Thu
11/15/18

Emergency Services Practice Deployment Results

On Nov. 7 2018 , members of the club and the Emergency services group conducted a practice deployment in Fulton County. Jim McBride, K8JPD, opened the net at 20:00 and if I recall correctly, we had 6 check ins, and a new ham, KE8KRI, rode along with KB8PUD.

Everyone successfully deployed to police, fire and other Emergency oriented agencies as we requested. The travel times were fairly short and the deployment phase went well.

Once everyone was at their deployment site and checked in, we exited our vehicles and conducted communications on our HT’s. Other than 2 Hams that were a long way from the repeater, HT communications went well.

K8JPD then released everyone to their home QTH and had them report in once they arrived safely.

I was very pleased overall with the exercise. The following points explain why.

  1. Everyone participating did a very good job of using our established protocols. Communications were clear and easily understandable.

  2. Everyone complied exactly with K8JPD’s instructions which would be critical in a real emergency.

  3. Once we went mobile, all equipment worked properly, and communications remained easily understandable.

  4. The HT communications were much better than I anticipated.

Fri
10/26/18

KA8KDS Tower Work Postponed

Tower work planned this weekend for KA8KDS is being postponed until November 3 due to the weather conditions.

Tue
10/16/18

Emergency Services Net Practice Deployment Scheduled for November 7

Hi folks, we are targeting November 7th for this drill.
 
Who: FCARC club members and anyone interested in emergency communications
 
What: Practice deployment exercise
 
Where: In and around Fulton County and predetermined locations
 
When: November 7th, 2018
 
Why: This exercise allows us to better determine our capability for providing emergency communications for the organizations in and around the county if needed. The goal will be to check into the Net from your QTH at 8:00pm, then go mobile to a designated location and relay current weather conditions from a high power mobile and low power HT.
 
I cannot stress this enough: coordinate with W8TUX and KB8ELG on your intended location. We are trying to select Emergency Service locations such as Hospitals, Fire/EMS stations, and Police stations. We need to make sure we notify these authorities and obtain permission to temporarily check in from their parking lots.
Mon
10/15/18

October Meeting Notes

The meeting was called to order at 7:30PM by Bryan Patterson (KB8ELG) with 15 members and
guests in attendance.
 
Silent Key/Members in Distress: No Report
 
The Finance Report was read with motion to approve by Ed Roth seconded by Bill Lampe.  All present approved.
 
Minutes from the previous meeting were electronically distributed last month with no
corrections.
 
Bills to Present:
 
* $86.61 for OSPOTA Picnic, a motion was made by Dave Claar (W8TUX) to pay, second by Bill Lampe (KD8WSL), all present approved.
 
Repeater Report:
 
* The Fusion repeater is still in QRP mode.  We plan to perform maintenance to the system once we have a new set of duplexors and can bring the power level up.
* We are still planning a maintenance day for the primary site, probably sometime end of October or after, to perform exterior maintenance, including repair to the wood trim and paint.
* KB8ELG found a combination heating and air conditioning unit for $365. He will work on getting it ordered before the snow starts to fall.
 
Old Business:
 
* No further news on the amateur station installation at the FCHC.  We are waiting for their maintenance department to pull the coax.
* Jim McBrides (K8JPD) rotor controller is now fixed.
 
New Business:
 
Sat
10/13/18

October Meeting Reminder

We have a regular scheduled meeting October 15 at 7:30pm.  We are trying a new meeting space thanks coordination from Marilyn Nelson with the Church of Christ in Delta.
The address is:
 
500 Providence St, Delta, OH 43515
 
This is at the corner of Providence and St Rt 109, and is a first floor meeting room.
 
Upcoming Hamfests:
10/21/2018 Kalamazoo
10/28/2018 Madison Heights
11/17/2018 Ft Wayne
12/01/2018 FCARC
 
Club Nets:
Weeknights at 10:30pm Bud's Midnight Madness Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 8pm FCARC ES Net -- 147.195+
Wed at 9pm 6M Net -- 1st Wed 50.400 AM, 3rd Wed 50.125 USB, all others 52.525 FM Simplex
 
Latest Club Information:
On the web: http://www.k8bxq.org/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fulton-County-Amateur-Radio-Club-206939596063938/
E-Mail list: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/fcarc
 
VE Testing:
The club gives testing at 9am the last Saturday of each month at the George's Radio Service in Wauseon, contact Tom Servoss (KC8UOM) if interested, you can find his phone number on the www.k8bxq.org website under the VE Testing section.
 
Saturday morning breakfast at the Delta 109 at 9:00 AM, in downtown Delta, OH.
 
Sat
09/29/18

Tower Raising for KA8KDS

Tom Servoss is organizing a tower raising day for Dave Nelson (KA8KDS) on October 27.  Please coordinate with Tom if you are able to help:  419-388-6057

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