[nrv-hams] Fwd: The ARES E-Letter for February 18, 2015

[Carter Craigie]

Hi Danny,
I read the article on the bike race with interest. Do you think our club has to do something about a portable repeater, or to attempt learning and using cross-Band repeaters? (I did cross-band repeating--for a canoe race--once and just about "cooked" my dual band mobile rig...)
73,
Carter 

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> On Feb 19, 2015, at 6:21 AM, Danny Wylam <dannywylam at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Good article about a bike ride and how hams help with the communications.
>    73
>    Danny
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> Date: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:16 PM
> Subject: The ARES E-Letter for February 18, 2015
> To: dannywylam at gmail.com
> 
> 
> If you are having trouble reading this message, you can see the original
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> February 18, 2015
> Editor: Rick Palm, K1CE <k1ce at arrl.net>
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> In This Issue:
> 
> 
> 
>   - Mt. Hamilton Classic Road Race: Communications Challenges Posed to
>   Operators <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc01>
>   - Tip: Blackout Buddy <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc02>
>   - Letters: On the Importance of Reporting <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc03>
>   - Lake Amateur Radio Association (Florida) Presents President's Award
>   <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc04>
>   - Letters: Web-Based Reporting <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc05>
>   - Letters: Follow-Up on Five Year Old ARES Member
>   <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc06>
>   - Amateur Radio Saved My Life <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc07>
>   - ARES Reporting <#14ba00cfbae65251_toc08>
> 
> In Brief:
> 
> The Government of Canada will provide more than $25,000 (CDN) to the Saint
> Lucia Amateur Radio Club <http://slarc.dageekz.com/> to improve Amateur
> Radio coverage and communication in the small Caribbean island nation in
> the event of a disaster. The project will install two repeater systems
> including solar back-up power, train 90 radio operators, and increase
> coverage for all of Saint Lucia's 18 districts. Full story here
> <http://www.arrl.org/news/canada-funds-amateur-radio-disaster-assistance-project-in-saint-lucia>
> .
> 
> The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Communications
> will offer its Auxiliary Communications (AuxComm) course May 12-14 prior to
> Hamvention <http://www.hamvention.org>® 2015 in Dayton, Ohio. More than
> 1000 Amateur Radio operators have completed the course, which trains
> qualified hams to assist local, county, and state government with emergency
> back-up communication. The AuxComm course covers