North Carolina Western Branch
Area-13
 

  County Call-Sign F. Name L. Name City Phone
Area-13 DEC K4RLD Robert L. DeWitt Monroe (704) 289-2122
EC Burke KI4GZD Gregory  M. Branch Morganton  
EC Catawba W1FAI Joesph R. Getlein, Jr. Hickory  
EC Gaston KG4GMI Barney  Huddleston  Gastonia  
EC Lincoln WD4PIC Clifford Brommer Denver  
EC Mecklenburg WB2NHQ John R. White Charlotte  
EC Union W4MLE Micah Eubanks Monroe  
OPEN Cleveland          

 

 

Monday Area-13 HF-Net
Please join us on the air, we have several repeaters available:
146.805 - (100 Hz tone) - Crowder's Mountain
146.805 - (backup) - Whetstone Mountain
444.750 + (162.2 Hz tone) - Whetstone Mountain
53.110 - (100 Hz tone) - Whetstone Mountain

 

ARRL Emergency Coordinators: Report your Simulated Emergency Test results with this form.
Download: available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word format.

Form B: NM SET Report
ARRL Net Managers: Report your Simulated Emergency Test results with this form.
Download: available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word format.

Form C: EC Annual Report
ARRL Emergency Coordinators may submit their annual report with this form. Please report to your Section Emergency Coordinator and ARRL HQ.
Download: available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word format.

 

 2007 SET Report www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms//ec_set.pdf
   EC Annual Report  www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/ec_ann.pdf
   Annual ARES Net Report  www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/nm_set.pdf
 

Back to October results…   Our QTC Passed percentage was very high until the 29th when we had 8 pieces of traffic offered, but were only able to pass 1.  This again, appears to have been  Telnet traffic!   The QNI number improved slightly during October.  But frankly, the weekends are killing us!  Honors this month for the busiest net goes to W4EAT.  On the 30 he had a 22 minute net that passed 6 of 8 pieces offered.  IK4HGG had the longest net on the 24th when we went 5 for 5 in 27 minutes.    

   

                               NORTH CAROLINA MORNING NET:

    

MONTH/YEAR:

SESSIONS:

QNI

AVG.

QTC

QTC

AVG.

%

QND:

AVG.

2007

 

TOTAL:

QNI:

OFFERED:

PASSED:

QTC:

PASSED:

TOTAL:

QND:

JANUARY

31

278

8.97

84

67

2.71

79.8%

346

11.16

FEBRUARY

28

269

9.61

76

56

2.71

73.7%

331

11.82

MARCH

31

298

9.61

79

75

2.55

94.9%

332

10.71

APRIL

30

295

9.83

82

74

2.73

90.2%

367

12.23

MAY

31

305

9.84

77

76

2.48

98.7%

409

13.19

JUNE

30

298

9.93

98

87

3.27

88.8%

407

13.57

JULY

31

312

10.06

74

70

2.39

94.6%

377

12.16

AUGUST

31

313

10.10

53

49

1.71

92.5%

339

10.94

SEPTEMBER

30

297

9.90

95

90

3.17

94.7%

432

14.40

OCTOBER

31

308

9.94

101

89

3.26

88.1%

436

14.06

 

Sorry folks for getting up on the soap box earlier.  The hard work that you put in on the North Carolina Morning Net is greatly appreciated.  Thank you all for all that you do!  73

Bob DeWitt K4RLD

Net Manager

North Carolina Morning Net

 
Folks…  We had a very nice turn out for the District Meeting this past Saturday.  Attending were:
ASEC Paul Robinette KD4OZI from Cabarrus County, Joe W1FAI & Dorney KG4YNM of Catawba County,
Randy KI4JXF from Cleveland County, Barney KG4GMI & Dennis KG4ZJF of Gaston County, Cliff WD4PIC
& James KF4URY from Lincoln County, John WB2NHQ & Brian KF4VOO & Randy KE4JXF of Mecklenburg County,
Micah W4MLE from Union County, and myself.

We discussed the AREA 13 HF net.  It was the consensus of those in attendance that if we are going to
have an AREA 13 HF net, that it be held EVERY Monday evening beginning October 29th.  As before, the
net will meet at 7:00 PM on 3.890 MHZ.  Dorney KG4YNM and John WB2NHQ will both be asking for check
ins to insure that we have the entire district covered.  We will continue to review the net frequency
to see if another frequency might be better.  Please inform your members who have HF privileges and urge
them to check in.

As part of their reports, the EC’s reported on how the Field Day efforts in their counties went and also
what their plans were for the upcoming Simulated Emergency Test which will be conducted this coming
Saturday Randy Ross KI4ZJI briefed the group on the formation of the Cleveland County Amateur Radio Service.
They have had an initial meeting and will also be meeting with some of the officers of the Shelby club this
Thursday to explain what it is that they would like to do as a club.  They plan to have their “charter”
meeting on the 19th of November.

We discussed the idea of having an AREA 13 web site.  Barney KG4GMI is going to see if one of his members
might be interested in heading up the project.

Joe W1FAI was in charge of the program and he briefed the group on some of the courses that are available
through the ARRL and FEMA.  Thanks Joe for sharing the information with us.

It was decided that a tentative date for the next meeting is January 26th.  If there are no conflicts,
it will be hosted by Mecklenburg ARES.  Please keep that date open.

Thank you all for all that you do!  Your participation in ARES is an asset to your counties and communities!
  73

Bob DeWitt K4RLD
DEC AREA 13
North Carolina ARES

 

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