March - Lake County Amateur Radio Association (LCARA)

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The PATCH, Published by the Lake County Amateur Radio Association
10 METER ROUNDTABLE
LCARA TWO METER NET
WEDNESDAY NIGHT @ 2030 HRS
28.450 MHZ
THURSDAY EVENING @ 1900 HRS
147.210 MHZ
LCARA WEB SITE
wwwlcara.org
The LCARA Patch
Volume 37, Issue 3
MARCH 2016
The PATCH
Published by the Lake County Amateur Radio Association
P O Box 868
Painesville, OH 44077-0868
The Patch Staff
Editor: Ron Corban KC8BTN
LCARA Officers
Ed Kopcak
KB8BKE
Larry Caskey K8LPC
Rick White
W8QL
(VACANT)
Joe Koskovics N8JKO
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Director at Large
STANDING COMMITTEES
ARES/Public Service Mike Goffos
WB8ZGH
Contest
Reno Tonsi
WT8C
DX
Jim Pyle
AA8OY
Field Day Chairperson Jim Pyle
AA8OY
Program Director
Joe Koskovics N8JKO
Historical Society
Bob Mekinda K8QXO
History
Scott Farnham KO8O
Publicity
Vance Roth
KA8YHZ
Communications
N8IJG, K8LPC, & W9LAC
Sunshine
Connie Tonsi KB8ZZW
Trustee, N8BC
Bob Liddy
K8BL
Web Master LCARA
Bill Wihebrink N8IJG
Sunday 13th.
March meeting at Tri-Point Medical Center,
Physicians Pavilion, Lower Level
Scott Yonally N8SY, Electrical Safety Continued
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MARCH ISSUE OF THE PATCH
Minutes from February 3. 2016 Meeting............................................................................................................................. 3
Attendance for February....................................................................................................................................................... 5
VE Testing In Lake County ................................................................................................................................................. 6
Backscatter............................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Breakfast Date ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Calendar ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
LCARA Programs 2016 ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
LCARA Net Information ................................................................................................................................................... 10
Lake County ARES/Weather Net ............................................................................................................................... 10
Lake County Two Meter Net ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Ten Meter Roundtable ................................................................................................................................................... 10
Ohio Emergency Preparedness Nets, Columbus EOC ............................................................................................. 10
National Parks on the Air ................................................................................................................................................. 11
Skywarn Training............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Gary Garnet Selected as Meteorologist-in-Charge of NWS Cleveland ..................................................................... 12
ARES Ohio Section ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
VP Corner K8LPC .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
DX Alert ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16
FCC....................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
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Minutes from February 3. 2016 Meeting
Minutes from February 3, 2016 Meeting
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KB8BKE – Ed – President
K8LPC – Larry - Vice President
W8QL – Rick - Secretary
N8JKO –Joe - Director at Large
Meeting Minutes:
The meeting was called to order at 7:39 PM by Ed – KB8BKE. The meeting began with a round of
introductions.
Reno Tonsi – WT8C has the presentation tonight on HF antennas.
There were no additions or corrections to the Patch.
There was no correspondence.
Treasurer report: Ed KB8BKE noted the budget is approved and all appears in good shape.
No board meeting report
No ARRL report
No new members at this meeting
Jim – AA8OY gave the DX report.
No education report
Public Service Report: Mike – WB8ZGH: Mike noted the following:
 In the effort to use the Garfield Home for National Parks on the Air, Mike received a permit to
operate from this site.
 Mike passed around a copy of the permit for all to review.
 In addition to the National Parks on the Air, Mike mentioned we might use it for “on the air” activities
possibly on a monthly basis. The permit allows LCARA to use the site for additional activities with a
48 hour advance notice.
 When operating at the site, we LCARA would need a copy of the permit on hand.
 This permit is only for LCARA members.
 Mike noted that when operating, we need to establish LOTW as our method of log keeping and
record for QSL requests. It was noted that we already have a LOTW set up for the club under
N8BC.
 It was noted that we would need some QSL cards printed for special events.
 There is no alcohol permitted or guns of any kind permitted. No concealed carry will be allowed.
Mike – WB8ZGH informed the club that there will be an ARES workshop held at one or more of the
Lubrizol rooms at Tri-Point on March 19, 2016, from 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM.
Ron – KC8BTN and Mike – WB8ZGH noted that W8GST is trying to set-up a digital net with all clubs in
Ohio participating. More to come on this in the future.
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Mike – WB8ZGH noted that the first official public service event is the Mardi Gras celebration at
Fairport Harbor on June 30, 2016. Jim – AA8OY noted the Sunday Ride in June will probably be the
first event as it is held around the second week in June. (There appears to be no official date on the
website yet.)
Joe – KD8PFB discussed his desire to give a talk on Ham Radio to “Preppers” on emergency
communications. These are not technical people and would like information in general.
Larry – K8LPC noted that he had provided a similar talk to the EOC in the past.
Radio Team: Bill – N8IJG noted that the repeater continues to function well.
Sunshine: Connie: KB8ZZW – None
2 meter Net: The net continues each Thursday at 7:00 PM on the 147.21 MHz repeater.
10 meter Net: Mike WB8ZGH stated that net continues each Wednesday at 8:30 PM on 28.450.
Swap and Sell: No Comment
Old Business: No Comment
New Business:
1. Jim McAdams KF8VX and Don- WA8TWM initially commented they would like to teach a
General Class. The only issue is that once they start teaching a class, people tend to go out on
their own to finish studying for the test with ARRL material. They would like to have a class with
around 6 people. After some discussion, it was determined that Matt- W8DEC, does well in
teaching the General license class and that we should offer an Extra license class just after the
conclusion of a General license class. We could hold the classes at the LCHS. If LCARA does
teach the Extra license class, it would begin somewhere around mid-April.
The 50/50 raffle was then held.
W8TC - Reno Tonsi presented an in depth presentation on the analysis of HF antennas. He discussed
at length the types of antennas available to work all of the HF bands. He then presented a
performance analysis on these antennas with special attention to antennas with gain.
With a motion by Ed – KB8BKE, the meeting concluded at 9:20 PM.
Rick - W8QL
March 17th.
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Attendance for February
LCARA Meeting Attendance Sheet for February, 2016
Ed, KB8BKE
Lance, W9LAC
Bill, KD8HSI
Larry, K8LPC
Bob, K8QXO
Don, WA8TWM
Cathie, AB8GV
Jim, KF8VX
Ron, KC8BTN
Connie, KB8ZZW
Reno, WT8C
Mike, KD8JDL
Cal, W8BZP
Mike, W8ZGH
Joe, N8JKO
Joe, KD8PFB
Bill, N8IJG
Jim, AA8OY
Lou, KE8CHU
John, KB8YJY
Leon, WA8EJO
Neal, NF1X
Rick, W8QL
2016 MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED
LCARA BOARD MEETING
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. The March Board meeting will be at the Tri-Point facility on March 9 . in the Tri-Point Board room. To find the
Board room, simply continue walking past the regular meeting rooms down the hallway. The Board room is
located on the left from the main elevators.
All members are invited
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VE Testing In Lake County
Exams are held every other month.
The Lake County Amateur Radio Association will be holding its 2016 Amateur Radio license exams at the
Kirtland Library, 9267 Chillicothe Road, on the following dates:
Saturday, February 6
Saturday, August 6
Saturday, April 2
Saturday, October 1
Saturday, June 6
Saturday, December 3
This bi-monthly schedule is the first Saturday of every even-numbered month (e.g., February being the second
month, etc.), and will be held at the Kirtland Library, 1.7 miles south of I-90 on Route 306 (Chillicothe Rd). The
library is on the left, just beyond the Marathon gas station.
To register, you will need the NCVEC 605 Form, which will be available at the test. If you would like to
complete one ahead of time, you can find it at www.arrl.org/files/file/ncvec605-3.pdf
The tests will start at 12 noon. Please arrive a few minutes earlier.
Be sure to bring the original and a copy of both your license and any CSCEs you may have to the exam.
The cost is $15.00, and if you wish to pay by check, it should be made out to the ARRL/VEC. Identification is
also necessary, such as a picture ID.
If you have any questions, please contact Scott Farnham, KO8O, at (440)256-0320.
ELECTION DAY MARCH 15TH.
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Backscatter
MARCH Backscatter 2016
140 Years Ago: Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. His assistant, Thomas Watson, located
in an adjoining room in Boston, heard Bell’s voice over the experimental device say “Mr. Watson,
come here. I want you.” This first successful experiment was recorded in the March 10 entry of
his lab notebook. Later that day, Bell speculated that “the day is coming when telegraph (phone)
wires will be laid … to houses just like water and gas – and friends’ converse with each other
without leaving home.”
35 Years Ago: With the number of .21 “kerchunks” increasing, Radio Officer Rusty tracks the tones heard
when the repeater is brought up. Traced to a commercial user, their faulty radio is shown to mix the receiver
oscillator in the transmitter PA, causing an output on 147.81. The tone heard on .21 is the tone burst used to
open the commercial user’s mobile units.
30 Years Ago: At 11:47 am on Friday January 21st, an earthquake centered north of Chardon rocks northeast
Ohio at 5.0 on the Richter scale. Within minutes, .21 is bustling with activity, and WB8ZGM
assumes net control while WA8HAR contacts the EOC director to see if assistance is
necessary. The telephone exchange is overloaded with calls, making amateur radio the
most reliable mode of communication. Perry power plant is evacuated as a precaution, but
little damage is reported other than broken windows and fallen ceiling tiles.
In a memorable fox hunt, the fox hides only 200 yards from the starting point; none-the-less, the
first hunter in (NO8M) requires 18 minutes. Let us see, that’s 11 yards per minute … the last
hunter (anonymous) requires 54 minutes, for a record .13 mph.
25 Years Ago: Effective on Valentine’s Day, Technician Class is split into two. Existing Tech’s become Tech
Plus, and a no-code Tech class is created.
Postal rates are increased to 29 cents. International mail of a half-ounce goes from 45 cents to 50 cents.
Even the lowly postcard QSL goes from 15 to 19 cents.
20 Years Ago: Romeo Stepanenko is disqualified from participation in the DXCC program. QSL cards from
his bogus North Korea (P5) operation (actually in Vladivostok by a few feet) will not count.
Following Pratas Island last month, Scarborough Reef (BS7) is added to the DXCC
countries list. The ARRL DX Advisory Committee voted 11-3, with one abstention,
approving the new country.
BS7
15 Years Ago: The ARRL QSL Bureau increases its fees for outgoing cards to $4.00 per ½ pound. The fee
for 10 cards or less remains unchanged at $1.00
The Patch reports the club dinner at “Potpourri proved to be a fun, and an unusual setting for “twenty-six”
LCARA members and guests”. Now, that’s a party!!
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10 Years Ago: Club minutes show the February meeting having 27 attendees, with two 1st time guests, Brad,
KC8ZMZ and Rick, N8BY.
KC8ZMZ
N8BY
5 Years Ago: Mike KD8JUF reminded everyone about our first Saturday breakfast at Denny’s restaurant in
Willoughby.
LCARA Historian
Scott KO8O
Breakfast Date
Tuesday Morning Breakfast Group
Mark your calendar the next meeting of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Group is at the
Painesville Perkins on Tuesday, March 15th at 8:00 a.m. Breakfast orders start being taken
at 8:30 am. This group averages 10-15 people from all counties, and it provides a great
opportunity to meet other Hams. This is not a club event. Please encourage any Hams or
Non-Hams, bring your significant other to breakfast. It is a fun gathering.
A little snow did not bother them!
Dayton Count Down Clock
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Calendar
MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2016
Event
Contact
Location
Date
LCARA Meeting
Winter Lake Erie Boat Anchors
LCARA Brd. Meeting
Breakfast
ARES Workshop
Ohio Tornado Drill
ARES & Wx Net
Ten Meter Roundtable
Two Meter Net
DX Engineering
SKYWARN Training
20mi Drop Run Chardon
M-S Walk
NVIS Ohio Antenna Day
Larry [email protected]
www.leboatanchors.blogspot.com
mmmm/
Larry [email protected]
ALL INVITED
Tri Point Medical Center
Clauge Park Cabin Westlake
Tri Point Medical Center
Perkins, Painesville
Tri-Point
Skywarn Repeaters
147.210 and 444.650
28.450
147.210
Historical Center
Lakeland College T-129
Assigned Locations
Mentor High School
Ohio
03/02
03/05 10:00a
03/09
03/15
03/19
9:50am 03/23
MONDAYS
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAYS
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04/06
04/07
04/10
04/16
04/23
Civil War Reenactment
L.H. ½ Marathon Kirtland
Sunday Bike Ride in June
Field Day
Mardi Gras Parade
Scout Jamboree
Greater Cleveland Triathlon
Perry Nuclear Plant Predrill
OSPOTA
Perry Nuclear Plant Drill
Simulated Emergency Test
L.H. N.Ohio Marathon
Bob [email protected]
Historical Center
Penitentiary Glen
Burton
Historical Center
Fairport Harbor
Historical Center
Headlands State Park
147.MHz
Headlands Parking Lot #4
147.MHz
Ohio
Assigned Locations
05/27-29
06/05
06/12
06/25-26
Thursday 6/30
08/05-07
08/07
08/17
09/10
09/13
October
10/02
WB8ZGH [email protected]
www.weathersafety.ohio.gov
[email protected]
Ron KC8BTN & Greg N9AGC
Bill
N8IJG [email protected]
[email protected]
Joe N8JKO
[email protected]
Greg
[email protected]
WB8ZGH
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://[email protected]
ohio.org/SEC/default.html
[email protected]
WB8ZGH
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.lcara.org
[email protected]
Bob
[email protected]
[email protected]
WB8ZGH
[email protected]
[email protected]
WB8ZGH
[email protected]
[email protected]
WB8ZGH
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
WB8ZGH
LCARA Programs 2016
The following programs are tentative.
March …... Scott Yonally N8SY, Electrical Safety Continued
April …….. DX Engineering, Tim Duffy K3LR
May …….. Homebrew Night
June ……. Field Day Review
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LCARA Net Information
Lake County ARES/Weather Net
The Net is Every Monday at 8:00pm on the 147.210 repeater. This net is open to all licensed operators; you
do not need to be a member. This net is provided for operators to verify the proper operation of their equipment
and verify their station’s capabilities in the event of an emergency. Here is your perfect chance to be Net
Control or Alternate Net Control. Step forward, no experience is necessary, everyone will help you.
Lake County Two Meter Net
The 2 Meter Net runs weekly. Come join your fellow hams on Thursday’s at 7:00 p.m. on 147.210 MHz.
This is an informal net where the group can discuss any subject for the good of the group, great
time to ask those questions, especially from the new operators. List your items related to ham
radio that you want to sell or swap and any sunshine announcements to pass on.
N8IJG brings us the ARRL News when available. Bill is always looking for Alternate Net Control
Operators. Please check in.
Ten Meter Roundtable
The 10 Meter Roundtable meets on Wednesday’s at 8:30 p.m. on 28.450 MHz.
This is an informal roundtable where the group can chat about anything that comes to mind
and even correct some of the world’s problems.
You don’t need to be a LCARA member, just have at least a Tech ticket and some 10 meter
gear.
The Roundtable is a good chance to meet old and maybe some new friends. This is a
“Round Table” anyone can start it off on 20 meters. Any questions contact WB8ZGH.
Ohio Emergency Preparedness Nets, Columbus EOC
Ohio Emergency Preparedness Net, W8SGT, is on every Tuesday at 7:15 (1915 hours or 0015 UTC). Tune
up and check in! Follow on Twitter (hashtag W8SGT) for frequency information on the 80 meter band.
Ohio Digital Emergency Net is held on Tuesdays at 8:00pm (0100 UTC).
OHDEN meets on 3585 KHz +/- USB.
http://ohden.org/
This net is looking for all Ohio Counties to check-in. Learn as you go.
Modes: OLIVIA 8/500/PSK31 alternate, with MT63 1K for bulletins.
Frequency: 3585 KHz, 7072 KHz alternate.
MT63 2K on VHF/UHF with PSK as an alternate (Assigned locally)
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National Parks on the Air
LCARA has a permit to operate at the Garfield Home Historical Site for active
members thru out the year. Operators and their guest are reminded that this is not a
“Park” but Historical Grounds.
LCARA’s permit authorizes entrance to the site from 7:00 am till 5:00pm. Limited
parking for each event will be to four (4) vehicles, and six (6) participants. Additional
space for a trailer and pickup truck will be provided.
Operators may not impede the public from visiting the Home at any time. Per the
permit operators are welcome to converse with the public that approach them but are not permitted to
advertise or recruit members of the public for LCARA.
The Site Manager requests that Operators keep an informal log of contacts that will be shared for information
purposes.
Permittee MUST give Site Manager notification at least 48 hours (but preferably more) before arriving at the
Site to broadcast.
NO WEAPONS are permitted on the Site. CCW permit does not authorize a weapon on this Site.
The Site Manager may approve or deny operations due to special events, high visitation, or any other
circumstances.
Any comments or questions contact Ed, KB8BKE or Mike, WB8ZGH.
National Parks Registered within Ten Days;
https://npota.arrl.org/nps-events.php
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Presidential Signing Creates a New National Parks on the Air Unit
02/15/2016
President Barack Obama has designated three new national monuments -- all of them in the California desert - through the Antiquities Act. The National Park Service will administer one of them, Castle Mountains
National Monument (MN82), making it eligible to become the newest new National Parks on the
Air (NPOTA) unit. The nearly 21,000 acre tract became the 484th NPOTA unit as of February 12.
Castle Mountains National Monument is surrounded on three sides by another NPOTA unit — the Mojave
National Preserve (PV13).
The 2016 Breeze Shooters Groundwave Contest
March 12, 2016
10 Meter SSB Contest Details and Scoring Forms can be found at;
http://breezeshooters.org/downloads/2016_Breezeshooter_Ground_Wave_rules.pdf
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Skywarn Training
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Listing as of February 16 .
NWS Cleveland Web Site: http://www.weather.gov/cle/SKYWARN
2016 Skywarn Training Locations
Date:
3/7/16
3/12/16
County:
Location:
Medina County Career Center, 1101 W. Liberty St. Medina, OH
Medina
Cuyahoga American Red Cross, 3747 Euclid Ave
3/15/16
Marion
3/15/16
6:30pm Gail Wells
3/23/16
3/23/16
3/23/16
Trumbull Kent State University Campus, Technology Building #117 4314 Mahoning Ave.
Champion OH
Ashtabula County Commissioners Room, 25 W. Jefferson St. Jefferson, OH
Crawford Saint Brigid Catholic Church Social Hall 383 Arch Street Meadville PA
Norwalk High School Auditorium, Shady Lane Drive, Norwalk OH
Huron
3/23/16
Lorain
6:30pm Tom Kelley
3/23/16
3/23/16
4/7/16
Gates Medical Center Auditorium, University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center,
Elyria OH
Sandusky Sandusky County Jobs and Family Services, Countryside Drive, Fremont OH
American Red Cross, 501 W. Market Street, Akron, OH
Summit
Geauga Department of Emergency Services, 12518 Merritt Rd. Chardon, OH
Geauga
4/7/16
4/11/16
LAKE
Hancock
6:30pm Owen Fritz
6:30pm Tom Smoot
6:30pm Jacqueline
Williams
6:00pm Greg N9AGC
6:30pm Darl Deeds
Marion Technical College - Health and Technology Building Auditorium - 1467
Mounty Vernon Ave.- Marion, OH
Lakeland Community College T Building Room 129
Whirpool Corporation Meeting Room, 4901 N. Main St. Findlay, OH
Time:
Point of Contact:
6:30pm James Bodnar
1:00pm Matt Nickoson
6:30pm Lynn Lovell
6:30pm Janet Boland
6:30pm Allen Clark
6:30pm Jason Roblin
419-663-5772
Gary Garnet Selected as Meteorologist-in-Charge of NWS Cleveland
Gary Garnet has served the National Weather Service for over twenty six years. Since
starting his career in 1989, Gary has held many positions including: Intern in
Charleston South Carolina, General Forecaster in Charleston, West Virginia, Science
Operations Officer in Grand Rapids Michigan and most recently sixteen years as the
Warning Coordination Meteorologist in Cleveland, Ohio. Gary has served periods as
the Acting Meteorologist in Charge at NWS Cleveland and briefly at NWS Pittsburgh.
Gary has earned several awards throughout his career including the U.S. Department of Commerce Silver
Medal for actions during Hurricane Hugo and the NOAA Administrators Award for work with the Great Lakes
Marine Program. Gary has provided support to multiple other NWS offices during significant events such as
Deep Water Horizon, Super Storm Sandy and the Super Tornado Outbreak of April 2011.
Gary holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences from The Ohio State University and a
Masters of Computer Science from Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
Mr. Garnet assumed his new position on January 10, 2016.
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ARES Ohio Section
Stan, N8BHL, Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC)
February Issue of the Ohio Section Journal...
http://n8sy2.blogspot.com/
ARES in 2015
Based on reports submitted by ARRL Section Emergency Coordinators, with 33 out of 71 sections reporting in,
here's what we know about the state of ARES in 2015:
Total ARES Members: 2015 -- 17,756 2014 -- 10,471
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Total ARES Nets: 2015 -- 10,927 2014 -- 8,786
ARES Nets with NTS Liaison:
2015 -- 1,883 (17%) 2014 -- 1,517 (17%)
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Total ARES Events: 2015 -- 24,024 2014 -- 18,128
Total Drills, Training and Test Events:
2015 -- 20,242 (84%) 2014 -- 15,475 (85%)
Total Public Service Events:
2015 -- 2,923 (12%) 2014 -- 1,858 (10%)
Total Emergency Operations Events:
2015 -- 859 (3.5%) 2014 -- 795 (4%)
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Total Volunteer Hours: 2015 -- 232,093 2014 -- 219,743
Volunteer Value ($19 x Total Volunteer Hours):
2015 -- $4,409,767 2014 -- $4,175,117
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Sections Reporting: 2015 -- 33 2014 -- 33
Inactive Sections
(Sections that submitted no reports
in a calendar year): 2015 -- 38 2014 -- 38
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Start Planning For;
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*Ohio NVIS Antenna Day (April 23 ) – Take a rig or two out to the field, and play with your best NVIS antenna design.
More information can be found at www.arrl-ohio.org/SEC
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*ARRL Field Day (June 25 /26 ) – What can I say? It’s Field Day. Just about every club in North America participates in
this one. The 2016 FD packet is available for download at www.arrl.org/field-day
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*Ohio QSO Party (August 27 ) – Always on the 4 Saturday in August, there’s always a good crowd for this one. It also
makes a great excuse for a club picnic. Not that we need an excuse. More information at www.ohqp.org
Click here for 2016 Field Day Package Ver 1.0
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Reserve Saturday March 19, 2016 for the Tenth District ARES Training Workshop.
This will be an all-day event, running from 8:30AM to 4:00PM.
In the finest tradition of the Ohio Section, a pizza lunch will be provided.
The workshop will be held in the Lubrizol Conference Rooms at the Tri-Point Medical
Center in Lake County. This is just south of Interstate 90 off of State Route 44.
The address is 7590 Auburn Road, Painesville, OH 44077.
A map is available at this link: click photo
Bring your go boxes for display. And bring your laptops/radios/interfaces for hands on
training session in digital communications using FLDIGI.
The room seats about 60 in a class room style setting, so seating is limited.
Please RSVP so that we can have a good idea of how much food to have on hand, and
we want to make sure everyone has a seat.
Lake County ARES members please RSVP to Mike, WA8ZGH, [email protected]
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Monthly Report for District 10
District 10: Winter has arrived, although it's a little late this year. Stay warm! And stay tuned for some big
upcoming events!
Ashtabula County: January proved to be an interesting month. The weather was akin to a roller coaster and
unfortunately it decided to really show its strength when it came time for our monthly meeting. So, needless to
say, our meeting was cancelled. Here's to hoping this coming month treats us a bit better!
Cuyahoga County: Cuyahoga ARES participated in an amateur radio booth at the Cleveland Outdoor
Adventure Show. We assisted other amateur operators from around NE Ohio with demonstrating amateur
radio and educating the public. Participated in two airport table top drills and held meetings with City of
Cleveland staff. Many members are completing new FEMA course requirements and utilizing our new online
certificate submission system on our website that was created with the assistance of Geauga County ARES
AEC KD8TWG.
Geauga County: No comments.
Lake County: Lake Co. had a major power outage in January affecting the center of the County. Lake ARES
had a net on the air within 15 min. It lasted approx. 1hr 15min. LCARA/ARES has obtained a Permit to operate
from the James A. Garfield Home in Mentor for the National Parks Centennial Year. We should be on the air
once per month as N8BC. Look for the dates on the Web.
Lorain County: No Comments.
Medina County: No comments.
News from ARRL.org
News fromQRZ.com::
X News from Southgate ARC
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VP Corner K8LPC
From the corner office of the Vice President, Larry K8LPC
Greetings Everyone 
Well March has arrived and hopefully spring will be right around the corner. We’ve had quite the ride
weathering both the high and low temperatures for the past month. In February, Reno Tonsi gave us an
excellent presentation about HF antennas, Kudos’s to one of our very own members for a job well done.
While I was at the Mansfield Hamfest, I came across an old friend Scott Yonally N8SY. Well Scott just
happened to have a free moment this month and I was able to convince him to spend some of it with us. Scott
really likes our club and he has another great presentation on Electrical Safety that he will be sharing with us.
This presentation is different from the last one and I’m quite sure that everyone will enjoy it. While I won’t say
that I trained anyone in the video, it may be hard to disprove, hi, hi.
Joe N8JKO had a “Home Brew” night planned for this month, but I think that we can hold off on that and have
something at the Historical Society where we have more room and possibly make this more of an outdoor
event, possibly set up a few tables and make it like a mini Hamfest or tailgate event for our members who have
something to sell or relocate, nothing elaborate, just something for our members who attend the meeting. Joe
has a presentation scheduled for April that will bring Tim Duffy K3LR from DX Engineering to visit us at the
Historical Society.
There will be an ARES District 10 Training Workshop on Saturday March 19th at the Tri-Point Facility. It is
scheduled to be from 8:30 AM to 4 PM and a pizza lunch will be provided. Space is limited for this event;
please contact Mike Goffos WB8ZGH ASAP if you plan on attending.
We will be collecting dues at the March meeting. Please take an opportunity to meet with Rick W8QL or any of
the Board members and keep your membership status current.
Our March meeting will be held at the Tri-Point Medical Center in one of the meeting rooms inside of the
Physicians Plaza on Wednesday March 2nd at 7:30 PM. This will be the last meeting that is scheduled to be
held at the Tri-Point facility until the winter season comes back around. The March Board meeting will also be
at the Tri-Point facility on March 9th in the Board room. Please take note that we plan to keep having our
Board meetings at the Tri-Point facility until further notice on the Wednesday following our regular meeting at 7
PM.
We are always looking for Guest speakers or ideas for presentations. Please contact Joe N8JKO or myself if
you have any ideas.
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at the Tri-Point Medical Center on Wednesday March 2rd at 7:30 PM,
bring a friend 
73 de Larry Caskey K8LPC
LCARA Vice President
[email protected]
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DX Alert
March 2016 DX Alert
5X - Uganda - 5X1XA on CW only from Uganda will have G3XAQ, Alan, at the radio, March 4-16.
3V - Tunisia - In collaboration with the Tunisian Scouts and Association Des Radio Amateurs Tunisians
(ARAT) TS2G will be QRV during Le Festival International des Ksours Sahariens de Tataouine International
Festival of Saharian Ksours of Tataouine from March 17-20.
5H - Tanzania - 5H3JA from Tanzania is currently active. JA7SGV, Shin, is the operator, working the HF
bands.
JD1/M - Minami Torishima - JG8NQJ/JD1, Take, goes back to Minami Torishima on a work assignment
March 16th, QRV within a few days after he arrives, he says. He is taking along a dipole for 80 and 40, the
"Diamond W-735." Take will be there until mid-May.
V7 - Marshall Islands - AH6OY, James, will be visiting Majuro Island (OC-029) from March 1-7, including
participation in the ARRL DX SSB Contest. He'll be taking an IC-7000, and maybe an amplifier. Two
spiderpoles or a 5 band Spiderbeam will be used for activity on 40-10 Meters and possibly 80 Meters for
operations on SSB, CW, RTTY and JT65. As of press time he did not know his callsign
VK0 – Heard Island - The rare Heard Island will be QRV March 6 until April 20, 2016. This is the first
operation since 1997. They will be offering an on-line real time radio log server, so you can confirm QSOs
almost instantaneously. Don’t miss this one!
Happy Hunting!
Jim, AA8OY
FCC
The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760 available on the web
at, http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=60001333714 that asks the
FCC to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa,
Arizona, filed his request with the FCC last November. He wants the FCC to revise Part 97.25 of its rules to
indicate that Amateur Radio licenses are granted for the holder's lifetime, instead of for the current 10 year
term. Krotz noted that the General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL) already is issued on a lifetime
basis, and he maintained that not having to renew licenses would lighten the FCC's workload.
"It would be mutually beneficial for the FCC and Amateur Radio operators to update Part 97 to grant operator
licenses for lifetime, Krotz said in his filing. "The FCC would benefit by reducing administrative costs."
In 2014 the FCC granted lifetime credit for examination elements 3 and 4, but applicants seeking relicensing
under that provision still must pass examination element 2.
Individuals may submit comments http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=RM-11760 via the
FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) .
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Voice Repeaters N8BC
147.210 with a .600 MHz+ offset PL tone of 110.9 Hz.
224.500 with a 1.6MHz.-offset, PL tone of 141.3 Hz.
444.650 With a 5.0MHz. +offset, PL tone of 131.8 Hz.
LCARA’s Node Number: 6577
(Repeater & N8BC trustee, Bob Liddy, K8BL)
Web site: www.lcara.org
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