At last weeks meeting it was decided to change meeting times and dates to try to get more people involved. Our meetings are now going to be held on the 2nd Friday of every other month starting in January at Dino’s Diner in Cameron, MO at 7:30pm.

So it will be Jan, March, May, July, Sept, Nov. with our annual mtg in December. We may decide to have monthly meetings during the summer months.

Calendar and Net Preamble have been updated to reflect the changes.

Still looking for more operators for the Eclipse Aug. 21st. I have 2 that have signed up but could use several more.

Members present elected officers for 2017

President               Trevor KC0QLU

Vice-President      Richard KD0VVY

Secretary               Brian KC0YEJ

Treasurer              Blair NF0L

Club is looking for member input to increase member participation on weekly nets and monthly meetings.

Need input for monthly presentations after regular business meetings

Need net control operators for weekly nets and ideas for discussions during nets. ex. weather, projects, events, etc.

Do we need to change location/time or day of week for meetings and/or nets?

Anyone with ideas or suggestions please send them to  kc0qlu@nwmoares.org

Thanks

KC0QLU

Reminder that the clubs monthly meeting is tomorrow 9am at Cameron PD or if room is not available we will move to a local eating establishment.

Reminder of the club meeting February 11th 9am at the City of Cameron Public Safety building.
Please remember to park across the street in the gravel lot so we don’t block emergency services from responding to calls.

With the winter weather forecast for the next 3-5 days this is just a reminder for everyone to monitor local repeaters as well as 146.52 simplex for any assistance that may be needed.

For up to date list of repeaters that are linked in the NWMO area please see the Frequencies tab of the website.

Also for those with HF radios it would also be a good idea to monitor 3.963 LSB for any state-wide emergency and/or assistance needed. The back-up Daytime frequency is 7.263 LSB.

Thanks to a donation from a couple members we now have WIRES-X available to those using WIRES-X capable radios. The repeater is in AMS mode so analog users are still able to use the repeater. As of now the node is set to the NWMOARES-ROOM so that other nodes and rooms can connect to it.

If you have WIRES-X capabilities feel free to try it out and report your experience. We plan to have a demonstration at our meeting Jan. 14th at the Cameron EOC to show how it works.

Several members have been successful in linking to other nodes. There are now 3 WIRES-X repeaters in the NWMO area.

The NWMO ARES Group has supported for the last several years the WALK 4 HD in Liberty, MO. We are looking for more operators to assist again this year. It is Oct. 8th at the Liberty Community Center in Liberty, MO and begins at 7am and is usually over by 12:00p. Requirements are a reflective vest and a handheld radio. This is a very easy event and no traffic control is needed. There is a live auction after the event as well as silent auction and raffles.

If you can assist with this great cause contact kc0qlu at nwmoares dot org.

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NWMO ARES® member, KC0QLU, met with the tower climbers today at the Osborn tower site. They replaced the 2M antenna with the new antenna the group purchased last year. This puts the repeater back on a DB224 antenna and should put it’s coverage back to what is used to be. Please feel free to try it out and send signal reports to kc0qlu at NWMOARES dot org.

The 2M frequency is 145.150- pl 107.2

For more info see the Hurricane Watch Net Website at:  www.hwn.org
Hurricane Watch Net Activation Plans

(UPDATE: Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:30 AM EDT – 1530 UTC)

Due to poor propagation on 20 meters, the Hurricane Watch Net will begin operations on 7.268 MHz at 11:00 AM CDT – 1600 UTC. Operations on 14.325 MHz will continue for as long a propagation last. To clarify, the Hurricane Watch Net will be operating on both 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz at 11:00 AM CDT – 1600 UTC and remain in operation until further notice. Any change to this plan will be noted on our website, hwn.org and the amateur radio media.

Thank you for your support and understanding!

Bobby Graves
KB5HAV
HWN Net Manager