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Ham Gear for Sale
All Equipment is new in the box! Diamond Antenna Duplexer MX-62M. $50 MFJ-969 Antenna Tuner. $200 MFJ-269 SWR Antenna Analyzer, $250 Asking price... some room to negotiate. Thank you, Robert Spainhour - KD5ZRD 903-253-3676
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October 31, 2022: NO ETECS NET
Good evening! We will not have an ETECS training net tomorrow night. Our next net is scheduled for November 28, 2022. 73, Mark W5MCT
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Oct TARC meeting
FYI, please see below my email in the TARC email group¡ Operators, we have invited a few youth groups to attend the October monthly meeting. A few of us (N5EAB, WB5CTQ, KI5OFN) will be bringing our equipment and setting up to demonstrate voice and digital (Winlink Vara HF) communications. If you have portable equipment that you would like to bring to set up with us or to just show the equipment to the youth, please feel free to join us. This would also provide demos for other members of digital Vara communications for those interested. I would also like to ask for someone to speak to them briefly about ham radio and the Tyler club, about testing and licensure, and ETECS, if possible. Please RSVP to me if you are able to bring your equipment to help demo and/or help speak to some of the different parts of ham radio. Look forward to seeing you all there. Thanks all, N5EAB Andrew Bogue 903.730.0556 Abogue77@...
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W5ETX Repeater System Reminder: Tonight's net will be on 145.210 ONLY
The 145.210 repeater in Tyler is not currently connected to the W5ETX system. It is operational as a stand-alone repeater and will be the repeater used for tonight's net. All the other repeaters in the system are operational but will not carry tonight's net.
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ETECS Training Net Tonight
ETECS Training Net is this evening at 7:00 PM on tHE W5ETX re[eater system.
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In-Person Skywarn Training is Back!
Save the Date! After a several year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Weather Service in Shreveport will be presenting their Skywarn Spotter Training class in-person in Tyler this fall. Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2002 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Place: Shiloh Road Church of Christ 1801 Shiloh Rd Tyler, TX 75703 The public is invited to attend, so pass the word along to anyone who might be interested. We will pass on more information as it becomes available. 73, Mark Taylor, W5MCT
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Special ETECS Net Tonight
Our monthly net is tonight at 7PM. There is an Emcomm exercise scheduled for late September and we want to maximize participation. Participation in the exercise can be as simple or complex as you wish and is open to all radio operators. Please join us this evening to learn more. 73, Mark W5MCT
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Memorial Day Nets
Hello, all! ETECS normally does not have its usual monthly training net in May due to the Memorial Day weekend. This year, however, will be a little different. Tomorrow, May 30 at 7:00 PM, there will be a planning and information net on the ETECS system to discuss the upcoming RAC exercise scheduled for June 18. Please check into this net if you can. You may also have heard about a FEMA Region 4 and Region 6 Communications Outage Exercise on May 31/June 1, 2022. At this time ETECS IS NOT planning to participate in this exercise as an organization. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 73, Mark Taylor, W5MCT Smith County ARES EC Texas State RACES RR02A
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ETECS NET TONIGHT
ETECS training net this evening at 7 PM on W5ETX system. 73, Mark W5MCT
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Good evening! Per the email below, the NWS Shreveport office is requesting spotter vigilance throughout the current winter weather event. Spotters can report ice and snow accumulations directly to the NWS in Shreveport using the instructions contained in the email. We will not formally run a Skywarn net during this event unless the situation warrants. However, operators are encouraged to monitor the TARC and ETECS repeater systems for situational awareness. Thanks for your service! 73, Mark Taylor, W5MCT ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: SR-SHV Skywarn - NOAA Service Account <sr-shv.skywarn@...> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 7:43 PM Subject: NWS Shreveport - Winter Spotter Activation Requested To: NWS Shreveport Skywarn Spotters, Please activate beginning tonight by relaying your ice and snow accumulation reports to us. Below are some tips on how to measure ice and snow, timing of when wintry precip is expected, and reminders of how to report this information to us. Additional Information Resources: NWS Shreveport Spotter Line: 1-800-551-8338 Submit Winter Storm Reports: https://www.weather.gov/shv/submitLSR?site=shv NWS Shreveport Webpage: http://www.weather.gov/shv NWS Shreveport Winter Page: https://www.weather.gov/shv/winter NWS Shreveport Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NWSShreveport NWS Shreveport Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NWSShreveport Winter Storm Severity Index: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/wssi/wssi.php?id=SHV Weather Prediction Center (Winter Weather Forecasts): http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/winter_wx.shtml Request for Information: Please relay any reports and/or photos of flooding to our office ASAP. Please e-mail photos to: sr-shv.skywarn@... OR Call 1-800-551-8338 Thanks NWS Shreveport
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2022 Skywarn Training
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Good morning! The 2022 virtual Skywarn training schedule has been posted on www.etecs.org. Please stay current, aware... and warm! 73, Mark Taylor W5MCT
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NO ETECS NET TONIGHT
Good afternoon! Just a reminder that there is no ETECS net this evening. Next net will be January 31, 2022. Happy Holidays! Mark W5MCT
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Fw: [letarc] December Propagation
Complimentary copy of Longview Club monthly newsletter. Lance Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ©\©\©\©\©\©\©\ Original Message ©\©\©\©\©\©\©\ On Monday, December 13th, 2021 at 6:38 AM, Don Gamble KG5CMS <gambledon@...> wrote: Good morning LETARC. I have attached the December Propagation. Hope to see all of you at Cotton Patch tomorrow and at the meeting on Saturday. Have a good week. -73 Don KG5CMS.
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73 73! Lance W5TWM ©\©\©\©\©\©\©\ Original Message ©\©\©\©\©\©\©\ On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 at 11:53 AM, Gordon Martin <wa5gm01@...> wrote: Lance No Worries For what ever reason it would appear that they remain off the air, I am guessing some one forgot to pay the ac bill !!!!! Gordon WA5GM On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 9:13 PM Lance W5TWM via groups.io <W5TWM@...> wrote: Sorry for repeat info I just realized this had been addressed in other emails. 73, Lance W5TWM Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ©\©\©\©\©\©\©\ Original Message ©\©\©\©\©\©\©\ On Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 at 6:49 PM, Gordon Martin <wa5gm01@...> wrote: Are all the TARC Repeaters off line ?? -- Gordon C Martin AKA Ham Operator WA5GM
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CISA Exercise Concluded
Good afternoon, Thanks to all the operators who participated in the CISA Fusion exercise. I was copied on 15 exercise participant messages. We will have after-action discussions on our ETECS training net on November 29. Great job ETECS! 73, Mark W5MCT
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EXERCISE: CISA COMMEX EXERCISE INSTRUCTIONS
THIS IS AN EXERCISE. Exercise Instructions Please read and complete the following steps by 1500 CST November 20, 2021: Create Winlink Message (In Winlink Express, Select Message and then New Message from the menus): Complete the following information in the Winlink Message window: TO: ARESFUSION-2 CC: ARES-NTXSEC, W5MCT SUBJECT: EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE MESSAGE: EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE Amateur Radio Callsign: (Your Call Sign) City: (Your City) Zip Code: (Your Zip Code) Current Temperature: (Your Outside Temperature) On the menu of the new message, select ¡°Post to Outbox¡± Send the Message. To send using the internet, after the words ¡°Open Session:¡± select ¡°Telnet Winlink¡± from the dropdown box. Click ¡°Open Session¡± In the new window select ¡°Start¡± This completes the steps that you need to complete for this exercise. Thank you for participating! Mark Taylor, W5MCT Texas State RACES RRO2A Smith County, Texas ARES EC East Texas Emergency Communications Service, Inc. THIS IS AN EXERCISE.
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EXERCISE: ACTIVATION IMMINENT
THIS IS AN EXERCISE. ALL STATIONS ARE ASKED TO STAND BY WE ARE AWAITNG INSTRUCTIONS FROM OUR CLIENT AGENCY. PLEASE STAND BY Mark Taylor, W5MCT Texas State RACES RRO2A Smith County, Texas ARES EC East Texas Emergency Communications Service, Inc. THIS IS AN EXERCISE.
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Hello from Lance
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Hello everyone, just joined or rejoined (I can't recall lol) this groups.io ETECS group with this Ham related email. Hope all are well. Just wanted to remind anyone who is interested to please feel free to join us on the fairly new 80M Sunday evening Regional NVIS net. It is now held at 6pm CST Sundays on 3.805Mhz (We sometimes move between 3.803 and 3.815 depending on QRM but usually it is on or very close to 3.805 and I will try to announce on the TARC repeater system just prior to the net if there is a QSY...so look around and find us!). This net is taking advantage of NVIS propagation (see https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/antennas-propagation/ionospheric/nvis-near-vertical-incidence-skywave.php ) and favors a more vertical takeoff angle of radiation. Thus a low to the ground antenna is not always a bad thing and may even help in this. The idea, which I think dovetails nicely into this group, is to test and prepare for regional communications using radio only without the use of repeater towers or cell phones. Sorry for the long note but wanted to share this and say hi! 73, Lance W5TWM PS..as a bonus challenge...anyone who has or wants to build a 160M antenna (there are some plans and even commercially available shortened ones that appear to work well) please let me know as I am planning to put up one myself and the cool thing about 160M is it can take advantage of this NVIS propagation even at night (when the critical frequency usually drops below the 80M band and thus allows for a regional comms direct method during the dark hours...something that could be useful in an emergency...or at least fun for late night rag chews or possibly another NVIS net ;) ) Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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