July 25, 2017
1) The next Frequency Switching (QSY) Net will be on Tuesday August 15th. The QSY frequency will be 147.5700MHz. All Amateurs are encouraged to participate.
2) The next monthly Hospital Simplex Net will be on Saturday – August 19th starting at 10:30am. Mike Rollins, WA9NCF, will be hosting from Hendricks Regional Health Hospital and Len Kayler, KC9SQD, from the IU West Hospital. The day of the week was changed at the beginning of the year in hopes of getting more check-ins than we had been getting in the past. Monthly simplex nets are held on 147.570MHz. These nets allow us to check the performance and capability of our equipment on a simplex frequency with hams in and around Hendricks County. This preparation is necessary for us to be ready when called upon during an emergency or disaster.
3) The Hendricks County ARES Tailgate Fest, sponsored by the Communications Technology Support (CTS) and hosted by the Danville American Legion Post 118, will be on August 12th with a rain date of August 13th. The location is 846 S. State Road 39 in Danville. Setup starts at 6am. It will be open to the public from 7am until 1pm. Admission is $6 per person. µ Bring your own Power Sourceµ Talk-in will be on the 147.015 N9HC Repeater. Breakfast and Lunch will be made available by the Legion’s Ladies Auxiliary. Grand prize is a new FT-70 Fusion HT Radio, sponsored by R and L and CTS Inc. Second Prize is N3FJP Logging software, sponsored by Scott N3FJP himself. For more information contact Ken Kayler KC9SQD at kakayler64@hotmail.com or at 317-874-7068, or Jay Wright KK9L at kk9ljay@comcast.net or at 317-203-3335.
4) The next Hendricks County ARES membership meeting will be on August 16th at the Hendricks County Senior Services building located at 1201 Sycamore Lane in Danville (right behind the Hendricks County Regional Health Hospital) starting at 7pm.
5) The Putnam County Auxiliary Communications (RACES) is inviting everyone from Hendricks County to check into their two weekly nets. Every Tuesday night there is a 2M net starting at 8pm. It is on the 147.330 MHz repeater with a sub audible tone of 88.5Hz. Every Thursday night there is a 70Cm net starting at 8pm. That net is on the 442.225 MHz repeater, and also requires sub audible tone of 88.5Hz. Let’s show our support by checking-in to these WB9EOC nets from Greencastle.
6) If you are looking for experience in emergency communications, consider helping with one of the public service events in the area. Go to http://www.indyhams.org and click on EVENTS for some good choices.
7) It’s always available: go to http://www.training.fema.gov/is, and earn the National Incident Management certifications that you do not already hold: IS-100b, IS-200b, IS-700a and IS-800b. These courses are a vital part of the Hendricks County ARES training.
8) Attention all Hendricks County ARES members: if you have not yet had your photo taken for your new ARES ID card, please contact Wayne Michael, AC9HP, at wmichael@hotmail.com. Arrangements need to be made ASAP to get your photo taken. You will need your NEW ARES photo id card in order to be deployed to in the field.
• No On-Air announcements were made this week.
• July 19th - Wednesday: ARES Members' meeting (item #4 above)
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