From jamelar at yandex.com Thu Dec 3 20:35:03 2020 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:35:03 -0500 Subject: [MIham] Fwd: SKYWARN Recognition Day In-Reply-To: <164D5F768A7727CD.32610@groups.io> Message-ID: <51791607045662@mail.yandex.com> -------- Beginning of forwarded message -------- 30.11.2020, 22:50, "Tom Behler" : From: Tom Behler Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 2:36 PM Subject: SKYWARN Recognition Day Hello, everyone. As many of you know, SKYWARN Recognition Day is an annual event that is jointly sponsored by the National Weather Service and the ARRL aimed at showing appreciation for everyone involved in the SKYWARN program and all of its relevant aspects. The idea is for National Weather Service offices throughout the country to operate amateur radio stations from those offices in order to contact as many NWS offices and other interested hams as possible, in a 24-hhour period.? This year?s event runs from 7 PM Eastern time this Friday:? December 4 through 7 PM this Saturday:? December 5. However, Due to the Covid 19 situation and its associated restrictions, this year?s event is going to be quite different than what we are accustomed to. First of all, after consulting with Ernie Ostuno, Lead Forecaster from the Grand Rapids NWS Office, I have learned that the office is not going to be open for this event this year.? In fact, visitors to the office are now strictly limited to contractors and other highly-essential personnel. I also checked with Jason Veenstra (Allegan County?s EC), since the Allegan group has organized event participation in our area for the past few years. According to Jason, the Allegan group is planning to do a home operating event this year, with members participating on an individual basis from their own stations. I would encourage any of you as team members to do the same if you are interested. Apparently, if you register for the event, you can get an SRD number that you can use when contacting either other NWS offices or other fellow SKYWARN operators from throughout the country. That registration form can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjTY8Cpa7b43CdUdgeBGRKcHlUv4FB86wVL7MpO19i2t7MBg/viewform In addition, Ernie Ostuno has provided a link to a FaceBook page that will be used for a ?virtual SKYWARN Recognition Day? event.? That link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/skywarnrecognitionday Please try to enjoy SKYWARN Recognition Day however you can, and let?s all hope we can get back to normal for the usual SRD event in 2021. Tom Behler:? KB8TYJ -------- End of forwarded message -------- From jamelar at yandex.com Thu Dec 10 11:47:57 2020 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:47:57 -0500 Subject: [MIham] =?utf-8?q?Ham_in_a_Day_and_VE_Session_Canceled=2C_MUSKEGO?= =?utf-8?b?TiBpcyBPTi4uLuKApi4=?= Message-ID: <452161607618200@mail.yandex.com> Muskegon Club IS testing at 10am, Sat Dec 12th.? And one of our members is going to PAY the ARRL test fee ($15) for the first 3 who test for a NEW FIRST TIME license and is giving them a Baofeng TRI band HT for testing and PASSING their Tech exam. Contact: Rick J. Fyan KE8IKT 5107 E. Apple Ave. Muskegon, MI 49442 (231) 670-0414 ?Voicemail or TEXT Due to restrictions by the MDHHS and COVID-19 Friday December 11 Grand Rapids ARC VE Exam session is canceled. Next scheduled January 8. https://w8dc.org/license-testing/ Saturday, December 12 Holland ARC Ham in a Day and the VE session is canceled. Our next test session is scheduled for Saturday Mar 13, 2021, and the next Ham in a Day is Apr 10, 2021. http://www.hollandarc.org/?p=6171 From jamelar at yandex.com Sat Dec 19 22:24:07 2020 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:24:07 -0500 Subject: [MIham] Potential Online radio testing Q&A net on W8IRA link system, link to Facebook survey Message-ID: <3543511608434403@mail.yandex.com> From jamelar at yandex.com Sun Dec 20 00:30:18 2020 From: jamelar at yandex.com (Jack Amelar) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:30:18 -0500 Subject: [MIham] Potential Online radio testing Q&A net on W8IRA link system, link to Facebook survey In-Reply-To: <3543511608434403@mail.yandex.com> Message-ID: <5314681608442137@mail.yandex.com> Forgot to check "without formatting" on previous message. Potential Online radio testing Q&A net on the W8IRA Link Repeater System, link to Facebook survey below. Good evening everyone, I have been talking with Tom KB8TYJ about the possibility of having a one time "Online radio testing Q&A net", where we would be running a panel type net, with VEs who do primarily online testing (myself included) would take questions from those checking in about the online testing process. First though, we need to see if anyone would have any questions to bring to the net to ask our VE "panelists" who would be joining in from across the country via echolink, so below is a quick interest poll so we can decided if we'll move ahead with this idea for a one time net. Although this is in is the early stages, we're thinking of a Sunday afternoon/evening next month (yes, 2021!) If we go ahead with this idea. If you have any questions, I'll try to keep a eye on the post comments. Take care, -Justin N8FCC https://www.facebook.com/groups/1764710107178775/permalink/2738561966460246/