Waupaca County ARES/RACES Our meetings: Second Thursday of the month at 6 pm, lower Level of Waupaca County Courthouse, 811 Harding Street, Waupaca, WI Our weekly net is at 8:15 pm on Sunday on the 147 39 repeater. Website: http://waupacacountyares.org Next Meeting January 14th January 2016 Next Meeting: January 14 2016 Member/Spouse Dinner Dutch Treat at King s Table, 6:00PM King, Wisconsin Happy New Year Start the New Year by coming to the Waupaca ARES/RACES February meeting on the 14 th of February at 6:00 PM, on the lower level of the Waupaca County Courthouse. And think about getting involved in the ARES/RACES group or just come and see what it is all about. Go Box Thursday At the February Meeting Bring In your Go Box to show and learn from. See how others have done it and they can see how you accomplished it 1
Swapfests: 01/09/2016 West Allis RAC's 44th Annual Midwinter Swapfest Location: Waukesha, WI 02/13/2016 MRAC & MAARS Mid-Winter Interclub SwapFest Location: Brookfield, WI 20 th 22 nd May 2016, Dayton Hamvention Location: Dayton Ohio 08/29/16 Circus City Swapfest, Location: Baraboo, WI NEW monthly item Storm Spotting Pointers NIGHT SPOTTING TIPS... Lightning can backlight storm features. Increasing hail size suggests you are close to the up draft area. Power flashes indicate possible damaging winds. Strong winds can make a roaring or rumbling sound -- like a passing train. 2
Upcoming events! Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness 2016: April 11-15 Tornado Drill April 14 Jail Break Marathon, April 30 th 2016 Iola Bump & Jump May 15, 2016 Miles Paratus; Week of June 5 th, more on page 5, Field Day June 25 th &26 th 2016 Iola Car Show, July 7 th 9 th 2016 Waupaca Triatalon, August 20 th 2016 ARES Sim Emergency test, Oct 1 st 2016 Any Additions, corrections?? Thursday 6 Meter Net Day: Thursday Time: 8:00 pm Frequency: 52.570 FM 3
Northeast Wisconsin DX Association (NEWDXA) Meeting dates for 2016: January 23 Golden Corral Green Bay May 7 Holiday s Appleton September 10 Schloegel s Menominee, MI November 11 Golden Corral Green Bay @ 10:30 AM; Contact John, NZ9Z More Ham Hams per location: 17 Iola 2 Marion 14 Clintonville 3 OGDENSBURG 7 Scandinavia 8 Manawa 19 New London 43 Waupaca 6 Fremont 4 Weyauwega Local frequencies used for ARES/RACES Frequency: 147.390, Tone: 118.8, +offset ARES /RACES Sunday Night Net 8:15PM Frequency: 146.925, -offset, Tone: 118.8 ARES/ RACES backup Frequency: 144.49 preferred simplex frequency Frequency: 145.61 Winlink VHF frequency Yea Old Swap Shop Members list wanted or for sale ham related items in the newsletter, as space permits. Send items to K9QKD@gMail.com 4
Miles Paratus Wisconsin ARES/RACES has been invited to participate in a major statewide exercise Miles Paratus during the week of June 5-12. This exercise will include many State Emergency Management departments, military, EMS, County and local Emergency Management agencies. ARES/RACES operators may be needed at their local area and to deploy to Volk Field, Fort McCoy and possibly other locations. If deployed to Volk Field and Ft McCoy, housing and food will be provided. More details we be available in January. Tune into the weekly WI ARES RACES HF net on Sunday Mornings at 0800 3.967Mhz for updates. This Special Edition is going out to the Waupaca County Ham s I could find emails for, which is about ¼ of the Hams in Waupaca County If you are not currently receiving the Newsletter other than this special edition and would like to. Send a note to that effect to KA9QKD@gMail.com 5
New UHF Repeater in Iola By AC9F A new UHF repeater was turned on the first Saturday in November offering coverage in the Iola area and surrounding communities. It is a Kenwood TK 820 repeater, duplexers and a CAT 200 controller. The frequency is 443.600 + with a PL of 114.8 dual squelch. The repeater is located at the Iola Fire station on the cellular tower, up 80 feet. The ½ hard line from the 8 bay antenna feeds the repeater. Future projects include IRLP and an amp. This project is financially supported by AC9F Chuck and KB9ZPK Brian. This is an open repeater for everyone to use and enjoy. Give it a try and let Chuck know how it sounds. Waupaca County ARES/RACES News Letter Achieve http://tinyurl.com/z2xux8b Newsletter Deadline The DEADLINE for items to be published in the Newsletter is the 15th of the month before. If you have anything (announcements, stories, articles, photos, projects) for the newsletter, please get it to me before then. You may submit to KA9QKD@gMail.com The fine print The Waupaca ARES/ARES group and those associated with the newsletter, assume no responsibilities in anything advertised herein. All responsibilities with an item, specifics, price, etc., lie with and between the buyer and the seller. The Waupaca ARES/ARES group and those associated with the newsletter reserve the right to refuse any and all submissions. 2015/16 6