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Emergency traffic has ceased on the 146.910- / 147.030- repeaters and have been turned back over to regular amateur use.
Thanks to everyone that helped with clean up efforts and communications in the Brooten and New London areas.?

Radio operators UPDATE

#33

We are still looking for radio operators in the New London area for Saturday and Sunday.
W0SV will be heading up communication efforts in the Brooten area using the 146.910- repeater. The 147.030- will be used in the Spicer/New London area for communications.
For everyone else interested, please come to the New London Fire Hall at 9am to Volunteer.?
For more information, please email w0aye.mn@...

Radio operators needed!

#32

To help clean up efforts in the Brooten and New London areas, the W0SW and W0SV amateur radio clubs will be providing emergency communications on the W0SW 146.910- (primary) and 147.030- (secondary) repeaters starting on Saturday, July 29th at 9am. This will be a directed net for the volunteers assisting workers and relaying information back to net control and emergency command centers. Please refrain from using the repeaters during the daytime hours while traffic is being passed. The scope of the clean up project is currently unknown and may extend into early next week.?
If there are any club or non-club members interested in volunteering for communications operators please contact me at w0aye.mn@...?

ARRL FD 2023 Entry - W0CRC

#30

Hello Gang!

I finally got everything submitted to the ARRL website tonight!

Here is the confirmation email with the confirmation #25nd24yf.

I want to thank Paul KC?HST for all those 54 PSK31 digital contacts! Don KC?QNA for jumping around the bands like myself. And to Dave KB?WJP, for his expertise in getting the digital logging to connect up to his laptop with internet access for us to check and verify callsigns. And everyone helping others setting up equipment.

I know we had some bad weather, but we were in a good place… though I read ?in the field day packet… this might not be “In the spirt of FD.” But think any shelter is a good shelter. We used emergency generator power and not commercial power. Some hams even do field day from EOC which can be in a mobile home setup or in a building within the city.

I had a hard time with setting up my big dipole due to the dew point and temps were a bad combination for me this year. But I persevered by resting and taking a few breaks. I would of liked to of been on the air more than I did. But I was very excited to work the South Cook Islands with a few other DX stations. I will try to get a QSL card for both me and the for the club callsign at some point. I will be logging that as our 1st contact in Logbook Of the World for the club!

After doing field day again after a few years hiatus, It was both hard and still fun to do. Now with this experience of coordinating FD, I think I will be better prepared for next years FD event! Cause I will have reference material to fall back on. I hope we can get more people to volunteer to help us make a few more bonus points for next years event. The more we do it…. Hopefully the easier it gets!

I would like to see us hams get more familiar with the NTS 2.0. (National Traffic System) For this being field day, sending messages should be apart of it too. And is something we should practice how to do. Myself… I’ve only forwarded one message some years ago. And to me, that is not enough. I ran across a YouTube zoom meeting video about it. I will post something about it to everyone at a later time. I know we did some traffic handling with help from Lee WB?TRA some years ago. I do not think it is that hard to do… but am willing to learn again as I hope most of you do to.

So here’s our results from our attempt to get back in the swing of things in some time… I am proud that we were able to do field day this year and looking forward to next years!

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: ARRL <noreply@...>
Date: Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Subject: ARRL FD 2023 Entry - W0CRC
To: <kb0dco@...>

Congratulations! You've successfully submitted your Field Day entry, as well as uploaded all required documentation. Your confirmation number is 25nd24yf. A summary of your submission is provided below for your review. If you have any questions about your log, please contact the Contest section at contests@....

If you need to update your entry, enter soapbox comments or upload photos of your Field Day activities, please use the appropriate link below.

Links:
Update entry/upload documents? ?
Soapbox comments/photos? ? ? ? ?

Summary:

Entry received at: 2023-07-25 01:36:06

Call Used: W0CRC? ? ?GOTA Station Call: (NONE)? ? ?ARRL/RAC Section: MN? ? ?Class: 3A

Participants: 9? ? ?Club/Group Name: Crow River Amateur Radio Club

Power Source(s): Generator

Power Multiplier: 2X

Preliminary Total Score: 1,242

Bonus Points:
? 100% emergency power? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 300
? Media Publicity? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?100 - Documented by 2023 CRARC FD Press Release.pdf
? Public location? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?100
? Formal messages handled (1 x 10, max of 100)? ? ?10 - Documented by 2023 FD NTS Message Received.png
? Site visit by invited served agency? ? ? ? ? ? ?100
? Safety officer? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 100 - Documented by W0CRC FD Report 2023 (L).pdf
? Social media? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 100
? Satellite QSO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?100
? Entry submitted via web? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 50
Total bonus points? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 960

Score Summary: (Cabrillo log/dupe sheet file: W0CRC.dup)
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? CW? Digital? Phone? Total
? ?Total QSOs? ? ? 0? ? ?54? ? ? 33
?Total Points? ? ? 0? ? 108? ? ? 33? ? 141? ?Claimed Score = (QSO points x power mult) = 282

Submitted by: Thomas Gagnon, KB0DCO? ?kb0dco@...

Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?CW? ? ? ? ? Digital? ? ? Phone
? ? ? ? ? ? QSOs Pwr(W)? QSOs Pwr(W)? QSOs Pwr(W)
? ? ? 160m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?80m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?40m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?3? ?100
? ? ? ?20m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?54? ?100? ? ?18? ?100
? ? ? ?15m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?9? ?100
? ? ? ?10m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2? ?100
? ? ? ? 6m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? 2m? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?222? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ?432? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?Other? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
?Satellite? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1? ? ?5
? ? ? GOTA? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ?TOTAL? ? ?0? ? ? ? ? ?54? ? ? ? ? ?33

--

KB?DCO
Thomas Gagnon
Sent from my IPAD 4th Gen. Air Touch

Quarterly meenting

#29

The next quarterly meeting will be held at 6:30pm, Tuesday July 25th. Quarterly meetings unless noted otherwise are held at the Kandiyohi Rescue Squad Building located at 213 Lakeland Drive NE, Willmar MN, 56201
There will assistance available for anyone that might need help programming the upcomimg 100hz tone for access to the 146.910- repeater

Sioux Falls SD Hamfest/Swapmeet #hamfest

#28

The Sioux Empire Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that we will be brining back our annual swap meet on Saturday, July 15th from 8:00 – 12:00. This year we will be hosting the event at a new location, Westminster Presbyterian Church located at 3801 E. 26th St., Sioux Falls, SD.

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A flyer is now available (attached) for posting in the community, at your most recent meeting or to provide to anyone who would be interested

2023-tailgate-flyer-v2.1.jpg

Upcoming 146.910 repeater tone

#27

Hello members,
In the next 30-60 days we will be enabling a 100hz ctcss tone on the 146.910 repeater in efforts to help cut out or reduce interference and noise.?
Programming the 100hz ctcss tone into your radios now will ensure uninterrupted use of the repeater when the change goes into effect. Having the tone pre programmed into your radio early will not effect use of the .91 before the change happens.?
If you would like help programming the tone into you radios, we will try to help at the next scheduled club meeting at 6:30pm on Tuesday, July 25th located at the Kandiyohi Rescue Squad Building. Address 213 Lakeland Drive SE.

I will also set up a time to help any CERT members with radios that need programming at a future CERT meeting.

Volunteers On The Air #w1aw #arrl

#24

The yearlong ARRL Volunteers On the Air event, recognizing the support and contributions of ARRL volunteers, continues. Get on the air and make contacts with as many ARRL volunteers or members as possible. There will be week-long activations of portable W1AW/# stations in all 50 states, and in several US Possessions/Territories. For a schedule of W1AW/# portable operations, see the . Be sure to upload your logs to LoTW and check your score online. Check out the full details at .

ARRL Kids Day #arrl

#21

ARRL Kids Day Saturday June 17:

ARRL Kids Day is on Saturday, June 17, and will run from 1800 UTC

through 2359 UTC. It's the perfect opportunity to introduce youngsters

to the excitement of amateur radio. The exchange is the participant's

name, age, location, and favorite color. Sponsored by the Boring,

(Oregon) Amateur Radio Club, Kids Day is held every year on the first

Saturday in January and the third Saturday in June. More information is

available at .

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

#20

Thanks to everyone that came out to the Sibley State Park POTA activation!
There was lots of interest from passing by hikers and families enjoying the park this morning. It was equally as fun explaining ham radio and "what are you doing" questions from curious kids and adults.
The activation was a success as far as activations go by QRP standards (10watts or less). Band conditions were good on the 20 meter band, although intentional QRM was heard.?
14 contacts (10 required for POTA) were made in about an hour and a half of operation.

Licensing resources

#19

Amateur radio licensing information with links to the FCC CORES/ULS, Hamstudy.org and ARRL have been added to the OPERATING tab on the??club website.?

Re: Required FCC RF Exposure Evaluations #fcc #arrl

#18

My take on it is to just run your readings for all your bands you operate and if you make changes to antenna or new radio redo it so you know where you sit for everyone nearby and just keep a copy on file in case some one makes a complaint.

Dan - KC0CAP
kc0cap@...

Re: Required FCC RF Exposure Evaluations #fcc #arrl

#17

I’ve read the literature a couple of times and I didn’t think about at the time but I do not recall any mention of mobile radio applications for vehicles. Does anyone know if we are supposed to carry RF exposure calculations in our vehicles?

Required FCC RF Exposure Evaluations #fcc #arrl

#16

Provided are two links, the first link will be to the ARRL article outlining the FCC's new ruling regarding amateur radio operators, and the second link is to the ARRL exposure calculator. The RF Exposure calculator makes easy work of determining the minimum safe distance from antennas that are in use.

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

#15

100% down.

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

#14

Randy, when I mention to the wife about going to the park for an activation, she said we should just make it a weekend and go camping.

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

#13

Sounds fun! I'll need a camping day after this spring work is done.

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

#12

Depending on site setup I could try. I don't have an easily deployable antenna for 40m/80m NVIS. I do have 80m NVIS capabilities at home how ever.

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

KD0FPM Ben Maas

#11

Will you be NVIS?

Re: Sibley State Park #pota #qrp

#10

Talk in frequency of 146.580mHz

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