From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sat Dec  3 13:33:42 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:33:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet
Message-ID: <1322937222.27464.YahooMailRC@web81505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Eddie and Kevin,

This is a rerminder?that tonight is the night that you get to look up a good 
place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.? 


They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the few 
"Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.

I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking down will 
be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).

Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.? 

The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like to 
raise the stakes.

Mark/AE5MH

From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sat Dec  3 13:40:56 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 10:40:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
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My appologies for the typo's.. I was refering for said proof of ownership.

No subliminal message meant there!? 

Good Luck and I hope it's a good game tonight


AE5MH



________________________________
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Sent: Sat, December 3, 2011 12:34:52 PM
Subject: [OKtraders] Bedlam

? 
Eddie and Kevin,

This is a rerminder?that tonight is the night that you get to look up a good 
place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.? 

They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the few 
"Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.

I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking down will 
be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).

Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.? 

The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like to 
raise the stakes.

Mark/AE5MH


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From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Sat Dec  3 14:32:47 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:32:47 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet
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Mark,

now, I never mad the bet.....that was Eddie, you tried to suck me in, but as I observed, you only had to wear it one week total and you had already made the bet with Eddie.......if you lost it was no skin off cause you already would have to wear it for a week........so i gained nothing..........besides, I'm a realist........i've watched us choke too often to make a bet like that........

Instead of just "expecting us to win" like OU fans expect of the sooners, I'm just grateful to be where we are and if we win, GREAT, but if we don't, then so be it!

Your humble orange lovin' SM,

Kevin
On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:33 PM, AE5MH wrote:

> Eddie and Kevin,
> 
> This is a rerminder that tonight is the night that you get to look up a good 
> place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.  
> 
> 
> They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the few 
> "Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.
> 
> I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking down will 
> be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).
> 
> Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.  
> 
> The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like to 
> raise the stakes.
> 
> Mark/AE5MH
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
> 
> 
> 
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From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sat Dec  3 20:37:07 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:37:07 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet
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Well "IF" (or when) the unthinkable should ever happen, I'll be happy to take it on the chin. 

Mark
AE5MH

On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:32 PM, "Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW" <n0irw at suddenlink.net> wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> now, I never mad the bet.....that was Eddie, you tried to suck me in, but as I observed, you only had to wear it one week total and you had already made the bet with Eddie.......if you lost it was no skin off cause you already would have to wear it for a week........so i gained nothing..........besides, I'm a realist........i've watched us choke too often to make a bet like that........
> 
> Instead of just "expecting us to win" like OU fans expect of the sooners, I'm just grateful to be where we are and if we win, GREAT, but if we don't, then so be it!
> 
> Your humble orange lovin' SM,
> 
> Kevin
> On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:33 PM, AE5MH wrote:
> 
>> Eddie and Kevin,
>> 
>> This is a rerminder that tonight is the night that you get to look up a good 
>> place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.  
>> 
>> 
>> They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the few 
>> "Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.
>> 
>> I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking down will 
>> be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).
>> 
>> Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.  
>> 
>> The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like to 
>> raise the stakes.
>> 
>> Mark/AE5MH
>> ______________________________________________________
>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>> 
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>> 
>> _________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
> 
> 
> 
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From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Sun Dec  4 00:46:09 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:46:09 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet
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	<22757F40-D83E-4866-BE82-5E6A045BBCF7@sbcglobal.net>
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well, "if and when" has happened....

Kevin

On Dec 3, 2011, at 7:37 PM, AE5MH wrote:

> Well "IF" (or when) the unthinkable should ever happen, I'll be happy to take it on the chin. 
> 
> Mark
> AE5MH
> 
> On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:32 PM, "Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW" <n0irw at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Mark,
>> 
>> now, I never mad the bet.....that was Eddie, you tried to suck me in, but as I observed, you only had to wear it one week total and you had already made the bet with Eddie.......if you lost it was no skin off cause you already would have to wear it for a week........so i gained nothing..........besides, I'm a realist........i've watched us choke too often to make a bet like that........
>> 
>> Instead of just "expecting us to win" like OU fans expect of the sooners, I'm just grateful to be where we are and if we win, GREAT, but if we don't, then so be it!
>> 
>> Your humble orange lovin' SM,
>> 
>> Kevin
>> On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:33 PM, AE5MH wrote:
>> 
>>> Eddie and Kevin,
>>> 
>>> This is a rerminder that tonight is the night that you get to look up a good 
>>> place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the few 
>>> "Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.
>>> 
>>> I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking down will 
>>> be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).
>>> 
>>> Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.  
>>> 
>>> The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like to 
>>> raise the stakes.
>>> 
>>> Mark/AE5MH
>>> ______________________________________________________
>>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>>> 
>>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>>> 
>>> _________________________________
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________________________
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>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
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>> 
>> ______________________________________________________
>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>> 
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>> 
>> _________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
> 
> 
> 
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From jcowan at jcowan.org  Sat Dec  3 22:39:47 2011
From: jcowan at jcowan.org (Joshua Cowan)
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:39:47 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
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Maybe one of you guys/gals can tell me the score, it appears my TV is broken: it's showing a "41" beside "OKLA ST", but the number beside "OKLAHOMA" is cut off--I only see a "3"... and I know that can't be right... can it? (-;

Oh and, just in case anybody's wondering, the t-shirt store on 29th & Meridian has a fine selection of OSU gear last time I checked.

--Joshua (AE5HA)

AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>My appologies for the typo's.. I was refering for said proof of
>ownership.


From jema at poncacity.net  Sun Dec  4 07:45:59 2011
From: jema at poncacity.net (Eddie Manley)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 06:45:59 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet
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Well "IF" has happened.   Doesn't seem that I need to buy an OU cap, but 
somebody does need an OSU bonnet to wear for a week!!!!
I'm not sure OU came to play last night .... 'POOR SOONERS'.   44 to 0 [ten 
points is about the same as 0].  Am I going to get to rub it in at work, 
too!  I'm going to talk about it on the radio, too, so that will make this 
mgs legal.

Bright Orange Eddie K5EMS
73
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AE5MH" <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net>
To: "ARRL Oklahoma Section List" <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "ARRL Oklahoma Section List" <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet


> Well "IF" (or when) the unthinkable should ever happen, I'll be happy to 
> take it on the chin.
>
> Mark
> AE5MH
>
> On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:32 PM, "Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW" <n0irw at suddenlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> now, I never mad the bet.....that was Eddie, you tried to suck me in, but 
>> as I observed, you only had to wear it one week total and you had already 
>> made the bet with Eddie.......if you lost it was no skin off cause you 
>> already would have to wear it for a week........so i gained 
>> nothing..........besides, I'm a realist........i've watched us choke too 
>> often to make a bet like that........
>>
>> Instead of just "expecting us to win" like OU fans expect of the sooners, 
>> I'm just grateful to be where we are and if we win, GREAT, but if we 
>> don't, then so be it!
>>
>> Your humble orange lovin' SM,
>>
>> Kevin
>> On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:33 PM, AE5MH wrote:
>>
>>> Eddie and Kevin,
>>>
>>> This is a rerminder that tonight is the night that you get to look up a 
>>> good
>>> place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.
>>>
>>>
>>> They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the 
>>> few
>>> "Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.
>>>
>>> I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking 
>>> down will
>>> be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).
>>>
>>> Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.
>>>
>>> The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like 
>>> to
>>> raise the stakes.
>>>
>>> Mark/AE5MH
>>> ______________________________________________________
>>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>>>
>>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>>>
>>> _________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in 
>>> the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It 
>>> was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders 
>>> and members.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> ARRL-OK mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:ARRL-OK at mailman.qth.net
>>>
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>> ______________________________________________________
>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>>
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>>
>> _________________________________
>>
>>
>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in 
>> the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It 
>> was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders 
>> and members.
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> ARRL-OK mailing list
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>>
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> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
>
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>
> _________________________________
>
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set 
> up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and 
> members.
>
>
>
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From k2gkk at hotmail.com  Sun Dec  4 09:22:33 2011
From: k2gkk at hotmail.com (D C *Mac* Macdonald)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:22:33 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
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I have a hunters orange stocking cap that Mark can 
borrow if he wants to get out cheaply! 
 
He may be coming over anyway to pick up a couple of 
new Bird SO-239 connectors for a Bird 43 Wattmeter. 
 
BTW, I'm not REALLY sure this meets the stated 
purpose of the ARRL-OK mailing list! 
 
(;<p)
  
* * * * * * * * * * * 
* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret (61-81) * 
* * * * * * * * * * * 
(and disappointed Sooner fan)  
 
 
 
> From: jcowan at jcowan.org
> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:39:47 -0600
> To: arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net; OKtraders at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
> 
> Maybe one of you guys/gals can tell me the score, it appears my TV is broken: it's showing a "41" beside "OKLA ST", but the number beside "OKLAHOMA" is cut off--I only see a "3"... and I know that can't be right... can it? (-;
> 
> Oh and, just in case anybody's wondering, the t-shirt store on 29th & Meridian has a fine selection of OSU gear last time I checked.
> 
> --Joshua (AE5HA)
> 
> AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> >My appologies for the typo's.. I was refering for said proof of
> >ownership.
 		 	   		  

From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sun Dec  4 11:10:50 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:10:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet
In-Reply-To: <0F08B6CFBD874569BD0846C97E6C64A6@EddiePC>
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	<0F08B6CFBD874569BD0846C97E6C64A6@EddiePC>
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You guys earned it.  and I've began by posting the acknowledgment on my FB page.
The hat will come this afternoon when I get to wall mart.

I'm sure there are still LOTS of them left in the stores.

OSU's defense showed up last night.  Stoops should have taken a hint from the KS 
State playbook and left Bell in the whole game since the KS State QB was the 
only one to score against the Pokes!  Blackmon was practically shut down, but 
Weeden was given way too much time to pick and choose.  And even then most 
points scored weren't from passing.

OSU's buy week certainly helped them.  Landry isn't a scrambler unless it's 
eggs.

 You win Eddie.  Tell You what.. I'll even wear it to the next hamfest!!

AE5MH


----- Original Message ----
From: Eddie Manley <jema at poncacity.net>
To: ARRL Oklahoma Section List <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, December 4, 2011 6:45:59 AM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet

Well "IF" has happened.   Doesn't seem that I need to buy an OU cap, but 
somebody does need an OSU bonnet to wear for a week!!!!
I'm not sure OU came to play last night .... 'POOR SOONERS'.   44 to 0 [ten 
points is about the same as 0].  Am I going to get to rub it in at work, 
too!  I'm going to talk about it on the radio, too, so that will make this 
mgs legal.

Bright Orange Eddie K5EMS
73
--------------------------------------
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AE5MH" <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net>
To: "ARRL Oklahoma Section List" <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "ARRL Oklahoma Section List" <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Bedlam - The bet


> Well "IF" (or when) the unthinkable should ever happen, I'll be happy to 
> take it on the chin.
>
> Mark
> AE5MH
>
> On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:32 PM, "Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW" <n0irw at suddenlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> now, I never mad the bet.....that was Eddie, you tried to suck me in, but 
>> as I observed, you only had to wear it one week total and you had already 
>> made the bet with Eddie.......if you lost it was no skin off cause you 
>> already would have to wear it for a week........so i gained 
>> nothing..........besides, I'm a realist........i've watched us choke too 
>> often to make a bet like that........
>>
>> Instead of just "expecting us to win" like OU fans expect of the sooners, 
>> I'm just grateful to be where we are and if we win, GREAT, but if we 
>> don't, then so be it!
>>
>> Your humble orange lovin' SM,
>>
>> Kevin
>> On Dec 3, 2011, at 12:33 PM, AE5MH wrote:
>>
>>> Eddie and Kevin,
>>>
>>> This is a rerminder that tonight is the night that you get to look up a 
>>> good
>>> place to buy a Sooner Ball cap.
>>>
>>>
>>> They are quite stylish and loved by practically everyone other than the 
>>> few
>>> "Diehard" Cowboys fans that are still left.
>>>
>>> I know that the orange is much safer as most homeless people walking 
>>> down will
>>> be seen and not hit by passing motorists (or sooner fans).
>>>
>>> Facebook pages will also be posted with siad proof of ownershit.
>>>
>>> The initial perion of this wager is one week of course unless you'd like 
>>> to
>>> raise the stakes.
>>>
>>> Mark/AE5MH
>>> ______________________________________________________
>>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>>>
>>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>>>
>>> _________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in 
>>> the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It 
>>> was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders 
>>> and members.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> ______________________________________________________
>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>>
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>>
>> _________________________________
>>
>>
>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in 
>> the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It 
>> was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders 
>> and members.
>>
>>
>>
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> ___________________ Information __________________________
>
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>
> _________________________________
>
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set 
> up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and 
> members.
>
>
>
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Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma

_________________________________


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From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Sun Dec  4 11:13:46 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:13:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
In-Reply-To: <18041723-78b6-45f3-b104-24ad0d18a6d6@email.android.com>
References: <1322937292.63962.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<1322937656.25015.YahooMailRC@web81505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<18041723-78b6-45f3-b104-24ad0d18a6d6@email.android.com>
Message-ID: <1323015226.55686.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

everybody's TVs were broken


----- Original Message ----
From: Joshua Cowan <jcowan at jcowan.org>
To: ARRL-OK Reflector <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>; OKtraders at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, December 3, 2011 9:39:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam

Maybe one of you guys/gals can tell me the score, it appears my TV is broken: 
it's showing a "41" beside "OKLA ST", but the number beside "OKLAHOMA" is cut 
off--I only see a "3"... and I know that can't be right... can it? (-;

Oh and, just in case anybody's wondering, the t-shirt store on 29th & Meridian 
has a fine selection of OSU gear last time I checked.

--Joshua (AE5HA)

AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>My appologies for the typo's.. I was refering for said proof of
>ownership.

______________________________________________________
___________________ Information __________________________

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Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma

_________________________________


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From dave.stew at gmail.com  Sun Dec  4 11:16:33 2011
From: dave.stew at gmail.com (Dave Stewart)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:16:33 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
In-Reply-To: <1323015226.55686.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <1322937292.63962.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<1322937656.25015.YahooMailRC@web81505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<18041723-78b6-45f3-b104-24ad0d18a6d6@email.android.com>
	<1323015226.55686.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <CABiZ9dp6L0vtsOrxDqDLr96oEgerr_YU77gnDMTLZ2DaV1n7vg@mail.gmail.com>

Unsubscribe me. This is so off topic, I've started deleting emails without
reading them. There has to be a more appropriate forum.

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:13 AM, AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> everybody's TVs were broken
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Joshua Cowan <jcowan at jcowan.org>
> To: ARRL-OK Reflector <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>; OKtraders at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, December 3, 2011 9:39:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
>
> Maybe one of you guys/gals can tell me the score, it appears my TV is
> broken:
> it's showing a "41" beside "OKLA ST", but the number beside "OKLAHOMA" is
> cut
> off--I only see a "3"... and I know that can't be right... can it? (-;
>
> Oh and, just in case anybody's wondering, the t-shirt store on 29th &
> Meridian
> has a fine selection of OSU gear last time I checked.
>
> --Joshua (AE5HA)
>
> AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >My appologies for the typo's.. I was refering for said proof of
> >ownership.
>
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
>
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>
> _________________________________
>
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the
> ARRL
> Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in
> order to improve communication between the section leaders and members.
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARRL-OK mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
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>
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> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
>
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>
> _________________________________
>
>
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the
> ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set
> up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and
> members.
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> ARRL-OK mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
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-- 
Dave Stewart
dave.stew at gmail.com

From jcowan at jcowan.org  Sun Dec  4 12:24:35 2011
From: jcowan at jcowan.org (Joshua Cowan)
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:24:35 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] OT:  Bedlam
In-Reply-To: <CABiZ9dp6L0vtsOrxDqDLr96oEgerr_YU77gnDMTLZ2DaV1n7vg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1322937292.63962.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<1322937656.25015.YahooMailRC@web81505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<18041723-78b6-45f3-b104-24ad0d18a6d6@email.android.com>
	<1323015226.55686.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<CABiZ9dp6L0vtsOrxDqDLr96oEgerr_YU77gnDMTLZ2DaV1n7vg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <493d56d6-c780-43fc-b1bf-e21aa5646cf5@email.android.com>

I'm sure there are more effective ways to encourage the list to stay on topic, not to mention the irony of contributing to the further decrease in S/N. There is a link at the bottom of every message to manage your subscription to the list, in case you didn't see it.

Alternatively, I notice you're using Gmail... how about just muting the thread?

   http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47787 

   http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-in-labs-smart-mute-and-easier-ways.html

That's what it's for, after all... and the Internets *are* known to go off on tangents, occasionally.

--Joshua

Dave Stewart <dave.stew at gmail.com> wrote:

>Unsubscribe me. This is so off topic, I've started deleting emails
>without
>reading them. There has to be a more appropriate forum.


From k2gkk at hotmail.com  Sun Dec  4 12:28:53 2011
From: k2gkk at hotmail.com (D C *Mac* Macdonald)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:28:53 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] OT:  Bedlam
In-Reply-To: <493d56d6-c780-43fc-b1bf-e21aa5646cf5@email.android.com>
References: <1322937292.63962.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
	<1322937656.25015.YahooMailRC@web81505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
	<18041723-78b6-45f3-b104-24ad0d18a6d6@email.android.com>,
	<1323015226.55686.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
	<CABiZ9dp6L0vtsOrxDqDLr96oEgerr_YU77gnDMTLZ2DaV1n7vg@mail.gmail.com>,
	<493d56d6-c780-43fc-b1bf-e21aa5646cf5@email.android.com>
Message-ID: <BLU129-W286FD77705A11EA35A051DF1B40@phx.gbl>


I'm not absolutely sure because I have deleted all 
the messages in this thread, but I believe it was 
started by ARRL "officials" here in Oklahoma! 
  
* * * * * * * * * * * 
* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret (61-81) * 
* * * * * * * * * * * 
 
 
 
 

 

> From: jcowan at jcowan.org
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:24:35 -0600
> To: arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ARRL-OK] OT: Bedlam
> 
> I'm sure there are more effective ways to encourage the list to stay on topic, not to mention the irony of contributing to the further decrease in S/N. There is a link at the bottom of every message to manage your subscription to the list, in case you didn't see it.
> 
> Alternatively, I notice you're using Gmail... how about just muting the thread?
> 
> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47787 
> 
> http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-in-labs-smart-mute-and-easier-ways.html
> 
> That's what it's for, after all... and the Internets *are* known to go off on tangents, occasionally.
> 
> --Joshua
> 
> Dave Stewart <dave.stew at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >Unsubscribe me. This is so off topic, I've started deleting emails
> >without
> >reading them. There has to be a more appropriate forum.
 		 	   		  

From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Sun Dec  4 19:19:04 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:19:04 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Topics
In-Reply-To: <CABiZ9dp6L0vtsOrxDqDLr96oEgerr_YU77gnDMTLZ2DaV1n7vg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1322937292.63962.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<1322937656.25015.YahooMailRC@web81505.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<18041723-78b6-45f3-b104-24ad0d18a6d6@email.android.com>
	<1323015226.55686.YahooMailRC@web81502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<CABiZ9dp6L0vtsOrxDqDLr96oEgerr_YU77gnDMTLZ2DaV1n7vg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B3433E45-FFD6-45EC-9B1A-978164DB6F41@suddenlink.net>

I will admit, this was off topic.  It was a friendly banter between fellow hams on an event.  This isn't the first time there has been off topic comments on this forum.  As the administrator/moderator of this list. I am responsible for the moderation of the topics.  While we want all Oklahoma League members involved on this list, I'm not going to throw folks off just because there are a few things that come along that are "off topic" on amateur radio.  This topic was between Oklahoma Amateur radio operators.  So, everyone just relax.  This is a hobby, not rocket science.  If you don't like a topic, utilize your delete button and your freedom of choice.  I do it quite often.

73,

Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW
Oklahoma Section Manager

On Dec 4, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Dave Stewart wrote:

> Unsubscribe me. This is so off topic, I've started deleting emails without
> reading them. There has to be a more appropriate forum.
> 
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:13 AM, AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> everybody's TVs were broken
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Joshua Cowan <jcowan at jcowan.org>
>> To: ARRL-OK Reflector <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>; OKtraders at yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Sat, December 3, 2011 9:39:47 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] [OKtraders] Bedlam
>> 
>> Maybe one of you guys/gals can tell me the score, it appears my TV is
>> broken:
>> it's showing a "41" beside "OKLA ST", but the number beside "OKLAHOMA" is
>> cut
>> off--I only see a "3"... and I know that can't be right... can it? (-;
>> 
>> Oh and, just in case anybody's wondering, the t-shirt store on 29th &
>> Meridian
>> has a fine selection of OSU gear last time I checked.
>> 
>> --Joshua (AE5HA)
>> 
>> AE5MH <ae5mh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> My appologies for the typo's.. I was refering for said proof of
>>> ownership.
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________
>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>> 
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>> 
>> _________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the
>> ARRL
>> Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in
>> order to improve communication between the section leaders and members.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> ARRL-OK mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:ARRL-OK at mailman.qth.net
>> 
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________
>> ___________________ Information __________________________
>> 
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
>> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
>> 
>> _________________________________
>> 
>> 
>> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the
>> ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set
>> up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and
>> members.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> ARRL-OK mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/arrl-ok
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:ARRL-OK at mailman.qth.net
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>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave Stewart
> dave.stew at gmail.com
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
> 
> 
> 
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From kc5fm at aol.com  Mon Dec  5 12:29:00 2011
From: kc5fm at aol.com (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:29:00 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Unsubscribe request WAS Re: ARRL-OK Bedlam
Message-ID: <CAGeNtEHcWHAFu8w9o1psd9WY1GoeL1tqK6i-rzLWNcjHJU3maA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:03 AM,  <arrl-ok-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> Unsubscribe me. This is so off topic, I've started deleting emails without
> reading them. There has to be a more appropriate forum.

OH there's so many ways around this that there should be NO need to
send this request to an entire LIST.

1.  As already mentioned, filtering in Gmail works SO good.

2.  I get this list in digest.  http://mailman.qth.net/ lets you log
on to the list with your email address and password.  One can select
digest from there.  Since I care too much about my amateur radio
friends in the Oklahoma Section, I use my delete key once on this
list.

3.  http://mailman.qth.net/ lets you get off the list the same way you
got ON the list.  No harm, no foul, and only the moderator(s) will
know or care.

73


-- 

Lloyd Colston KC5FM
Altus, OK USA http://wx5em.us
Straight Key Century Club #5676
Croatian Telegraphy Club CTC # 1.931
CARF #294 Ten-Ten #10231 NAQCC #4408
Southcars #8276 QCWA #31935 ARRL #8037325
http://www.carf.net http://www.ten-ten.org http://norcars.net/
http://kc5fm.blogspot.com ?http://doodle.com/kc5fm

From tom.white at gmail.com  Mon Dec  5 12:46:35 2011
From: tom.white at gmail.com (Tom White)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:46:35 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Unsubscribe request WAS Re: ARRL-OK Bedlam
In-Reply-To: <CAGeNtEHcWHAFu8w9o1psd9WY1GoeL1tqK6i-rzLWNcjHJU3maA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGeNtEHcWHAFu8w9o1psd9WY1GoeL1tqK6i-rzLWNcjHJU3maA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAM_PZvUZx1n7S064zLxfsGzi+pBLZ8H9-c6-AihnPoNOEQjCog@mail.gmail.com>

I think the unsubscribe message was much more on topic than whatever the
heck this "Bedlam" thing is.

73,

Tom, K5EHX

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Lloyd Colston <kc5fm at aol.com> wrote:

>
> OH there's so many ways around this that there should be NO need to
> send this request to an entire LIST.
>

From ae5mh at sbcglobal.net  Mon Dec  5 12:51:02 2011
From: ae5mh at sbcglobal.net (AE5MH)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:51:02 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Unsubscribe request WAS Re: ARRL-OK Bedlam
In-Reply-To: <CAM_PZvUZx1n7S064zLxfsGzi+pBLZ8H9-c6-AihnPoNOEQjCog@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAGeNtEHcWHAFu8w9o1psd9WY1GoeL1tqK6i-rzLWNcjHJU3maA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAM_PZvUZx1n7S064zLxfsGzi+pBLZ8H9-c6-AihnPoNOEQjCog@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <DA4DD901-277B-44C3-9BC7-32C532B5F2F2@sbcglobal.net>

It was certainly an important discussion at the last two handset forums.

Mark
AE5MH

On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Tom White <tom.white at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the unsubscribe message was much more on topic than whatever the
> heck this "Bedlam" thing is.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Tom, K5EHX
> 
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Lloyd Colston <kc5fm at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> OH there's so many ways around this that there should be NO need to
>> send this request to an entire LIST.
>> 
> ______________________________________________________
> ___________________ Information __________________________
> 
> ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager - Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW  n0irw at arrl.org
> Oklahoma Section Web page http://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/oklahoma
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> 
> This list is for the discussion of topics relating to amateur radio in the ARRL Oklahoma Section.  Anyone is welcome to post to the list.  It was set up in order to improve communication between the section leaders and members. 
> 
> 
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From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Mon Dec  5 13:19:13 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:19:13 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Unsubscribe request WAS Re: ARRL-OK Bedlam
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did you guys miss my post on the subject.......

LET IT GO!

Kevin N0IRW

On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Tom White wrote:

> I think the unsubscribe message was much more on topic than whatever the
> heck this "Bedlam" thing is.
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> 73,
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> Tom, K5EHX
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> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Lloyd Colston <kc5fm at aol.com> wrote:
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>> OH there's so many ways around this that there should be NO need to
>> send this request to an entire LIST.
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From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  5 16:27:15 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:27:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] USS Oklahoma Special Event Station WW2OK  12/6-7
Message-ID: <1323120435.41320.YahooMailNeo@web160104.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

The USS Oklahoma Memorial Amateur Radio Club is holding a Special Event Station WW2OK in memory of the battleship, USS Oklahoma, which was lost along with 429 servicemen when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. ?
WW2OK will activate from the War Memorial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma,from 6pm CST on December 6th and run until 6pm CST on December 7th. Multi-Op and Multi-Band operations will take place in the general portion of the HF ham bands, with all modes and bands, except 60m, possible.
The ?largest remaining part of the USS Oklahoma, a section of the mast, is on display at the War Memorial Park in Muskogee, along with the USS Batfish, the World War II submarine built to avenge the losses at Pearl Harbor.?
A special ?70th Anniversary? QSL card for contacts made during this event will be available after the first of the year.?
For more information about the event and the QSL cards, see the QRZ website.


Thanks to Cindy Downes, K5CEDfor this update.

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  5 17:02:16 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 14:02:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Are you ready for winter?
Message-ID: <1323122536.98113.YahooMailNeo@web160106.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Are you ready for winter?

While the danger from winter weather varies across the country, nearly all Americans, regardless of where they live, are likely to face some type of severe winter weather at some point in their lives. Winter storms can range from a moderate snow over a few hours to a blizzard with blinding, wind-driven snow that lasts for several days. Many winter storms are accompanied by dangerously low temperatures and sometimes by strong winds, icing, sleet and freezing rain.
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One of the primary concerns is the winter weather's ability to knock out heat, power and communications services to your home or office, sometimes for days at a time. Heavy snowfall and extreme cold can immobilize an entire region.
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The National Weather Service refers to winter storms as the ?Deceptive Killers? because most deaths are indirectly related to the storm. Instead, people die in traffic accidents on icy roads and of hypothermia from prolonged exposure to cold. It is important to be prepared for winter weather before it strikes.
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For more tips see:? http://www.ready.gov/winter
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www dot ready dot gov / winter

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 11 17:15:09 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:15:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] PLEASE FORWARD
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PLEASE FORWARD: SHARE WITH CLUB E-MAIL LIST & NEWSLETTERS. 
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Steps to become an ARES Oklahoma Member 
	1. To become a Volunteer with ARES-Oklahoma you simply register at www.ARESOK.org (see #3 below). You do not need to be a member of any group, club or the ARRL. 
	2. To be an Leader within the ARES-Oklahoma, you apply at www.ARESOK.org. ARRL membership is required for all appointed leaders at the time of appointment to the leadership role. 
Note: you can join the ARRL on-line at www.ARRL.org and/or you can typically join at many local hamfests. 
	3. To register with ARES-Oklahoma: 
	* Go to www.ARESOK.org 
	* On the left side of the page click "* APPLY *" 
	* On the map that is displayed, click on your county. 
	* Scroll down under the map and from the pull-down (next to Position Applied For) select VOLUNTEER or leadership role 
	* Fill in the blanks, and click "apply." 
This adds your name to the ARES-Oklahoma register. For Leaders, once appointed (AEC and above), you will now have access to all the tools on the website that you'll need, such as reports, volunteer data, resource information, and more. Registering on-line associates your name and call sign with ARES-Oklahoma. 
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Keep in touch with ARES-Oklahoma - go to groups.Yahoo.com/group/AresOklahoma and click "Join this Group!" on the right hand side of the page and sign up to receive all the latest ARES-Oklahoma news. 

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 12 15:47:43 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:47:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Ham Radio in Hollywood - Tim Allen
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>From ARRL News???ARRL.org

Ham Radio in Hollywood: Comedian Tim Allen Stars as Radio Amateur on New TV Show
12/12/2011 
Tim Allen -- star of?Home Improvement,?Toy Story,?The Santa Clause?and?Galaxy Quest, just to name a few -- stars in?Last Man Standing, an ABC comedy airing at 8 PM (EST) on Tuesday nights. Allen plays Mike Baxter, KA0XTT, a married father of three and the director of marketing at an outdoor sporting goods store in Colorado whose life is dominated by women. While Amateur Radio has not been prominently featured in the first episodes, according to John Amodeo, NN6JA -- the producer of?Last Man Standing?-- it is a part of the show and an important part of Mike?s character. The episode that will establish Mike as a radio amateur is currently scheduled to air in mid-January.
?Tim?s character Mike is involved in creating the sales strategy for the store, including their catalog and Internet identity,? Amodeo told the ARRL. ?The store is like Bass Pro Shops or Cabelas. There is a strong self-sufficiency overtone to Mike?s approach to life. Ham radio fits in the story as a means of emergency communication. It?s not directly featured in the foreground story, but at the moment, it?s a background element on the home set. Once I allow something to be put on the set, there?s a chance the writers will feature it.?Now that we have actually established Mike Baxter as KA0XTT, we can do more things featuring Amateur Radio.?
To make Mike a ham, Amodeo needed Mike to have a call sign. So he contacted ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, to help him out. ?In film and TV, we create fictitious telephone numbers, addresses and brands,? Amodio explained. ?We do this mostly to avoid being sued by real brands and to avoid complications with advertisers. As a producer and a ham, I was torn between wanting the show to be accurate and needing to keep my studios out of trouble. An accurate and positive portrayal of ham radio on TV would be a good thing.? Many TV shows and movies use telephone numbers with a 555 exchange (such as?555-1212), as that exchange is not valid.
Together with Pitts, and with input from Tim Allen, Amodeo created a call sign for Mike Baxter: KA0XTT. Since the show is set in Colorado, they wanted Mike to have a call sign with a 0 in it. ?We wanted a call sign that sounded real, but was not valid,? Amodeo said. ?The call sign is a 2?3 format with an X suffix. A call sign in this format is an experimental call sign and is not assignable to a radio amateur except in special circumstances. We especially liked the suffix, as it is a play on Tim?s character from his former show,?Home Improvement: ?ex-Tim Taylor.??
Amodeo told the ARRL that both his studio (Fox) and ABC were ?delighted to have a useable call sign. In the past, TV shows just made up some crazy call or used someone else?s without permission. And because we?ve had so much talk about Amateur Radio here on the show, a few of my production assistants took their Technician exam.? Amodeo applied to be an ARRL Volunteer Examiner so he could help administer the exams. On October 6, Amodeo and two other ARRL VEs administered the Technician exam to seven prospective hams. All seven passed, with two making perfect scores.
Since Mike Baxter is a ham, he needed a shack. So Amodeo and the set designers installed an Amateur Radio station in the corner of Mike?s set office. Allen, as Baxter, uses an ICOM IC-9100 HF/6 meter/2 meter transceiver and an IC-92AD handheld transceiver, both provided to the show courtesy of ICOM America. Amodeo told the ARRL that he has plans to add vintage equipment to the shack in the future. ?The radio equipment was originally intended to be used as props and set dressing items,? Amodeo told the ARRL. ?But since eight of the show?s staff members are radio amateurs, it didn?t take long before we made the radio equipment ?practical,? which is to say, actually capable of making radio calls live from the stage when we?re not shooting.? He said that radios will always be on and lit whenever they are shooting scenes in the office.
Pitts and ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, have been working with Amodio to make sure that Amateur Radio is correctly portrayed in the show. Keane also provided ARRL and Amateur Radio-related materials that are used on the set, such as issues of?QST,NCJ?and?QEX, as well as a call sign map, a2012 ARRL Handbook, a 2012 ARRL calendar and various ARRL stickers (look for one on the HF rig). ?We also sent fake versions of?DXCC,Worked All States?and?Worked All Continents?certificates, as well as a?Morse Code Proficiency Certificate,? Keane explained. ?Each certificate bears the name Mike Baxter and has KA0XTT as the call sign. All the certificates have issue dates of December 25, playing upon Tim Allen?s role inThe Santa Clause?movie series.?
Amodeo told the ARRL that he also installed antennas (courtesy of NCG/Comet) -- a dipole and antennas for 2 meters and 70 cm, ?up high, about 50 feet, inside the sound stage. The ultimate goal is to have the hams on our staff make contacts from our stage during down times.?
Last Man Standing?also stars Nancy Travis (Three Men and a Baby) as Mike?s wife and Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman,?The Princess Diaries,?Monk) as Mike?s boss. Amodio also produced the critically acclaimed?Sports Nightand?Arrested Development.
 Comedian Tim Allen plays Mike Baxter, KA0XTT, on the new hit television show Last Man Standing. The ARRL has been working with John Amodio, NN6JA -- the producer of Last Man Standing -- to make sure that Amateur Radio is correctly portrayed on the show. The ARRL has also provided many props used on the set. Note the ARRL stickers and the issues of QST -- the October 2011 issue (open to the Product Review article on the table) and the September 2011 issue (on the drafting board) -- as well as an issue of NCJ (on the drafting board) and a QEX (next to the radio). [?American Broadcasting Companies, Inc, used by permission]

http://www.arrl.org/news/em-ham-radio-in-hollywood-em-comedian-tim-allen-stars-as-radio-amateur-on-new-tv-show

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Tue Dec 20 10:34:27 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:34:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Snow still blowing in Oklahoma Panhandle
Message-ID: <1324395267.76467.YahooMailNeo@web160105.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

NEWSOK.com 12/20/2011
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GUYMON, OKLA ? Snow has mostly stopped falling in the Oklahoma Panhandle Tuesday morning, but blowing snow from drifts and frigid temperatures continue to be hazardous, the National Weather Service reports.

?Many roads in Cimarron and Texas counties remain closed, reports Lt. Mary Anne Burdo, Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatcher in Guymon.
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?At times it's hard to tell if it is still snowing or just blowing,? Burdo said Tuesday morning. 
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Near Kenton in Cimarron County, nearly 15 inches of snow has been reported by the National Weather Service. Burdo said the Panhandle just might have snow left on Christmas Day Sunday.
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?As long as it lasts and it doesn't come again that will be OK,? Burdo said.
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Oklahoma Department of Transportation crews continue to salt, sand and clear roads in northwest Oklahoma. All highways are closed in Cimarron County except US-56 and US-64 east from Boise City. US-64 remains closed westbound from Guymon in Texas County due to white-out conditions. All roads in the panhandle are considered slick and hazardous. 
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Harper, Ellis and Woodward counties are reporting slick roads with one to two inches of snow accumulation.
The Tuesday forecast for Boise City calls for areas of blowing snow and scattered snow showers before noon. The high temperature in the Panhandle will be near 30 with wind chill values between?minus 3 and 7 degrees. Blustery winds could gust up to 35 mph. There is a 30 percent chance for more snow.
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"We have several churches all full of stragglers, and even a couple in the basement of the courthouse," Cimarron County sheriff's dispatcher Sharon Bade said late Monday.
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?"We closed down the roads really early today, so most of them were trapped in town," she said.
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?One vehicle was reported stuck on a road near Felt about 10:30 p.m. and an attempt to rescue?those inside?was underway just before midnight.
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?Bade said there is no traffic on the roads in Boise City. Sheriff's deputies and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers are also staying off the roads, she said.
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?"Even the wreckers can't go out," Bade said.
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Although the snow in the Panhandle has tapered off, the blizzard warning remains in effect until noon Tuesday, the weather service in Amarillo, Texas reports. 

From n7xyo at yahoo.com  Wed Dec 21 10:17:11 2011
From: n7xyo at yahoo.com (Mark Conklin)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:17:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [ARRL-OK] The ARES E-Letter for December 21, 2011
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If you are having trouble reading this message, you can see the original at:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2011-12-21  
December 21, 2011Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE
ARES E-Letter Archive
ARES Home
ARRL Home Page 
In This Issue: 
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	* Army MARS Phasing Out WINLINK
	* Add Television To Your ARES Tool Kit
	* Western Pennsylvania ARES: NBEMS for Data Communications
	* Letters: A Tornado, and Lessons Learned
	* Letters: Collections of SET Scenarios Needed
	* R. Kent TeVault Scholarship for Emergency Communications
	* ARRL Orange Section Hams Recognized
	* Letters: Western Washington Section Writes Interoperability Plan
	* Hams Help Save the Life of Fellow Ham
	* K1CE For a Final
Army MARS Phasing Out WINLINK
The Department of the Army has announced that it has begun to take steps to phase out the use of the WINLINK System. The military chain of command that governs Army MARS feels that the Internet portion of WL2K leaves the system significantly open to possible intrusion. To deal with this it plans to replace WINLINK with a newer military e-mail system that has extensive protection against any form of intrusion. 
To replace the WL2K system, Army MARS will be expanding on the concept of a national network that is voice, RTTY, MIL-STD 110A and PACTOR capable. The focus of digital communication will be MIL-STD 188-110A, wide shift RTTY, and PACTOR III. PACTOR will become even more important as the new areas of focus will be "Peer to Peer" and "Keyboard to Keyboard" PACTOR communications. Amateur modes such as MT-63, OLIVIA, and WINMOR, which cannot be used by the military will be eventually phased out as well. 
A large contingent of skilled volunteer MARS operators will be required to make this system work effectively and this is where current and prospective Army MARS members will be needed. The goal will be to help Army MARS return to what it is really supposed to be: A radio-only system to relay long haul traffic across the CONUS and OCONUS. 
While these changes will affect Army MARS nationally, they are not abandoning state and local agencies. They are just moving away from giving them a winlink.org e-mail address. As they move forward, Army MARS will be able to offer these agencies the ability to relay traffic across the MARS radio-only network to anywhere across the country including such places as the Pentagon, National Guard Bureau, and the U.S. Army for requesting military support in a disaster. - Thanks, Mike Corey, KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager 
Add Television To Your ARES Tool Kit
This is a TV success story for a local ARES group. The Boulder County, Colorado, ARES group (District 11), BCARES, has experienced much success working with our county's emergency services organizations; in particular, fire and law enforcement. BCARES's tool kit includes all of the usual ham services, including HF/VHF/UHF voice communications, repeaters and various digital modes on HF plus packet on VHF/UHF with back-bone linked digipeaters. But, what Boulder County Public Safety lacked most was the specialty mode that we had to offer: television. Amateur Television (ATV) is the one BCARES capability that really excites our served agencies. 
We started offering TV services 20 years ago at the encouragement of Captain Bill McCaa, K0RZ, of the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. McCaa was in charge of all of the Sheriff's communications and computer operations and the county regional 911 center. Over the past few years BCARES has received many more requests for assistance using TV than for all other communication modes. 
TV offers the agency information in ways never imagined by us or them. It provides them with situational awareness, a buzzword for what is happening on the ground. It helps remove the need for many voice communication exchanges for information that is already contained in the video imagery. Television allows the Incident Commander at the Incident Command Post (ICP) to actually see what is happening at the scene(s) of the incident, be it a fire, flood, hazmat issue, riot, or SWAT operation. With this information, the Incident Commander is better able to make appropriate command decisions. Via our 2 meter, TV net controller, the Incident Commander is able to request BCARES cameras provide him with specific images and information. We are able to routinely provide television and other communication services in a completely infrastructure free manner. 
Many times every year, BCARES is asked by our local law enforcement and fire departments to provide TV coverage of both real emergencies and also multi-agency training exercises. These have included large, forest fires, flash floods, hazardous materials incidents, civil disturbances, large political demonstrations and protests, Halloween on the Pearl St. Mall, University of Colorado football games and SWAT operations. Boulder County ranks as the leading flash flood threat zone in the state of Colorado and BCARES is specifically written into County emergency planning. 
BCARES' shining moment occured in September, 2010 when the worst forest fire in Colorado history broke out in Boulder County. The Four Mile Canyon fire burned over 6,400 acres of forest and destroyed 166 homes. BCARES assisted firefighters by providing live TV coverage from mountain tops back to the 911 center for a week. At the end, BCARES was credited with saving several homes. See the related article in May, 2011 QST. 
When most hams think of ATV, they immediately assume its SSTV. This is not what BCARES does. Our TV is commercial grade, analog NTSC, real-time, live video with full color and sound transmissions. On the 70 cm band, we run full 6 MHz bandwidth, vestigial upper sideband (VUSB) TV transmissions. We use the same frequencies as used by cable TV. This allows our TV signals to be received directly on unmodified, cable-ready, TV receivers. For example, cable channel 57 equals 421.25 MHz, and channel 58 equals 427.25 MHz, et cetera. We also use the amateur 23 cm and 13 cm bands, for FM-TV. 
A few Boulder County hams have their own home ham TV stations. With the exception of a Monday night TV net, there is little routine ham TV activity in the county. However, when we have a BCARES operation going, there may be as many as four or five TV channels lighting up and becoming active simultaneously on the 70 cm and 23 cm bands. Out of the 80+ BCARES members, about one half are TV trained and capable of operating our TV equipment. 
When using TV for ARES operations, the same FCC rules and guidelines apply as for voice and data transmissions. We use common sense and decency along with the FCC rules to determine what are appropriate pictures to transmit. BCARES has turned down some requests for TV, typically for foot and bicycle races, when we determined they were for commercial, rather than bonafide public safety purposes. 
BCARES uses commercial, off the shelf, consumer grade, Sony video camcorders. Our latest cameras are high-definition, but we only transmit conventional composite, NTSC, standard definition pictures. Using 1080i, high-definition cameras still results in much better quality images, even when transmitted in analog 480i, standard definition. The Sony camcorders include an infra-red, night vision mode capability, which has been found to be extremely useful for low light operations. For example, images we provided to the Fire Chief of a 2002 forest fire on the outskirts of Boulder offered extremely revealing, night time hot smoke clouds that were not at all obvious to the naked human eye. Through a long telephoto lens, the chief was able to follow the progress of his fire crews advancing up the mountainside towards the fire line. 
In our 911 center equipment cache, we have several complete, portable TV transmitters packaged in backpacks. They are complete ready to go kits with Sony HD-TV camera, tripod, transmitter, antenna and battery. A Diamond SRH-999, flexible, 70 cm antenna is mounted high on the camera tripod, with a coax feed from the transmitter in the backpack. We use a 12 V, 7 amp-hour battery, which is sufficient to allow continuous, key-down, TV transmission for more than three hours. 
Television has proved to be very useful to the Boulder County public safety agencies and as a result has gotten a lot more hams active in public service. There is nothing worse than having a group of dedicated ARES volunteers that never get called upon to serve. After awhile they lose interest. Then, when they are really needed, they are not there or maybe worse, they are untrained. With TV, that has happened far less to BCARES. We get called upon a lot. We recommend that other ARES groups consider adding TV to their ARES tool kits. -- Jim Andrews, KH6HTV, Boulder, Colorado ARES; TV Repeater Trustee W0BCR 
Western Pennsylvania ARES: NBEMS for Data Communications
Narrow Band Emergency Messaging Software (NBEMS) is an open source software suite that allows Amateur Radio operators to reliably send and receive data using nearly any computer (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and any analog radio without requiring a dedicated digital infrastructure or specialized modem hardware. NBEMS works on both VHF/UHF FM and on HF. In an on-line presentation, readers can learn the basics of sending and receiving data using Fldigi, and how to verify file transfers with Flwrap. They will see how to easily send and receive verified text messages using Flmsg. NBEMS is the standard digital emcomm package for Western Pennsylvania ARES. 
Advanced NBEMS 
In a follow-up presentation, operators can also learn how to send and receive ICS-205, ICS-206, ICS-213, ICS-214, and ICS-216 forms in addition to ARRL Radiograms with Flmsg; and about new high speed modes in NBEMS. They can also see how to deal with large data files using Flwrap data compression and Flarq. Readers can also see real world through-put benchmarks and receive recommendations for how best to send data, and how to make a monitoring station automatically handle changes in NBEMS modes. 
Click here for these on-line video presentations. - ARRL Web site 
Letters: A Tornado, and Lessons Learned
While I was unharmed and under no serious threat, I decided that having a tornado hit my street was the perfect time to test some of what I practiced with ham radio and emcomm. Several things went wrong, mostly due to my lack of preparedness. Trees were down, and so was power, cable TV, and the Internet. 
I have an iPhone, and I thought I could find a hot spot. No luck: "Data services not available." The voice telephone of the iPhone worked, but only at times. Lesson: Cell phones are not reliable, even "smart" phones. 
I had received an inquiry about conditions on my street and wanted to reply via e-mail. I decided I could use WL2K and WINMOR via my HF radio as my antennas were intact. I loaded RMS Express and composed my health and welfare response. I decided that I would not only send the e-mail to the friend that inquired, I would also copy it to my ARES DEC, ARRL SM, MARS commander, and other officials. But their e-mail addresses are not in my RMS Express address book, and I could not get into my e-mail account on-line to get their addresses. Another lesson learned: Have a hard copy list of important e-mail addresses. 
I shrugged this problem off, and decided to send the single e-mail via RMS Express and WINMOR. I boot the modem only to receive a message informing me that it failed to initialize. Despite several attempts, I was never able to initiate a connection. Since the Internet was down, I could not simply telnet via Winlink. There is also no 2-meter nor UHF packet node within simplex distance for WL2K via packet. So, I gave up on WL2K. 
I should point out that the failure was not due to WL2K; it was my failure. In two years of regular WL2K use via WINMOR, I had never made a connection with my Internet down. The problem was due to a port conflict, possibly in my router or PC firewall. The problem disappeared as soon as the Internet came back. Lesson learned: Test your WL2K capability without the Internet. 
At this stage of my tornado evening, I am still a total communication failure. I considered alternatives: It was Monday night at 8:45, and I remembered that I am NCS for the 9:00 ARES/RACES net on my local wide-area UHF repeater system. What more could you need for getting a message out? The W2SB repeater was working well and my leaning antenna was still indicating an S9 signal back from the machine. I called up the net and asked for check-ins: Not a single station checked in. Despite a good active ARES group for drills, we often have difficulty getting more than 2-3 members to check in to the nets. This night of a tornado emergency, no one checked in. 
I next considered PSKmail. I moved to the 30-meter frequency where PSKmail servers are known to exist. I executed a "ping" via THOR 22 mode. Lo and behold, two servers responded. I connected right away to the strongest one and executed the "send e-mail" command. The e-mail began to transfer but an old unsent e-mail in my outbox was sent first. I then spent the next 20 minutes in ARQ ping-pong and my health-and-welfare e-mail failed to transfer. I tried the other server and got a good connection immediately. Another twenty minutes of ARQ ping-pong and I gave up, with the message failing to transfer. A few weeks earlier, I had discovered some issues with PSKmail and the authors had published fixes via an updated release of the software. I failed to install them when they were released, thinking I would do it "when I get time." Too late, I had no Internet to download it. Lesson learned: First, I failed to check the outbox and remove unimportant e-mail. In a
 real emergency, where power sources are scarce, wasting time and power due to an old unsent e-mail is not good. Second, I failed to update a software release that eliminated known communication problems. I did not get that e-mail out from my emcomm station, and I am the ARES EC! My friend eventually got a text message to me and I squeak out a reply via cell phone. 
Later than night I switched to 3583 kHz and 7036 kHz where several stations were clearly audible and enjoying rag chews in digital modes. I was able to copy their QSOs and saw that most were using Fldigi. With Fldigi I can switch to NBEMS mode, and send e-mail to any station on frequency that also has Fldigi. The receiving station can relay the message on or pop it in to the Internet, an easy solution. By this time I did not need to send an e-mail, so I did not try. I had simply forgot about this option. 
I then also remembered that I had missed two NTS nets that were easily within range on 80-meters. I could have sent a good ol' ARL ONE. I had forgotten this useful option, too. 
Bottom Lines 
I failed to fully test my station under exact conditions that would be encountered without the Internet. I failed to program my emergency communications e-mail software with important e-mail addresses. I failed to have a hard copy of my important e-mail addresses. I failed to realize that important information within a Gmail account (and other Web-based services) is not available if the Internet is down. I failed to perform critical emcomm software updates in a timely manner. I failed to write out my personal communications plan. (I had written the county ARES plan, but not my own!). Such a plan would not have caused me to forget two emcomm methods I could have easily used (NBEMS and plain old NTS). I hope your readers can learn from my mistakes. -- Andy O'Brien, K3UK, Emergency Coordinator, Chautauqua County, New York 
Letters: Collections of SET Scenarios Needed
This may have been brought up in the past, but I was wondering if your readers knew of any collections of practice scenarios that could be perused by those wishing to provide an SET that is both pertinent and interesting, if not unique. It seems that it is often difficult to make up a decent incident; a pool would share good ideas, as well as spur some new ones. I would appreciate any information your readers may have. -- Jan Woldseth, KB6FMZ, DEC4, Sacramento Valley, California ARES 
Training: COML -- TYPE III Communications Unit Leader 
During all-hazards emergency response operations, communications among multiple jurisdictions and disciplines--including emergency medical, fire, and law enforcement services--is essential. Unfortunately, the absence of on-scene communications coordination has often compromised critical operations. To close this capability gap, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) in partnership with the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Integration Center (NIC), and practitioners from across the country developed performance and training standards for the All Hazards Type III Communications Unit Leader (COML) as well as formulated a curriculum and comprehensive All-Hazards Type III COML Course. 
The Type III COML course trains emergency responders to be communications unit leaders during all-hazards emergency operations, significantly improving communications across the multiple disciplines and jurisdictions responding to an incident. This COML training will qualify emergency responders to lead ICS communications units if they possess the necessary prerequisites, including knowledge of the following: local communications; communications systems; and regional, State, and local communications plans. COML responsibilities include developing plans for the effective use of incident communications equipment and facilities, managing the distribution of communications equipment to incident personnel, and coordinating the installation and testing of communications equipment. 
Among other prerequisites, the COML candidate must complete the following training courses: 
? IS-700 -- Explains the purpose, principles, key components, and benefits of NIMS. The course also contains Planning Activity screens, allowing participants to complete planning tasks during this course. 
? IS-800b -- Introduces participants to concepts and principles of the National Response Framework. 
? ICS-100 -- Introduces ICS; provides the foundation for higher-level ICS training; describes ICS history, features, principles, and organizational structure; and the relationship between ICS and NIMS. 
? ICS-200 -- Provides training on, and resources for, personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within ICS. 
? ICS-300 -- Provides training on, and resources for, personnel who are required to implement advanced application of the ICS. 
NIMS Compliant: The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a consistent, nationwide approach for agencies to manage emergency response operations. Recognized by the FEMA/NIC as supporting NIMS, the Type III COML course is being made available to States and localities. -- DHS/FEMA 
R. Kent TeVault Scholarship for Emergency Communications
The DuPage County (Illinois) Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) has officially launched the R. Kent TeVault Scholarship In Emergency Communications. The scholarship program, which was named for the team's founder and first Emergency Coordinator, was created to further emergency communications within Amateur Radio. 
The R. Kent TeVault Scholarship in Emergency Communications has been designed to offer a scholarship to encourage emcomm training in general, and for the benefit of the DuPage County ARES team specifically. This scholarship will reimburse selected Amateur Radio operators who take and successfully pass the ARRL Introduction to Emergency Communications Course (EC-001). A complete description of the program and an application can be found on the team's web site at www.dupageares.org on the "Emcomm Scholarship" page. -- Michael J. Schulz, W9MJS, EC, DuPage County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), Illinois 
ARRL Orange Section Hams Recognized
On October 28, 2011, California's 62nd District Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter recognized local hams at the "Third Annual Public Safety Awards" volunteer recognition ceremony at The Inland Regional Conference Center in San Bernardino, California. Representatives from Congressman Baca's office, city, county and state government offices (San Bernardino County Fire, Fontana Police Department, Rialto Fire Department) were in attendance. Each fire and police department honored their respective nominees with certificates of recognition. 
The following were awarded for their communications expertise and volunteerism within their respective public safety agency: 
? Jim Eason, AD6IJ, volunteer work with San Bernardino County Fire Department, club affiliation is with the Citrus Belt ARC as president. 
? Jon Montgomery, K6FZZ, volunteer work with San Bernardino County Fire Department, club affiliation is with the Citrus Belt ARC as treasurer. 
? Louis Johnson, K6UMX, volunteer with the Fontana PD, club affiliation Fontana ARC, ARRL VE, and Elmer. 
? Joe Martinez, NJ6OE, volunteer with the Rialto Fire Department, club affiliation President, Rialto ARC, Webmaster for K6RIA.net, and ARRL VE. 
Congratulations to all four, and thank you for your services to each of your communities. -- Carl Gardenias, WU6D, ARRL Orange Section Manager 
Letters: Western Washington Section Writes Interoperability Plan
You published my request for "sharing of District-level and Section-level written plans that outline mutual aid agreements" in the June E-Letter. Unfortunately, I did not receive any responses from other areas of the country. As a result, District 4 in the Western Washington Section wrote an interoperability plan from scratch which has now been signed off by the Emergency Managers and Amateur Radio emcomm leaders in the four counties. This document is available here for those who would like to see what we came up with. Much more work on the appendices needs to be done, but at least we now have a guiding document that we can build upon. -- Steve Aberle, WA7PTM, ARRL Official Emergency Station (OES), Western Washington Section 
Hams Help Save the Life of Fellow Ham
It was 10:00 PM as I reached for the power button of my ham radio and call it a night. Just before my finger touched the switch I heard a faint call -- someone was lost and needed help. Naturally, I would stick around to hear more. After all, this is one of those rare moments many hams live for. 
Ron, KB6UF was not only lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains but also stuck. While driving alone from Louisiana to California to visit his grandkids for the Thanksgiving holiday the 68 year old missed the exit where he was scheduled to stay at a hotel. So he turned to his GPS. It instructed Ron to turn here and go there. The road turned into a gravel road and Ron knew something was wrong. "I felt like I was going in circles," he later said. He was 8 miles from the main road. 
Pitched black and no street lights for miles, Ron hit a ditch. The front wheels of his small truck were in the air and it was clear he was going nowhere fast. He checked his cell phone. No cells. He has a 2 meter radio in his truck. No answers on any local repeaters. He turned to 40 meters, remembering there are usually a bunch of hams on 7.195 MHz. 
Within minutes, multiple hams were offering advice; use the low gear, fill in the hole with brush and sand, rock the truck back and forth. Somebody asked if Ron's GPS was working. It was. Ron gave out his coordinates over the air. Now as many as 100 hams monitoring the frequency knew Ron's exact location: in the hills near Mono Lake, California, near the Nevada-California border. 
Dave, N5SDO in New Mexico stepped up and became net control. Everyone including Ron can hear Dave. Dave assessed Ron's predicament by asking pertinent questions: Are you alone? How much fuel do you have? Do you have food or water? Is there somebody we can call for you? Ron gave Dave an 800 number to the Sheriff's office. Dave tried the 800 number but it was a non-functioning number. 
I thought about that non-working 800 number for a second. Maybe the Sheriff's office discontinued the 800 service due to budget cuts, so I Googled the 800 number and found the local dispatch number to Mono Lake Sheriff's office in California. I called it. I had to explain I'm a ham radio operator in Chicago and I'm monitoring a man stranded and lost in hills near Mono Lake. The dispatcher said she would bring this info to her sergeant. Ten minutes later the sergeant returned my call. I quickly explained what had been happening over the past 90 minutes. "Does he need a tow or is this a search and rescue?," asked the sheriff. I relayed the question to Dave who then asked Ron. Ron said he was requesting an officer. As soon as the sheriff heard "requesting an officer" he said someone will be there in 30 minutes. 
When Ron announced on the radio he could see the lights of the sheriff's car approaching, many hams monitoring the frequency cheered on air. Working together Ron doubled the nylon rope the sheriff had in an attempt to pull Ron's small truck out of the ditch. The rope snapped. Luckily, there was a piece long enough to triple fold the line and that proved strong enough to pull Ron's vehicle free. Again, hams cheered on the air as Ron was following the Sheriff back to town. 
The sheriff said, "It's a good thing you had that radio otherwise we would have found you in the Spring. Nobody comes up here this time of year." 
HF was the only way Ron was able to get help. Thank goodness he had a good HF mobile or he might have been out there for days (or longer). Several comments were heard stating "that does it, I was thinking about putting an HF rig in the mobile but now I'm convinced and going to do it" after listening in that night. 
Thanks to all the hams that helped a fellow ham in need, especially Dave N5SDO in New Mexico, Nick W9ZXT in Illinois, Jerry N0VXE in Colorado, Dan KD0LYK in Kansas and Dave W7DBS in Nevada and of course the Mono Lake Sheriff's Office. -- Henry Schleichkorn, K9KDE, Chicago, Illinois henry at k9kde.com 
K1CE For a Final
These are the last words I'll be writing in 2011, and I wanted to close the year out by thanking Mike Corey, KI1U, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager, for all of his efforts in editing this newsletter, and for his dedication and enthusiasm, expertise and experience, in managing the ARRL Headquarters' emergency response and field support functions. He does a superb job for all of us. 
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You can now read my deathless prose in the Public Service column in QST each month. In the January issue, I wrote about the intangibles that make or break an EC, and how to pick a good one in the first place. Check it out! And happy holidays from all of the ARES E-Letter editorial/production staff here in the executive suites tower on the ARES E-Letter corporate campus in Flagler County, Florida! 73's to all, and to all, a good night. -Rick Palm, K1CE  



 

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From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Thu Dec 22 16:42:34 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:42:34 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Section News
Message-ID: <4ACF29D6-80EB-448B-9BE6-C871B97240F8@suddenlink.net>

Oklahoma Section News ? December 2011

 

Hello Oklahoma!!

 

First of all, I?d like to apologize for my lack of updating on this news page.  Things have been VERY busy around the QTH.  Between the Texhoma and Enid hamfests, working on my new shop, occasionally baby sitting the new grandson, Wilma preparing to retire and OSU football, I?ve been booked up.  I didn?t even get to attend the Noble Co. Repeater Groups Christmas Dinner because of baby sitting the aforementioned  grandson.  So, after the holidays, I hope things will get back to some semblance of normalcy.

 

The Texhoma hamfest, was a great success!  Lots of attendance, lots of forums and lots of goodies.  Being the West Gulf Division hamfest was an opportunity for the fest to really shine and show folks how good a fest it is and will be in the future.  I look for more and more great things from Henry Allen and the committee.  I know our Director and Vice-Director had a great time and David Woolweaver, K5RAV, presented some books to the Viking Radio Club out of Lawton?.but I got to beat him to the punch.  He gave them the 2011 Handbook??..I got them the 2012 version!!  Sorry, David!  Those Vikings are really going great guns.  Be listening for them on the bands, especially during the School Roundup and other events.

 

Next, the Enid hamfest was another big success.  The Enid crew did an excellent job with it.  They were worrying about being able to pull it off, but I?m here to tell you, they did a superb job.  In addition to the League/ARES forum, Mary Peelman and Jack Skinner gave a traffic handeling forum.  Really good stuff. I?m going to see if they will give it at all the hamfests in 2012. I want to thank Jay Kruckenberg, K5GUD for handeling the ARES forum in the absence of our SEC, Mark Conklin, N7XYO.

 

Speaking of 2012 Hamfests??.

 

Elk City, OK

Elk City Civic Center

March 3, 2012

Contact Earl Bottom, N5NEB

n5neb at waywireless.com

 

Green Country Hamfest ? Oklahoma State Convention

Claremore, OK

Claremore Convention Center

March 9 & 10

For more info, go to: http://www.greencountryhamfest.org/

 

Those are the only ones I have with firm dates through the League.  As the others come online, I?ll get out the information

I will not be able to attend Green Country hamfest this year as my son is getting married that weekend.  I know, I know, but some things take precedence.  Director David Woolweaver, K5RAV will be there as well as most of the section cabinet, so they should be able to answer any questions you may have at the booth.

 

I will try to post some pics from Texhoma and Enid in a few days.  (Holidays!)

.

Well, that?s about all I have for now?..remember, contact myself or one of the section cabinet members if you need anything.  We are all listed on the ARRL Oklahoma Section part of the website at the bottom of the page.

http://www.arrl.org/sections/view/oklahoma

 

I do want to wish everyone in the section a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!   I hope Santa brings you all the new goodies you want!

 

73, and I look forward to seeing you down the log,

 

Kevin O?Dell, N0IRW

Oklahoma Section Manager

From kc5fm at aol.com  Wed Dec 28 07:11:16 2011
From: kc5fm at aol.com (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:11:16 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] DIY video out
Message-ID: <CAGeNtEHF2xnRdW7v7M0fpngD8=5kkrSq0utxzsn7XoVe+F0xRw@mail.gmail.com>

The launch of the new ?Do It Yourself?, or ?DIY?, video and
accompanying PR campaign is a major initiative for ARRL.

In 2006, ARRL?s Public Relations Committee began three major recurring
themes aimed at the general public and inactive Hams.  There are: 1)
the ?Hello? campaign which describes on air fellowship, DXing and
contesting, 2) ?Emergency Radio? emphasizing emergency communications,
and 3) ?We Do That Radio? concentrating on experimentation and design.
 All three have web pages on the main ARRL website and are designed to
be destination web pages through search engines.  Please take a look
at each after finishing this explanation posting (URLs below).

It?s no secret that the ?Emergency Radio? website has been the theme
with the greatest emphasis and dedicated resources following Hurricane
Katrina and other disasters.  The time became ripe, however, to return
to a balance by focusing again on the other two themes.  Until today,
ARRL has not released a major, general purpose video since ?Amateur
Radio Today? hosted by the late Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD.  The DIY
video is aimed at hobbyists, a segment which makes up a large portion
of Hams, and reinforces the ?We Do That Radio? campaign.

Accompanying the video are printed materials and PowerPoint
presentations.  Please use them and encourage your fellow section
officials to use them too.  Experimentation, kit building and design
are a growth industry.  If you haven?t already, find a ?Maker Faire?
event near you and plan to attend, or better yet, host an ARRL table
using DIY materials.  Maker Faires, a DIY movement, now holds dozens
of ?faires? which are like hamfests across the country.  The people
who attend Maker Faires are prime candidates to become Hams, and these
faires draw thousands.  You can find one near you at
http://makerfaire.com   Also, with renewed interest among educators in
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), DIY is a
natural area to share with schools and colleges.

Please take advantage of the new DIY materials, and check out the
three websites mentioned above at:
http://www.arrl.org/helloradio-org
http://www.arrl.org/emergency-communications
http://www.arrl.org/wedothat-radio-org

If you have any questions, please contact me or ARRL?s Media & Public
Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP.  Thanks and Happy New Year.

73,
Bill Morine, N2COP
North Carolina Section Manager
ARRL Public Relations Committee Chairman

From n0irw at suddenlink.net  Wed Dec 28 23:24:27 2011
From: n0irw at suddenlink.net (Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW)
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:24:27 -0600
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Yeasu News!
Message-ID: <7F4E8F53-B973-49D7-8718-0E430D25A1F4@suddenlink.net>

I thought this was interesting enough to pass along......

73,

Kevin O'Dell, N0IRW
Oklahoma Section Manager

Yaesu?s Amateur Radio Division Breaks with Motorola, Changes Name to Yaesu Musen

12/28/2011

After four years under the Motorola umbrella, Yaesu has split from that company. According to Vertex Standard President and Chief Executive Officer Jun Hasegawa, effective January1, 2012, Motorola will keep the Vertex Standard Land-Mobile Division, while the amateur, marine and air-band will be under the Yaesu Musen banner. The new company will be known as Yaesu USA here in the US.

?This reorganization will allow us to concentrate in amateur, marine and air-band business, which will better leverage and align the strengths of our entire business operation,? Hasegawa said in a press release dated December 27. ?We believe that there is an exciting opportunity to evolve our organization to meet the needs of the Amateur Radio, Marine equipment and air band telecommunication industries by continuing to provide specialized services and the highest quality products.?

Hasegawa explained that the new company?s name will be Yaesu Musen, ?a name our business partners have been familiar with for over 50 years. We are delighted to bring you the legacy of trust, quality and solid customer service that has always been associated with the Yaesu Musen company name.?

While Yaesu Musen will have a new Japanese address, the address and phone numbers -- as well as the US operations and sales organization -- for Yaesu USA will not change. Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, will remain in charge of Yaesu USA?s sales division.

