ARES Net 12-24-24 checkins
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You are the bomb! ?Thanks so much;-)
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Barbara
KM4RBE
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I¡¯ll go ahead and take it. Gonna do the club net as well and you guys enjoy the evening. You do enough as is!?
73 and Christmas wishes Scott KQ4RUF On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 12:43?PM Barbara Curtis KM4RBE via <sportingclaysgirl= [email protected]> wrote:
Scott,
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Sorry for the delay.? Wasn¡¯t home to check calendar.? We didn¡¯t have anyone on for tonight so Alan was going to call it unless you want to.? Let me know and thanks!
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Barbara
KM4RBE
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Scott,
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Sorry for the delay. ?Wasn¡¯t home to check calendar. ?We didn¡¯t have anyone on for tonight so Alan was going to call it unless you want to. ?Let me know and thanks!
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Barbara
KM4RBE
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Barbara,
Tried finding the schedule for December¡¯s net call, was curious who you have scheduled for tonight¡¯s net. Thanks
Scott KQ4RUF On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 3:02?PM Barbara Curtis KM4RBE via <sportingclaysgirl= [email protected]> wrote:
ARES Members
Please note that we agreed to cancel our meeting this month on December 12, 2024 and resume in January. ?
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Our antenna building workshop will be January 4, 2025 during the W4DHN workday.? More info is on the Groups.io.? The antenna building is open to anyone as long as you let us know you are coming so we can advise you what pieces/parts you will need to bring (or make arrangements to purchase) to help build the antenna you would like.? The workshop begins at 9am at the American Red Cross Office, in Dothan.
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Snacks and Coffee will be available;-)
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Also of note: ?Alan and I totally understand being busy and/or having too many irons in the fire.? Our ARES club is not a mandatory show up each month or even Task Book progress each month.? Yes, in a perfect world we would all love that, but with that said, if you don¡¯t enjoy learning about the ARES world or helping others/our community, then just tell us you are not interested BUT,¡ if you are interested, at least stay on the fringes and keep your ears and eyes open to the information and jump in when you can.? It is always better to be at least somewhat familiar with a program than clueless when you want or need to jump in and help.? We are in this for the long haul to become better HAM operators and to understand how we best can serve when disasters/tragedies happen. It is not a race, just a progression of becoming more informed and knowing who and where we need to contact/network when the chips are down.
Teamwork is always the best work.
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I appreciate all of you!
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Happy Holidays,
Barbara
KM4RBE
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
Woohoo!? Go Kade!? Thank you so much Thomas!? I will do my best to make sure all goes well with him! On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:36?AM Thomas Sayne KJ4IRF via <the1337bofh= [email protected]> wrote:
I talked to Kade.? He said he would give it a try.? I put him down for Feb 11.? I'll be there if he needs a hand.
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JAN 7 - Barbara Curtis
JAN 14 -
JAN 21 -Richard Major
JAN 28 -Scott Drum
FEB 4 -?
FEB 11 - Kade KQ4WVW
FEB 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
FEB 25 - Richard Major
MAR 4 - Alan Curtis
MAR 11 -?
MAR 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
MAR 25 - Richard Major
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Re: ADPH Houston County Stations
Thank you for the update on the local Health Department station.? That was the one I intended when I said "local ADPH station".? I knew the antennas were damaged, but did not know anything further.? I'm glad to hear that repairs are in progress and that the equipment is present and operational.? If you guys need repair help or parts for the station, let me know and I will fill in.
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I'm currently working with Alan KQ4ELM on build outs for portable stations.? I also have some other things in the works, such as coordination with the shelters around the community, which I will bring to the table once they solidify.? If anyone has any further ideas or insight regarding permanent stations with the Flowers station being out of commission, please bring it up for discussion.
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KJ4IRF
Thomas
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Re: ADPH Houston County Stations
There is no need to reach out to the Houston County Health Department, if that is one on the list. There are several WARC club members, including myself, who have been working with them to get their station back up and running. They are aware that a new HF antenna is needed at their?location on Cottonwood Road. If other people start reaching out separately, it is only going to create confusion. Both HF and VHF/UHF radios are on site and working.
I cannot lend any insight into the Flowers Hospital situation, other than to say the money for these stations came from a grant that ADPH received. I don't think any radio club was involved in that grant, but someone else may know different.?
Charles W4CLW On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 11:19?AM Thomas Sayne KJ4IRF via <the1337bofh= [email protected]> wrote:
I have done some digging into the ADPH-funded station at Flowers and have reached a dead end.? The Director of Plant Operations at Flowers states that he looked around and could not find the radio equipment at all.? I'm not certain where the equipment went.? He stated that someone named Bill Woodham used to run the radio station and is now retired.? I don't know who this person is.? I don't see a Bill or William Woodham in the FCC ULS database in the state of Alabama.? I know a Bert Woodham, who owns the cabinet shop down the road from me.? I can contact him to see if Bill is of any relation, but it seems as if we have reached the end of the rope here.
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It might be an option to request another grant to rebuild the station, but I am not certain that we would not wind up in the same situation some years down the road.? Perhaps we can think up alternative locations for another station.? There is a very big upside to having a station at Flowers as it is one of the central points of emergency-related activity in the county, not to mention the height of the building.? I don't know if the antennas are still in place there.? I told him that I'd reach out again soon to visit and inspect it myself.
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Ken Hosey K4PDI stated that he would check the status of the local ADPH station to see if any equipment remains on site there.? The last word we had on that station is the antennas were damaged during roof construction.? The status of the radios is unknown until one of us finds out.? Ken, has there been any update on this one?
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The Southeast Health station is in good working order, aside from the HF radio still being in the repair shop in Syracuse.? I analyzed both of the HF antennas and have full SWR graphs of each band on each antenna printed and present at the station's control point.? The VHF/UHF antennas, feedlines, and radio are all in great working order.? I have been activating that station once per month during our nets.? My next activation of that station is tomorrow night.
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Does anyone have any insight or updates for the remaining stations?
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KJ4IRF
Thomas
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
I talked to Kade.? He said he would give it a try.? I put him down for Feb 11.? I'll be there if he needs a hand.
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JAN 7 - Barbara Curtis
JAN 14 -
JAN 21 -Richard Major
JAN 28 -Scott Drum
FEB 4 -?
FEB 11 - Kade KQ4WVW
FEB 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
FEB 25 - Richard Major
MAR 4 - Alan Curtis
MAR 11 -?
MAR 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
MAR 25 - Richard Major
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ADPH Houston County Stations
I have done some digging into the ADPH-funded station at Flowers and have reached a dead end.? The Director of Plant Operations at Flowers states that he looked around and could not find the radio equipment at all.? I'm not certain where the equipment went.? He stated that someone named Bill Woodham used to run the radio station and is now retired.? I don't know who this person is.? I don't see a Bill or William Woodham in the FCC ULS database in the state of Alabama.? I know a Bert Woodham, who owns the cabinet shop down the road from me.? I can contact him to see if Bill is of any relation, but it seems as if we have reached the end of the rope here.
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It might be an option to request another grant to rebuild the station, but I am not certain that we would not wind up in the same situation some years down the road.? Perhaps we can think up alternative locations for another station.? There is a very big upside to having a station at Flowers as it is one of the central points of emergency-related activity in the county, not to mention the height of the building.? I don't know if the antennas are still in place there.? I told him that I'd reach out again soon to visit and inspect it myself.
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Ken Hosey K4PDI stated that he would check the status of the local ADPH station to see if any equipment remains on site there.? The last word we had on that station is the antennas were damaged during roof construction.? The status of the radios is unknown until one of us finds out.? Ken, has there been any update on this one?
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The Southeast Health station is in good working order, aside from the HF radio still being in the repair shop in Syracuse.? I analyzed both of the HF antennas and have full SWR graphs of each band on each antenna printed and present at the station's control point.? The VHF/UHF antennas, feedlines, and radio are all in great working order.? I have been activating that station once per month during our nets.? My next activation of that station is tomorrow night.
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Does anyone have any insight or updates for the remaining stations?
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KJ4IRF
Thomas
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
Thank you Scott. ?Added you for Jan 28, but Feb 25 was already signed up for.
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JAN 7 - Barbara Curtis
JAN 14 -
JAN 21 -Richard Major
JAN 28 -Scott Drum
FEB 4 -?
FEB 11 -?
FEB 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
FEB 25 - Richard Major
MAR 4 - Alan Curtis
MAR 11 -?
MAR 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
MAR 25 - Richard Major
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Re: Net Checkins 12/10/24
Sorry about that!? Next week I will listen for you and if I don¡¯t hear you I¡¯ll try to call you.? 73 Alan?
On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 10:05?PM Brent H Gourley KE4MZ via <bgrly= [email protected]> wrote: I see nobody heard me. Again!
after the net? , i also see that 5.43 memory channel was set plus offset !
The icom id5100 is complex. It behaves as if it was two xmtrs each sharing the same 2 memory banks; one with 1000 slots, the other quick access w/ just 4 slots. One or both xmtrs will do the icom digital. The icom in the car is -old- and simpler.
brent, ke4mz
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Brent, KE4MZ
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Re: Net Checkins 12/10/24
I see nobody heard me. Again!
after the net? , i also see that 5.43 memory channel was set plus offset !
The icom id5100 is complex. It behaves as if it was two xmtrs each sharing the same 2 memory banks; one with 1000 slots, the other quick access w/ just 4 slots. One or both xmtrs will do the icom digital. The icom in the car is -old- and simpler.
brent, ke4mz
On Dec 10, 2024 7:41 PM, "Thomas Sayne KJ4IRF via groups.io" <the1337bofh@...> wrote: 16 checkins tonight as opposed to 10 last week.? Great turn out!? Thanks everyone!
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Re: Net Checkins 12/10/24
Thank ya, ma'am!
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73
Thomas
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Re: Net Checkins 12/10/24
Excellent Job Thomas!! ?
Barbara
KM4RBE
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16 checkins tonight as opposed to 10 last week.? Great turn out!? Thanks everyone!
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
Thank you Richard.
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JAN 7 - Barbara Curtis
JAN 14 -
JAN 21 -Richard Major
JAN 28 -
FEB 4 -?
FEB 11 -?
FEB 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
FEB 25 - Richard Major
MAR 4 - Alan Curtis
MAR 11 -?
MAR 18 - Thomas KJ4IRF
MAR 25 - Richard Major
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Hey Cade,¡. We would love you to try your hand calling an ARES net ?,¡ just saying.
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
I can take Jan 21, Feb 25, and March 25. And anywhere else if needed.
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On Dec 10, 2024, at 10:19?AM, Thomas Sayne KJ4IRF via groups.io <the1337bofh@...> wrote:
? No problem.? I can pick up the slack where needed, other than January.
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
No problem.? I can pick up the slack where needed, other than January.
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Re: Net Control for ARES net
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Alan Curtis KQ4ELM
N4MUL Thomas
Charles Woodall - W4CLW