We’re going to attempt a POTA activation Saturday at 3pm. Join us if you can at White Ranch, Trail 6. We’ll set up a couple radios and work under the club call sign, but will have to stay on different bands to prevent duplicates. We’ll try to use the HAMRS program to do our logging. It has a POTA mode and very simple to use. If you haven’t checked it out, go to hamrs.app. They have a version for about every device you can come up with. We may have to share and take turns, loggers / talkers sort of thing but we’ll make it work. You’ll probably want to bring a lawn chair also.?
Below is a link with some information on doing a club activation. Thinking the solar flare might cause the bands to be a problem?…. I decided to sneak down to the dean davis conservation area today and see how conditions were. They were up and down a little but I ended up making 111 contacts in just under 2 hours on 20 meters…. So we should be fine!!! Was a ton of fun!!
?
Hope you’ll be able to join us.?
Eric
?
?
|
ARES net tonight at 8pm if you’re able to join!!
|
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 10:00 AM, Eric Presser - KD?CEN via groups.io <eric.presser@...> wrote: Below is a link with some streaming options for the hurricane watch net. You can also monitor those frequencies direct on your HF radio if available. I’m mobile today and listening to the stream. I’m also monitoring the SARnet, which is Florida's statewide amateur radio network or repeaters. A link to it is below as well.?
?
|
Club and ARES Meeting Minutes 8 Oct 2024
If you have corrections, please add a comment. TIA.
?
|
Below is a link with some streaming options for the hurricane watch net. You can also monitor those frequencies direct on your HF radio if available. I’m mobile today and listening to the stream. I’m also monitoring the SARnet, which is Florida's statewide amateur radio network or repeaters. A link to it is below as well.?
?
|
Upcoming events….
?
This Saturday, October 12 at 3pm, Parks on the Air activation at White Ranch, Trail 6
Saturday October 19th, Farmers Market from 9 - 1
?
Every Thursday Night, 8pm ARES net on 145.250.
?
|
Club meeting tonight at 6pm at the Howell County EOC. Hope everyone can join us. Should be a good meeting!!?
|
Interested in a DIY LiFePO4 Battery Tester Project?
Does this project look interesting to anyone else?
?
Wiring Diagram. I can't speak to the safety or credibility of the site, but none of the alarms in LibreWolfe or uBlock Origin went off.
?
RELATED: working my way through this Ham Radio Workbench podcast.
?
?
Steve
|
I plan to join tonight, but it was meant to be a test of whether I have my rig running correctly. Recall that last time I tried to host the net my radio cutout after the first few seconds even though it had tested fine earlier in the day. I simply have no faith yet in my setup.
Steve
On Thu, Oct 3, 2024, at 11:58, Eric Presser - KD?CEN wrote:
ARES Net tonight at 8pm. I think our schedule has run out, and I’ll be out of town at a volleyball game tonight, unlikely to be done in time. Any volunteers for net control?
?
?
Steve Schwandt
Howell County Ham Radio Club
KE0MYO
|
ARES Net tonight at 8pm. I think our schedule has run out, and I’ll be out of town at a volleyball game tonight, unlikely to be done in time. Any volunteers for net control?
?
?
|
Re: FW: NC Amateur Radio Emergency Traffic
That is awesome. On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 1:20?PM Mike Coldiron - N0MIC via <howellcountyemd= [email protected]> wrote:
Just thought you might like to know about this if you want to hear some of what the ham operators are doing in NC ? ? ? This is what amateur radio is all about.
Shared from discord.
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.
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
>
> Benjamin, WY2K
|
Re: FW: NC Amateur Radio Emergency Traffic
Thank you for sharing. Once again, the importance of amateur radio operators shines bright.
On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 04:58:51 PM CDT, Eric Presser - KD?CEN <eric.presser@...> wrote:
Thanks for sharing, Mike. I’ve been listening to this as I’ve been able to over the weekend. They’re doing a great job!
|
Re: FW: NC Amateur Radio Emergency Traffic
Thanks for sharing, Mike. I’ve been listening to this as I’ve been able to over the weekend. They’re doing a great job!
|
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@... 
? ? This is what amateur radio is all about.
Shared from discord.
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.
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
>
> Benjamin, WY2K
|
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.)
?
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.??
?
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.
?-
?
|
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.)
?
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.??
?
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.
?-
?
|
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.
|
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!!
?
Eric
?
?
|
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.
?
Eric
?
|
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.?
|
Eric Presser - KD?CEN
Mike Coldiron - N0MIC