FEBRUARY M.V.A.R.C. meeting scheduled for MONDAY the 6Th. at the Red Cross. Plans will be finalized for FEB 29Th. SPECIAL EVENT. We will be ON THE AIR for special LEAP DAY event from 7 to 9 pm. We will plan on some good operating, good conversation and some snacks. This would be a great time to bring prospective hams to an event. Plan to be at this meeting and bring another… Special program will be “BOAT ANCHORS”.
Trevor has some interest and I believe Brian KC0YEJ is interested in learning or improving their morse code skills. I am curious if anyone would like to start doing some morse code practice sessions perhaps after the Sunday night net or some other time that might work for people in the area. I am thinking about using 80 meters and just get on and do informal code sessions to help build some morse talents. Comments here or on the Sunday night net would be appreciated.
George, KC0GP
The NWMO ARES ® Groups monthly meeting is Saturday January 14th 9am at the Cameron Public Safety building. Officer elections, meeting programs, and NWS Storm Spotter training will be discussed.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND You don’t have to be a member or a “HAM” to attend!
Wishing everyone a Safe and Happy New Year!
SKN is tonight. Ring in the New Year with CW!
Info at http://www.arrl.org/straight-key-night
The NWMO ARES® Group will have its annual party/potluck at 6pm at the Cameron Public Safety building Saturday Dec. 10th. All guests are asked to bring a side dish and table service. Main entree and drinks will be provided.
16 "HAMS" operated from the Turney Depot Saturday Nov. 19th 2011. Over 25 contacts were made over the 3 hour event. CW, SSB were used to make those contacts. 2 100W stations and 1 5W station were setup inside the depot all using temporary antennas strung up around the lot and verticals put in the ground. Everyone had a great time and the generators got a good workout as well. The Mo Valley ARC sponsored the event and the NWMO ARES® Group was invited to participate as well. Look for more of these events in the future to help get the word out about Ham Raio and to help prepare for next years Field Day!
The Plattsburg repeater (146.895- pl 114.8) is now linked to the 440 system in all of NWMO. The 440 system has repeaters in Saint Jo, Rockport, Bethany, Leavenworth KS and Marceline. ECHOLINK is also available, look for node KC0QLU-R.
The NWMO ARES® Group has a weekly net every Sunday evening at 8pm so feel free to check-in using any of the NWMO repeaters. We are also working on getting the hospital stations on the net as well in Fairfax, Bethany, Cameron, and Saint Jo along with the Cameron EOC. There is plenty of work to be done in Region H so feel free to jump in and help promote and establish an ARES® presence in NWMO.
If you have any questions about the link system or how you can assist us with the hospital stations or ARES in general feel free to contact me.
The list of frequencies can be found at www.nwmoares.org look under the frequency tab..
KC0QLU met with hospital staff, and 2 prospective hams at the Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany, MO Saturday Nov. 12th 2011. In attendace were: KC0QLU Trevor, WK0Q Allen, KD0ISZ Alicia, KD0ITK Marcene, Chris, and Melissa. Topics were narrowbanding, repeater use, antenna needs for the hospital, and starting a simplex net in the area. The group has been meeting monthly for a while now and hopes to expand the number of operators in that area. They are looking to have a ham class after the first of the year and have asked the NWMO ARES Group to provide that training. The NWMO ARES Group assisted the hospital with the installation of a ham station for emergency communications in 2010 and are hoping to expand in the area.
Monthly meeting is this Saturday Nov. 12th 9am at the Cameron Public Safety building Cameron, MO. After the meeting members will be going to Bethany, MO to visit with new hams and hospital staff at the Harrison County Community Hospital about the ham station installed by the group for Emergency Communications.
WD0BC Bill from St. Joe and others from the area will be setting up a ham radio station or stations Field Day style at the old depot in Turney, MO November 19th 9am to 12pm. Everyone is welcomed to setup theirs as well and enjoy a few hours talking on and about radio! Don't want to bring yours then just stop by for the fun of it! More info to follow.
