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ATTENTION! This week's, and next week's, QCECG Weekly Training Net are cancelled since they fall on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve respectively. We will resume next month our weekly net on January 7th. Regards, Joe, N2QOJ

Who is Jean Shepherd? Jean Parker Shepherd, Jr. (July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999) was an American storyteller, radio and TV personality, writer and actor. He was often referred to by the nickname Shep. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known to modern audiences for the film "A Christmas Story" (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted, based on his own semi-autobiographical stories. Born in 1921 on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, Shepherd briefly lived in East Chicago, Indiana, and was raised in Hammond, Indiana, where he graduated from Hammond High School in 1939.[2] The movie, "A Christmas Story" is loosely based on his days growing up in Hammond's southeast side neighborhood of Hessville. As a youth, he worked briefly as a mail carrier in a steel mill and earned his Amateur radio license (W9QWN) at age 16, sometimes claiming he was even younger. He sporadically attended Indiana University, but never graduated. Shepherd was a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan. During World War II, he served stateside in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Shepherd then had an extensive career in a variety of media. Shepherd maintained his interest in amateur radio throughout his life. After leaving Hammond, he obtained the call signs W4QWN (Kentucky), W8QWN (Ohio), and W3STE (Pennsylvania). Upon his arrival at WOR in New York in 1955, he obtained the call K2ORS, with which he was often heard speaking to other ham radio operators for the remainder of his life. Read his full biography at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd I hope you enjoy the article about one of our own. Merry Christmas, Joe, N2QOJ

QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 12/17/2023 @ 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.

QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 12/3/2023 @ 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: John, KI7PPW 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

? Volunteers Needed - QC Holiday Festival and Parade, Saturday, December 2? We need volunteers! This is one of our largest (and most fun) events that QCECG supports and it's one of the best events of the year for demonstration of our support for the Town of Queen Creek. Event info here: http://www.queencreekparade.org The public hours are 2 PM till 6:30 PM. We typically need to support from 11 AM till about 8 PM and can break up the event into 2 shifts for folks with limited availability. More details to come but for now, please check your calendars and volunteer if you can. We need about 20 volunteers for this event. Send your response ASAP to N2QOJ at jsammartino@.... Regards, Joe, N2QOJ Joe Sammartino 24/7: 480.270.4563 Mobile: 480.381.2993 jsammartino@...

Here's the latest list of Test Sessions for December, January, and February in our regional area: http://queencreekarc.org/Latest_Test_Sessions.pdf Here is the new Technician Class study guide from KB6NU. It is great for self-study and available from the Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club website: http://www.queencreekarc.org/2022-no-nonsense-tech-study-guide-v0-1.pdf Another reminder: The FCC fees for new licenses began on April 19, 2022. The good news is that the new FCC fee of $35 DOES NOT apply to upgrading your license class Something new: Free study materials for General Class and Amateur Extra Class are also available at the Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club website: http://queencreekarc.org/index_files/Page1462.htm Note: The General Class study materials have been updated to support the new question pool that became active on July 1, 2023 and valid through June 30, 2027. Regards, Joe - N2QOJ Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/EastValleyAmateurRadio

When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive There is a unique opportunity coming up in May. The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) will be presenting a FREE FEMA course locally: FEMA Course PER-334: When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive. Our friends at Mesa East Stake will be hosting this event on May 10th and May 11th at 2228 E Brown Road, Mesa, 85213. The exact times will be announced once the course registration begins at the TEEX website. An announcement will be made when registration can begin and a link to the registration page will be provided. Course Information: Duration: 12 hours over a two day period. Course Size: The team from TEEX will be able to accommodate up to 90 registrants, delivering the course simultaneously in three rooms, each room (24-30 people) with its own instructor. Audience: Religious Organizations, Volunteer Fire Departments, Community Emergency Response Teams, Youth Organizations, American Red Cross and other Non-Governmental Organizations, Other Interested Members of the Community CE Credit: IACET - 1.2 CEUs Pre-registration Requirement: Students must register with FEMA and bring a copy of their SID number to the class. Register online at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid. (SID is Student Identification Number) Once you have registered for your FEMA SID, you will have the option to download a FEMA SID card that you can bring with you to the class. You can perform this registration at any time before registering for the class. Here is a description of FEMA Course PER-334: This course is designed to teach and encourage community members impacted by a disaster to prepare, take preservation actions and perform, as appropriate, light search and rescue response to aid their family and other community members in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster or human-made incident. This course is not intended for the professional responder however would be beneficial for the responder's family. The training does not qualify the participants to serve in an emergency responder role. Again, this is a unique opportunity that the Mesa East Stake has created for our local communities. If you have an interest in emergency preparedness, do not pass up this opportunity to participate in a FEMA certified course presented by emergency management professionals and with absolutely no cost to you. Updates will follow in the coming weeks. In the meantime, a copy of the course flyer is attached for you to review and share as needed. Dennis, KF7RYX - AUXCOMM, (kf7ryx@...) is our contact at Mesa East Stake for this event. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact either me or Dennis. Regards, Joe, N2QOJ - Lead, Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group AUXCOMM

QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 11/12/2023 @ 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

ATTENTION! Tonight's QCECG Meeting (11/9) is Cancelled! Sorry for the late notice. We will resume next month. Regards, Joe, N2QOJ