March 1 Ohio ARES D3 Net, 145.110 8:00pm 6 XWANR Net, 145.165 7:30pm 7 NWS Virtuual Spotter Training 7:00pm 7 Greene County DMR NET, 310557 8:30pm 7 GCARES Voice/Digital Net, 146.910 9:00pm 8 Ohio ARES D3 Net, 145.110 8:00pm 13 XWARN Meeting, Fairgrounds 7:30pm 14 Skywarn Spotter Training – Greene/Calrk Counties, Soin 6:00pm 14 Greene County DMR NET, 310557 8:30pm 14 GCARES Voice/Digital Net, 146.910 9:00pm 15 Ohio ARES D3 Net, 145.110 8:00pm 20 Greene County 4H ARC, Fairgrounds 6:30pm 21 GCARES Voice/Digital Net, 146.910 8:30pm 21 GCARES Voice/Digital Net, 146.910 9:00pm 22 Ohio Statewide Tornado Drill, 147.165 9:50am 22…
Ron Cramer KD8ENJ – Silent Key
CRAMER, Ronald Eugene, age 75, passed away March 11, 2023 after a brief illness. He was born on August 15, 1947 in Dayton, Ohio to Donald and Delight (Brooks) Cramer. Ron worked for the Siebenthaler Company for most of his adult life, in many capacities. Late in life, he discovered amateur radio and became an enthusiastic member of Dayton Amateur Radio Association and volunteer at Dayton Hamvention. He was particularly proud of his work as Chair of Dayton Hamvention in guiding the move from Hara Are-na to Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center. He is survived by his loving wife…
President’s Message – March 2023
This year is flying by faster than ever! Only two months to go until Hamven-tion. We once again used the official logo as the design for our t-shirts. The shirts will be royal blue in color this year. As a reminder, we will be taking sign-ups to sell t-shirts at the show. This is almost the sole source of income for the club, so we really need your help. They will once again be on sale at club prices at the meeting before Hamvention so all can get their pick first. A lot of regular members haven’t paid their dues…
CoCoRaHS!
Volunteers of all ages are needed to report valuable rain, hail, and snow measurements.The National Weather Service relies on volunteer weather observers that take precipitationreadings in their own backyard. Many observers are needed because precipitation is highlyvariable. You can help and anyone can join! All you need is a rain gauge as shown belowand internet access To learn more or to become a Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network observer, please visit the website www.CoCoRaHS.org and click ‘join CoCoRaHS.’E-mail Ashley.Novak@noaa.gov if have any questions. Two virtual training webinars are available. Utilize the links below to register for the free…
2023 Xenia Marathon
April 2nd, 2023 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Xenia MarathonSunday, April 2Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10 K (New!)Starting gun at 8:00, Official end at 6 hours after the start. For course maps, etc. see the website RUNXENIA.COM Last time we had 18 volunteers, which worked out OK as some of us were able to cover multiple locations. More eyes and more communications are always good. In addition to spotters at designated places, we can use several bicycle mobiles to patrol the course and to track the tail ends. Duties: Report progress of race information (lead runners, runner density, tail end),…
