sunday, November 5th. Thank you, Joe, N2QOJ

From: Dennis Lawrence <kf7ryx@...> Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 4:28 PM Subject: RUSS Event To: Dennis Lawrence <kf7ryx@...> Please join us for the RUSS Event (Radios Under Sun Shades) Saturday (10-14-2023) anytime between 10:00AM and 2:00PM at the Ramada behind the church building. (2228 E. Brown Rd., Mesa, AZ 85213) Several people have indicated they will be there with their portable stations. Whether you have a portable station or not, this is a great learning opportunity. Come set up your station or come get some ideas to put one together. What is RUSS? RUSS is a hands on event. The idea is to set up a station without the use of grid power. Simulate a grid down situation and operate on Simplex…not using the repeaters. Learning how to operate during a simulation is much better than learning during the actual emergency. If you have questions or need a little help with your radio, the RUSS event is the perfect time to get that help. Hope to see you there whether for a few minutes or the entire time. Dennis Lawrence Stake Emergency Communications Director KF7RYX

QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 10/8/2023 @ 8 PM (20:00) All are welcome to the weekly training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a partner of the QC Fire & Medical Department and Emergency Manager. Exercise your station and your skills! Your Net Control Operator Tonight: Joe, N2QOJ 8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz. No radio? No problem! If you would like to listen over the Internet, you can use this link in your browser on any PC, iOS, or Android device: https://broadcastify.com/webPlayer/10544 Check in via EchoLink Node 185734, N2QOJ-R

This net is an activity of the Chandler Ham Radio Club (N7CHN). The net is all digital, i.e. no direct repeater access. It's active every Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM. This net is held on the Chandler Hams URF847 reflector, a universal, multiprotocol, transcoding digital voice reflector that supports D-Star protocols (DPlus, DCS, DExtra and G3), DMR protocols (MMDVMHost, DMR+ and NXDN), M17, P25 (using IMBE) and YSF. Here are the associated protocol rooms / reflectors to access this net: DCS847 A, REF847 A XLX847 A XRF847 A M17-847 NXDN TG 847 P25 TG 847 TGIF 30847 YSF 00847 For real time status of URF847: https://urf847.kk7mnz.com This is a directed net and your Net Control Operator is John, KK7MTH. The general theme of this net is technical, usually discussing various aspects of digital communications. The URF847 reflector is a multiprotocol digital reflector. It has been created by Matt, KK7MNZ. Matt also maintains the reflector. You can find the most complete and comprehensive listings of amateur radio nets for the Phoenix Valley at the Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club's Net Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=queencreekarc%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FPhoenix Join our FB Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/EastValleyAmateurRadio Membership is for licensed amateur radio operators only.

International Space Station Visible Tonight (6 minutes!) 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 great pass and hopefully the clouds will be minimal. It will pass about 69 degrees above the horizon! 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 gets 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 6 minutes and should be a good viewing and becomes visible directly from the Northwest and disappears towards the Southeast. Time: Wed Oct 04 6:51 PM Visible: 6 min Max Height: 69° Appears: 10° above NW (from 315 degrees) Disappears: 12° above SE (toward 135 degrees) 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: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=United_States?ion=Arizona&city=Mesa 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 this link and follow the instructions. If your specific city or town isn’t listed, pick the closest one: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/home.cfm 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: 145.990 (67Hz PL Tone) UHF/VHF Repeater Downlink: 437.800 Regards, Joe N2QOJ

Coming up this week! Integrated Public Alert & Warning System test - Wednesday, October 4th https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/national-test-2023?fbclid=IwAR20EM018FjfpyBL2PeLNONLGQEimHph_qETP4NIHuabJZgl36rYAqa2D4I

If you enjoy RVing (gas prices notwithstanding) and want to plug into the ham RV community, this website and organization (ARRL affiliated) is for you: https://rvradionetwork.com/ This link brings you to Open Roads Radio Forum for Ham, Amateur Radio, and Camping and is a Community Forum from the website RV Life (https://rvlife.com/) and is a bit more commercial: https://www.openroadsradio.net/forums/index.php If you have hints, tips, advice for Ham RVers, please post your comments for us. Regards, Joe, N2QOJ (RVer Wannabe) https://www.facebook.com/groups/EastValleyAmateurRadio

RAH, Radios At Home - Saturday, September 16th, 10 AM till 2 PM This is the last RAH event of this summer season. This event is a great opportunity to test your simplex "reach" in the Valley and beyond. Radios@Home was initially introduced by Heidi K7ZAE when RUSS was sidelined due to the COVID pandemic that hit the US in 2020. It was designed to keep us all “radio-active” even though we couldn’t get out to the parks due to public area closures and social distancing requirements. These days….. Simply stated, it's the same RUSS activities but at home in the comfort of refrigeration (what some of you refer to as air conditioning). It is mostly an individual activity since it is at home but you can certainly invite fellow hams and guests to participate with you. The objective is to continue exercising our stations and skill set on a regular basis despite the Arizona heat (which some of you refer to as inferno). Operating off-grid power is still encouraged. Heidi has turned over the reins of this event to John, KI7PPW, who is well known to us as the venerable host of the Maricopa County New Ham Operator's Net on Thursday evenings and the very frequent guest Net Control Operator of the Queen Creek Emergency Group's Training Net on Sunday evenings. One very important item that has been changed is the duration of the event. To give more folks the opportunity to participate, the duration is now 4 hours - from 10 AM to 2 PM local time. That should give folks with morning commitments a chance to possibly participate in the early afternoon. Here are details for your calendars: ? When: Third Saturday of every month, from 10 AM till 2 PM ? Where: 146.460 MHz Simplex (T-Encode/Decode 77 Hz optional), 446.000 MHz and at 7.178 MHz LSB for those with HF stations. ? What: Log as many contacts as possible and please be courteous to others that wish to make contacts and move to another frequency if you are having an extended QSO. ? Why: The objective is to exercise on a regular basis our stations and skill set, operating preferably off-grid if possible. ? Who: Any licensed amateur radio operator directly and / or acting as a control station operator for non-hams. Questions? Comments? Contact John, KI7PPW, at ki7ppw@....