I
hope everyone had a great 2011 and that 2012 will be even
better. We have a great opportunity to grow the
number of Amateur Radio
operators in the new year. After they get
licensed, it is important that
we encourage them to get them involved in
Emergency Communications, and
help them get on the air so they can participate
in operating
activities. It would be great help them get more
pleasure from Amateur
Radio by encouraging them take on some hands on
Amateur Radio projects.
Bill
Morine, N2COP, North Carolina SM the Chairman of the ARRL Public
Relations Committee recently announced the launch
of the new “Do It
Yourself”, or “DIY”, video and the accompanying
PR campaign. The
“DIY” campaign is a major initiative for ARRL and
is in addition to
the Hello Campaign and the Emergency Radio
support program. “DIY”
has an emphasis on experimentation, kit building
and design. Check
“DYI” out for yourself at http://www.arrl.org/wedothat-radio-org.
A brief warning, The ARRL PR Committee and staff
did lots of work so be
prepared to spend some time, watching the video,
and looking at the
links that interest you.
I
was watching a morning news show about a week ago and a
comedian named Jimmy Fallon was reading some
Thank You letters that
were a little twisted. An example? OK!
Thank you Microbreweries for
making my alcoholism seem like a really fun
hobby. That inspired me to
write a twisted Thank You note for Amateur Radio.
Thank You guy who
wrote the article on how he put up a 150 ft.
tower with monobanders for
10, 15, 20 and 40 for $100, for reminding me I
need to make friends with
a neighbor that would be willing to help me out
with his crane and his
aluminum tubing scrap pile. I hope you get
a small laugh from the
Thank You Note, but if you didn’t, send me one
you think is funny.
HAMFEST
JANUARY 2012
On
January 21, 2012, the Northland Emergency Response Group will be
sponsoring the North Kansas City Hamfest.
The Hamfest will be at the
Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivian Road
Kansas City, MO 64101. To
find out more information go to the Hamfest website
http://www.northkchamfest.com. The contact
person is Alan Altis,
KC0SCT, P.O. Box 921 Kearney, MO 64060, his phone
is 816-204-5962 or
use Alan’s e-mail: alan@patriotpublicsafety.com
January
28, 2012, the St. Louis & Suburban Radio Club, Inc.
will host their Winterfest at Gateway Convention
Center, 1 Gateway
Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234. For the
complete information about the
Winterfest, go to the SLSRC website http://slsrc.org/
. This is a huge
Hamfest and you need to get a table ASAP.
Contact Bill Coby, KB0WMG, PO
Box 2233 St. Louis, MO 63139, Phone: 314-504-1104
or sent Bill an e-mail
at bcoby@sbcglobal.net
The
Ozark Mountain Amateur Radio group Hamfest was great again this
year. James French, KC0TQD, and the OMAR members
are to be
congratulated on the organization and operation
of the event. All the
major equipment dealers and an overflow number of
flea market vendors
gave all those attending an excellent opportunity
to get some radio
gear. The radio controlled airplane display
was a real unique feature
of the Hamfest. Following the Hamfest there
was a model jet plane
being flown around the building and very high
into the air. It was
hard to believe that it was January 7th and 65
degrees. I hope everyone
in the area can make it to next year’s event, you
will not be
disappointed.
RENEW
YOUR ARRL CLUB AFFILIATION THIS MONTH.
With
the election of new officers for 2012, sometimes the
ARRL Club Affiliation update slips through the
cracks. Each year
it’s a good idea for every MO Section Radio Club
to go to the website
and update their club information and submit it.
That insures that your
club stays on the Active list for MO Section
Radio Clubs. Once a Club
is affiliated it will always be an ARRL
Affiliated Radio Club, but it
can go to an inactive status if the club
information is not updated at
least every two years. Today we have 52 active
Radio Clubs in the
Missouri Section. Go to the Find-a-Club
webpage using this link.
http://www.arrl.org/find-a-club Use the
Section box to select
Missouri, and search. The Radio Clubs are
listed in Alphabetical order
by the City and I have found that to be the
easiest way to find the one
you are looking for. After you have found
the Club, click on the Go
Now link and once you get to the Club info, use
the EDIT button on the
upper right to go to Club information site. Make
the necessary changes
and Submit. Three days after you have made the
changes, they should
show up on the ARRL Club Page.
AFFILIATED
CLUB NEWS KEITH HAYE, WE0G, ACC
Please send club news to we0g@arrl.net
or k0ky@arrl.org
Thanks!
The
Kansas City DX Club is sponsoring CW practice every
Thursday evening from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
on 146.490 mHz simplex
(direct). The instructor will be Rob Underwood,
K0RU. The KCDXC has a
fine newsletter edited by Mike Crabtree, AB0X.
Their website is well
done also and worth the look. Use the link
http://kcdxclub.com/index.html
The
HARC Herald Newsletter reports that the Heart of America
Radio Club and the Kansas City Area Blind
Association Radio Club met
together for Christmas at the Corner Café. HARC
donated $60.00 to the
K0HAM repeater group in recognition of their use
of the 146.94 MHz
repeater for the net and other club activities.
The
Nixa ARC newsletter Open Mic reports that just before
Christmas, Sharon Whitehill-Gray of the Nixa
Community Foundation and
the Nixa Chamber of Commerce announced that NARC
had received a grant
for $1950.00 to complete a couple of projects in
2012. Ms.
Whitehill-Gray will be at the January club
meeting on Saturday,
January
14, 2012 to present Nixa Amateur Radio Club with
their grant award.
The
Callaway Amateur Radio League’s, Dick White, KS0M will
host a booth at the SERVE Senior Health Fair
January 19, 2012 at the
YMCA for the Alzheimer Association. KB0BAT
will share the booth with
Dick and represent Amateur Radio and the CARL.
This was Dick’s last
month as editor of the CARL Spark Gap and
the Club was fortunate to
have Tom Vaccaro, AA0PO picking up the editor’s
job.
SECTION
ARES REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2011
Kenneth
Baremore, W0KRB, SEC
Total # ARES Members 1,136
Number of Drills, Testing, Etc. 164
YTD:2,083
Number of Ham Hours 1,086.5 YTD:
18,700 hrs.
Number of Public Service Events 16
YTD: 218
Number of Ham Hours 133 YTD: 8,989
hrs.
Number of Emergency Operations 1 YTD: 144
Number of Ham hours Emer. Op. 9 YTD:
5,995 hrs.
Total ARES Operations this month 181
YTD: 2445
Total
Ham Hours 1,228.5 YTD: 33,686 hrs.
9 out of 9 districts reporting
This is a 2011 Summary report for the MESN
(Missouri Emergency Services
Net) as provided by John Howard K0VET Net Manager
Check in (QNI) were 3146 Messages (QTC) were 201
The MESN had 56 sessions for the year which
included 1 Emergency
Session during the first hours of Joplin tornado
disaster. There was
also 1 standby session due to the severe
snowstorm -- the net didn't
activate as there were no communication failures
requiring Amateur
Radio support. The MESN now has 10 stations that
can operate as NCS.
The check-in roster shows we have good coverage
over most of the state,
However, additional stations in the North,
Northeast, and Southeast
parts of the state need better representation.
The MESN nets meets every Sunday around 18:00
hours on 3.963
For
the latest updates in appointments and ARES activities please go
to the Missouri ARES website. http://www.ares-mo.org/.
SECTION
TRAFFIC REPORTS DECEMBER 2011
LARRY
WILSON, K0RWL STM
MO SECTION NET (MON) Sessions 29 QNI 100
QTC 18 Net Mgr. K9ZTV
MO TRAFFIC NET Sessions 31 QNI 1721 QTC 193
Net Mgr. K0RWL
MESN Sessions 4 QNI 230 QTC 4
Net Mgr. K0VET
Callaway Co CARL Sessions 4 QNI
75 QTC 4 Net Mgr. WB0HNK
Boone Co CMRA Sessions 4 QNI 63 QTC 1
Net Mgr. N0UBC
Benton County Sessions 4 QNI 69 QTC
1 Net Mgr. KC0FDF
Clinton Co NWMO ARES Sessions 2 QTC 14 QTC 0 NM
KC0QLU
Howell County Sessions 3 QNI 19
QTC 3 Net Mgr. K0RWL
Current River ARC Sessions 5 QNI 28
QTC 0 Net Mgr. KN0D
Osage Co ARES Sessions 1 QNI 4
QTC 0 Net Mgr. W0WFH
Jackson County Sessions 5 QNI 100
QTC 1 Net Mgr. K0UAA
CSRC Wellsville Sessions 3 QNI 21 QTC
0 Net Mgr. W0CSR
Macon Cnty ARES Sessions 4
QNI 56 QTC 1 Net Mgr. K0KY
Rolla RRARS Sessions 27
QNI 315 QTC 5 Net Mgr. KB9ZBO
St. Louis ARES Sessions 8 QNI
62 QTC 4 Net Mgr. KB0H
NTSDCW Sessions 1 QNI 7 QTC
2995 Net Mgr. KB0OFD
WAARCI Sessions 4 QNI 151 QTC 1
Net Mgr. KC0YEH
Texas County Sessions 31 QNI 515 QTC
1 Net Mgr. N0TPE
St Francois Co ARES Sessions 4 QNI 36 QTC 0 Net
Mgr, AC0RV
Mid-MO ARC Sessions 4 QNI 71
QTC 0 Net Mgr. N0ZH
West Central MO Net Sessions 4 QNI 64
QTC 1 Net Mgr. KD0CNC
KC ARES Digital Sessions 4 QNI 25 QTC
1 Net Mgr. KD0EAV
Northland ARES Sessions 5 QNI 114 QTC
1 Net Mgr. K0KEX
Tri-County ARC Sessions 5 QNI 55
QTC 0 Net Mgr. N0AUY
District E ARES Sessions 8 QNI 8
QTC 38 Net Mgr. N0RIC
WCMOFMSN Sessions 3 QNI 53 QTC
0 Net Mgr. WE0G
Hannibal ARES Sessions 4 QNI 48 QTC 0
Net Mgr. KD0HHN
10th Region CW Sessions 61 QNI
0 QTC 125 Net Mgr. W0SS
10th Region SSB Sessions 23 QNI
0 QTC 204 Net Mgr. K0VTT
Totals Sessions 296
QNI 4054 QTC 3568
10th Region Participation CW 85% K9ZTV, KC0M,
W0SJS,
W0FCE,
ND0N, Net Manager
W0SS
10th Region Participation SSB 100% KC0M,
KB0OFD
Net Mgr. K0VTT
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ARRL Missouri Section
Section Manager: Dale C Bagley, K0KY
k0ky@arrl.org
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