FW: NC Amateur Radio Emergency Traffic
Just thought you might like to know about this if you want to hear some of what the ham operators are doing in NC ? Mike Coldiron Howell County Emergency Management Director 180 Kentucky Ave. West Plains Mo. 65775 Phone 417-255-0515 Fax 417-255-0514 Email howellcountyemd@... Secure email: ?Mike.coldiron@... 
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Sharing a message I was sharing in other venues because I think this group might find it interesting:
> As I think most of you know, Western North Carolina is....really bad right now. No power and phones to most of the area. There's a lot of health and welfare traffic going over ham radio, because there really isn't anything else.
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> A lot of this is being funneled through a repeater on Mt. Mitchell. There's a web stream of this repeater at??(this is normally a different repeater, but they remapped it).
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> Here's your chance to listen to emergency communications live. I'm tuned in as I send this mail, and they have incoming requests coming in and net control is trying to find hams in specific areas to do welfare checks requested by family outside of the area.
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> Benjamin, WY2K
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Thank you. I'm part of the events committee. I'll email you. We are always looking for ideas.?
On Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 3:03?PM David Patillo via <dpatillo57= [email protected]> wrote: Not trying to horn in on anything - just a thought. . . . Using APRS for "search and rescue" or foxhunting.? A team of foxhunters (searcher) would be around town (or search area), transmitting their location via APRS.? The "mapper" would locate them on a map of the search area.? ?When the searcher hears the beacon they would take a compass bearing and report that to the "mapper" who would draw a line on the map from the searchers location showing the reported bearing.? When each searcher reports and their bearing are drawn on the map, where the lines cross would be the location of the beacon (or at least very close).? (Disclaimer:? I have never personally been foxhunting.)
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This would be an application of radio, communication and land-navigation skills.? A WIN-WIN-WIN.??We could have a "scavenger hunt" for beacons.? Team that finds the most beacons in an allotted time wins.??
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When my sister was in Civil Air Patrol they sometimes did search and rescue for downed aircraft.? I have also seen APRS used to monitor cross country or marathon events.
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Not trying to horn in on anything - just a thought. . . . Using APRS for "search and rescue" or foxhunting.? A team of foxhunters (searcher) would be around town (or search area), transmitting their location via APRS.? The "mapper" would locate them on a map of the search area.? ?When the searcher hears the beacon they would take a compass bearing and report that to the "mapper" who would draw a line on the map from the searchers location showing the reported bearing.? When each searcher reports and their bearing are drawn on the map, where the lines cross would be the location of the beacon (or at least very close).? (Disclaimer:? I have never personally been foxhunting.)
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This would be an application of radio, communication and land-navigation skills.? A WIN-WIN-WIN.??We could have a "scavenger hunt" for beacons.? Team that finds the most beacons in an allotted time wins.??
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When my sister was in Civil Air Patrol they sometimes did search and rescue for downed aircraft.? I have also seen APRS used to monitor cross country or marathon events.
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ARES Net tonight at 8PM! Join us via the 145.250 (-) 110.9Hz repeater, 444.425 (+) 110.9Hz repeater, EchoLink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749 and the 146.940 (-) 110.9 Hz Repeater.
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Club Meeting Tuesday at 6pm
Club Meeting Tuesday night at 6pm. Please join if you can. Vice President, Craig AE0WA will moderate this meeting as I'll be out of town for training this week. Chris KC0F will have an ARES meeting following and I believe he plans on talking about an APRS Digipeater he has set up at his residence, which I'm sorry I'm going to miss. APRS can be a lot fun and very useful in an emergency, so be sure attend his presentation. I'd love to see us use it in the future!!
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With the Holiday this last Monday the fact that it¡¯s already Thursday snuck up on me, which means there is a net tonight at 8pm, Chris is net control. Hope everyone can make it.
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Eric
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ARES Net tonight at 8PM! Join us via the 145.250 (-) 110.9Hz repeater, 444.425 (+) 110.9Hz repeater, EchoLink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749 and the 146.940 (-) 110.9 Hz Repeater. I believe Ray is Net Control.?
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Club Meeting Minutes for August 2024
Also available in the repository.
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Re: New Yaesu All Mode QRP Radio
Very nice. I hope it¡¯s priced a little cheaper than the IC-705.?
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Re: New Yaesu All Mode QRP Radio
For your viewing pleasure.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 6:38?PM Eric Presser - KD?CEN via <eric.presser= [email protected]> wrote:
Word of a new Yaesu QRP all side radio has hit the internet. Thought I¡¯d share.
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Chris, this looks like the 817/818 killer¡
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New Yaesu All Mode QRP Radio
Word of a new Yaesu QRP all mode radio has hit the internet. Thought I¡¯d share.
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Chris, this looks like the 817/818 killer¡
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Re: Updated ARES Net Control schedule
And today is the day¡. Join if you can for the ARES Net at 8pm.?
Thanks, Chris.?
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Updated ARES Net Control schedule
ARES Net every Thursday evening @ 8:00 pm on repeaters 145.250Mhz (-)110.9 tone, 444.425 (+) 110.9 tone and 146.940Mhz ,(-)110.9 tone. Echolink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749.
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ARES Net Control Schedule August thru September 19th as follows:
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August 22nd Steve
August 29th Ray
September 5th Chris
September 12th Eric
September 19th Craig
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If Net Control times don't work swap with others on the schedule.
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Chris
KC0F
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Re: ARES Net Control schedule
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 9:25?AM David Patillo via <dpatillo57= [email protected]> wrote: Is the .94 machine still linked?
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 8:20?PM Chris Miller via <Linuxgeek98= [email protected]> wrote:
ARES Net every Thursday evening @ 8:00 pm on repeaters 145.250Mhz (-)110.9 tone and 444.425 (+) 110.9 tone. Echolink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749.
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ARES Net Control Schedule August thru September 19th as follows:
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August 22nd Chris?
August 29th Ray
September 5th Steve
September 12th Eric
September 19th Craig
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If Net Control times don't work swap with others on the schedule.
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Chris
KC0F?
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Re: ARES Net Control schedule
Is the .94 machine still linked?
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 8:20?PM Chris Miller via <Linuxgeek98= [email protected]> wrote:
ARES Net every Thursday evening @ 8:00 pm on repeaters 145.250Mhz (-)110.9 tone and 444.425 (+) 110.9 tone. Echolink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749.
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ARES Net Control Schedule August thru September 19th as follows:
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August 22nd Chris?
August 29th Ray
September 5th Steve
September 12th Eric
September 19th Craig
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If Net Control times don't work swap with others on the schedule.
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73
Chris
KC0F?
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ARES Net Control schedule
ARES Net every Thursday evening @ 8:00 pm on repeaters 145.250Mhz (-)110.9 tone and 444.425 (+) 110.9 tone. Echolink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749.
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ARES Net Control Schedule August thru September 19th as follows:
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August 22nd Chris?
August 29th Ray
September 5th Steve
September 12th Eric
September 19th Craig
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If Net Control times don't work swap with others on the schedule.
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73
Chris
KC0F?
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ARES Net tonight at a new time of 8PM! Join us via the 145.250 (-) 110.9Hz repeater, 444.425 (+) 110.9Hz repeater, EchoLink node W0HCA-R, or AllStar node 61749 and the 146.940 (-) 110.9 Hz Repeater.
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I deleted my previous message as it had 2023 dates. Sorry. The correct dates for the Joplin Hamfest are August 23 & 24 for 2024. For more info, visit
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Re: Welcome message update
Disregard. I found it. I had changed it on the front page but totally missed the welcome message. Thanks for passing that along, David!
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Mike Coldiron - N0MIC
Eric Presser - KD?CEN