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-----Original Message----- From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist@...> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 11:00 AM To: kspencer1@... Subject: The Rains County "Emory" Hamfest is April 23, 2022 Further info may be found at their website http://w5ent.org The Emory hamfest is sponsored by the Rains County Amateur Radio Club The fest is located about a one hour Drive from most of us at the Rains County Fair Grounds It is a One half day event that starts at 0700. Covered area is about the size of Irving's Hamfest However, this fest also includes a tailgate area A Flyer is posted on the website http://w5ent.org Any questions please consult Rains County ARC Club members I hope to see many of you there. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL North Texas Section Section Manager: Steven Lott Smith, KG5VK kg5vk@... --------------------------------------------------------------------

FYI… From: charles.woodrum@... [mailto:charles.woodrum@...] On Behalf Of SR-SHV Skywarn - NOAA Service Account Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 9:31 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: NWS Shreveport - Virtual Skywarn Spotter Training Schedule NWS Shreveport Skywarn Spotters, Due to ongoing federal restrictions due to COVID-19, unfortunately we will not be able to hold any in-person Skywarn Spotter Training sessions this season. We hope to return with a hybrid of virtual and in-person opportunities in the Fall. We will be offering four virtual Skywarn Spotter Training Sessions into early March. Please help us advertise these talks for the public in your area. 1. Facebook Live - February 10th at 7:00 p.m. Davyon Hill will be providing training on how to identify severe weather and report it to the National Weather Service in Shreveport. Please join us via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/NWSShreveport 2. GoToWebinar - February 17th at 7:00 p.m. Chris Nuttall will be providing training on how to identify severe weather and report it to the National Weather Service in Shreveport. Please make sure to register at: GoToWebinar - Skywarn Spotter Training 3. Facebook Live - February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. Brandon Thorne will be providing training on how to identify severe weather and report it to the National Weather Service in Shreveport. Please join us via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/NWSShreveport 4. GoToWebinar - March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Jason Hansford will be providing training on how to identify severe weather and report it to the National Weather Service in Shreveport. Please make sure to register at: GoToWebinar - Skywarn Spotter Training In order to official renew your status as a Skywarn Spotter and get a certificate, please attend our webinars on February 17th or March 3rd. For any questions related to this training session, please contact NWS Shreveport Skywarn Focal Points, Davyon.Hill@... and Chris Nuttall@.... Sincerely, NWS Shreveport, LA

FYI – Some hams in the Longview area have started a NVIS net on Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm on 80 meters (3.805 MHz). Kelly… KD5S

ARRL has published field day results. They can be found here http://field-day.arrl.org/fdresults.php -- 73 William Collier KG5SVM

October 16 – Grace Baptist Church on US 69 just north of Lufkin starting at 7:00 a.m. Details on the tailgate sale were announced on tonight’s Continental Traders Net (go to 10:42 on the recording): http://www.wk5r.org/Downloads/3.922.mp3 Kelly… KD5S

FYI… From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Roy Walker WA5YZD 1A Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Special] [TexasRACES] 60M BAND USAGE - FM FEMA HQ WASHINGTON DC//SPECTRUM MANAGER// TO U.S. FEDERAL & AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS This message was transmitted via SHARES National Net: FM FEMA HQ WASHINGTON DC//SPECTRUM MANAGER// TO U.S. FEDERAL & AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS 1. This is to notify all users of the 60-meter/5 MHz HF interoperability channels that channels 1 and 2 will be available, as necessary, beginning August 30, 2021 for interoperability between U.S. Government stations and U.S. Amateur Radio stations involved in Hurricane Ida emergency communications, and will remain active until after the storm has passed and the need for these channels no longer exists or September 6, 2021, whichever comes first. An extension is available upon request. 2. The following frequencies will be utilized: Channel 1 - Primary voice traffic 5332 kHz channel center, 5330.5 kHz USB Voice (Dial) Channel 2 - Digital traffic 5348 kHz channel center, 5346.5 kHz USB with 1.5 kHz offset to center of digital waveform 3. As a reminder, please yield to operational traffic related to Hurricane Ida. Although the intended use for these channels is interoperability between federal government stations and licensed U.S. amateur radio stations, federal government stations are Primary users and amateurs are Secondary users.//

FYI… NWS Shreveport Partners, Now that we are into the late summer, we'll soon be approaching our Fall severe weather season. That means it's time for the Fall 2021 Skywarn Training Season. Unfortunately, due to ongoing COVID restrictions, we will not be able to conduct in-person classes. Therefore, we are going to handle this season much like last Spring. We will conduct four virtual classes. Two will use Facebook Live and will not require pre-registration. Two will use GoToMeeting and will require pre-registration. The dates are listed below. These four classes all start at 7pm Central Time. · Thursday, September 9, 2021: 7:00pm-8:30pm o GoToMeeting: Click here the register · Thursday, September 16, 2021: 7:00pm-8:30pm o Facebook Live: No registration required · Thursday, September 23, 2021: 7:00pm-8:30pm o GoToMeeting: Click here the register · Monday, September 27, 2021: 7:00pm-8:30pm o Facebook Live: No registration required Based on the live viewership from our past virtual classes, we decided that doing a few areawide, all-inclusive classes would be better and probably have better attendance than doing many virtual classes targeting specific groups of counties/parishes. However, we do recognize that some groups, such as our law enforcement and fire/rescue folks, may need special classes for their organizations to fulfill annual training requirements. If needed, we can conduct one of these virtual classes during normal business hours. If you are part of these organizations and need to schedule a special class with us outside of one of the dates listed above, please fill out this Skywarn Class Request Form and either Charlie Woodrum or Davyon Hill will get in touch with you. All of us here at the National Weather Service in Shreveport greatly value our relationships and partnerships with you. I don't think I can emphasize enough how much we truly rely on you folks in the field who provide us valuable ground truth information, whether it's damage reports or snow reports, and for helping to spread the word to promote weather safety before and during hazardous weather. Thank you for everything and for being so understanding as we continue to navigate these difficult times. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at sr-shv.skywarn@... or Warning Coordination Meteorologist Charlie Woodrum. Sincerely, NWS Shreveport - SKYWARN Coordinator

FCC Application Fees Unlikely to Go into Effect Until 2022 The previously announced schedule of FCC amateur radio application fees likely will not go into effect before 2022. FCC staff confirmed during a recent virtual meeting with Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) that the agency is still working on the necessary changes to the Universal Licensing System (ULS) software and other processes and procedures that must be in place before it starts collecting fees from amateur applicants. Earlier this year, the FCC said it would not start collecting fees from amateur applicants before this summer. The new estimate is that the fees won't go into effect until early next year. Once it's effective, a $35 application fee will apply to new, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and vanity call sign applications. All fees will be per application. Administrative update applications, such as those to change a licensee's name, mailing, or email address, will be exempt from fees. ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, said Volunteer Examiner (VE) teams will not face the burden of collecting the $35 fee. "Once the FCC application fee takes effect, new and upgrade applicants will pay the exam session fee to the VE team as usual, but they'll pay the $35 application fee directly to the FCC using the FCC Pay Fees system," she explained. When the FCC receives the examination information from the VEC, it will email a link with payment instructions to each successful candidate, who then will have 10 days from the date of the email to pay. After the fee is paid and the FCC has processed an application, examinees will receive a second email from the FCC with a link to their official license. The link will be good for 30 days. Licensees also will be able to view, download, and print official license copies by logging into their FCC ULS account. The FCC no longer provides printed licenses. Licensees can log into the ULS with their 10-digit FRN (FCC Registration Number) and password at any time to view and manage their license and application, print their license, and update anything in their FCC license record, including adding an email address. Read an expanded version of this story.

The FCC has adopted guidelines and procedures for evaluating environmental effects of RF emissions. The new guidelines incorporate two tiers of exposure limits based on whether exposure occurs in an occupational or "controlled" situation, or whether the general population is exposed or exposure is in an "uncontrolled" situation. Under the new FCC rules, some amateurs need to perform routine station evaluations to ensure that their stations comply with the RF exposure rules. This can be as simple as running an online calculator to determine the minimum safe distance between any part of your antenna and areas where people might be exposed to RF energy from your station. Although amateurs can make measurements of their stations, evaluations can also be done by calculation. To make this easy for amateurs, ARRL now provides an RF exposure calculator on its RF Exposure page. To use the calculator, enter your transmit peak-envelope power (PEP) and operating mode, and answer the questions about the maximum amount of time you might be transmitting. The calculator will give you the minimum distance people must be from your antenna and human exposure. You can print the results and keep them in your station records. There is no requirement to send your results to the FCC.

Good evening fellow HAM's, With the recent spike in Covid numbers, some folks may be temporarily reluctant to go out into the world. However, there is good news, QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is scheduled for August 14-15. Last year it was free, but this year it will cost a small fee to fully participate. If you are unsure if this may be something for you, they are offering a free preview until August 3rd. They have several presentations from last years expo as well as a couple of vendors. Below is the link. https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/ -- 73 William Collier KG5SVM

FYI… Aug. 14 – Shreveport, LA Sept. 10-11 – Mena, AR Oct. 2 – Belton, TX Oct. 22-23 – Ardmore, OK Travel safely! Kelly… KD5S

PLEASE JOIN US FOR UAARC MEETING MONDAY - JULY 12 IN URECC AUDITORIUM

UAARC Field Day 2021 is Saturday, Sunday June 26, 27. All are welcome! Join us Thursday evening at 2000 Local (8:00 PM) on 146.90 Repeater for the ARES net (all welcome) for final details for FD. It's not too late to sign up to eat BBQ Brisket Saturday evening at 1900 Local. See https://uaarc.club for details. We have 30 folks signed up, so we are going to have a good time, first outing for our club!

UAARC June Club Meeting is the Second TUESDAY Not This evening, but tomorrow evening June 8th - this month only

UAARC June Club Meeting is the Second TUESDAY June 8th - this month only

UAARC will hold Field Day 2021 See https://uaarc.club for details and sign up

FYI – See attachment for all the gory details. Kelly… KD5S

UAARC Meeting at 7:00 PM May 10 This evening!!! Program is on Feed-lines and simple Antennas