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10/29/2007
PL Added to Repeater
PL tone 107.2 added to the 147.315 + repeater.
10/14/2007
Fundraising Raffle
Thanks to Valerie Meyer, W8VAL for the generous donation
of a Kenwood TH-F6A — a 144/220/440 MHz transceiver/receiver with dual-channel
RX capability in a compact and powerful design. It comes complete with a headset,
AA battery pack and a mobile charger! Chances are $5.00 each and you do not have
to be a club member to participate. For further details and to purchase your ticket(s),
click HERE.
9/14/2007 Details Announced for
this Year's Holiday Party
Ever wished to be a part of a DXpedition, especially
to someplace warm in December? Join us for a Caribbean DXpedition themed holiday
party at Mango Mike's on Duke Street in Alexandria. We're planning a night of
fun for the whole family! For details and to RSVP, please click here.
9/12/2007
Volunteers Needed for Upcoming Events!
National Airport is holding their
every third year disaster drill. The Drill is Saturday, 15 September. Gathering
point will be Alexandria Hospital, but we volunteers to support Fairfax.
VentureQuest is September 30th and ARC always provides outstanding support!
If you would like to volunteer for either of these events, please contact Rick at N4ASX@arrl.net.
Marine Corps Marathon is October 28th. Please go to www.NCACDC.com for information and to sign up.
8/4/2007 Than You to Club Members Whop
Participated Alexandria Red Cross Drill!
I want to thank the 9 volunteers
who supported the first Red Cross Disaster Drill in which we, Alexandria, ARES,
have participated in many years.
Ian, N8IK was the EOC shadow, He was kept running while Victoria injected new and interesting problems into the system via ham radio. As net control I have to say she and her radio operator kept us working. Great job Ian.
Marshall, KI4MWP, was the Net Control backup, runner, and later shadow for Tom and Scott the two Red Cross leads for the event. They kept him working and then left him behind at the shelter. Good thing we had others to recover Marshall or we might still be looking for him.
Randy KI4MWQ and Sandy KI4QNG, had a thankless job. I sent them to the Fire Training Center to simulate the City EOC and see whom they could contact from the mobile. While we did not send much traffic their way, the knowledge of how simplex works is valuable and the Red Cross was very impressed with our experiments. It was HOT out in the parking lot and NCS should have call both Randy and Sandy in sooner. Great job.
Rich, KA4GFY, KI4FON and Jim KG4QWC made up the Shelter team with Jim trying to help the Red Cross utility truck get their Red Cross radio operational. The Shelter at Mt. Vernon Rec Center was the focal point of the drill and all did a great job handling traffic and solving problems.
Harry, N4CWP, was another part of our experiment, With support from Alexandria Hospital, Harry checked out both simplex and repeater access from both the parking lot and the board room at the hospital. We now know that we do need to get the antenna relocated to the top of the hospital. Harry later joined us at the Chapter House. Harry also waded into deep water to get the antenna for the Chapter house up and running saving yours truly a swim. Another future project will be putting two dual band sticks up at the Chapter house, but that's part of a larger plan to upgrade our ARES infrastructure.
Feedback from the Red Cross staff was that we did an A+ job. They were all very impressed with everyone’s performance. I expect that we will be invited back to work with them more often.
Again, Many Many Thanks to all of you who helped out.
73
Rick N4ASX
ARES EC Alexandria, VA.
7/20/2007 Alexandria Red
Cross Drill!
They will be doing a practice drill on Saturday 7/28 starting
at 9 AM. At this point it may be a small drill with ONE Shelter at Mt. Vernon
Recreation Center and at the Red Cross Chapter House. Depending on the number
of volunteers who are free that Saturday, it may be expanded with someone at the
City EOC, Hospital, and Hospital ER to test conductivity. If you can volunteer,
please contact Rick at N4ASX@arrl.net and
list what equipment you have that you would like to exercise. (They will need
to set up some kind of portable antenna up on the Chapter house and one at the
shelter.)
6/20/2007 Field Day is this Weekend!
Don't forget, this
weekend is Field Day. We start setting up at 9:00am on Saturday morning in the
field/play area/tennis court area behind the Nanny Lee Center adjacent to the
Fire Training Center. Come on out and enjoy operating. If you've never been on
HF here's your chance! We'll be eating well also thanks to Ted W9TCE and all of
you bringing potluck stuff. I'm looking forward to it. Even if you can only spare
a couple of hours come on out anyway. The actual contest starts at 2pm and runs
overnight until 2pm on Sunday afternoon. Hope to see you all this weekend!
4/24/2007
Potomac River Run Marathon and Half-Marathon Scheduled for Sunday, 6 May 2007
The
organizers of the Potomac River Run Marathon and Half-Marathon are asking for
amateur radio operators to provide communication service for their event. We’ll
need to be set up about 0600 at the race start; other aid stations open later.
Race organizers estimate we’ll be done by 1300 (there is a picnic afterward
to which the folks providing communication support have been invited). Please
contact Jeff Wilson AI4IO AI4IO@ARRL.net to
volunteer.
Club Order for Ham Call CDs
Every year about this
time, Ian N8IK orders HamCall CDs at the club discount rate. This callbook integrates
nicely with lots of logging programs including our Field Day standard Win-EQF,
or it can be used as a stand-alone program. If you are a DXer or contester you
really need a current callbook. HamCall is released monthly and you get 6 months
of free internet monthly updates. Quite a bargain for $35. (That's $30 + $5 to
the club as a fundraiser). Contact Ian at N8IK@arrl.net
to place your order.
3/26/2007 Bull Run Run 50 Miler Scheduled for
April 14, 2007
The Virginia Happy Trails Running Club has asked for communication
support during this year's Bull Run Run. Please contact Rick at N4ASX@arrl.net
to volunteer. Include radio, antenna, and other equipment information to help
Rick coordinate the volunteers.
2/27/2007 Dulles Emergency Preparedness
Drill Scheduled for May 5, 2007
Every three years, Dulles Airport holds
a disaster drill that lasts ALL DAY. INOVA hospitals use this drill for their
certification test as well. There will be an area wide call out of all ARES volunteers
(who can participate). For the last drill the club provided operators at Alexandria
Hospital and we had APRS operators help with bus (ambulance) tracking. The details
of the drill are not yet known, but the scenario may be similar as in the past
and we will again support the hospitals and some of our folks may be asked to
operate at Dulles. If you are available to support this exercise, please contact
Rick at N4ASX@arrl.net so we'll have a headcount
of who to call and how much of an effort we can support. For fun we may want to
offer the trailer as an on-site operations unit.
2/24/2007 Radio
Communications Vests Special Order
Orders are being accepted for those
who would like to own their own vest. (Orders are now closed) Pick up at
the next club meeting or home delivery is offered. Money must be received by Friday,
March 9th to be included.
2/16/07 GW Parade Support Information
Volunteers coming out to support this event please meet at the corner of Wilkes
and St. Asaphs St. to match up with their Marshals at 11:00 AM. Order of March
is to be finalized by 12:45 PM and Step off is at 1:00 PM. Please note that the
streets close at 10:00 AM. The parade should be over by 3:00 PM and all amateurs
are invited to attend a reception at the American Legion Hall behind Gatsby's
Tavern (behind the reviewing stand) where ARC will be receiving the Chairman's
award for years of service to the City of Alexandria. FREE FOOD. Maps of the parade
route, street closures, assembly area, and parking areas may be found at http://www.washingtonbirthdayparade.com/.
Please contact n4asx@arrl.net to volunteer.
2/3/07 License Upgrade Options
In support our friends and associates
at LARC, BARC, MVARC and The Vienna Wireless Society, the club will not be holding
a VE session for members who have a valid CSCE and wish to upgrade. You are encouraged
to attend one of the sessions detailed below. Please remember to bring with you
your current original license, your original Certificate of Successful Completion
Exam(s) indicating the credit(s) earned and a photo ID.
BALTIMORE AMATEUR
RADIO CLUB FREE PAPER UPGRADE SESSION
On Saturday, February 24, the BARC VE
team, coordinated by the LARC VEC, will hold a paper upgrade session from 1 PM
until 3 PM. See above for what to bring to: Baltimore ARC Meeting and Training
Facility
12360 Owings Mills Blvd
Owings Mills, MD
For directions
please go to http://n3wke.home.comcast.net/VEreport/directions.html.
LAUREN
AMATEUR RADIO CLUB UPGRADE SESSION
On Saturday, February 24, the Laurel Amateur
Radio Club, Inc. Volunteer Examiner team, coordinated by the LARC VEC will hold
a special paper upgrade session for amateur radio operators who have completed
the General and/or Extra Class written license exam. The certificate must be dated
no earlier than February 24, 2006. The Session will be from 9 AM until 12 Noon
in a room at the Laurel Municipal Swimming Pool. Details at http://larcmd.org/.
MOUNT
VERNON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB REGULAR TESTING SESSION
Saturday, March 10, the
MVARC will be conducting their regular monthly testing session at The First Christian
Church, 2723 King Street, Alexandria, VA . For details please visit http://www.mvarc.com/.
VE Examination Team will be on hand Saturday, February 24, 2007 (the day before Winterfest!) at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus. Testing begins at 9:00am. For details please visit http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php.
1/12/07 Club Bids Farewell to Gene Jenkins, N4JEE
Long time member and the driving force behind the club's communication trailer,
Gene attended his final meeting this month. The club was treated to a last round
of Ways and Means auctions, starting off the new year with a healthy influx of
funds. Gene was presented with a token of farewell with our deepest gratitude
for his many, many contributions.
1/11/07 Six Meter Net
The unofficial
NV6net - six meter net meets on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm on 52.51 FM.
Jack H.
K5OTZ
1/3/07 Volunteers Needed!
Click HERE
to see our new Help Wanted page.
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