If you did not receive the information, please email me and I will send you all the details. We are not giving out the URL to the system to help prevent spam.

Thanks for all you do! You can email me with questions.

Cody, KI4FUV

Remember that a meteorologist from the National Weather Service office in Morristown will be at our club meeting, this Thursday to teach a SKYWARN Spotter class.

The meeting and class will be held at the Roane Co. Rescue Squad building in Midtown at 7:00pm (Eastern).

This meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend.

Talk-in will be on the 147.120 Repeater.

From ARRL website: Link

http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9398

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/13/11288/

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation’s capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted. No word has been received as of yet from any of Haitian Amateur Radio operators. The ARRL encourages US amateurs to be aware of the emergency operations on the following frequencies: 7.045 and 3.720 MHz (IARU Region 2 nets), 14.265, 7.265 and 3.977 MHz (SATERN nets), and 14.300 MHz (Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net); the International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is also active on EchoLink node 278173.

IARU Region 2 Area C Emergency Coordinator, Arnie Coro, CO2KK, is coordinating a multi-national response by hams. There are organized nets on 7.045 and 3.720 MHz; amateurs are asked to monitor the frequencies, but to also keep them clear of non-essential traffic. Amateur Radio operators should also be aware that emergency traffic pertaining to the Haitian earthquake is expected on the SATERN frequencies of 14.265 MHz, 7.265 MHz and 3977 MHz, according to SATERN’s leader, Major Pat McPherson. The Salvation Army is accepting health and welfare traffic requests on its Web site.

“As late as 9:45 PM local time (0245 UTC), we have not been able to contact any amateur or emergency services stations in Haiti,” Coro said in an e-mail. “Amateurs from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela are monitoring the 40 meter band frequency. We are still keeping watch on 7.045 MHz, hoping that someone in Haiti may have access to a transceiver and at least a car battery to run it,” but so far, no HH stations have checked in. Tuesday’s quake was felt in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, and in Eastern Cuba, but no major damage was reported in either place.

The January 13 edition of The Daily DX reported that the Rev John Henault, HH6JH, made contact late Wednesday morning with the Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net (IATN) on 14.300 MHz; this is the IARU Global Center of Activity frequency for emergency communications. He said that he was safe, but had no power and no phone service. He was operating on battery power and hoping to get a generator running later in the day. The edition also noted that Pierre Petry, HH2/HB9AMO — who was in Cap Haitien (about 140 km north of Port-au-Prince) is “okay”; Petry is in Haiti working for the United Nations World Food Program. Later today, he will be traveling to the capital.

The UN’s 9000 peacekeepers in Haiti — many of whom are from Brazil — were distracted from aid efforts by their own tragedy: Many spent the night hunting for survivors in the ruins of their headquarters. “It would appear that everyone who was in the building, including my friend Hedi Annabi, the United Nations’ Secretary General’s special envoy, and everyone with him and around him, are dead,” French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday, speaking on French radio. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy would not confirm that Annabi was dead, but said he was among more than 100 people missing in the rubble of its headquarters. He said only about 10 people had been pulled out, many of them badly injured. Fewer than five bodies had been pulled from the rubble, he said. The United Nations said the capital’s main airport was “fully operational” and that relief flights would begin on Wednesday, January 13.

The situation in Haiti is still chaotic. More information will be posted as soon as possible. Information is being validated and shared between many amateur groups and news sources as it unfolds.

If you have any questions or comments, please email us. We look forward to serving you during 2010!

• President: Phil Newman, KE4LSH – president@ke4rx.org
• Vice President: Cody Anderson, KI4FUV – vicepresident@ke4rx.org
• Secretary: Jim White, K4APY – secretary@ke4rx.org
• Treasurer: Kati Segar – treasurer@ke4rx.org

Join us on 147.015 for the Monday night net at 8:00pm and let us know how the repeater is working for you. For more information, email Cliff Segar kd4gt@ke4rx.org

Part of the merit badge requirement is for the scouts to have a conversation on the air.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

First, we have switched to a new server which should provide better service and will give us greater oppertunities to maintain and make our website more functional.

Second, our email service is back online and fully functioning. All @ke4rx.org email addresses are working so now you can send your emails directly to the correct person.

Since our email is back online, if you are a member of the Roane County Amateur Radio Club, you can email webmaster@ke4rx.org and have yourself an email forwarding account set up. This works like the ARRL email service does. You can get your_callsign@ke4rx.org so that it forwards to your actual personal email address.@ke4rx.org

Should you experience any problems with our website, email, or anything else related to either of these services, please email webmaster@ke4rx.org

Enjoy!

President:        Lou Devillon, K4ZRP
Vice President:    Cliff Segar, KD4GT
Secretary:        Jim White, K4APY
Treasurer:        Kati Segar

A big “thank you” to the officers who served the club in 2008:
Cliff Segar, KD4GT, Keith Dalton, WV4G,  Jim Dalton, K4FPG and Kati Segar.

As club president for 2009 it’s important that I know what our members
expect out of our organization.  I’ve always believed that ham radio should
be fun and club meetings especially should be an enjoyable evening of
socializing with fellow hams.

Your officers are dedicated to moving our club forward in 2009 but we’re
only one part of that effort.  Our club and its activities are dependent on
you, the club member.  Your input and your participation will ensure that
the Roane County Amateur Radio Club will continue to grow and prosper in
future years.  The one simple step that each of us can do to help make this
happen is to attend the club’s monthly meetings.

To assist your club officers in making the RCARC an organization that fully
meets the expectations of its members, please read the very brief set of
questions below and e-mail me your suggestions to k4zrp@hughes.net.

Thanks and I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming RCARC meeting on
January 8th.  We will be having a drawing at that meeting for a new ARRL
Antenna Handbook.

Lou, K4ZRP

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QUESTIONAIRE

1.  What would you like our monthly club meetings to “look like” e.g.
Presentations, etc.?

2.  What sort of events would you like club to have e.g. Field Day, etc.?

3.  What other suggestions do you have about making our club better?

You can also register for a free account on the website, which will allow you to post comments about the news items that get posted on the website. This is great if you have questions about something. Remember you can always contact us with your questions also.

- Cody Anderson, KI4FUV (webmaster@ke4rx.org)