May 1, 2022 It’s the largest weekend party in town, and you can be part of it! Whether you’re a runner or walker, whether you want to volunteer or cheer, whether you want to participate for charity, or just for your own satisfaction, we’d love for you to join us. Sign up today and be part of the Pig Party! Click here: https://flyingpigmarathon.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=59965 Enter the following password in the small box & click “submit password”: qcemergency Check that the small box next to the highlighted time frame is check marked Enter the required information Click the “Sign Up To Volunteer” button…
2022 Virtual Advanced Spotter Training Course
Saturday, April 30 ⋅ 9:00am – 12:00pm SKYWARN spotters are volunteers who become the “eyes and ears” of the National Weather Service. Spotters serve their communities by acting as a valuable source of information when dangerous storms approach! This special presentation of our Advanced Spotter Class will be a 3-hour session that gets into greater detail about the details of severe weather. We’ll be doing presentations about mesoscale analysis, using radar to analyze storms, advanced spotting techniques and thunderstorm structure, and a case study of a severe event from the 2021 season. Two notes in advance of this session:• Attendance…
Hamvention 2022 Amateur of the Year Award
Jim Simpson, KF8J, of Xenia, Ohio, was named the 2022 Amateur of the Year. First licensed as a teen, Simpson built his first tower in 1966. He worked 39 states, including Hawaii, while living at home with his family. His first shack was in the corner of his dad’s garage. Simpson built all his equipment from Heathkit. He upgraded to a General-class license in the late 1970s. He built two towers at his current location in Xenia in 1980, a 100-foot guyed tower for HF antennas and a 55-foot, free-standing tower for satellite communications. Simpson operates on 80 through 10…
CANCELED [Gcares] Statewide Tornado Drill Net Wed Mar 23 9:50 AM
*****Due to the potential for severe weather tomorrow, the statewide tornadodrill has been officially cancelled. There is currently no planned date tomake-up the drill. We apologize for any inconvenience.***** Greene County will have a Weather Net on Wednesday, March 23, beginningat 9:50 AM as part of the Ohio Statewide Tornado Drill. It will be conducted on the 147.165 (+) (123.0) repeater. (Backup willbe 146.91 (+)) Since this is during working hours for many of us, we will call forshort time check ins early in the net, so you will need but a fewminutes to participate. Please try to join in….
NVIS Day 2022
Saturday, April 23, 2022 10 A.M. – 4 P.M. https://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/nvis_day.html Is your station ready to establish and maintain high-reliability communication with other stations around Ohio when repeaters, phone, and internet service are impaired? When infrastructure just isn’t there, HF radio using Near-Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) propagation offers the ability to stay in contact on frequencies of 2–30 MHz for distances of about 30–400 miles. NVIS Day is the ARRL Ohio Section event to test your NVIS antenna designs and builds. Join us on Saturday, April 23rd to show how well amateur radio can keep Ohio communicating! This is not a…
