Paul Havlik (WD9IOK) gives a MasterClass in station grounding and surge protection. Paul worked for Square D (now Schneider Electric) for 28 years, so he certainly knows his stuff.
A temporary sign-up form is available to help monitor Williamson County siren tests. You can find the form here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FADAC29A5FFCE9-owsmonthly
The form lists sirens and test dates to choose from. After selecting sirens and dates, click the
Submit and Sign UpAfter you monitor a siren test please send reports by e-mail to our EC, Jeff Standifer wb5waj@arrl.net. Please include the following in your e-mail:
NEW
Siren location addresses and descriptions and a map of the siren locations
are now available as PDFs here, under:
Library & Special Interests --> Books References Guides
WCARES members are encouraged fire up Winlink and take part in the FEMA RECCWG Region 4 &
Region 6 May 31-June 1 Communications Outage Exercise.
For any WCARES members who take part, please CC WB5WAJ on your submitted exercise Winlink message.
The linked PDF provides detailed step-by-step instructions. Some points to note from the PDF:
Exercise map showing cities affected by the exercise “communications outage”.
Click here for the PDF with detailed step-by-step instructions.
In a “real life situation,” you would always want to use Telnet if it is available in order to leave the precious RF spectrum for those in affected areas who have no other choice. However, for this exercise, do what you wish since this is for practicing your ability to use Winlink in an emergency condition.
Presentation by Tom Delker (K1KY). Tom talks about the MTEARS network… the Middle Tennessee Emergency Amateur Repeater System. This is a set of 34 linked repeaters that span most of the state of Tennessee.
In this comprehensive video, Paul, WD9IOK gives you all the information you need to get involved in 6 meters and up (VHF and UHF) operations using SSB mode. There’s more than just FM to play with in the higher frequencies of ham radio!
For the February 2022 WCARES meeting, Tim, AD4CJ presents Maximize Your Signal Reception
Learn how to adjust your HF radio to maximize your signal reception. Tim delivers a presentation based on a PowerPoint stack that he put together back in 2016. It was good advice then and it’s good advice now!
00:53 Mechanics of Fine-tuning your radio
02:03 How to Fine-Tune Your Radio
03:14 How to Zero-Beat CW Signals
05:41 How to Accurately Tune a SSB Signal
09:50 Automatic gain control & RF gain
28:35 The use of preamps
29:23 Attenuators
36:45 Noise Reducer Circuits
39:16 Noise Blanker Circuits
The technical presentation for the February meeting will be a repeat of a great presentation Tim, AD4CJ gave back in 2016 on “Improving HF Reception”.
The March 19th presentation will be “VHF/UHF SSB” by Paul, WD9IOK.
The April presentation is to be about MTEARS ( mtears.org ) by Tom, K1KY.
You can find these and all WCARES events on the Events Calendar, here; upcoming events are also shown in the sidebar below the WCARES Frequencies list.
Frequencies and Nets
Frequencies and Nets --> Nets
Library & Special Interests --> Presentations
Library & Special Interests --> Books References Guides
Frequencies and Nets --> NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)
From our EC, Jeff Standifer, WB5WAJ:
I found this interesting site this weekend. It is a survey on all things ham radio. I signed up and took it and overall it took about 1.5 hours. You can stop and resume as your time allows. I found it very interesting to look at the results.
From the National Weather Service OHX office: https://www.weather.gov/ohx/swaw2022
Beginning Sunday, February 20th, the National Weather Service offices that serve Tennessee will be conducting Severe Weather Awareness Week 2022. Each day, a new topic will be covered by way of online presentations. You will be able to register for any or all of the FREE classes that will be offered during the week. The topics for each day are listed below, then you can scroll down and register for the classes you would like to attend.
Visit the link above for list of classes being offered as well as links to register for the classes.
This event is on the WCARES calendar: here.
In addition, Tennessee will host a special NOAA Weather Radio test on Wednesday, February 23rd at 9:30am CST / 10:30am EST to replace the weekly test that normally occurs on Wednesday at 11:15am. This is a great time to encourage everyone to think about their safety plans and what THEY would do IF a Tornado Warning is issued. If weather is expected next Wednesday, the test will be conducted on Friday, February 25th.
Finally, for a list of other Skywarn Storm Spotter Classes offered, please check out:
https://www.weather.gov/ohx/skywarn
Skywarn® and the Skywarn® logo are registered trademarks of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, used with permission.
We will participate fully in Winter Field Day as individuals while working together for an aggregate score AND by staying in touch (virtually) throughout the weekend.
Saturday, January 29 1PM CST – Sunday, January 30 1PM CST
You can begin setup 24 hours before the event, starting Friday, January 28 at 1PM CST.
You are allowed a total of 12 hours of setup time.
For questions regarding WCARES Winter Field Day 2022, contact Paul Tampien (rnggldwng07@gmail.com)
(* This event counts towards WCARES participation requirements )
See the Rules link on the Winter Field Day website for all the details.