From tmrainformation at gmail.com Sat Nov 3 08:44:35 2018 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Bradley F Ruhberg) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2018 08:44:35 -0400 Subject: [TMRA] TMRA WEEKLY ANNOUNCMENTS 11/03/18 Message-ID: <5bdd9834.1c69fb81.9de6a.94ba@mx.google.com> 11/03/18 Good morning ITS BEEN A FEW WEEKS BUT IM BACK ON THE JOB. As always there is plenty going on so lets have a look. THE NORMAL MONTHLY V.E. TESTING SESSION HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR THIS MONTH. DURING THE MONTHS WHEN THE CLUB IS OFFERING ITS TECHNICIANS TRAINING COURSE THE SESSION FOLLOWS THE SECOND DAY OF TRAINING. NOVEMBER IS A MONTH WHEN THAT HAPPENS. HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON THE V.E. SESSION FOR NOVEMBER 2018 TMRA V.E.SESSION WHEN: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH Where: Lucas County EMS Training Center, 2127 Jefferson Ave, Toledo Ohio THIS SESSION WILL FOLLOW THE TECHNICIANS TRAINING CLASS. THE SESSION WILL BEGIN ONCE THE CLASS HAS ENDED. THIS IS AN OPEN TEST SESSION, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A CLASS MEMBER TO TEST!!! IF YOU ARE INTRESTED IN TESTING AT THIS SESSION YOU MUST CONTACT KC8TVW AND ARRANGE TO SIT FOR THE TEST, NO WALK Ins PLEASE!!! WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO ADD SOME MEMBERS TO THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE. PLEASE SEE THE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SECTION FOR MORE INFO. ***NEW THIS WEEK*** The TMRA is happy to introduce Allen Manrow / W8ALM as our new PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. Lucas County ARES New Truck Committee Meeting scheduled for 11/10/18 at 11:00am (see ARES section for info) The November V.E. Session is scheduled for November 11th following the second Tech Training Session. The expected time is 15:30pm or whenever the Class is finished. The Normal test time and location are cancelled for November. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY VE SESSION OFFERED BY TMRA IN NOVEMBER!!!! (See the Meetings Section below for all VE Session Information.) ***COMING SOON*** Info on The TMRA Holiday Party Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on Winter Field Day 2019 Things to know about? Info on Hamfest ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for late 2018 and Early 2019. TMRA FALL TECH CLASS NEW HAM SEMINAR TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY TMRA WINTER FIELD DAY TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS MONTHLY FOX HUNTS ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? FALL TECHNICIANS CLASS The TMRA Education Committee has released the schedule for the Fall Technicians Class. The class schedule will follow our traditional style. Two classes held two weeks apart and a V.E. Testing Session after the final class. The Class is FREE, you will have to provide your own book, or one can be purchased from the TMRA ($25.00). The testing session will cost $15.00 which is the standard fee set by the ARRL. THE DATES ARE AS LISTED BELOW THE FIRST CLASS SESSION IS COMPLETE CLASS TWO WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH 2018 FROM 08:00 TILL 17:00 (This includes the V.E.Session) Both classes will be held at LUCAS COUNTY EMS TRAINING CENTER 2127 JEFFERSON AVE TOLEDO OHIO 43624 To Enroll in the Class, or for more Information please contact STEVE STALKER / KC8TVW 419-467-3734 kc8tvw at arrl.net PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND DISTRIBUTE THE FLYER FOR THIS CLASS. THE FLYER CAN BE FOUND AT tmrahamradio.org ----- NEW HAMS SEMINAR (I GOT MY LICENSE, NOW WHAT?) Congratulations, you have studied and passed your element and received you first Amateur Radio License. NOW WHAT? What Radio should I buy? Should I buy new or used Equipment? What Aspects of Ham Radio should I get involved in? What Activities should I get involved in? What Club should I join or should I join one at all? And many many other Questions. Welcome to The HUGE world of Ham Radio, this hobby has so many aspects that the new Ham can explore. This 4 hour Seminar is designed to help you gain clarity and hopefully answer some of the questions new Hams have. We hold this Seminar two times a year, within a few weeks of the completion of our Spring and Fall Tech Class. Everyone is welcome to attend. This is a FREE Seminar. There will be Equipment and experienced Hams on-site. Come on out and meet the Club Members and get a look at some of the Radios, and bring your questions. We will get them answered and help get you on the road to the world of Amateur Radio. The Fall New Ham Seminar Saturday November 17th 2018 Maumee Fire Station 2 450 west Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio Look for the Big Blue Water Tower Parking in the rear ----- NEW THS WEEK ALLEN MANROW / W8ALM HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER ROLE. ALLEN WILL BE WORKING TO DEVELOP AND DEFINE THIS ROLE AND WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE CLUB ON HIS PROGRESS. THE TMRA THANKS ALLEN FOR TAKING ON THIS ROLE. ----- THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT Have you attended a Committee Meeting? You should. There is a whole lot of Club Business that is handled in the Committee Meetings. If you want to be a pert of the clubs Operation be sure to participate at the Tech Committee and the Executive Committee. Information on their Schedules is listed below. Rob / KV8P is in the early stages of a planning ?trip to Contesting Station K3RL in West Middlesex Pa. (Youngstown area) if your interested in taking a day trip to one of this Amateur Radio Superstation, get in touch with Rob / KV8P. Robs email is kv8p at kv8p.com Here?s a link to an article on the K3LR Station. https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/amateur-radio-superstation-k3lr.445092/ Are you interested in sitting on the Executive Board and being a integral part of the Club Leadership? Do you have a background in Accounting or Book keeping? The TMRA is looking for a new Treasurer. Current Treasurer Rich / KD8WCD is looking to train a new Candidate so he can retire. If you think you would like to accept this challenge please contact Rob / KV8P.?kv8p at kv8p.com The TMRA is looking for Members who are interested in sitting on the Auditing Committee. The Committee will meet sometime in the Winter and conduct an Audit of the Clubs Activities. This is an Important function to assure the club is functioning in accordance with its By-Laws. If you would like to participate contact Rob / KV8P. kv8p at kv8p.com The TMRA is still looking for Members for it Welcoming Committee. I will be heading this new committee in the beginning and hope to turn it over to a willing member after it up and running. I have a total of 4 Members so far and would like 2 more. We will be forming this Committee from scratch, so Members will help in determining the operating function and direction of the committee and then will help get the committee on-line. This is an excellent opportunity to help new Hams and new Members have a great experience at the TMRA. If you are interested in adding your name to the list of committee members please contact me. Id like to thank those who have already volunteered for the Committee. Brad / WB8RG tmrainformation at gmail.com The Silent Auction will be returning to Hamfest in 2019. The Auction Organizer has already begun to gather donations for the Auction. This year, the Money Raised will go to the completion of the Yaesu FT450D Station. This will include a Power Supply and Antenna Tuner. ?We were able to purchase this Station with the proceeds of last years auction. Keep an eye on this section for future News, including Items that will be offered. If you have Items that you would like to donate for the Auction, please contact Toby / KE8CZO. All Proceeds from this Auction go to purchasing Equipment for Club Member use. You can contact Toby at ke8czo at gmail.com In November, Chrissy KC8UFV will be giving a Presentation on the National Medical Disaster Team at the TMRA General Meeting. ?The TMRAs current total Membership is 138. Membership dues were due July 1rst. For more info or to renew your Membership Contact Ernie / K8EEE you can find his info on the TMRA website under Membership Tab, or email membership at tmrahamradio.org ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT 09:00 The meeting will be held at St.Lukes Hospital in the private Basement Dining Room. Come out early and join us for Breakfast in the Cafeteria. All are welcome. ? 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? NEW TRUCK COMMITTEE ? The next new Truck Committee Meeting will be at 11:00 am on Saturday November 10th. We will be meeting in a breakout room at the 911 training center. This location will also be in use by the TMRA for their Technicians Training class that day. Committee members will enter the main door and proceed down the hall to the east end of the building. PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB THE TECH CLASS!!!! Lucas County EMS Training center 2127 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio For more information on this Committee or this Meeting contact TIM/KD8IZU boxcar at toast.net ----- SKYWARN The next Lucas County Skywarn Meeting will be THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD 2019 AT 19:30 The meeting are held at the Lucas County EMS Training center 2127 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio All are welcome There will be a presentation on Severe Weather related topics and general discussion. ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, NOVEMBER 12TH 7PM-9PM Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Technical committee Meeting. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and Invited Guests only. TMRA General Meeting When: Wed, NOVEMBER 14TH ?7pm ? 9pm Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wed. NOVEMBER 28TH 7-9 PM ?(TENITIVE DATE ONLY) Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Executive board members meet to discuss Club Business. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and invited guests only. EXECUTIVE MEETING ARE CALLED ON A AS NEEDED BASIS BY ROB/KV8P TMRA V.E.Session WHEN: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10TH Where: Lucas County EMS Training Center, 2127 Jefferson Ave, Toledo Ohio THIS SESSION WILL FOLLOW THE TECHNICIANS TRAINING CLASS. THE SESSION WILL BEGIN ONCE THE CLASS HAS ENDED. THIS IS AN OPEN TEST SESSION, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A CLASS MEMBER TO TEST!!! IF YOU ARE INTRESTED IN TESTING AT THIS SESSION YOU MUST CONTACT KC8TVW AND ARRANGE TO SIT FOR THE TEST, NO WALK Ins PLEASE!!! Get or Upgrade your license with the TMRA V.E Team. NO WALK-INS PLEASE !!! Contact Steve/KC8TVW at kc8tvw at arrl.net ----- 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 #1 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)THIS NET IS CURENTLY SUSPENDED DUE TO REPEATER ISSUES. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW 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. ? ------ ? TMRA SOCIAL MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES TMRA FACEBOOK ? The?TMRA FACEBOOK? page is a very active source of information on both Club as well as General Ham Radio Information. The Media Managers for this account keep the page updated and full of great content, be sure to stop by and check it out. ? Do a Facebook search for TMRA. Don't forget to give us a like so you can be sure to get notified of updates.? ? ------ ?INSTAGRAM The TMRA Instagram account is www.instagram.com/tmrahamradio Bruce/AA8HS is the Social Media Manager for this account has the account up and running and is putting our Clubs Pictures and other fun Ham Radio related Pictures on the page already. Be sure to stop by and check out the page. ----- TMRA WEBSITE ? www.tmrahamradio.org?the clubs Webpage, has lots of great info about our club and the hobby. Webpage Manager Zack/N8ZAK is doing an excellent job with our Site.? 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). ? ------ ? TMRA NEWSLETTER ? The?OCTOBER 2018 Newsletter has been posted.? ?http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2018/Oct2018.pdf ? Thanks to Glen / W8MUK and staff 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 ? ------ 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 ? ------ ? 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 ?------ ? ? TMRA Repeaters ? 147.270 + 103.5pl 147.270 + 250.3pl 224.140 ? no pl at this time 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 ? ------ ? ??www.tmrahamradio.org ? ?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------? ? NOTE #1 ? ****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 ? ------ ? ?BRADLEY F. RUHBERG / WB8RG TMRA INFORMATION OFFICER ?tmrainformation at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zburns at zackburns.com Thu Nov 8 10:28:53 2018 From: zburns at zackburns.com (Zachary Burns) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:28:53 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] TMRA November Newsletter has been posted Message-ID: The November 2018 TMRA Newsletter has been posted You can view/download the newsletter here.... http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2018/Nov2018.pdf Thanks to Glenn - W8MUK and all those that submitted articles. 73 Zack - N8ZAK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tmrainformation at gmail.com Sun Nov 11 09:03:51 2018 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Bradley F Ruhberg) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 09:03:51 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] TMRA WEEKLY ANNOUNCMENTS 111118 Message-ID: <5be836c7.1c69fb81.683d3.5a02@mx.google.com> 11/11/18 Good morning, TODAY IS VETERANS DAY. THE TMRA WOULD LIKE TO SEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU OUT TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE, AND SACRIFICE TO OUR COUNTRY. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. Its going to be an eventful week ahead for the Members of the TMRA. Lets have a look at this upcoming weeks Activities. TMRA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING --- MONDAY TMRA GENERAL MEETING WITH PRESENTATION BY KC8UFV --- WEDNESDAY TMRAs NEW HAM SEMINAR --- SATURDAY. AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN NOVEMBER. WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO ADD SOME MEMBERS TO THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE. PLEASE SEE THE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SECTION FOR MORE INFO. ***NEW THIS WEEK*** New Technician Class Operators pass their Element 2 Exams after the TMRA Fall Technicians Class. AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN NOVEMBER. THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN RELEASED. ***COMING SOON*** Info on The TMRA Holiday Party Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on Winter Field Day 2019 Things to know about? Info on Hamfest ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for late 2018 and Early 2019. NEW HAM SEMINAR TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY TMRA WINTER FIELD DAY TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS MONTHLY FOX HUNTS ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? NEW HAMS SEMINAR (I GOT MY LICENSE, NOW WHAT?) Congratulations, you have studied and passed your element and received you first Amateur Radio License. NOW WHAT? What Radio should I buy? Should I buy new or used Equipment? What Aspects of Ham Radio should I get involved in? What Activities should I get involved in? What Club should I join or should I join one at all? And many many other Questions. Welcome to The HUGE world of Ham Radio, this Hobby has so many aspects that the new Ham can explore. This 4 hour Seminar is designed to help you gain clarity and hopefully answer some of the questions new Hams have. We hold this Seminar two times a year, within a few weeks of the completion of our Spring and Fall Tech Class. Everyone is welcome to attend. This is a FREE Seminar. There will be Equipment and experienced Hams on-site. Come on out and meet the Club Members and get a look at some of the Radios, and bring your questions. We will get them answered and help get you on the road to the world of Amateur Radio. The Fall New Ham Seminar Saturday November 17th 2018 Maumee Fire Station 2 450 west Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio Look for the Big Blue Water Tower Parking in the rear ALL ARE WELCOME YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A NEW HAM TO ATTEND!!! ----- NEW THS WEEK Congratulations to our new Technician Class Operators. We had 10 successfully pass the Element 2 exams yesterday. Look for some new call-signs on the air in the next few weeks and be sure to say hello to them. AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN NOVEMBER. ----- THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT Have you attended a Committee Meeting? You should. There is a whole lot of Club Business that is handled in the Committee Meetings. If you want to be a pert of the clubs Operation be sure to participate at the Tech Committee and the Executive Committee. Information on their Schedules is listed below. Rob / KV8P is in the early stages of a planning ?trip to Contesting Station K3RL in West Middlesex Pa. (Youngstown area) if your interested in taking a day trip to one of this Amateur Radio Superstation, get in touch with Rob / KV8P. Robs email is kv8p at kv8p.com Here?s a link to an article on the K3LR Station. https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/amateur-radio-superstation-k3lr.445092/ Are you interested in sitting on the Executive Board and being a integral part of the Club Leadership? Do you have a background in Accounting or Book keeping? The TMRA is looking for a new Treasurer. Current Treasurer Rich / KD8WCD is looking to train a new Candidate so he can retire. If you think you would like to accept this challenge please contact Rob / KV8P.?kv8p at kv8p.com The TMRA is looking for Members who are interested in sitting on the Auditing Committee. The Committee will meet sometime in the Winter and conduct an Audit of the Clubs Activities. This is an Important function to assure the club is functioning in accordance with its By-Laws. If you would like to participate contact Rob / KV8P. kv8p at kv8p.com The TMRA is still looking for Members for it Welcoming Committee. I will be heading this new committee in the beginning and hope to turn it over to a willing member after it up and running. I have a total of 4 Members so far and would like 2 more. We will be forming this Committee from scratch, so Members will help in determining the operating function and direction of the committee and then will help get the committee on-line. This is an excellent opportunity to help new Hams and new Members have a great experience at the TMRA. If you are interested in adding your name to the list of committee members please contact me. Id like to thank those who have already volunteered for the Committee. Brad / WB8RG tmrainformation at gmail.com The Silent Auction will be returning to Hamfest in 2019. The Auction Organizer has already begun to gather donations for the Auction. This year, the Money Raised will go to the completion of the Yaesu FT450D Station. This will include a Power Supply and Antenna Tuner. ?We were able to purchase this Station with the proceeds of last years auction. Keep an eye on this section for future News, including Items that will be offered. If you have Items that you would like to donate for the Auction, please contact Toby / KE8CZO. All Proceeds from this Auction go to purchasing Equipment for Club Member use. You can contact Toby at ke8czo at gmail.com In November, Chrissy KC8UFV will be giving a Presentation on the National Medical Disaster Team at the TMRA General Meeting. ?The TMRAs current total Membership is 138. Membership dues were due July 1rst. For more info or to renew your Membership Contact Ernie / K8EEE you can find his info on the TMRA website under Membership Tab, or email membership at tmrahamradio.org ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT 09:00 The meeting will be held at St.Lukes Hospital in the private Basement Dining Room. Come out early and join us for Breakfast in the Cafeteria. All are welcome. ? 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? NEW TRUCK COMMITTEE The next new Truck Committee Meeting will follow the November ARES General Meeting, it will be held on Saturday November 24th 2018. For more information on this Committee or this Meeting contact TIM/KD8IZU boxcar at toast.net THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LUCAS COUNTY ARES BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE MEETING WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE ARES GENERAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 0800 AT ST.LUKES CAFETERIA. ----- SKYWARN The next Lucas County Skywarn Meeting will be THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD 2019 ?AT 19:30 The meeting are held at the Lucas County EMS Training center 2127 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio All are welcome There will be a presentation on Severe Weather related topics and general discussion. ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, NOVEMBER 12TH ?7PM-9PM Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Technical committee Meeting. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and Invited Guests only. TMRA General Meeting When: Wed, NOVEMBER 14TH ?7pm ? 9pm Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wed. NOVEMBER 28TH ?7-9 PM ?(CONFIRMED) Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Executive board members meet to discuss Club Business. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and invited guests only. EXECUTIVE MEETING ARE CALLED ON A AS NEEDED BASIS BY ROB/KV8P TMRA V.E.Session WHEN: SATURDAY December 8th 2018 0815-1015 AM WHERE: MAUMEE FIRE STATION #2 MAUMEE OHIO Get or Upgrade your license with the TMRA V.E Team. NO WALK-INS PLEASE !!! Contact Steve/KC8TVW at kc8tvw at arrl.net ----- 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 #1 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)THIS NET IS CURENTLY SUSPENDED DUE TO REPEATER ISSUES. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW 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. ? ------ ? TMRA SOCIAL MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES TMRA FACEBOOK ? The?TMRA FACEBOOK? page is a very active source of information on both Club as well as General Ham Radio Information. The Media Managers for this account keep the page updated and full of great content, be sure to stop by and check it out. ? Do a Facebook search for TMRA. Don't forget to give us a like so you can be sure to get notified of updates.? ? ------ ?INSTAGRAM The TMRA Instagram account is www.instagram.com/tmrahamradio Bruce/AA8HS is the Social Media Manager for this account has the account up and running and is putting our Clubs Pictures and other fun Ham Radio related Pictures on the page already. Be sure to stop by and check out the page. ----- TMRA WEBSITE ? www.tmrahamradio.org?the clubs Webpage, has lots of great info about our club and the hobby. Webpage Manager Zack/N8ZAK is doing an excellent job with our Site.? 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). ? ------ ? TMRA NEWSLETTER ? The?NOVEMBER 2018 Newsletter has been posted.? ?http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2018/Nov2018.pdf ? Thanks to Glen / W8MUK and staff 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 ? ------ 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 ? ------ ? 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 ?------ ? ? TMRA Repeaters ? 147.270 + 103.5pl 147.270 + 250.3pl 224.140 ? no pl at this time 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 ? ------ ? ??www.tmrahamradio.org ? ?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------? ? NOTE #1 ? ****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 ? ------ ? ?BRADLEY F. 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Bradley Ruhberg / WB8RG TMRA INFORMATION OFFICER tmrainformation at gmail.com From rhall987 at robhall.org Mon Nov 12 17:01:29 2018 From: rhall987 at robhall.org (Robert Hall) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 17:01:29 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] Meeting Reminder In-Reply-To: <365B6989-823D-4182-9633-AB6150010441@gmail.com> References: <365B6989-823D-4182-9633-AB6150010441@gmail.com> Message-ID: As a reminder, the rear entrance of the fire station is no longer our entrance. If you are a TMRA member, and can come to the Tech. Committee meeting, please park on the west side (you will see our cars there) and enter the side entrance on the west side (we should have it propped open for you). Regards, Rob KV8P On Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 2:33 PM Brad Ruhberg All, > > Just a reminder that tonight (11/12/18 ) is the Monthly Technical > Committee Meeting. 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URL: From tmrainformation at gmail.com Sun Nov 18 10:58:01 2018 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Bradley F Ruhberg) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:58:01 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] TMRA ANNOUNCMENTS 111818 Message-ID: <5bf18c08.1c69fb81.904cd.2fde@mx.google.com> 11/18/18 Good morning, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Thank you to all who made it out to the New Hams Seminar yesterday. A Big Thanks to Chrissy / KC8UFV for Her Presentation on the DMATS operation. ***NEW THIS WEEK*** 5 YEAR ANIVERSARY OF THE NEWCOMERS AND ELMERS NET AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN NOVEMBER. THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN RELEASED. ***COMING SOON*** Info on The TMRA Holiday Party Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on the C.W. Training Sessions Info on Winter Field Day 2019 Things to know about? Info on Hamfest ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for late 2018 and Early 2019. TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY C.W. TRAINING SESSIONS TMRA WINTER FIELD DAY TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS HAMVENTION BUS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS MONTHLY FOX HUNTS ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? NEW THS WEEK THE 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEWCOMERS AND ELMERS NET IS TONIGHT AT 8 ON 147.270. AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ?MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED ?IN NOVEMBER. ----- THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT Have you attended a Committee Meeting? You should. There is a whole lot of Club Business that is handled in the Committee Meetings. If you want to be a pert of the clubs Operation be sure to participate at the Tech Committee and the Executive Committee. Information on their Schedules is listed below. Rob / KV8P is in the early stages of a planning ?trip to Contesting Station K3RL in West Middlesex Pa. (Youngstown area) if your interested in taking a day trip to one of this Amateur Radio Superstation, get in touch with Rob / KV8P. Robs email is kv8p at kv8p.com Here?s a link to an article on the K3LR Station. https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/amateur-radio-superstation-k3lr.445092/ The TMRA is looking for Members who are interested in sitting on the Auditing Committee. The Committee will meet sometime in the Winter and conduct an Audit of the Clubs Activities. This is an Important function to assure the club is functioning in accordance with its By-Laws. If you would like to participate contact Rob / KV8P. kv8p at kv8p.com The Silent Auction will be returning to Hamfest in 2019. The Auction Organizer has already begun to gather donations for the Auction. This year, the Money Raised will go to the completion of the Yaesu FT450D Station. This will include a Power Supply and Antenna Tuner. ?We were able to purchase this Station with the proceeds of last years auction. Keep an eye on this section for future News, including Items that will be offered. If you have Items that you would like to donate for the Auction, please contact Toby / KE8CZO. All Proceeds from this Auction go to purchasing Equipment for Club Member use. You can contact Toby at ke8czo at gmail.com ?The TMRAs current total Membership is Membership dues were due July 1rst. For more info or to renew your Membership Contact Ernie / K8EEE you can find his info on the TMRA website under Membership Tab, or email membership at tmrahamradio.org ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT 09:00 The meeting will be held at St.Lukes Hospital in the private Basement Dining Room. Come out early and join us for Breakfast in the Cafeteria. All are welcome. ? 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? NEW TRUCK COMMITTEE The next new Truck Committee Meeting will follow the November ARES General Meeting, it will be held on Saturday November 24th 2018. For more information on this Committee or this Meeting contact TIM/KD8IZU boxcar at toast.net THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LUCAS COUNTY ARES BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE MEETING WILL BE ?HELD PRIOR TO THE ARES GENERAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 0800 AT ST.LUKES CAFETERIA. ----- SKYWARN The next Lucas County Skywarn Meeting will be THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD 2019 ?AT 19:30 The meeting are held at the Lucas County EMS Training center 2127 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio All are welcome There will be a presentation on Severe Weather related topics and general discussion. ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, NOVEMBER 12TH ?7PM-9PM Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Technical committee Meeting. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and Invited Guests only. TMRA General Meeting When: Wed, NOVEMBER 14TH ?7pm ? 9pm Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wed. NOVEMBER 28TH ?7-9 PM ?(CONFIRMED) Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Executive board members meet to discuss Club Business. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and invited guests only. EXECUTIVE MEETING ARE CALLED ON A AS NEEDED BASIS BY ROB/KV8P TMRA V.E.Session WHEN: SATURDAY December 8th 2018 0815-1015 AM WHERE: MAUMEE FIRE STATION #2 MAUMEE OHIO Get or Upgrade your license with the TMRA V.E Team. NO WALK-INS PLEASE !!! Contact Steve/KC8TVW at kc8tvw at arrl.net ----- 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 #1 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)THIS NET IS CURENTLY SUSPENDED DUE TO REPEATER ISSUES. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW 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. ? ------ ? TMRA SOCIAL MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES TMRA FACEBOOK ? The?TMRA FACEBOOK? page is a very active source of information on both Club as well as General Ham Radio Information. The Media Managers for this account keep the page updated and full of great content, be sure to stop by and check it out. ? Do a Facebook search for TMRA. Don't forget to give us a like so you can be sure to get notified of updates.? ? ------ ?INSTAGRAM The TMRA Instagram account is www.instagram.com/tmrahamradio Bruce/AA8HS is the Social Media Manager for this account has the account up and running and is putting our Clubs Pictures and other fun Ham Radio related Pictures on the page already. Be sure to stop by and check out the page. ----- TMRA WEBSITE ? www.tmrahamradio.org?the clubs Webpage, has lots of great info about our club and the hobby. Webpage Manager Zack/N8ZAK is doing an excellent job with our Site.? 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). ? ------ ? TMRA NEWSLETTER ? The?NOVEMBER 2018 Newsletter has been posted.? ?http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2018/Nov2018.pdf ? Thanks to Glen / W8MUK and staff 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 ? ------ 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 ? ------ ? 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 ?------ ? ? TMRA Repeaters ? 147.270 + 103.5pl 147.270 + 250.3pl 224.140 ? no pl at this time 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 ? ------ ? ??www.tmrahamradio.org ? ?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------? ? NOTE #1 ? ****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 ? ------ ? ?BRADLEY F. 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HOPE TO HEAR YOU ALL ON THE AIR VERY SOON. We have just a few Club related events remaining for 2019. There will be an Executive Board Meeting this week. This meeting is open to club Members in good standing and invited guests of the committee only. The Holiday Party is coming up next Month. There is still plenty to be done as we approach the date. See the Section below for more information. NOTICE, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE NEWLY LICENSED OPERATORS THAT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE RECENT TECH CLASS, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE TMRA MEMBERSHIP. YOU MUST FILL OUT A MEMBERSHIP FORM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS FREE MEMBERSHIP. PLEASE REFER TO www.tmrahamradio.org FOR MORE INFORMATION. JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE JUST OVER TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM WINTER FIELD DAY!!! THE LAST STAURDAY IN JANUARY IS WINTER FIELD DAY!!!! ***NEW THIS WEEK*** AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN NOVEMBER. INFORMATION ON THE HOLIDAY PARTY. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM LUCAS COUNTY ARES ***COMING SOON*** Info on The TMRA Holiday Party Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on the C.W. Training Sessions Info on Winter Field Day 2019 Things to know about? Info on Hamfest ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for late 2018 and Early 2019. TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY C.W. TRAINING SESSIONS TMRA WINTER FIELD DAY TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS HAMVENTION BUS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS MONTHLY FOX HUNTS ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? NEW THS WEEK SEE THE LUCAS COUNTY ARES SECTION BELOW FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!! AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ?MEETING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED ?IN NOVEMBER. --- THE TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY Every year the TMRA holds its annual Holiday Party. The Party replaces the December Meeting. We all Gather, socialize and eat. We remember the year past and look forward to the coming year. This Year the Party is being Hosted by Tom / KD8WCD. Tom needs some help. So if you can lend a hand, please do. Last year, we added some drawings and giveaways to the festivities. There were several Radio and non-Radio related items donated by Club Members. This included the Grand Prize which was an Alinco Handi-Talkie. Well, Tom is happy to announce that the drawings are returning. We already have several Items that have been Donated including another Alinco Handi- Talkie. If you would like to donate an Item or help in covering the cost of some of these items, please contact Tom / KD8WCD or Rob / KV8P. You and your entire Family are welcome to attend. As is true with any TMRA Public Event, the Public as well as new Hams are welcome. It?s a POT-LUCK, so bring a Dish to pass. The TMRA will Provide some Items, these include Soda and Coffee as well as the Plates and Cups, Napkins, Plastic Wear and of course the Decorations. The Members, well we provide the FOOD, and its always GOOD STUFF!!!!! Setup will begin at 4 pm, the Doors will open at 5pm and the Party kicks off at 6pm. Organizing this Party is a bunch of work, I would like to thank Tom on behalf of the entire TMRA for taking the lead and Hosting this years event. There?s going to be a show and tell. Do you have a Radio Item that you wanna show off? Bring it! The entire Stage area will be set up with interesting Radio Related Items. Got a neat picture that Radio Related? How about a Picture of your Shack? How about one of anything Radio related that youd like to share. If you do, send it to me. Id like to put a nice slide show together that will be shown during the Party. Please send your ham Radio related Picture to: Tmrainformation at gmail.com Be sure to label what it is and who took it. THE TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12 2019 727 LIME CITY ROAD ROSSFORD OHIO 43460 SET UP AT 4 PM DOORS OPEN AT 5 PM THE PARTY GETS STARTED AT 6 PM BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE TMRA HOLIDAY PARTY TOM / KD8WCD CAN BE CONTACTED AT: kd8wcd at yahoo.com THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT Have you attended a Committee Meeting? You should. There is a whole lot of Club Business that is handled in the Committee Meetings. If you want to be a pert of the clubs Operation be sure to participate at the Tech Committee and the Executive Committee. Information on their Schedules is listed below. Rob / KV8P is in the early stages of a planning ?trip to Contesting Station K3RL in West Middlesex Pa. (Youngstown area) if your interested in taking a day trip to one of this Amateur Radio Superstation, get in touch with Rob / KV8P. Robs email is kv8p at kv8p.com Here?s a link to an article on the K3LR Station. https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/amateur-radio-superstation-k3lr.445092/ The TMRA is looking for Members who are interested in sitting on the Auditing Committee. The Committee will meet sometime in the Winter and conduct an Audit of the Clubs Activities. This is an Important function to assure the club is functioning in accordance with its By-Laws. If you would like to participate contact Rob / KV8P. kv8p at kv8p.com The Silent Auction will be returning to Hamfest in 2019. The Auction Organizer has already begun to gather donations for the Auction. This year, the Money Raised will go to the completion of the Yaesu FT450D Station. This will include a Power Supply and Antenna Tuner. ?We were able to purchase this Station with the proceeds of last years auction. Keep an eye on this section for future News, including Items that will be offered. If you have Items that you would like to donate for the Auction, please contact Toby / KE8CZO. All Proceeds from this Auction go to purchasing Equipment for Club Member use. You can contact Toby at ke8czo at gmail.com ?The TMRAs current total Membership is Membership dues were due July 1rst. For more info or to renew your Membership Contact Ernie / K8EEE you can find his info on the TMRA website under Membership Tab, or email membership at tmrahamradio.org ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY JANUARY 24TH AT 09:00 The meeting will be held at St.Lukes Hospital in the private Basement Dining Room. Come out early and join us for Breakfast in the Cafeteria. All are welcome. ? 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? NEW TRUCK COMMITTEE The next new Truck Committee Meeting will be held on (to be announced) The meeting will be held at the 911 Training Center at 2127 west Jefferson Ave, Toledo Ohio For more information on this Committee or this Meeting contact TIM/KD8IZU boxcar at toast.net LUCAS COUNTY ARES IS SEEKING A CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF EMERGENCY COORDINATOR Skeet / kd8kxd has decided to retire and we need a successor to take over and continue with the excellent work Skeet has done. If you are interested in becoming the New Lucas County ARES E.C. Please contact Brent / WD8PNZ to place your name into consideration. Brent is the Ohio District 1 E.C. On Behalf of both the Lucas County ARES as well as the TMRA I would like to thank SKEET for all his hard work and great leadership over the past few year. Fine Business Skeet. Brent Stover District 1 E.C. can be contacted at: wd8pnz at arrl.net LUCAS COUNTY ARES INC, is taking nominations for positions on its Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees of Lucas County Ares Inc, controls the Finances of Lucas County ARES, and has 8 total members as well as the County EC. Every 2 years, half of the Board is up for election. At the November ARES Meeting (held yesterday Saturday November 2th) The President of LCARES INC. opens the Nomination Process. The Nomination process goes on until the January Meeting were Nominations from the floor will be accepted. AT the January ARES Meeting (scheduled for Saturday January 26th at 0900 am at St.Lukes Hospital) The members of Lucas County Ares will then vote to elect 4 candidates to the Board. During the Nomination period, any member in good standing of Lucas County Ares may place their name into Nomination. If you would like to be Nominated to serve a 2 Year Term as a member of the Board of Trustees of Lucas County Ares Inc. please contact Tim / KD8IZU Tim / KD8IZU can be contacted at: boxcar at toast.net ----- SKYWARN The next Lucas County Skywarn Meeting will be THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD 2019 ?AT 19:30 The meeting are held at the Lucas County EMS Training center 2127 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio All are welcome There will be a presentation on Severe Weather related topics and general discussion. ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, January 14 2019?7PM-9PM Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Technical committee Meeting. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and Invited Guests only. TMRA General Meeting When: Wed, December 12th 2018 4-10 PM (HOLIDAY PARTY SEE SECTION ABOVE FOR DETAILS) Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wed. NOVEMBER 28TH ?7-9 PM ?(CONFIRMED) Where: Maumee Fire Station #2 Maumee Ohio Description: Executive board members meet to discuss Club Business. This meeting is open to TMRA Members and invited guests only. EXECUTIVE MEETING ARE CALLED ON A AS NEEDED BASIS BY ROB/KV8P TMRA V.E.Session WHEN: SATURDAY December 8th 2018 0815-1015 AM WHERE: MAUMEE FIRE STATION #2 MAUMEE OHIO Get or Upgrade your license with the TMRA V.E Team. NO WALK-INS PLEASE !!! Contact Steve/KC8TVW at kc8tvw at arrl.net ----- 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 #1 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)THIS NET IS CURENTLY SUSPENDED DUE TO REPEATER ISSUES. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW 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. ? ------ ? TMRA SOCIAL MEDIA AND INFORMATION SOURCES TMRA FACEBOOK ? The?TMRA FACEBOOK? page is a very active source of information on both Club as well as General Ham Radio Information. The Media Managers for this account keep the page updated and full of great content, be sure to stop by and check it out. ? Do a Facebook search for TMRA. Don't forget to give us a like so you can be sure to get notified of updates.? ? ------ ?INSTAGRAM The TMRA Instagram account is www.instagram.com/tmrahamradio Bruce/AA8HS is the Social Media Manager for this account has the account up and running and is putting our Clubs Pictures and other fun Ham Radio related Pictures on the page already. Be sure to stop by and check out the page. ----- TMRA WEBSITE ? www.tmrahamradio.org?the clubs Webpage, has lots of great info about our club and the hobby. Webpage Manager Zack/N8ZAK is doing an excellent job with our Site.? 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). ? ------ ? TMRA NEWSLETTER ? The?NOVEMBER 2018 Newsletter has been posted.? ?http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2018/Nov2018.pdf ? Thanks to Glen / W8MUK and staff 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 ? ------ 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 ? ------ ? 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 ?------ ? ? TMRA Repeaters ? 147.270 + 103.5pl 147.270 + 250.3pl 224.140 ? no pl at this time 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 ? ------ ? ??www.tmrahamradio.org ? ?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------? ? NOTE #1 ? ****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 ? ------ ? ?BRADLEY F. 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