[TMRA] TMRA ANNOUNCMENTS 111818

Sun Nov 18 10:58:01 EST 2018

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 

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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

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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.

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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

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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. 

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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.

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 ****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

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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 #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.

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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. 

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 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.
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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).

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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

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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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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 – 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

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  www.tmrahamradio.org

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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

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

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