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There is a Missouri ARES net every Sunday at 2pm. The net takes place on 7.263 Mhz or 3.963 Mhz depending on propagation. If 40 meters doesn't work, they move to 80 meters. Net control will call for check-in's by region. We are region G. You'll also be asked to provide your county. I'm sure you'll be able to listen to other stations to hear how to check in. In speaking with Don from the Ozark County club, there are only a few from region G that check in. We'd love to see region G better represented and test our HF communications as far as emergency communications are concerned.?

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Also, the Missouri Traffic Net occurs daily at 5:30pm on either of the frequencies listed above, the the primary is 80 meters (3.963Mhz). Check in if you're available.

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Also, I mentioned that I've been communicating with Don, who is the president of the Amateur Radio Club of the Ozarks in Ozark County. Some of their recent facebook posts had captured my attention where they had been testing simplex communications via 2 meter SSB. Up until this last week, I didn't own a radio capable of SSB on 2 meters!! Their plan was simply to see what kind of communications they could achieve on side band and possibly use that as a back haul to talk longer distances in the event repeaters aren't operational and 2 meter FM simplex doesn't cut it. An example would be that I might be able to talk simplex with Steve who doesn't live too far from me, but Steve can't talk via simplex to Mike who lives just north of the Arkansas border. Via side band, Mike and I might be able to talk and relay Steve's messages even though we're further apart. It's not a perfect example, but maybe you get the point. Anyway, I'm excited and looking forward to the opportunity to work with our neighbors, make more "ham buddies" as my wife would say, and improve our ability to communicate in times of need. If you have suggestions, please let me know!

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If you recall, the Spring that Joplin got hit, it was barely in the yellow slight risk area. Thank you.

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April 19th and 20th will be Support Your Parks weekend for anyone interested in POTA. I was able to participate in one of these weekends last year and achieve approximately 250 contacts in just a few hours at two different parks. The bands were jam packed with activators and the weather that weekend was perfect!! Tons of fun!! If you're unable to get out to a park, you can always be a hunter from your home and give all the activators the contacts they need!?

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I don't know what I'm going to do yet, but as long as it isn't raining, I'll probably set up somewhere. If you make plans, be sure and share!!

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The Missouri QSO Party is coming up on April 5th and 6th. The goal is to help other radio amateurs outside Missouri work as many counties as possible, and Missouri amateurs to work other states and countries. You can find all the rules at the link below. There’s a section on the website where you can register what counties and modes you plan to work on what days. Check it out! There’s already someone who’s registered to operate both CW and SSB from most of every county in southern Missouri over the two days. I need to take a closer look at the rules, but I think everyone can work from wherever they want and add our club call to their log when they submit it to create a club score (you need at least 3 submissions). It’ll definitely be a great way to make a ton of contacts that weekend! Hopefully everyone will be able to participate in one way or another!!?

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If I misrepresented something, let me know.

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Steve

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I would like to thank my parents, my siblings, and all the little people who got me here. I am feeling the love and support of the entire club and will continue striving to deserve your heartfelt feelings and sentiments.

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Since my writing often doesn't convey the audio and visual clues of face to face communication, the above is entirely tongue in cheek. I appreciate the humor and good-natured ribbing.

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Hope to see everyone at the meeting tonight.

Our monthly meeting is at 6pm Tuesday night at the Howell County EOC. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend due to a work related event. Steve, our club secretary and half way decent guy has volunteered (more like drew the short straw) will be moderating the meeting in my absence. I have passed my agenda along to him which has several topics to discuss as we move into spring & summer.

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My apologies for the scheduling conflict. Up until Friday, I was told this event was Wednesday. Oh well… can’t win them all. As a result, we’ll postpone our discussion / demonstration on HF antennas until next month as I don’t want to dump too much on Steve at a short notice. ?

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This may be a fun thing to play with, but I post it more as a reminder that all our devices have microphones that may be listening, even if you didn't intentionally configure it or the latest application you installed from a play store didn't ask permission.

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When I opened the bleepingcomputer link I was holding out hope that since our Android phones can now function as a shortwave radio, maybe we could program them over audio.

Cool, but not yet.

I've never known them to reschedule a class that had been canceled.?

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Link to the upcoming classes in the region if you’re interested. Chances are slim that they will reschedule the Howell County class.

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I will cover the net this evening.

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 08:40, Steve Schwandt KE0MYO via groups.io wrote:

I’ll cover unless someone else volunteers.?

I'm not going to be able to run the ARES net tonight.

ARES Net tonight at 8PM CST on repeater frequencies 145.250, 146.940, 444.425, EchoLink W0HCA-R, and AllStar Node 61749.

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Chris will be net control.

I agree, it sounds good. The button is well placed and convenient, but once it is on, would you ever turn it off? Could something you use more often be there?? I've got a Yaesu HF and as I recall I leave that enabled. My radio comes out of storage soon as the house remodel is fast approaching the cleanup stage. I'll confirm at that time.

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025, at 22:25, Eric Presser - KD?CEN via groups.io wrote: