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October 25, 2016
September SVTN Net Report
Missed the LMARS Meeting?
Yet another record month for the Seminole VHF Traffic Net,
logging 603 check-ins and 42 messages. All of this just
inside of 565 minutes. As far as I can remember this is
about as good as it has ever been, thanks to all of the
amateur radio operators taking a few minutes of the day to
log in to the net. Thank you so very, very much.
If you missed the LMARS meeting, or even if you were
there, check out http://www.hamradio.world/
Brought to you by the Lea Family.
We have many new folks checking into the net as well as
our old standbys. It takes both to grow the net and allow it
to teach by example. Our biggest challenge right now is
learning how to not “double” with each other during the
check in period. From experience it should seem that
waiting just a couple of seconds is a wise idea rather than to
push the talk button as quickly as possible when check-ins
are called. We’ll all get better at it with experience. And
the experience will help you deal with other nets you may
want to join in the future or during an emergency situation.
Thanks to Ben ARS W4QED for bringing this to our
attention.
Some nets have very formal check in procedures. Some
actually call for stations by geographical area. Others have
a list of registered members and call for check in by call
signs. There are lots of ways of organizing the check-in
process. We may consider some as the future brings more
participation so that we can get to the traffic more quickly
and get back to doing other things. Stay tuned.
CONTENTS
Again, thank you all for your participation. Please join us
any evening at 7:15PM Local Time currently on the 147.090
Repeater (standard+600 offset and 103.5 tone).
Andy KG4QCD
SVTN Net Manager
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The Prez Says
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Treasurer’s Chest
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Meeting Minutes
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Ham News
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Membership
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Testing
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OFFICERS
AND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
JIM DIGGS, K4AHO
VICE PRESIDENT
DAVE JORDAN, AA4KN
SECRETARY
SHAWN GRAGE, K4SWG
THE PREZ SAYS...
The November meeting is our most important meeting of the year. It is our
Election of Officers and Board Members. Please plan to attend and vote. Only
paid up members are eligible to vote. If you are not paid up then if asked nicely
Roberta MAY be willing to take your dues and grant you membership.
The November meeting program will be a short Update on the Zika Virus by
Kevin Cannon. Also the Christmas Party tickets are on sale for $13 from Jeannie
Grage KM4OHN. This will be held in the current General Meeting room the first
Thursday of December. The food will be provided but bring deserts. The meet
and greet will start at 6:30 PM and the sit down will commence at 7 PM. It was a
blast last year and looks like it will be good this year as well. Please plan to be
there.
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TREASURER
Jim K4AHO
ROBERTA COHEN, WA2FRW
DIRECTORS
BRUCE BURPEE, KL7IV
JIM ROBARR, KB2CUX
AL LAPETER, W2AS
HOWARD PINSKY, AJ4NM
KEVIN CANNON, KG4PRA
Keyed Up is the official publication
of the Lake Monroe Amateur Radio
Society, a non­profit organization
serving Central Florida. Each club
member receives a copy by email,
TREASURER’S CHEST
Business Expenses
Business Income
Donuts -meeting
$22.92
and it is available for download
from the LMARS website at:
www.lmars.org
Editor: David Mock, KG4GAX
Telephone: (321) 527­6271
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.lmars.org
MEMBERSHIP
Dues are $25.00 per year for
Licensed Amateurs and $5.00 for
Associates. Family dues are $30.00.
Memberships are due on January 1.
Please submit your material to the
editor by email.
OCTOBER 2016
Total Expenses:
$22.92
Dues
$50.00
Coffee-contribution
$32.80
Auction
$526.75
Total Income:
$609.55
OVERAL CHANGE $586.63
General Fund
Bank Balance
Reserve/Repeater
Scholarship Fund
40M Antenna Fund
$6897.35
$7662.35
$440.00
$200.00
$125.00
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MEETING MINUTES
President Jim Diggs (K4AHO) called meeting to order at Date December 1st, Meet and Greet @ 6:30, Dinner at
7:30 pm
7:00
Pledge of Allegiance
We need Volunteers to help setup and cleanup afterward
See Jeannie Grage - KM4OHN - or myself
Visitors
Abreu, Brian A - KM4ALP
Hope Lea - KM4IPF - Announces she is the youngest Extra
Class in the country
New Members
President's Award of Appreciation to Kevin Cannon
Sidelinker, Terry L - KM4WQY
Sidelinker, Debi - Associate
Green, Verdell
Coffee Break
- KM4VTJ
Rich Wilson - WR4RW - Nominations For LMARS Board
And Officers.
Upgrades
Owens, Michael W - KM4CBZ Upgrade to General
Activity Report
Jim Robarr - KB2CUX - Night Owl Club, Presentation of
OWLs
Announcements
Carl Zelich - AA4MI - Presentation of CW awards
Bob Cummings - W2BZY - LMARS has moved its Testing
from the 4th Saturday to the 3rd Saturday at the
Seminole County Sheriff office @ 9:15, Bring your ham Program
license, Photo ID, $15 and study hard.
Faith Hannah Lea - AE4FH - Youth DX adventure, DX
Record SO-50
Frank Tagliani - KD4EZW - Looking for help for Hamcation
Jim Diggs closed the meeting at 8:40 pm.
Jim Robarr - KB2CUX - Two Winter Springs Events Coming
up
Hometown Harvest November 5th ,need at least 10
Volunteers
Winter Wonderland Parade December 3rd, need 12-15
Volunteers
Shawn Grage - K4SWG - Christmas Party Tickets are
Available
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HAM NEWS
cane warning went into effect for Bermuda. The NHC at
one point called Hurricane Nicole an "extremely danger­
ous" Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds
of 125 MPH. The VoIP Hurricane Net (VoIPWX) also acti­
After the longest activation in its more than 50-year his­ vated to monitor online weather stations and storm
tory, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) secured operations bloggers from the Caribbean Hurricane Network
for Hurricane Matthew on October 9 at 0400 UTC. HWN (stormCARIB), as well as social media.
Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, reported that the net
was in continuous operation for 6 days, 7 hours, gather­ Hurricane Matthew Footage From
ing real-time ground-truth weather data as the storm
passed through the Caribbean and up along the US East­ October 7
ern Seaboard, and passing the data along to WX4NHC at
the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Various Amateur LMARS Member Mike Ramos has shared some exciting
Radio Emergency Service (ARES) nets also activated along video footage and commentary he took during the thick
the East Coast. The first major hurricane of the 2016 At­ of Hurricane Matthew.
lantic hurricane season and, at one point, a Category 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaFdYBseS9w
storm, Matthew was downgraded to a post-tropical cy­
clone as it headed out into the Atlantic.
Ham Radio Volunteers Mustered in
Response to Hurricane Matthew
The VoIP SKYWARN/Hurricane Net (VoIPWX) attracted a
number of visitors, according to net managers. "On
board Saturday afternoon, in addition to WX4NHC at the
National Hurricane Center, stations representing a num­
ber of FEMA regional offices and the National Response
Coordination Center monitored the net for actionable
intelligence to be used to plan recovery operations," said
net Public Affairs Officer Lloyd Colston, KC5FM. The net
also activated on October 3.
WANTED
Hams Seeking Experience
On HF Bands
The net said its Georgia Reflector was linked to the WXTalk conference, so net managers could help to relay re­
ports to local National Weather Service offices on NWS­
chat and the NHC.
Become an OFFICIAL
SVTN Liaison Station
According to Chief of Operations Dennis Dura, K2DCD,
the net established a link up the East Coast into North
Carolina and continued to monitor for damage assess­
ment in areas the hurricane had already passed. The net
supported the NHC on the WX-Talk Conference, Node
#7203 on EchoLink.
The Seminole VHF Traffic Net is
looking for amateur radio
operators who will relay
messages to HF traffic nets!
The Salvation Army Team Emergency Network (SATERN)
on 14.265 MHz also was active for Matthew, handling
outbound emergency, priority, or health-and-welfare
traffic from hurricane-affected areas.
This is an easy, simple, non-threatening way to get
experience on the HF Bands and serve the National
Traffic System
The Hurricane Watch Net activated again for several
hours on October 13 for Hurricane Nicole, after a hurri­
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Contact Andy KG4QCD at [email protected]
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Largest Hamfest in Georgia
November 5-6 2016
TailGate, Flea Market, Forums, Door Prizes and Raffle
Online Registration is OPEN
New this year is the chance to win a prize for registering online.
Hams who purchase their tickets before Oct. 30, 2016 will be entered in a drawing for a
SignaLink USB sound card interface. Connect it to your PC and radio, and you're good to
go for almost any digital mode!
Featuring our New Student Shack. Something for students to see and do at the hamfest.
See the Schedule: http://adatab.duckdns.org/StoneMountain/StudentShack2016.cfm
General Admission: $6.00 advanced purchase (before 10/30) and $8.00 at the gate.
If you are thinking about an inside flea market table, better get with it.
Getting to be slim pickin's. Flea Market Building SOLD OUT
Plenty of bone yard space still available.
http://stonemountainhamfest.com
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LAKE MONROE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Please Print
Today’s Date:
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone:
Callsign and Class:
Email:
Interests:
Computer
Contests
Digital
Elmer
Emergency Communication
Field Day
Packet
Programs
Public Service
Publicity
Repeater
Social
License Classes
Teach License Classes
RFI
Volunteer Examiner
New:
Individual
Associate
Family
Total:
$
Associate
Family
Total:
$
Total:
$
Renewal:
Individual
Number of Name Tags:
Membership dues are $25.00 per year for an individual and $30.00 for a family.
Associate Membership is $5.00 each. Dues paid on or after October 1 will carry
over until December 31 of the next year. All dues renewal are due on January 1.
Print the page, fill out the form, and mail it to LMARS.
Make check payable to LMARS.
Return to: LMARS, P.O. Box 161724, Altamonte Springs, FL, 32716­1724
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AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE TESTING
LMARS Testing
LMARS conducts monthly amateur radio exams for all elements every month (except December) on the third
Saturday at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office off of 17­92 on 100 Bush Blvd. in Sanford, across from Flea World.
Be there at 9:15AM. For more information and registration contact Bob Cumming W2BZY at 407-333-0690 or
[email protected].
LARA Testing
Exams are on the third Saturday of each month at the Lake Amateur Radio Association in Tavares on Highway 473,
one mile from US 441, at 8:30AM. There is a talk­in available on frequency 147.255 MHz. For more information
contact Paul Branch, K3NON, at [email protected]
OARC Testing
OARC will give amateur radio exams on the first Wednesday of each month at the Beardall Senior Center at the
corner of Gore and Delany. Be there at 5:30PM. Contact OARC at (407) 841-0874 (24/7) or email [email protected] for
details.
W5YI Testing
W5YI provides testing on the first Saturday of each month at 3:30PM at the Winter Park Christian Church on 760 N.
Lakemont Avenue, Orlando FL 32792.
The LMARS general membership meeting is held every first Thursday of the month at the
Winter Springs Civic Center at 400 N. Edgemon Ave. in Winter Springs. The meeting starts at
7:30PM. Everyone is welcome. Visit us online at www.lmars.org
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