Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest

Coming up on May 3rd!

QCECG Training Net for Sunday is Cancelled

No Net - No Net - No Net - No Net

The Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group training net at 8 PM this Sunday (4/20) evening is cancelled.

Happy Easter to all!

Regards, Joe - N2QOJ

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Grant, WD6CNF - Software and Stealth Antennas

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I published this information in July of 2021. It's time to re-publish. You will find this podcast episode and a tour of WD6CNF's QRZ.com page to be extremely interesting. The photos are excellent.

Grant, WD6CNF, is one of our very own local hams residing in Queen Creek. Check out his QRZ bio and website at:

Grant is featured on episode (37) of ARRL's "The Eclectic Tech". Besides being an expert on indoor and outdoor HOA friendly antennas (with high performance), he has written many free software programs for amateur radio operators.

Listen to his guest appearance on the podcast at:

Regards, Joe, N2QOJ - Certified Amateur Radio Hambassador

? Local Ham Club Activities ?

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? Local Ham Club Activities ?

Check out the attached file for the April newsletter from Arizona Desert Aire Waves for the latest information about Ham Clubs in our local ham community.

Regards - Joe, N2QOJ, Certified Amateur Radio Hambassador

April 2025.pdf

? QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 4/6/2025 @ 8 PM (20:00) ?

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? QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 4/6/2025 @ 8 PM (20:00) ?

TACTICAL CALLSIGNS - What, Why, How

This week's Net topic is "Tactical Callsigns" and will be hosted and presented by John, KI7PPW.? The topic will be presented in two parts - this week will be a presentation and discussion of "What, Why, and How" followed by an exercise next week utilizing tactical callsign protocol.??

Familiarization with tactical callsign usage is a powerful tool for amateur radio operators whether you are involved with EMCOMM, supporting Club events, or supporting community/family events.

All ?are welcome to the weekly training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a partner of QC Emergency Management.

Exercise your station and your skills!

Your Net Control Operator:? John, KI7PPW

8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz

You can also listen in via the Internet on your PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone: ?

? QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 3/30/2025 @ 8 PM (20:00) ?

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? QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 3/30/2025 @ 8 PM (20:00) ?

All ?are welcome to the weekly training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a partner of QC Emergency Management.

Exercise your station and your skills!

Your Net Control Operator: ?Joe, N2QOJ

8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz

You can also listen in via the Internet on your PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone: ?

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Tonight's QCECG Net Cancelled

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QCECG?Net?Cancelled

NO?NET?- NO?NET?- ?NO?NET?- NO?NET?- NO?NET?- NO?NET

The Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group training?net?at 8 PM this Sunday (3/23) evening is?cancelled.

Till next week, 73!

Thank you, Joe - N2QOJ

Re: Ocotillo Repeater Closed

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开云体育

Good news.?

Janet Gordon

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On Mar 22, 2025, at 6:06?AM, Joe Sammartino via groups.io <jsammartino@...> wrote:

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Folks,

Please note that the Ocotillo Repeater @ 449.325 MHz will be off line for public use on Saturday from 7 AM till 2:15 PM.

It will be in use by the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group which is supporting the Town's Spring into Queen Creek event at Frontier Family Park.

Thank you,

Joe, N2QOJ
QCECG

Joe Sammartino
24/7: ?480.270.4563
Mobile: ?480.381.2993
jsammartino@...

Ocotillo Repeater Closed

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Folks,

Please note that the Ocotillo Repeater @ 449.325 MHz will be off line for public use on Saturday from 7 AM till 2:15 PM.

It will be in use by the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group which is supporting the Town's Spring into Queen Creek event at Frontier Family Park.

Thank you,

Joe, N2QOJ

QCECG

Joe Sammartino

24/7: ?480.270.4563

Mobile: ?480.381.2993

jsammartino@...

Re: GMRS Repeater Test

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Guess what?

The MORE correct PL is 107.2 Hz

Joe, N2QOJ

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 2:59?PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:

The correct pl is 107.3

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 12:45 PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
Help!

Hello Ham Friends,

If you have a GMRS license, please access my temporary repeater at:

Transmit Frequency:? 467.5750 MHz
Receive Frequency:? 462.5750 MHz
PL Tone Encode:? 107.5 Hz
PL Tone Decode:? None

It is located at 202 and Broadway with an ERP of about 8 watts.

It does not have a transmitted ID yet and there is no activity timer.? However, it is operating under WRJA748.

When accessing, please announce testing and your callsign or the last 3 numbers of your call sign so I map your location to determine the RF operating footprint of the test session.

If you do not have a GMRS call sign, use mine for testing purposes:? WRJA748

I need it tested thoroughly today for deployment at an event tomorrow.

It will be up from 12:45 PM till Midnight tonight.? The activity will be recorded for my review.?

Thank you,

Joe, N2QOJ

Re: GMRS Repeater Test

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My HT's that I'm programming only supports 107.2 for the Tone Encode, the next Frequency up or down are 103.5 (down) and 110.9 (up).??

One HT is an actual GMRS radio (Radioddoty GM-30) the other is a dual-band ham radio (TYT TH-UV88).

I suspect you meant 107.2 Hz for the GMRS Repeater encode Frequency.?

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM, Joe Sammartino via groups.io
<jsammartino@...> wrote:

The correct pl is 107.3

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 12:45 PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:
Help!

Hello Ham Friends,

If you have a GMRS license, please access my temporary repeater at:

Transmit Frequency:? 467.5750 MHz
Receive Frequency:? 462.5750 MHz
PL Tone Encode:? 107.5 Hz
PL Tone Decode:? None

It is located at 202 and Broadway with an ERP of about 8 watts.

It does not have a transmitted ID yet and there is no activity timer.? However, it is operating under WRJA748.

When accessing, please announce testing and your callsign or the last 3 numbers of your call sign so I map your location to determine the RF operating footprint of the test session.

If you do not have a GMRS call sign, use mine for testing purposes:? WRJA748

I need it tested thoroughly today for deployment at an event tomorrow.

It will be up from 12:45 PM till Midnight tonight.? The activity will be recorded for my review.?

Thank you,

Joe, N2QOJ

Re: GMRS Repeater Test

#1610

The correct pl is 107.3

Show quoted text

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 12:45 PM Joe Sammartino <jsammartino@...> wrote:

Help!

Hello Ham Friends,

If you have a GMRS license, please access my temporary repeater at:

Transmit Frequency:? 467.5750 MHz
Receive Frequency:? 462.5750 MHz
PL Tone Encode:? 107.5 Hz
PL Tone Decode:? None

It is located at 202 and Broadway with an ERP of about 8 watts.

It does not have a transmitted ID yet and there is no activity timer.? However, it is operating under WRJA748.

When accessing, please announce testing and your callsign or the last 3 numbers of your call sign so I map your location to determine the RF operating footprint of the test session.

If you do not have a GMRS call sign, use mine for testing purposes:? WRJA748

I need it tested thoroughly today for deployment at an event tomorrow.

It will be up from 12:45 PM till Midnight tonight.? The activity will be recorded for my review.?

Thank you,

Joe, N2QOJ

GMRS Repeater Test

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Help!

Hello Ham Friends,

If you have a GMRS license, please access my temporary repeater at:

Transmit Frequency:? 467.5750 MHz

Receive Frequency:? 462.5750 MHz

PL Tone Encode:? 107.5 Hz

PL Tone Decode:? None

It is located at 202 and Broadway with an ERP of about 8 watts.

It does not have a transmitted ID yet and there is no activity timer.? However, it is operating under WRJA748.

When accessing, please announce testing and your callsign or the last 3 numbers of your call sign so I map your location to determine the RF operating footprint of the test session.

If you do not have a GMRS call sign, use mine for testing purposes:? WRJA748

I need it tested thoroughly today for deployment at an event tomorrow.

It will be up from 12:45 PM till Midnight tonight.? The activity will be recorded for my review.?

Thank you,

Joe, N2QOJ

? Local Ham Club Activities ?

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? Local Ham Club Activities ?

Check out the attached file for the March newsletter from Arizona Desert Aire Waves for the latest information about Ham Clubs in our local ham community.

Regards - Joe, N2QOJ

2025-03 March.pdf

Re: Welcome to new members and reminder to all others!

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Clarification:? I don't believe the breakfast events mentioned in the announcement are taking place anymore.? If anyone knows differently, please let us know.

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Thanks,

?

Joe, N2QOJ - Group Owner

? QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 3/2/2025 @ 8 PM (20:00) ?

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? QCECG Weekly Training Net - Sunday 3/2/2025 @ 8 PM (20:00) ?

All ?are welcome to the weekly training net of the Queen Creek Emergency Communications Group, a partner of QC Emergency Management.

Exercise your station and your skills!

Your Net Control Operator:? Joe, N2QOJ

8 pm at STV / Ocotillo Repeater 449.325 MHz PL 100.0 Hz

You can also listen in via the Internet on your PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone:?

Re: FEMA Training For Emcomm Communicators

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I must have had the great luck of trying to hit it when they were doing an update, or something.

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However, (the first URL listed, under the header "Where do I go to take these courses? ") still gives a 404, so I'm glad there's more than one way to get to it (to be clear, , listed later in the article, does work).

Welcome to new members and reminder to all others!

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Queen Creek Amateur Radio Club Support Group

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This Group serves as a virtual gathering place for the amateur radio operators of Queen Creek AZ and surrounding communities.?
Our breakfast meeting location is the iHOP located in Queen Creek. Our calendar reminders will announce the appropriate location and date for any upcoming meetings.

And a big thank you to Jim, KF7E, for the inspiration to start this Group! If you have something to sell or buy, check with the Group Owner before posting.

Your Group Owner and moderator is Joe Sammartino, N2QOJ

Re: FEMA Training For Emcomm Communicators

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I just went to FEMA.gov and found all of the training available. ?

Bill N1AST

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On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 12:01 Joe Sammartino via <jsammartino=[email protected]> wrote:

course list: ?

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 11:59?AM Allen Newton - KK7WRP via <anewton81=[email protected]> wrote:
Hey, Joe,

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I tried going to and I got a 404 Not Found result.? The host name checks out, and there is a web server there, but it appears that there is no top-level index file.

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Can you check to see if you can get there?? Or if maybe there is a lower-level URL that does come back okay?

If not, is it possible that the new Administration has taken it down?

Re: FEMA Training For Emcomm Communicators

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course list: ?

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 11:59?AM Allen Newton - KK7WRP via <anewton81=[email protected]> wrote:

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Hey, Joe,

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I tried going to and I got a 404 Not Found result.? The host name checks out, and there is a web server there, but it appears that there is no top-level index file.

?

Can you check to see if you can get there?? Or if maybe there is a lower-level URL that does come back okay?

If not, is it possible that the new Administration has taken it down?