[TMRA] TMRA WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS 06/17/18

Sun Jun 17 07:02:01 EDT 2018

06/17/2018

Hello all ,

Id like to start this week by thanking Brian/WD8MXR, for his many years of service to the TMRA as our president. Brian has decided to retire from the position and will now be a welcomed member of the Board of Directors. The club and each of us have been in good hands under his leadership. Thank you Brian.

On Saturday the TMRA repeaters on Parks Tower (147.270/442.850/224.140) were off the air for several hours. The University had a Scheduled Power outage that the club was not informed about. These Repeaters do not have Battery Back-up so the fell silent during the Outage. The Repeaters were back on the air at this time.

!!!!NEW THIS WEEK!!!!

FIELD DAY info is in, and its going to be GREAT!!!! 

***COMING SOON***

Info on the Ohio QSO Party and Ohio State Parks on the air.

 An Advisory from the Tech Committee has been released regarding the 220 Repeater. It is attached at the bottom of this Email.

 !!!!BE ADVISED: IN JUNE 2018 AND MOVING FORWARD ALL OFFICAL TMRA MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM!!!!

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The following information is for the good of the club and its Members. 

 EVENTS

Here is a list of events to look for as we get further into Summer and Fall.

FIELD DAY
TAPE MEASURE ANTENNA BUILD
OHIO QSO PARTY
SYLVANIA TRIATHLON AND SUPER KIDS WEEKEND
OHIO STATE PARKS ON THE AIR
MONTHLY FOX HUNTS

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*****FIELD DAY*****

Field day is June 23rd and 24th 2018. 

The TMRA will be holding its Field Day Activities at:
THE WOLCOTT HOUSE 
1035 RIVIER ROAD
MAUMEE OHIO

There will be Radio Activities associated with Field day ALL weekend long. 

Friday-Setup
Starting at Noon. TMRA Members will meet at the storage Facility on Sophia St in Maumee.  TMRA Club Gear will be removed from Storage lock up, and hauled to the Wolcott House. Members with Pick-Up Trucks are asked to help with the haul in.

Once the Club Equipment is on-site at Wolcott House, set-up will begin. The main task here is the set-up of the Clubs Tent/Shelter.

Saturday.
Starting at 9 am the Lucas County Ares General Meeting will take place (participants are encouraged to bring BUG SPRAY)
After the ARES meeting we will move into finial set-up. Antennas will need to be built/raised. The Generators and station areas will need to be set-up.

At 2 pm the 24 hour operation will begin.

Operators and Loggers are needed for air shifts over the next 24 hour period. The club will be operating and trying to maximize its earned points.

Saturday at 6:30 pm the TMRA will be participating in the NW Ohio Traffic Net. We ask that you bring the name , address and telephone number, of a person in town or out, and we will send them a RAIDOGRAM. This will give members who are not familiar with NTS an opportunity to send traffic under the guidance if club Elmers. We need to send 10 individual Radiograms in order to earn our points.

Food will be provided by the Club. Its is asked that if you intend to eat that you bring a dish to pass.

After the event is over the teardown will occur.

There is much to do and fun to be had. If you can help and are going to attend please contact Steve/W8TER for more info or any questions. Steves Email is
w8ter at arrl.net 

Hope to see you out at Field Day.

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LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S.

!!!!! VENUE HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR THIS MEETING, SEE INFO IN BELOW!!!

The next ARES meeting will be June 23rd at 0900 at The Walcott House in Maumee. (see prior section for address)
This is the location of TMRA Field Day. 
All are welcome.

There will be a special election at this meeting to fill the vacant LCARES INC Board seat. Nominations will be accepted before hand and on the floor at the meeting. To nominate a candidate, or to add your name to the list on nominees, contact Tom K8XXA.
Toms E-Mail is tampacubs at toast.net

Want or need more info about Lucas County ARES? Contact Lucas County ARES E.C, Skeet / KD8KXD.
Kd8kxd at arrl.net

Be sure to visit the ARES website.
lucasares.org 

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FOX HUNT

Congratulations to Ron / N8APZ and his team mate Toby / KE8CZO on being the Fox Hunt winners in April. Stay Tuned for more info on the next scheduled Fox Hunt.

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Antenna Build / KV8P
Rob / KV8P has announced he will be leading a Club Antenna Build at the July Meeting. The Antenna, a Tape Measure Yagi (2 Meter) is both effective and inexpensive to build. Used primarily for Fox Hunting this antenna can also be effective as a low power transmit antenna.
The build will take place at the TMRA July 2018 Business Meeting.
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NEW OFFICERS
During the June General Meeting, the TMRA held its elections for Officers. With the announced retirement of Brian/WD8MXR, we had to elect a new president. The only Candidate was Rob/Kv8p. This required us to also replace Rob as Vice President.
The Candidates were 
President : Rob/KV8P
Vice-President : Tom/KD8WCD
They were both elected by unanimous consent.
Congratulations to both Rob and Tom, I know you guys will do an excellent job leading the club into the future.
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TMRA NETS

 ARES IN BRIEF NET  on Sunday Nights at 1930 on the 147.270 Repeater. All are welcome to check in.

NEWCOMERS AND ELMERS NET (see note #2 below)

Are you new to Ham Radio, or so you just feel inexperienced, perhaps  you just have a question that you need answered?
Be sure to tune into the TMRA Newcomers and Elmers net each Sunday night at 8pm. This Net follows the ARES in brief Net on the 147.270 Repeater. 
 Net Control Stations for the Newcomers and Elmers Net are needed. If you would like to take the Net and try your hand at Net Control, or if you have a topic to suggest for the Net, get ahold of Dave / KD8EVN 
 kd8evn at arrl.net

DIGITAL SOUNDCARD NET
Are you interested in learning more about Digital Modes? Well then be sure to check into the FLDIGI Net every Tuesday Night at 1930 on the 147.270 repeater. All are welcome and New Operators are encouraged to check in and get up to speed on FLDIGI and MMSSTV. Its informative and a lot of fun.
For more info contact Steve / W8TER.
  w8ter at arrl.net

 6 METER NETS
DAN / KE8UE

Dan KE8UE, has asked me to list his weekly 6 Meter Nets. Dan runs 2 informal roundtable nets every week on the 6 Meter Band.
The first is  a repeater based net on Monday Nights on the TMRA 6 Meter Repeater. 
The Second is an  SSB based net on Thursday Nights on 6 meter SSB. 
Everyone is welcomed to check into these social Nets.

Mondays at 9pm. Roundtable Net on  53.110 with a negative 1 Mhz offset (W8HHF Repeater)
Thursday at 9pm. Roundtable Net on 50.255 USB 

Dan also advises that on the Second Monday of every Month he needs a Net Control Operator for this net.

ALL RADIO AMATEURS ARE WELCOMED TO CHECK INTO ANY TMRA NET.

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TMRA FACEBOOK

Don't forget to stop by the TMRA FACEBOOK  page

Do a Facebook search for TMRA and check it out. Don't forget to give us a like so you can be sure to get notified of updates. 

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TMRA WEBSITE

www.tmrahamradio.org the clubs Webpage, has lots of great info about our club and the hobby.  
Included are the Calendar where you will see a full list of events.
The websites also has the clubs current and Archived News Letter(s).

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TMRA NEWSLETTER

The MAY 2018 Newsletter has been posted. 

 http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2018/May2018.pdf

Thanks to Glen / W8MUK for all the great work he does on the newsletter. If you have a suggestion, or would like to add content, to the TMRA Newsletter, please contact Glen. He is always happy to have the added help.

Glen / W8MUK
w8muk at arrl.net

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FUND RAISING 

Don't forget to sign the TMRA up as your Organization of choice at  Kroger Community rewards and Amazon Smile.  This results in a donation to the club as a portion of your purchase. 

Smile.amazon.com

https://www.kroger.com/topic/columbus---community-rewards

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  !!!!BE ADVISED: IN JUNE 2018 AND MOVING FORWARD ALL OFFICAL TMRA MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM!!!!

My Final

The TMRA Information Officer is here to help you stay in touch with club activities. I am also here to help you promote activities.

If you have an activity, a question, or just some information that you want help distributing to the club, please feel free to email me. I'm happy to help. 

NOTE FROM WB8RG
It takes me some time every week to put together this email. I do the best I can to proof this entire list every week. If you  see a mistake, please feel free to notify me and I will correct it asap. 

Brad / WB8RG
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TMRA Repeaters

147.270 + 103.5pl
147.270 + 250.3pl
***224.140 – 103.5PL*** see note#1 below
442.850 + 103.5pl
927.025 – 131.8PL
442.750 + DSTAR
146.835 – C4FM/WIRES X
144.390 APRS DIGIPETER
****53.110 – (1MHZ) NO PL****  currently off the air

LIVE STREAM 147.270 AT
https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/25392

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  www.tmrahamradio.org

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NOTE #1

*****Tech Committee Advisory***** 

224.140(-) Information:  The 224.140 repeater is currently "off the air".  The technical committee recently made the decision to temporarily utilize the feed line for the 224.140 repeater for a temporary 147.270 antenna just while the new antennas are being raised.  We expect the 147.270 repeater to be on this feed line and antenna, and for 224.140 to be off the air, just until the new 147.270 antenna is in place (Currently scheduled for June 9th, weather pending). 

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NOTE #2

****Newcomers and Elmers Net****

If you want to try your hand at being Net Control please contact Dave. You do not need to be an expert to run the net. Remember Net Controls job is to control the Net, not to necessarily  be the Star Role or the primary voice of information. Dave / KD8EVN can be contacted at kd8evn at arrl.net

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 BRADLEY F. RUHBERG / WB8RG
TMRA INFORMATION OFFICER
 tmrainformation at gmail.com

 !!!!BE ADVISED: IN JUNE 2018 AND MOVING FORWARD ALL OFFICAL TMRA MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 7 PM!!!!

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