11am Meet in the “Dungeon” in the Lowndes Emergency Services Annex of the Court House. Go to the 911 office door and press the 911 call button and tell them you are there for the HAM radio club meeting. Once in go left downstairs then to the right at the end of the hall. See Y’all There!
| TO: EMECT | ||
| FROM: AE5MI | ||
| SUBJ: Field Day Winlink Exercises | ||
| DATE: 2024-06-22 | ||
| TIME: 0711L | ||
| MESSAGE: | ||
| EmComm Training Organization Field Day Two Part Winlink Exercises Part One due June 22nd 18:00 UTC – June 23rd 20:59 UTC Part Two due June 25th 00:00 UTC – June 28th 07:59 UTC https://emcomm-training.org/06-22-24%20Field%20Day%20Two%20Part%20Exercise.docx.pdf | ||
BE RADIO ACTIVE
June 22-23, 2024
*40332 GRUBB SPRINGS RD, HAMILTON, MS 309746
Setup and Testing: 9:00 AM
Lunch:
Field Day: 12 noon till:
Needed: power supplies, extension cords, tables, chairs, tents, coolers, fans
LUNCH
MEAT: Chicken by Jericho K5ALA
SUGGESTED SIDES:
Baked Beans Potato Salad Chips Green Salad Whole/Sliced Tomatoes
Vegetable Casseroles Other: Fruits/Cantaloupe Desserts Rolls/Bread
DRINKS:
Tea – SWT/UST; Water; Soft Drinks; Other
Please advise Connie Long, KI5IKJ @ 662-436-4311 (text or call, although text is preferred) per what you think you might bring so I can line up more food as needed. You will have access to my house/kitchen for refrigerator or stove use as needed as well as to cool off as well as bathroom facilities.
We are about 10 miles away once you turn off Hwy 45 at the
Sprint Cross Roads Gas station (at the only Stop Light in Hamilton, MS). At about 7 miles up, the road
splits. Go left up on Grubbs Springs Rd for about 3 miles. The road sign is not clearly visible so JUST
VEER LEFT AT THE FORK IN THE ROAD onto Grubb Springs RD. When you are approaching our drive, you
will pass a large, empty fenced in area, then a single family dwelling, then a wooded area with small
family cemetery. Once you pass this, our driveway turn in is a very sharp right turn (again, wooded, so
won’t see until you are up on it). Our mailbox is numbered. There are actually three mailboxes there. If
you pass the driveway/private road, you will see nice brick home on your right. There is a turn-around drive way just past that house, but on the left side of the road.
WE ARE BACK IN THE WOODS SO YOU WILL NOT FIND US UNTIL YOU DRIVE UP OUR LONG DRIVEWAY, UP THE HILL.
AS YOU COME UP THE HILL, TURN RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. YOU WON’T MISS THE BARN.
ARRL Field Day 2024
Saturday and Sunday June 22-23 Meridian Amateur Radio Club will be participating in summer field day. This is a nationwide event. MARC will operate from the Collinsville Fire and Rescue building located at 11710 Nancy Dr, Collinsville, MS. Setup will begin approximately 10:00am Saturday June 22.
We ask that you bring your friends and family out to learn about the hobby. Some of the things you can expect to see are the info table, multiple operators, media coverage, and an instructional table. Kids are welcome. Hopefully we can ignite a spark in them, so ham radio can be enjoyed for generations to come. We hope to see you all there.
As an added note: KI5HCM aka Buford will be our acting safety officer. I have no doubt he will keep us all safe. I look forward to seeing you all at field day, until then…
73 KJ5AHO
Additional ham radio POTA Activators are needed for the following parks on May 18 for MS Parks on the Air Day.
If you are interested, email the park you would like to activate, your callsign, and if you will be activating for the morning (AM), the afternoon (PM), or all day (both AM & PM) to
For additional information, check out the website
https://jcmsara.org/mississippi-parks-on-the-air/
73,
KG5VEP, Susan
Area 51 Radio Group MS
11am Meet in the “Dungeon” in the Lowndes Emergency Services Annex of the Court House. Go to the 911 office door and press the 911 call button and tell them you are there for the HAM radio club meeting. Once in go left downstairs then to the right at the end of the hall. See Y’all There!
11am Tags Surf &Turf, Hamilton, ms
6pm GTVET Testing at Lowndes EOC
7pm LoCoARC Meeting at Lowndes EOC
Area 51 Radio Group and Jackson County Amateur Radio Association are working with Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks (MDWFP) to promote public awareness of amateur radio and Mississippi’s State Park system. There are 21 State Parks in Mississippi that are registered with Parks on the Air (POTA). It would be awesome if we are able to activate all 21 parks on the same day during the same time period!
We need help from Ham Radio Operators to make this happen. Please consider signing up for a time to activate a Mississippi State Park on Saturday, May 18, 2024 between the hours of 9:00 am – 6:00 pm CDT. We are looking for activators willing to work a morning shift or an afternoon shift. Email ms.parksontheair@gmail.com to SIGN UP to Activate a park.
For more information, visit MSPOTA Mississippi Parks on the Air
Hope to find you on the air Saturday, May 18!
—
Area 51 Radio Group Mississippi
WA5RGM
TUESDAY NIGHT QSO NET ON 146.625 – OFFSET & TONE IS 136.5
I enjoy chasing DX. But operating a “Stealth Station” sometimes has its disadvantages when the pile ups are massive.
Often when listening you will hear the DX station giving out their callsign along with “listening up or up 5-10 or???”
Now the operators who can’t figure it out will toss their callsign out where no one is listening for it and then the DX COPS will jump in and scream at the operator for not following the instructions which now means the people who followed the instructions are not hearing anything but Lids and Cops…
Now here is the best video I have found (so far) that covers the topic so well that I wanted to share it with you.
Seems fairly simple and easy to understand… and although he is using a IC7300 for his example…. Most (if not all) of the newer HF Radios will work in the same way.
Thanks to Matt K0LWC for the video. If you like it head over to his YOUTUBE site more more content.
And that my friends is the view from the “Cheap Seats”
73bob
COME VISIT US AT THE LOWNDES COUNTY EOC STARTING AT 11AM!
11am HEC will be at McDevitt Hall on MUW campus. The same place we met for the club meeting in February. Click HERE for directions.
You can ask at the front gate how to get to Computing services or give me a call at 662-549-0395.
6pm Testing at MagARC in Starkville
7pm MagARC monthly meeting at Oktibbeha EOC
The Mississippi QSO Party is an annual event that encourages Hams in Mississippi to get on the air and hand out QSOs to folks from all over the globe.
Whether participating from home, mobile, EOC, or maybe a Parks on the Air entity, it’s a great opportunity to rack up some contacts and meet some new Hams.
It runs from 1400Z on April 6 through 0200Z on April 7. Get on the air, activate a rare county, catch a new county, and have fun.
73
Come join us at the Lowndes County EOC starting at 11am!
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