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Field Day - Field Day
June 26^th to Sunday 27^th6/21/04

Who: Cabarrus County
What: Field Day June 26^th to Sunday 27^th.
Where: Fire Station #3
When: Setup time 11 a.m.
Plan on having GOTA Station - Packet Station - APRS demo

Who: Gaston County
What: Field Day June 26^th to Sunday 27^th.
Where: Gaston College
When: Setup time 11 a.m.
3A Station
Plan on having GOTA Station - Possible Packet Station
Lots of outside activities. Not looking for the most point
but hoping to have a high, high turn out by the public in Gaston
County.

Who: Lincoln County
What: Field Day June 26^th to Sunday 27^th.
Where: Court House (out side)
When: Setup time 10 a.m.
2A Station
Plan on having GOTA Station - Packet Station - APRS demo

Who: Mecklenburg County
What: Field Day June 26^th to Sunday 27^th.
Where: Wilgrove Park
When: Setup time 9 a.m.
3A Station
Plan on having 3 separate site in the park for setup. Big on C.W. operations.
GOTA Station - Packet Station - APRS demo

Who: Stanly County
What: Field Day June 26^th to Sunday 27^th.
Where: Morrow Mountain State Park
When: Setup time 10 a.m.
1A Station

Who: Union County
What: Field Day June 26^th to Sunday 27^th.
Where: Red Cross Building down Town
When: Setup time 11 a.m.
2A Station
Plan on having 3 separate site in the park for setup. Big on C.W. operations.
Packet Station

Field Day Testing for Area-12

Stanly County

From: Med (K4HTJ) RE.

Area12 Field Tests:
6 Meters:
The intent of this test is to study the feasibility of a Area 12 wide point to point communication frequency system. The test of the 6 meter band for Area 12 will be held on Sunday 27 June 04 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Frequency: 50.150 SSB USB.Calls will use "CQ FIELD DAY" and try to contact all of the other 5 Counties in Area 12 for a signal report.request you submit email report to Area 12 DEC Paul Robinette within 10 days listing your success or failure in communicating with the other five counties and signal strength or any problems incurred.

Digital Test for Area 12:
The Digital Mail Box that we will use for this test is KF4CXB-2, 145.050 and try to get a direct connection to the mail box if you can. We are trying to avoid going thru one or more nodes to get to a mailbox due to its obvious weakness ie, node not on line during an emergency.
Carl Starns (W4EAT, AEC for Stanly Co.) has done a in depth study on this and recommends that if you are unable to connect direct with KF4CXB-2, try connecting thru CLTNE-KE4IYH-4 ON 145.050 Mhz.
Again, request you siubmit a email report to DEC Paul Robinette within 10 days
stating your success/failure and feed back/suggestions are welcome.

As I stated before, we are trying to establish a 100 percent reliable communications system within AREA 12 to be used in an emergency.
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Note from Richard (W4LN) - Cabarrus County

SEE RICHARD'S CORRECTIONS TO WHAT WAS PLANNED AT AREA 12 MEETING.
73 CARL W4EAT
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Subject: MY FIELD DAY PACKET CALL SIGN

Hello Carl and Bob Jr.,
I have looked at the field day rules and it specifies
ll operation (except GOTA) has to use the same call sign. I
previously had bad nfo and was planning to use my own call sign and that
is what I told you at the ARES district meeting last Saturday.

The call sign the club will be using is K4CEB. My mail
box will be K4CEB-1 and my node will be K4CEB-7.

Carl: Please tell Med or anyone else that may try to
contact us on packet. Also, try to connect through my node. For
example: ALB-
K4CEB-7 -> NCCLT.

73,
Richard

Weather radios will carry more kinds of alerts
By Traci Watson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — People across the nation now can learn quickly about emergencies ranging from tornadoes to terrorist attacks by owning a radio that broadcasts weather information, federal officials said Thursday.

Weather radios have alerted listeners to natural emergencies such as floods and storms, but now the radios will also broadcast alerts about man-made emergencies such as chemical spills, breakdowns in the 911 calling system and missing children.

The Department of Homeland Security will also use the radio network to notify the public of terrorist attacks and a change in the color-coded national threat level.

The broader role for weather radios is the result of an agreement signed Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a branch of the federal government that oversees the National Weather Service and operates the emergency network that broadcasts messages to weather radios.

The agreement "serves to strengthen our ability to protect Americans from both man-made and natural disasters," said Reynold Hoover of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Warning systems for the deaf can shake a bed or transmit a message to a printer.

Alerts, if necessary, can be broadcast across regions or nationally. For instance, a problem at a nuclear power plant that could spread radiation a long distance could prompt an alert to several states.

Before Thursday's agreement, the NOAA network offered only spotty coverage of man-made hazards such as oil and chemical spills.

Now the network "is going to be automatically part of the national response to alerting the public to dangers," said Conrad Lautenbacher, the head of NOAA.

Fifteen percent to 20% of Americans own a weather radio. Ownership is higher among people living along the coasts and in tornado-prone states such as Oklahoma

Thanks Bob (KA2CIS) for the information.

KD4OZZI-Paul 6/2104

YOU ARE INVITED TO
FIELD DAY JUNE 26 – 27, 2004 6/04/04

The Gaston County ARES and GAARC would like to invite you to their amateur radio Field Day event. This year’s Field Day event will be held on the weekend of June 26-27, 2004 from 2pm Saturday till 2pm Sunday. We will be setting up at Gaston College, and will be setting up in the area around the old tennis courts. There will be free hotdogs and drinks for everyone attending. We will operate as 3Alpha with a GOTA station. Please bring your family and friends out to see amateur radio in action.

Groups and individuals that will be at the 2004 ARES and GAARC Field Day Event
Governor Mike Easley Sent Proclamation to be presented at field day
Gaston County Emergency Management Jim Pharr will visit site Saturday
Gaston County Police Department Anti Drug trailer and Finger prints kits for kid’s
Belmont Fire Department Smoke House and Sparky for adults and kids
Agriculture Center Volunteer Fire Department New 105 ft. ladder truck
Gaston County EMS Will be on site (Free blood pressure test)
Gastonia City Police Department Will set-up a display

Giveaway

We will giveaway a new HTX-420 dual band HT on Sunday June 27th, at 12pm. This will be a free registration, no tickets to buy. To be eligible to win you will need to do the following: Be a licensed amateur radio operator, show up at field day and receive a free ticket to register. You do not need to be there for the drawing. It doesn’t get any easier than this.

HTX-420
High power capability, quality construction and small size make this handheld an excellent choice for the new or seasoned ham radio operator.

Features:
• Dual-frequency display dual band, 2M/70cm, 5 watt amateur radio HT
• Broadband receiver 108-174 and 420-512MHz with 100-channel memory
• Radio includes electronic compass and is compatible with Weather Receive and SAME Weather Alert
• CTCSS encode/decode
• Illuminated 16-key DTFM
• Multiple scan modes
• Power-out 5W on 2M, 4.5W on 70cm with external 13.8VDC or 4.2W on 2M, 3.2W on 70cm with 1200maH lithium-ion battery pack
(included) H/M/L power settings, battery voltage meter, 7
• Includes empty battery shell; accepts 4 "AA" batteries

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