Happy November, XWARN!This is a busy month for the club with elections and the yearly business meeting. Also, we are still rounding out the year with the final public service events. Come join us for our final event supporting high school Cross Country on November 18th. Contact Bob, N8ADO, for more details. Have you been thinking of upgrading your license? Drop in on the Greene County Test Session on Sunday November 20th at 6pm. December 1st marks the start of our new year. That also means yearly dues will be due! Yes, it is the start of reminder season. Have…
XWARN / GCARES Event Notifications
XWARN Event listings and notificationsThe best place to see notifications of upcoming events in the Dayton/Miami Valley region is the District 3 ARES website. Here is the link: ARES website Air Force MarathonSend a message to AFM.Hams@gmail.com to get on the mailing list Greene County Amateur Radio Emergency ServiceWeekly net on Tuesdays at 21:00 local time on the 146.91 (-offset) repeater except the fourth Tuesday when it is on 442.725 (+offset).We have in-person meetings on the Last Monday of the month at 7PM in the training room at BTFD Station 61. No meeting in December and a few other months…
Mid-East Challenge — Cross Country Invitational
Saturday 18 November 2023 10:30 am – Noon Indian Riffle Park in Kettering. Elite runners from Ohio and neighboring states. Link to folder with the course map: Course Map Two races. 11am and 1130. Arrive at the park a 1/2 hour before the first event. We will relay to the announcer the times and the states for the first three runners at Mile 1 and Mile 2. It takes two or three sets of eyes to do this. If we get enough volunteers, we will add a few safety spotters to a couple of challenging spots on the course. Bring…
Monthly Meeting
Monday 11/13/2023 7:30 PM Greene County Fairgrounds OSU Extension building. Voting for officers and have other items to discuss.
Simulated Emergency Test October 7, 2023
We will test the notification system (based on Hyper-Reach). Operatorswill be instructed to check-in with the Resource Net on the 147.165 (+)(123.0) Repeater. The Resource Net (147.165 +offset 123.0 Hz tone) will take check-ins,acknowledge the stations, and ask a few questions. Volunteers who have astanding assignment to provide communications support to a particularserved agency will be instructed to deploy to that location and tocheck-in to the tactical net. Those who do not have such an assignmentor who are unable to physically deploy will be instructed to check-in tothe tactical net from their current location. The Tactical Net (146.91 -offset no…