Web Site of
DeFOREST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC. - K8GE
Adams County Ohio area

NOTICE BOARD

 

NEXT CLUB MEETING TUESDAY, June 11, 2013

The next meeting will be held at the ABCAP Senior Nutrition Center in West Union
and starts about 7:00 PM.

 

The ABCAP Senior Nutrition Center is located across the street
from the front steps of the Adams County Courthouse.


In line with the desire of the members attending the September 13, 2011 meeting,
beginning with the September 20, 2011 net the LITZ and the DTSS will no longer
be set off before the net begins; in addition,
beginning October 4, 2011 the net time will be changed to 8:00 PM.


If you are not currently a DeForest ARC member please consider joining our club. Dues is $15 for FULL membership

or a FAMILY membership is $20.

If you are a licensed HAM and live in Adams County, Ohio,

AND you are in the United States militaty,

your membership is PAID-IN-FULL for the years

you are full-time military, that is our THANK-YOU to you!

We hope you will join us.


The NET CONTROL STATIONS for 2013

 

JAN: N8XGP, Ridney

FEB: KE8FK, Edward

MAR: N8XGP, Ridney

APR: Please volunteer - we need your help

MAY: KC8LVE, Patricia

JUN: WB8IOW, Jerry

JUL: Please volunteer - we need your help

AUG: Please volunteer - we need your help

SEP: N8YWX, Kim

OCT: KB8OMG, Barry

NOV: KB8QNT, Debby

DEC: N8HIA, Barbara

The 2013 Executive Committee - January 1 through December 31, 2013

 

President: Ridney Lorenz N8XGP

Vice-President: Kim Paquette N8YWX

Secretary: Jerry Paquette WB8IOW

Treasurer: Ed Lock, KE8FK


CLUB ACTIVITIES

Please Join Us at our Club Meetings

Usually at 7:00 PM at at ABCAP Senior Nutrition Center, West Union, Ohio
across from the front steps of the Adams County courthouse on the second Tuesday
of March, June, September, and December.
Note: Normally the June meeting is a picnic/meeting held at the Field Day site.

Other activities of the Club include Emergency Communications Exercises with different Organizations, so that in a real Emergency the members will be ready to provide back-up communications. We also assist the Adams County Emergency Management Agency by providing back-up communications throughout the Adams County area, whenever needed.


TEST SESSIONS

Test Sessions are scheduled whenever needed, whenever requested by a potential ham
or when a ham wants to upgrade, usually within a two-week period of the request.


Silent Key Memorial

previous members of DeForest ARC

(and the earlier name, Adams "&" Brown Counties AREC)


Nets

·         Weekly Net Control Procedure

·         Severe Weather Spotter Report(s) Form

·         Form for receiving bulletins fron NWS

Repeaters in the West Union SkyWarn Net area


CLUB DOCUMENTS

·         Articles of Incorporation

·         Bylaws

·         Constitution

·         Information about our club

·         Membership Application - DeForest A.R.C.


Emergency Services

§  Adams County, Ohio Government Web Portal

§  Ohio Emergency Management Agency

§  Serve Ohio (including Citizens Corps of Ohio)

§  Federal Emergency Management Agency

§  The 2012 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2012) The file is about 4.5 Mb in size.

§  Red Cross


Ham Radio Links

·         American Radio Relay League

·         Cincinnati WARN & many other area HAM clubs

·         Great Lakes Division Page

·         Ohio ARRL Page

·         GRANT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

·         GREATER MASON COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION

·         NETS - traffic, etc.

·         OSSBN Ohio Single SideBand Net

·         Queen City Emergency Net

·         University of Arkansas - U.S. Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup Page

·         QRZ Amateur Radio Callsign Lookup Page

·         Amateur Radio Information on YAHOO


Weather

·         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - WILMINGTON OHIO

·         National Warnings Area

·         CNN - Radar image for North Central North America

·         The Weather Channel