[nrv-hams] Call for AT HOME volunteers for Audie Murphy Event Saturday!

Knight, Dave diemkae at gmail.com
Mon Jun 5 16:05:40 EDT 2023 

Cam, Thanks for the response!

As for the w8ara repeater(s), my bad.  I eventually found the Mountain Lake
repeater info, but couldn't get there with my HT ... again my bad, I used
the wrong offset during manual programming (PITA).  I have since updated
CHIRP and programmed the Mtn Lake ARA repeater, one on Poor Mtn, and one on
Dismal Peak.  All are working now with my 8-watt and 5-watt  HTs.

I note that the ARA website only identifies some of their repeaters as
"linked ARA repeaters" and only one of the ARA repeaters I can talk to
(443.875) actually states that it is an ARA repeater in its connect msg!
Some area nets (on wd4bnq for example) are not linked to all their
repeaters so figuring out which repeater carries which net(s) seems to be a
bit of a guessing game.

--

In your time of need, may your piece be with you!

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                                                    (Offenbarung 14,13)

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ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!

                                                      (with apologies to
Ronald Reagan).





On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 10:54 AM Cam Coble <cam at doubleclickdata.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions Dave, here are responses to your concerns.
>
> - Better participation for locals -
> We could certainly try to give more relevance information to our local, but
> I don't know now.
> It was the NRV club putting on the special event.
> It was also mentioned that,
> "The location we will set up is on Brush Mountain, VA, on the Appalachian
> Trail near the Audie Murphy Memorial."
> The event was sent out via our email reflector, Facebook, and the ARRL.
>
> - W8ARA repeaters -
> The main page for the Audie Murphy event linked straight to the W8ARA
> repeater network with the frequencies. There's no way I was going to try to
> list them all as it is a vast network. The information on their site should
> have been adequate to find something close to your location (it even has a
> clickable map).
>
> - Typeo -
> Well, that was me, and I'm certain that's not the only one on our site.
> It's offense was noted and corrected.
>
> 73
> --
> Cam, W4XXV
>
> On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 1:17 PM Knight, Dave <diemkae at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  Maybe we'd get better member participation if we posted more Audie
> Murphy
> > info that connected to the NRVARC event, for example: that Audie Murphy
> > died in a plane crash on May 28, 1971, on Brush Mountain near where the
> > club's repeater is set up.  There is a memorial monument
> > <https://www.virginia.org/listing/audie-murphy-monument/4952/> there.
> > Read
> > the details here <https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CDbwdFsQ8Og/maxresdefault.jpg>.
> >
> > Also, it might help if the announcement includes the freq/offset/tone
> > necessary to talk to any non-NRVAREC repeater.  Maybe I just missed it
> for
> > this event, but it was like pulling teeth to find the details for the
> w8ara
> > repeater.
> >
> > I would also encourage whoever is responsible for the club's  Audie
> Murphy
> > event page <https://www.n4nrv.org/2023-audie-murphy/> to fix, ASAP, that
> > glaring typo:
> >
> >    "Event station will be ran by the *New River Valley Amateur Radio
> > Club*.",
> > should read "will be run".
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > In your time of need, may your piece be with you!
> >
> > "Selig sind die Toten die im Herrn sterben von nun an."
> >                                                     (Offenbarung 14,13)
> >
> > The trouble with many of today's college graduates is not that they're
> > ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!
> >
> >                                                       (with apologies to
> > Ronald Reagan).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 7:54 AM Knight, Dave <diemkae at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > That was fun.  I monitored the n4nrv repeater from Radford for both
> > > sessions but wasn't able to reach the w8ara repeater with my 8-watt HT.
> > >
> > > With only a handful of check-ins in each session, I was disappointed we
> > > didn't see a better turnout from NRVARC members.  Was the turnout any
> > > better on the w8ara repeater?
> > >
> > > Do you have any ideas on how we can prompt a better NRVARC turnout next
> > > year?
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > In your time of need, may your piece be with you!
> > >
> > > "Selig sind die Toten die im Herrn sterben von nun an."
> > >                                                     (Offenbarung 14,13)
> > >
> > > The trouble with many of today's college graduates is not that they're
> > > ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!
> > >
> > >                                                       (with apologies
> to
> > > Ronald Reagan).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 8:50 PM Cam Coble <cam at doubleclickdata.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> This year we're going to try something new.
> > >> We will have 4 scheduled hours for making contacts on our club
> > repeaters,
> > >> as well as the Appalachian Repeater Association, W8ARA repeater
> network.
> > >> We
> > >> need volunteers for these time slots to make calls out on the
> repeaters
> > >> and
> > >> log contacts. This will be much like a net, but just taking contacts
> for
> > >> the event, and you'll stick around for the time slot. You will operate
> > as
> > >> W2A for the event from your own shack! You will need a good signal to
> > and
> > >> from the repeater you are working.
> > >>
> > >> The slotted times will be, Saturday June 3rd local time:
> > >> #1 - 10am-11am - N4NRV repeaters
> > >> #2 - 11am-12pm - W8ARA repeaters
> > >> #3 - 1pm-2pm - N4NRV repeaters
> > >> #4 - 2pm-3pm - W8ARA repeaters
> > >>
> > >> Please email Danny, AI4RC at dannywylam at gmail.com if you would like
> to
> > >> volunteer, along with what time slot(s) you would be able to work.
> > >> More details available here about the event, and the repeaters:
> > >> https://www.n4nrv.org/2023-audie-murphy/
> > >>
> > >> Thanks so much to the W8ARA Repeater Association for offering the use
> of
> > >> their network!
> > >>
> > >> Thanks and 73!
> > >> --
> > >> Cam, W4XXV
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