From tmrainformation at gmail.com Mon Feb 4 09:51:16 2019 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Brad Ruhberg) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 09:51:16 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] Feb 2019 Newsletter Message-ID: <759FFF52-4A10-44B6-91FF-53E092E6F03D@gmail.com> All The Feb Newsletter is out. To view it go to: www.tmrahamradio.org or click this link. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2019/Feb2019.pdf Thanks to Glen and the entire Newsletter Staff. Bradley F Ruhberg/WB8RG TMRA Information Officer tmrainformation at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhall987 at robhall.org Tue Feb 5 22:29:41 2019 From: rhall987 at robhall.org (Robert Hall) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 22:29:41 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] UT site Repeater Maintenance Wednesday - starting at 3pm Message-ID: Attention 147.27, 442.85 and 224.14 Users: We will be doing some repeater maintenance tomorrow (Wednesday) starting about 3pm. We expect outages on all 3 repeaters on into Wednesday late evening. Anticipated Efforts: 1. Putting the newly repaired MTR-2000 Motorola repeater back online. (Back to 100watts - expected to take 1-2 hours) 2. Re-balance audio across all repeaters and connected devices after initial balance to the correct (lowered) CW ID and Courtesy Tone Deviation Levels. (expected to take 2-3 hours). 3. Continued work to run-down/tweak to resolve the localized interference issue on the input of the 147.270 repeater. Regards, Rob - KV8P Virus-free. www.avast.com <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tmrainformation at gmail.com Sun Feb 10 10:23:58 2019 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Bradley F Ruhberg) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:23:58 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] TMRA Announcements 021019 Message-ID: <5c60420f.1c69fb81.31f66.0721@mx.google.com> Hello All, The Tech Committee has been hard at work performing updates to the Repeaters. There may be intermediate disruptions in Repeater availability from time to time until this work is completed. Thanks to the entire crew of the Committee for their efforts. The February General Meeting Presentation will be presented by TMRAs own Rob Hall KV8P and will be an Introduction to SDRs. It will include info on its advantages and will include a demonstration. The March General Meeting will include a remote Presentation from Randy/WU2S and will be about using the AREDN NET Mesh Network. The Presentation will focus on needed Equipment and common applications ?and use of a MESH Network. AN UPDATED VERSION OF FLDIGI IS ?AVAILABLE ( 01/29/19 ) In the event that a Snow Emergency is declared on the day of any TMRA Event, that event will be cancelled. Please monitor the 147.270 repeater on the day of any event or Meeting. The Education Committee is in the process of Planning the Spring Technicians Class. ***NEW THIS WEEK*** The February Newsletter is on-line at the website? Hamfest Updates ***COMING SOON*** Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on the C.W. Training Sessions Things to know about? Info on Hamfest INFO ON THE HAMVENTION BUS ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for 2019. C.W. TRAINING SESSIONS TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS HAMVENTION BUS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON LCARES MUDDY MINI MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS NVIS ANTENNA DAY OHIO QSO PARTY MUSEUM SHIPS ON THE AIR FIELD DAY OHIO STATE PARKS ON THE AIR AND MUCH MUCH MORE ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TMRA HAMFEST Final planning is occurring and we are getting the final details locked down. Once again the TMRA Hamfest is shaping up to be an AWESOME Event. TMRA Hamfest 2019 Owens Community College Student Activity Center 30335 Oregon Road Perrysburg Ohio 43551 Sunday March 17th 2019 from 08:00 am through 14:00 pm As in Past years there will be a V.E. Session, Forums, excellent Vendors as well as Door and Cash Prizes. This Year there will be six $50.00 dollar, and one $100.00 cash prizes and the Grand Prize drawing is for $200.00. There will also be many door prizes. The Tickets are just $8.00 and as always Parking is FREE. Members are reminded that the Hamfest is the primary source of Income for the Club. Please be sure to Volunteer some time at the Hamfest. We often are short handed at critical Times and even just an hour of your time can go a long, long way. 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 TO DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE VERSION OF THIS YEARS HAMFEST FLYER PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO TMRAs WEBSITE. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Hamfest/hamfest-flyer.pdf PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST ONE ON YOUR FAVORITE BULLETIN BOARD!!! _________________________________________________________________________ TMRA APPAREL. The TMRA apparel store can be found at?www.goldmedalideas.com/tmra?.? Gold Medal Ideas can now process orders directly from you via their website, with the specific apparel selection, color and additional callsign/name options (as you choose).? Please check back, however, as TMRA does expect to be adding some new logo options to the site very soon.?? This online store is handled entirely by Gold Medal Ideas, the same group that attends our TMRA Hamfest each year.? In fact, if you order something now, you will see the countdown to our Hamfest on the store website indicating that they could deliver it to you at the Hamfest without any shipping.?? Please let us know if you have a preference for any specific kind of clothing or colors that you don't see available so that we can consider future additions.?? Rob Hall - KV8P Toledo Mobile Radio Association - President kv8p at kv8p.com THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT The TMRA Website has a file section with helpful info for all Hams. Just go to www.tmrahamradio.org and click on the Picture Gallery/Docs tab. After you look at all the archived Photos scroll to the Bottom of the Page for helpful Documents and Information. 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. The TMRA Tech Committee has done some work up at the Repeater site. The Downtown link is once again operating and is available for use. The 6 Meter Repeater is back up and Running. The Weekly Net on this Repeater has returned. See info in the NET section below for this Net. ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23RD ?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. ARES EDUCATION FEB 2019 At the February meeting the Education program will feature a Mock NTS Traffic Net. Members will pass traffic in a real world/ off the air Net. If you would like to participate please create a short RadioGram and bring it to the Meeting. We will also be hoping to have an update on the Traffic that was created at the January Meeting. All are welcome. ? Want or need more info about Lucas County ARES? Contact Lucas County ARES E.C, Tim/KD8IZU you can email him at boxcar at toast.net Be sure to visit the?ARES website. lucasares.org? LUCAS COUNTY ARES INC There will be a meeting of the Board of Trustees prior to the February Meeting. This meeting will start at 0800 in the main Basement Dining Room at St. Luke?s prior to the General ARES Meeting. LUCAS COUNTY ARES WILL CANCEL ANY MEETING IF THERE IS A LEVEL 2 OR 3 SNOW EMERGENCY THE DAY OF SAID MEETING!!! ----- SKYWARN The monthly Lucas County Skywarn Meetings have been cancelled until further notice!!!! ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, Feb. 11th ?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, Feb 13th 2019 at 7:00 pm Doors will open at 6? Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. The February General Meeting Presentation will be presented by TMRAs own Rob Hall KV8P and will be an Introduction to SDRs. It will include info on its advantages and will include a demonstration. The March General Meeting will include a remote Presentation from Randy/WU2S and will be about using the AREDN NET Mesh Network. The Presentation will focus on needed Equipment and common applications ?and use of a MESH Network. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wednesday Feb. 27th from 7 till 9pm 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 March 09th ?2019 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) 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?FEBRUARY 2019 ?Newsletter has been posted. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2019/Feb2019.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 For those of you that donate through Amazon or Kroger Community Rewards, please remember to update your accounts to direct your donations annually. ? ------ ? 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 ? 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 tmrainformation at gmail.com Sun Feb 10 14:27:00 2019 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Brad Ruhberg) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:27:00 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] W8JOR Toledo Blade Article. Message-ID: <9E602F71-C080-4C59-9353-B6333F9065CF@gmail.com> All Here is a link to a story about TMRA Member Jerry O?Rilley/W8JOR. A nice article. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2019/02/08/toledo-jerry-o-reilly-reflects-on-50-years-in-radio-business.html Brad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhall987 at robhall.org Mon Feb 11 17:40:36 2019 From: rhall987 at robhall.org (Robert Hall) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:40:36 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] TECH MEETING CANCELLED TONIGHT - ON THE AIR MEETING INSTEAD (442.850) Message-ID: Due to the Weather Warning in place, Dan (KE8UE) and I have made the decision to cancel the in-person Tech Committee meeting tonight at the fire station in Maumee. Even though no actual weather emergencies are called, freezing rain is expected to start by/before 8pm. However, we'd like to still meet on-the-air to cover a few hot items at 7pm on 442.850 (for whoever can make it). 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AN UPDATED VERSION OF FLDIGI IS ?AVAILABLE ( 01/29/19 ) In the event that a Snow Emergency is declared on the day of any TMRA Event, that event will be cancelled. Please monitor the 147.270 repeater on the day of any event or Meeting. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV ************************************************************************************************************ THE NORMAL MARCH AND APRIL V.E.TESTING SESSIONS HAVE A CHANGE IN BOTH DATE AND LOCATION. THIS IS AN EFFECT OF BOTH HAMFEST AS WELL AS THE SPRING TECH CLASS. SEE THE SECTION BELOW AND VISIT THE WEBSITE CALENDAR FOR DATES AND TIMES. www.tmrahamradio.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ***NEW THIS WEEK*** Help needed section Meeting Reports section Info on the March Hot Spot Seminar Info on the Spring Tech Class Info on the Spring New Ham Seminar Hamfest updates Info on next TMRA Antenna Build Info on Hamvention Bus The February Newsletter is on-line at the website? Hamfest updates There will be an executive meeting in Feb. ***COMING SOON*** Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on the C.W. Training Sessions Things to know about? Info on NVIS Antenna Day Info on Museum Ships Weekend Info on Field Day ***HELP NEEDED*** Help is needed for both the Nomination Committee as well as the Budget Committee. These Committees perform very important work for the Club. If you can help out contact Rob / KV8P to volunteer. Robs email is kv8p at kv8p.com Welcoming Committee Chairman Needed. We are still trying to create a Welcoming Committee. We have a basic plan for the Committee and now we just need someone to get it up and running. If you can help please contact Rob / KV8P for more info. kv8p at kv8p.com We are looking for Band Captains for Field Day. Rob would like to have newer Hams (Less then 5 years licensed) take a larger role in Field Day. If you are interested please contact Rob / KV8P for more information. kv8p at kv8p.com ***MEETING REPORTS*** Thanks to Allen / W8ALM and Dave / KD8EVN for all the work they did on creating the new Club QSL Card. James / WD8IOL reports that Table sales for this years Hamfest are up over last year. Bruce / AA8HS reports that are Membership Numbers are consistent. Dan / KE8UE reports that the Tech Committee has been working on the 147.270 Repeater and it now has a new Power Supply. He went onto report that the Battery Back-up system is 90% complete. He also reported that there will some small interruptions in the Fusion Repeater in the future, a planned Equipment change will temporally take it off the Air. Mike WA8SYD reports that the Bus for Hamvention will be $40.00 again this year. He will start taking reservations for seats soon. ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for 2019. C.W. TRAINING SESSIONS TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS HAMVENTION BUS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON LCARES MUDDY MINI MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS NVIS ANTENNA DAY OHIO QSO PARTY MUSEUM SHIPS ON THE AIR FIELD DAY OHIO STATE PARKS ON THE AIR AND MUCH MUCH MORE ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TMRA HAMFEST Final planning is occurring and we are getting the final details locked down. Once again the TMRA Hamfest is shaping up to be an AWESOME Event. TMRA Hamfest 2019 Owens Community College Student Activity Center 30335 Oregon Road Perrysburg Ohio 43551 Sunday March 17th 2019 from 08:00 am through 14:00 pm As in Past years there will be a V.E. Session, Forums, excellent Vendors as well as Door and Cash Prizes. This Year there will be six $50.00 dollar, and one $100.00 cash prizes and the Grand Prize drawing is for $200.00. There will also be many door prizes. The Tickets are just $8.00 and as always Parking is FREE. Members are reminded that the Hamfest is the primary source of Income for the Club. Please be sure to Volunteer some time at the Hamfest. We often are short handed at critical Times and even just an hour of your time can go a long, long way. 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 TO DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE VERSION OF THIS YEARS HAMFEST FLYER PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO TMRAs WEBSITE. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Hamfest/hamfest-flyer.pdf PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST ONE ON YOUR FAVORITE BULLETIN BOARD!!! SET UP FOR HAMFEST WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY MARCH 16TH _________________________________________________________________________ TMRA SPRING TECHNICIAN LICENSE CLASS The TMRA is happy to announce the Spring Technicians License Class. This Springs Class will follow the TMRAs typical 2 session format. The first Session will take place on March 23rd followed by a two week space to allow for study, and then a second session on April 6th. The April 6th session will be immediately followed by a V.E. test Session. The course, as always is free. The V.E. Test will be a standard $15.00 charge and Books are available through the TMRA for a discounted rate of $25.00. If you, or someone you know is looking to become a Licensed Radio Amateur, please plan to attend. TMRA TECH LICENSE CLASS MARCH 23RD AND APRIL 6TH 2019 0800 -1700 LUCAS COUNTY EMS TRAINING CENTER 2127 JEFFERSON AVE TOLEDO OHIO TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Steve Stalker / KC8TVW kc8tvw at arrl.net THE APRIL V.E. Session will be cancelled and be replaced with the session at the Tech Class on the afternoon of the 6th ________________________________________________________________________ TMRA New Ham Seminar I have my License now what? The TMRA is happy to announce the return of the New Ham Seminar. You have gotten your Ham Ticket and now you stand at the doorway to the entire world of Ham Radio, BUT NOW WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST? This Seminar was created to help answer that question. There will be a variety of Equipment on-site, as well as experienced Hams to answer questions and give demonstrations. TMRA NEW HAM SEMINAR Saturday April 9th 2019 10:00am till 13:00pm EMA TRAINING CENTER 2727 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio (Parking is behind building / Entrance under Carport) _______________________________________________________________________ HOT-SPOT TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR KX8G in co-operation with the TMRA Tech Committee will be hosting a seminar on HOTSPOTS. Art K8XG a leader in the use of this Technology will host an informational session on these units and their uses. This session will cover a wide variety of information on the topic. If you are looking for info on HOT-SPOTS and their uses please consider attending. Hot-Spot Technology Seminar MARCH 9TH 2019 10:00 am Maumee Fire Station 2 450 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio __________________________________________________________________________ TMRA APPAREL. The TMRA apparel store can be found at?www.goldmedalideas.com/tmra?.? Gold Medal Ideas can now process orders directly from you via their website, with the specific apparel selection, color and additional callsign/name options (as you choose).? Please check back, however, as TMRA does expect to be adding some new logo options to the site very soon.?? This online store is handled entirely by Gold Medal Ideas, the same group that attends our TMRA Hamfest each year.? In fact, if you order something now, you will see the countdown to our Hamfest on the store website indicating that they could deliver it to you at the Hamfest without any shipping.?? Please let us know if you have a preference for any specific kind of clothing or colors that you don't see available so that we can consider future additions.?? Rob Hall - KV8P Toledo Mobile Radio Association - President kv8p at kv8p.com __________________________________________________________________________ ANTENNA BUILD The TMRA will be hosting an 2 Meter Antenna Build (date TBD) The Antenna for this build can be found in the January 2019 QST Magazine. The build will be hosted by Rich / KD8WCB and Dave / KD8EVN and the cost is estimated to be less then $20.00 If you are interested please let Dave or Rich know and they will get you on the list. More information on this will follow in coming weeks. _______________________________________________________________________ THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT The TMRA Website has a file section with helpful info for all Hams. Just go to www.tmrahamradio.org and click on the Picture Gallery/Docs tab. After you look at all the archived Photos scroll to the Bottom of the Page for helpful Documents and Information. 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. The TMRA Tech Committee has done some work up at the Repeater site. The Downtown link is once again operating and is available for use. The 6 Meter Repeater is back up and Running. The Weekly Net on this Repeater has returned. See info in the NET section below for this Net. ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23RD ?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. ARES EDUCATION FEB 2019 At the February meeting the Education program will feature a Mock NTS Traffic Net. Members will pass traffic in a real world/ off the air Net. If you would like to participate please create a short RadioGram and bring it to the Meeting. We will also be hoping to have an update on the Traffic that was created at the January Meeting. All are welcome. ? Want or need more info about Lucas County ARES? Contact Lucas County ARES E.C, Tim/KD8IZU you can email him at boxcar at toast.net Be sure to visit the?ARES website. lucasares.org? LUCAS COUNTY ARES INC There will be a meeting of the Board of Trustees prior to the February Meeting. This meeting will start at 0800 in the main Basement Dining Room at St. Luke?s prior to the General ARES Meeting. LUCAS COUNTY ARES WILL CANCEL ANY MEETING IF THERE IS A LEVEL 2 OR 3 SNOW EMERGENCY THE DAY OF SAID MEETING!!! ----- SKYWARN The monthly Lucas County Skywarn Meetings have been cancelled until further notice!!!! ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, MARCH. 11th ?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, MARCH 13th 2019 at 7:00 pm Doors will open at 6? Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. The February General Meeting Presentation will be presented by TMRAs own Rob Hall KV8P and will be an Introduction to SDRs. It will include info on its advantages and will include a demonstration. The March General Meeting will include a remote Presentation from Randy/WU2S and will be about using the AREDN NET Mesh Network. The Presentation will focus on needed Equipment and common applications ?and use of a MESH Network. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wednesday Feb. 27th from 7 till 9pm 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: SUNDAY MARCH 17TH ?2019 0815-1015 AM (AT TMRA HAMFEST) SEE ABOVE SECTION 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) 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?FEBRUARY 2019 ?Newsletter has been posted. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2019/Feb2019.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 For those of you that donate through Amazon or Kroger Community Rewards, please remember to update your accounts to direct your donations annually. ? ------ ? 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 ? 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 tmrainformation at gmail.com Sun Feb 24 07:18:52 2019 From: tmrainformation at gmail.com (Bradley F Ruhberg) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 07:18:52 -0500 Subject: [TMRA] TMRA Announcements 02/23/19 Message-ID: <5c728bac.1c69fb81.dd43f.ba50@mx.google.com> Hello All, There will be a Executive Meeting this Wednesday at 7pm at Fire Station 2 in Maumee. All Club Members are welcome and encouraged to attend this and all Committee Meetings. The March General Meeting will include a remote Presentation from Randy/WU2S and will be about using the AREDN NET Mesh Network. The Presentation will focus on needed Equipment and common applications ?and use of a MESH Network. AN UPDATED VERSION OF FLDIGI IS ?AVAILABLE ( 01/29/19 ) In the event that a Snow Emergency is declared on the day of any TMRA Event, that event will be cancelled. Please monitor the 147.270 repeater on the day of any event or Meeting. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV ************************************************************************************************************ THE NORMAL MARCH AND APRIL V.E.TESTING SESSIONS HAVE A CHANGE IN BOTH DATE AND LOCATION. THIS IS AN EFFECT OF BOTH HAMFEST AS WELL AS THE SPRING TECH CLASS. SEE THE SECTION BELOW AND VISIT THE WEBSITE CALENDAR FOR DATES AND TIMES. www.tmrahamradio.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ***NEW THIS WEEK*** The return of the C.W.Training Sessions Help needed section Meeting Reports section Info on the March Hot Spot Seminar Info on the Spring Tech Class Info on the Spring New Ham Seminar Hamfest updates Info on next TMRA Antenna Build Info on Hamvention Bus The February Newsletter is on-line at the website? Hamfest updates There will be an executive meeting in Feb. ***COMING SOON*** Info on the TMRA 2019 Event Schedule Info on the C.W. Training Sessions Things to know about? Info on NVIS Antenna Day Info on Museum Ships Weekend Info on Field Day ***HELP NEEDED*** Help is needed for both the Nomination Committee as well as the Budget Committee. These Committees perform very important work for the Club. If you can help out contact Rob / KV8P to volunteer. Robs email is kv8p at kv8p.com Welcoming Committee Chairman Needed. We are still trying to create a Welcoming Committee. We have a basic plan for the Committee and now we just need someone to get it up and running. If you can help please contact Rob / KV8P for more info. kv8p at kv8p.com We are looking for Band Captains for Field Day. Rob would like to have newer Hams (Less then 5 years licensed) take a larger role in Field Day. If you are interested please contact Rob / KV8P for more information. kv8p at kv8p.com ***MEETING REPORTS*** The TMRA Audit Committee met and Audited the Treasury. ? ************************************************** The following information is for the good of the T.M.R.A. and its Members. ? ?EVENTS ? Here is a list of events for 2019. C.W. TRAINING SESSIONS HOT SPOT TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR TMRA 2019 HAMFEST TMRA SPRING TECH CLASS TMRA ANTENNA (SLOT CUBE) BUILD HAMVENTION BUS LCARES GLASS CITY MARATHON LCARES MUDDY MINI MONTHLY TMRA MEETINGS MONTHLY ARES MEETINGS TMRA V.E.SESSIONS NVIS ANTENNA DAY OHIO QSO PARTY MUSEUM SHIPS ON THE AIR FIELD DAY OHIO STATE PARKS ON THE AIR AND MUCH MUCH MORE ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TMRA HAMFEST Final planning is occurring and we are getting the final details locked down. Once again the TMRA Hamfest is shaping up to be an AWESOME Event. TMRA Hamfest 2019 Owens Community College Student Activity Center 30335 Oregon Road Perrysburg Ohio 43551 Sunday March 17th 2019 from 08:00 am through 14:00 pm As in Past years there will be a V.E. Session, Forums, excellent Vendors as well as Door and Cash Prizes. This Year there will be six $50.00 dollar, and one $100.00 cash prizes and the Grand Prize drawing is for $200.00. There will also be many door prizes. The Tickets are just $8.00 and as always Parking is FREE. Members are reminded that the Hamfest is the primary source of Income for the Club. Please be sure to Volunteer some time at the Hamfest. We often are short handed at critical Times and even just an hour of your time can go a long, long way. 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 TO DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE VERSION OF THIS YEARS HAMFEST FLYER PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO TMRAs WEBSITE. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Hamfest/hamfest-flyer.pdf PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST ONE ON YOUR FAVORITE BULLETIN BOARD!!! SET UP FOR HAMFEST WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY MARCH 16TH _________________________________________________________________________ TMRA SPRING TECHNICIAN LICENSE CLASS The TMRA is happy to announce the Spring Technicians License Class. This Springs Class will follow the TMRAs typical 2 session format. The first Session will take place on March 23rd followed by a two week space to allow for study, and then a second session on April 6th. The April 6th session will be immediately followed by a V.E. test Session. ?The course, as always is free. The V.E. Test will be a standard $15.00 charge and Books are available through the TMRA for a discounted rate of $25.00. If you, or someone you know is looking to become a Licensed Radio Amateur, please plan to attend. TMRA TECH ?LICENSE CLASS MARCH 23RD AND APRIL 6TH 2019 0800 -1700 LUCAS COUNTY EMS TRAINING CENTER 2127 JEFFERSON AVE TOLEDO OHIO TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Steve Stalker / KC8TVW kc8tvw at arrl.net THE APRIL V.E. Session will be cancelled and be replaced with the session at the Tech Class on the afternoon of the 6th ________________________________________________________________________ TMRA New Ham Seminar I have my License now what? The TMRA is happy to announce the return of the New Ham Seminar. You have gotten your Ham Ticket and now you stand at the doorway to the entire world of Ham Radio, BUT NOW WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST? This Seminar was created to help answer that question. There will be a variety of Equipment on-site, as well as experienced Hams to answer questions and give demonstrations. ?? TMRA NEW HAM SEMINAR Saturday April 9th 2019 10:00am till 13:00pm EMA TRAINING CENTER 2727 Jefferson Ave Toledo Ohio (Parking is behind building / Entrance under Carport) _______________________________________________________________________ HOT-SPOT TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR ART / KX8G, in co-operation with the TMRA Tech Committee, will be hosting a seminar on Digital HOTSPOTS. Art is a leader in the use of this Technology. This informational session will cover a wide variety of information on the topic. Modes will include Fusion, DMR and D-Star. Attendees will learn what these Units can do and how they do it. Attendees will be able to see these units in action and have the opportunity to try them out. If you are looking for info on HOT-SPOTS and their uses please consider attending. Hot-Spot Technology Seminar MARCH 9TH 2019 10:00 am Maumee Fire Station 2 450 West Dussel Drive Maumee Ohio _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C.W.TRAINING SESSIONS TMRA Education Director Steve/KC8TVW has announced the return of the C.W. Training Session. These sessions are a relaxed and fun way to start to learn or to brush up on ?The Code?. If you are attending and have a Key or other equipment please bring it along. Don?t have any C.W. Equipment? No problem, Steve will have everything you need to get started. If you are interested in learning about C.W. this is the perfect way to get started. C.W. Learning Session March 9th at 1:30 pm Trilby Church 5918 Secor Road Toledo Ohio IF you need more information please contact Steve / KC8TVW by email sstalker at bex.net __________________________________________________________________________ TMRA APPAREL. The TMRA apparel store can be found at?www.goldmedalideas.com/tmra?.? Gold Medal Ideas can now process orders directly from you via their website, with the specific apparel selection, color and additional callsign/name options (as you choose).? Please check back, however, as TMRA does expect to be adding some new logo options to the site very soon.?? This online store is handled entirely by Gold Medal Ideas, the same group that attends our TMRA Hamfest each year.? In fact, if you order something now, you will see the countdown to our Hamfest on the store website indicating that they could deliver it to you at the Hamfest without any shipping.?? Please let us know if you have a preference for any specific kind of clothing or colors that you don't see available so that we can consider future additions.?? Rob Hall - KV8P Toledo Mobile Radio Association - President kv8p at kv8p.com __________________________________________________________________________ ANTENNA BUILD The TMRA will be hosting an 2 Meter Slot Cube Antenna Build (date TBD). The Antenna for this build can be found in the January 2019 QST Magazine, on pages 35 and 36. The build will be hosted by the TMRA Tech committee, and the cost is estimated to be less then $20.00.? If you are interested please let Dave / KD8EVN know and he will get you on the list. More information on this will follow in coming weeks. You can contact Dave by E-Mail. kd8evn at arrl.net _______________________________________________________________________ THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT The TMRA Website has a file section with helpful info for all Hams. Just go to www.tmrahamradio.org and click on the Picture Gallery/Docs tab. After you look at all the archived Photos scroll to the Bottom of the Page for helpful Documents and Information. 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. The TMRA Tech Committee has done some work up at the Repeater site. The Downtown link is once again operating and is available for use. The 6 Meter Repeater is back up and Running. The Weekly Net on this Repeater has returned. See info in the NET section below for this Net. ----- LUCAS COUNTY A.R.E.S The next?ARES meeting?will be?SATURDAY MARCH 23RD ?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. ARES EDUCATION MARCH 2019 The March Program will be announced in the near future. All are welcome. ? Want or need more info about Lucas County ARES? Contact Lucas County ARES E.C, Tim/KD8IZU you can email him at boxcar at toast.net Be sure to visit the?ARES website. lucasares.org? LUCAS COUNTY ARES WILL CANCEL ANY MEETING IF THERE IS A LEVEL 2 OR 3 SNOW EMERGENCY THE DAY OF SAID MEETING!!! ----- SKYWARN The monthly Lucas County Skywarn Meetings have been cancelled until further notice!!!! ?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?****TMRA MEETINGS**** TMRA Tech Committee When: Mon, MARCH. 11th ?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, MARCH 13th 2019 at 7:00 pm Doors will open at 6? Where: Electrical Industries Building 727 LIME CITY ROAD, ROSSFORD, OH 43460 Description: General Business Meeting, This Meeting is open to the public. The February General Meeting Presentation will be presented by TMRAs own Rob Hall KV8P and will be an Introduction to SDRs. It will include info on its advantages and will include a demonstration. The March General Meeting will include a remote Presentation from Randy/WU2S and will be about using the AREDN NET Mesh Network. The Presentation will focus on needed Equipment and common applications ?and use of a MESH Network. TMRA Executive Committee When: Wednesday Feb. 27th from 7 till 9pm 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: SUNDAY MARCH 17TH ?2019 AT 0845am WHERE: This session will be held at the TMRA Hamfest. See the section above for the address. Get or Upgrade your license with the TMRA V.E Team. ----- 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) 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?FEBRUARY 2019 ?Newsletter has been posted. http://www.tmrahamradio.org/Newsletters/2019/Feb2019.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 For those of you that donate through Amazon or Kroger Community Rewards, please remember to update your accounts to direct your donations annually. ? ------ ? 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 ? LIVE STREAM 147.270 AT https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/25392 ? ------ ? ??www.tmrahamradio.org ? ?? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------? ? ?BRADLEY F. RUHBERG / WB8RG TMRA INFORMATION OFFICER ?tmrainformation at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: