2023 Events March – June

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…

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),…

2022 Fall Events

10/9 (Sunday) Tour de Gembike tour –still a few spots openContact: n8ado@arrl.net 10/22 (Saturday) SW Ohio District Cross Country MeetCedarville University (Cross country track on SR-72 at N edge of town)0900–1430 Six races. Lunch provided to first 9 to sign up.Contact: n8ado@arrl.net 11/19 (Saturday) MidEast Challenge Cross Country InvitationalElite runners from surrounding statesIndian Riffle Park in Kettering1000–1200 Two races. Option to attend breakfast as a group before.Contact: n8ado@arrl.net 11/24 (Thursday) Turkey Trot 5 MilerMiamisburgThanksgiving morningWatch for further information CANCELED – 12/31 (Saturday) Resolution Run 5KBeavercreek HS and surrounding residential area.expect starting gun 2000, race lasts just over 1 hourReport to…

Young’s Dairy Charity Bike Tour

The Young’s Dairy Charity Bike Tour will be on Saturday, September 10th. The ONE day tour covers several Ohio counties, comprising up to 100 miles, so a large number of ham radio operators will be needed. The tour starts at 8:00 AM on Saturday from Young’s Dairy, which is on Highway 68, north of Yellow Springs, and extends north to Bellefontaine Ohio and then returns back to Youngs Dairy. There is a bike path route for a portion of the return trip. We are not responsible for tracking riders on the bike path, but we may cover a few key…

Abi Kahn Horse Challenge

August 20 and 21 is the Abi Kahn Horse Challenge at Caeser Creek Horse Park on Furnas-Oglesby Road near Waynesville Ohio. This annual event is GREAT FUN in the beautiful countryside surrounding Caeser Creek Lake. We are in need of about 6 operators for this two day event. Operators will need to be at the horse park at 7:00 in the morning til approx 1pm both days. Net operations will be on the 147.165 repeater 100hz PL. A mobile rig or at least a mobile antenna on your HT would be helpful. If you can work either or both days…