 Our next monthly meeting will be Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 7:00 pm. As usual we will meet at the Hall County Emergency Operations Center on Crescent Drive. The topic of this months meeting will be building a field deployable antenna. We are going to build a roll-up J-Pole antenna, test it and then someone will take it home with them. If your interested in learning to make a better antenna for your handy-talkie then come on out. You do not have to be an ARES member to attend. All amateur radio operators are welcome. In addition to the antenna, we have one other cool door prize for someone to win.
We are working on scheduling a Ham Radio 101 Basic Course for new hams that want to learn the basics of programming and using their handy-talkies and mobile 2 meter/70 cm radios. The focus of the class will be programming repeater splits and tones, talking simplex and antennas. We will also cover some basic installation tips and how to get better signals when your primary radio is a handy-talkie. The exact time and date has not been set but we are considering an evening course of around two to three hours. If your interested, please use the contact tab and let the webmaster know. We are going to try and schedule the class to best meet the needs of the bulk of interested persons.
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 The 4 March 2010 Digital Net will run its first session at 19:00 on the Gainesville 146.670 LARC macchine and second session on the Gwinnett/GARES 2 meter machine at 20:00. Tonights exercise will focus on using the FLICS add-on for FL-Digi which allows us to send ICS-213's from desk top to desk top quickly and with 100% copy. You can find all the necessary software on oour NBEMS install page. We look forward to seeing you on the waterfall.
As an aside, Hall ARES is looking for additional members to join our administrative team. Even if your not a highly experienced ham, if you posess skills in other areas that we can utilize, please contact the Emergency Coordinator. We are looking for people who have capabilities in finances, grants, administration, web development & content along with others. If you think you have a skill, including radio communications, to offer the group we are very interested in integrating you into our operation. A group is only as good as its leadership and administrative teams. Even the most talented professional athletes can't pull the entire organization along without a full support structure. We look forward to having YOU join our team.
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2 March 2010 Skywarn Activation |
 For all of our registered members: We are now running a live drill/test of our new Skywarn Spotting tool. We are not activating a radio net. If that happens, we will use the LARC repeater which is 146.670 to test how it functions with its temporary antenna. You may want to monitor this repeater for curiosities sake. Please take another spin of our new online spotting tool by just viewing the spotter map or by logging in and submitting your reports. Remember to keep you reports updated as conditions change. We appreciate all feedback on the interface as we are working hard to improve its function.
Michael AA4BA
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This weeks nets will continue to run on alternate repeaters due to difficulties with the LARC machine. The Wednesday night net will run at 20:00 on the Baldwin 147.180 machine. It will run again at 20:30 on the WX4TC/W4TL 145.310 machine with a negative offset and pl tone of 123.0. Feel free to check in to both nets to help us test the coverage of both machines and practice your ability to commmunicate on multiple machines. The Baldwin machine works great for North Hall and areas East of Hall County. The TRI-County machine is great for South Hall and the North Metro area.
Our digital net this week will run on Thursday, 25 February at 19:00 hours on the TRI-County WX4TC/W4TL 145.310 machine for the first session. Session two will run at 19:30 on the 147.075 (GARS) repeater. Come join us as we spread the love for NBEMS with our North Metro affiliates in Jackson, Barrow and Gwinnett Counties. Time permitting, we will send one file up on the N4DME machine in Toccoa following the GARS event. We want to thank the GARS for inviting us to introduce NBEMS to their group at their monthly meeting this week. They have a wonderful new facility down there in the flat lands.
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Gwinnett ARES Monthly Meeting |
Hall County ARES will be presenting a program on FL-Digi and NBEMS at the Gwinnett County ARES meeting this Tuesday at 19:30. The meeting is held at the Gwinnett County Emergency Operations Center. The address is 800 High Hope Road in Lawrenceville. There is limited parking at the front of the building. We park on the side of the building in the fenced in parking area. 147.075 + 82.5 tone for talk in. Their website is http://www.GwinnettARES.org for more information. We encourage all interested Hall ARES members and any amateur interested in emcomm to attend.
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