By Joshua Carroll, N5JLC - Arkansas Section Public Information Coordinator
In this video Mary Hobart (K1MMH) describes House Resolution 607 which threatens Amateur Radio use of the 440 band. Please take a moment to watch the video and contact your representatives in Congress. If we don't act, there will be no one to blame but ourselves.
You can watch this video in the window below, or for a page on which the video will automatically play, browse to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsW5AjS65U0.
[Please note that there is an ARRL "slate" that displays for 30 seconds at the beginning; the presentation starts after that.]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Fort Smith ham impresses with a homebrew project
By Joshua Carroll, N5JLC - Arkansas Section Public Information Coordinator
Dennis Burton, N5DRB has made a very impressive "brass pounder". Burton tells about it and provides more details on the Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club web site:
http://fsaarc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:homebrew-brass-straight-key&catid=31:general
http://fsaarc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:homebrew-brass-straight-key&catid=31:general
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Good Stuff!
By J.M. Rowe, N5XFW - Arkansas Section Manager
Hello all:
I have a new resource that was made public this last week. Tom K5WTH developed a list of EMCOMM nets by state. It was hard for me to believe that such a list did not already exist! Thanks to Tom for the work in gathering and verifying that information, and thanks to John KE5NZY for getting it on the internet in an indexed document and a PDF. http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/NARRLEFL.htm
Several of you were at the Arkansas Interoperable Communications Conference a couple of weeks ago, and I am sure you remember that Tony Hayes of Cambridge Wireless Communications gave away a Kenwood portable for AWIN in a drawing. Edwin Lyons was the winner of the drawing, and then he gave the radio to Arkansas ARES/RACES! The radio has been programmed with the Command and Control template. John W5JLG, the SEC, will have the radio, and it will be used to help maintain situational awareness. This makes the second AWIN radio for us; the ADEM ARES/RACES Officer is issued one. Thanks to Roger N5QS for his part in getting this done.
I am sure most of you have heard we are going to have a DEC/EC meeting on Sunday November 14 at ADEM to discuss the National Level Exercise in May. Ken Gibson, the Information Technology division chief at ADEM, will give us an overview of what is expected of ham radio in the event of an earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone. May seems like a long way off, but it will be here before we know it! As of today, 46 counties are participating, and I am not sure how many non-governmental organizations will be involved. If you are coming to the meeting, please be familiar with the Arkansas Plan http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/AresRaces/aresracesplanarkansas.pdf and the Standard Operating Procedures http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/aresracessop.pdf . For your information, the message standards have changed due to ADEM moving to WebEOC, and that will be reflected in both the plan and SOP as soon as possible
I hear the Stuttgart Pumpkin Patrol went well, and Bill W5WPN reports another successful race in Cross County! I think that’s great!
This is from N5JFD:
NEARC will hold its fall Tailgate swap meet Nov. 20th. From 9-12 am. The location is Trinity Church 701 E. Highland Drive, Jonesboro, AR. 72401. Testing will be at 10 am for all classes. We will be giving away an antenna book, no purchase needed (Thanks to ARRL for donation of antenna book). Talk in will be on 443.150, any info needed contact Travis Williams 870-931-8743 or email n5jfd@arrl.net
As always, I am happy to publicize ham radio events, so let me know about them!
That’s all for now.
Thanks and 73,
J.M.
Hello all:
I have a new resource that was made public this last week. Tom K5WTH developed a list of EMCOMM nets by state. It was hard for me to believe that such a list did not already exist! Thanks to Tom for the work in gathering and verifying that information, and thanks to John KE5NZY for getting it on the internet in an indexed document and a PDF. http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/NARRLEFL.htm
Several of you were at the Arkansas Interoperable Communications Conference a couple of weeks ago, and I am sure you remember that Tony Hayes of Cambridge Wireless Communications gave away a Kenwood portable for AWIN in a drawing. Edwin Lyons was the winner of the drawing, and then he gave the radio to Arkansas ARES/RACES! The radio has been programmed with the Command and Control template. John W5JLG, the SEC, will have the radio, and it will be used to help maintain situational awareness. This makes the second AWIN radio for us; the ADEM ARES/RACES Officer is issued one. Thanks to Roger N5QS for his part in getting this done.
I am sure most of you have heard we are going to have a DEC/EC meeting on Sunday November 14 at ADEM to discuss the National Level Exercise in May. Ken Gibson, the Information Technology division chief at ADEM, will give us an overview of what is expected of ham radio in the event of an earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone. May seems like a long way off, but it will be here before we know it! As of today, 46 counties are participating, and I am not sure how many non-governmental organizations will be involved. If you are coming to the meeting, please be familiar with the Arkansas Plan http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/AresRaces/aresracesplanarkansas.pdf and the Standard Operating Procedures http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/aresracessop.pdf . For your information, the message standards have changed due to ADEM moving to WebEOC, and that will be reflected in both the plan and SOP as soon as possible
I hear the Stuttgart Pumpkin Patrol went well, and Bill W5WPN reports another successful race in Cross County! I think that’s great!
This is from N5JFD:
NEARC will hold its fall Tailgate swap meet Nov. 20th. From 9-12 am. The location is Trinity Church 701 E. Highland Drive, Jonesboro, AR. 72401. Testing will be at 10 am for all classes. We will be giving away an antenna book, no purchase needed (Thanks to ARRL for donation of antenna book). Talk in will be on 443.150, any info needed contact Travis Williams 870-931-8743 or email n5jfd@arrl.net
As always, I am happy to publicize ham radio events, so let me know about them!
That’s all for now.
Thanks and 73,
J.M.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
"Pumpkin Patrol" Help Police in Stuttgart
Leigh Kreimeier of the Daily Leader reported that The Grand Prairie Amateur Radio Club took on a new role on the night of Saturday, October 30. They attached lighted pumpkins to their vehicles and took to the streets to help out the local community, calling themselves The Pumpkin Patrol.
Read the entire story online at the URL below:
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/news/x294035991/Pumpkin-Patrol-help-out-police
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/news/x294035991/Pumpkin-Patrol-help-out-police
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