A good Mentoring file for new, and any Hams, was sent to me by Carl Dow (AB1DD) after this a.m.’s Ham Breakfast in Essex Jct., VT. A link will “probably” soon be up an RANV’s website.
http://joshua.smcvt.edu/ham_mentoring.html
When Robin Conway (N1WWW) gets the notes from this morning’s Ham Breakfast I will post the link. Thanks to all at RANV for their dedication to Ham Radio and numerous programs of support.
73, Tom
KB1NGQ
CVARC’s QFQ Report for February, 2010, has been assembled, edited, laid out, PDF’d, and uploaded — and is now ready for you to download and read. Get it from our lovely QFQ Report page!
CVARC’s QFQ Report for January, 2010, is now available for you to download and read. As always, find it on our QFQ Report page. Oh, and as a special new-decade gift for you, this issue is one of the shortest ever. You’ll be able to read this and check it off your to-do list in next to no time!
This Saturday’s (Dec. 5, 2009) Holiday Party. We welcome many more who have not yet made reservations! As Virgil AA1RW says “it’s later than you think”!
Also, please see the VT QSO Party link for an update on WRRC’s hosting of the 2010 VT QSO Party!
Come join us for our annual holiday party on Saturday, December 5!
Bring an unwanted gift for a Yankee swap!
We’ve just put the finishing touches on the last QFQ Report of 2009. Find it now on our QFQ Reports page!
N.H. ARES SET – N.H. ARES will be holding an SET this Saturday. More info on their website, and Robin N1VVV is setting up links to the information on VTARES website. Fred WA1LIE is asking that VT ARES members join in, at some level. Fred will provide more information, soon.
ANTENNA PARTY – Josette KB1EPT needs help raising a pole for her “Windom”. At our CVARC meeting we had planned a 10:00 a.m. start at my QTH (Waterbury Center) to offer ideas how to improve the support of the bare wire ends. The last few feet of both ends are on branches. Then, those who do show up will go downtown Waterbury to raise Jo’s antenna. The 10:00 start will be delayed until about 1:00 p.m. as to not interfere with those joining in the ARES SET.
SHAREFEST - 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in Windsor, VT at “Wincycle”. Contact brad.thompson@valley.net for details and/or go to www.wincycle.org for directions. Bring your treasured, but un-needed components, circuit boards, etc., and find more treasures you can not live without!
AND… The 14th is, of course, the start of the “High Holy Days” in the Green Mountains as the start of “Rifle Season” for Vermonters, and all those who are Vermonters at heart, wishing to fill the freezers with venison.
Tom KB1NGQ (theprez@w1bd.org)
CVARC’s QFQ Report for November, 2009, is ready for your perusal. Download a copy from our QFQ Reports page.
From the October 2009 ARRL “ARES Newsletter”:
Vermont ARES Supports JDRF Bike Tour
On August 29, ARES members of the Central Vermont Amateur Radio Club, Inc (CVARC) provided health and welfare communications for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Bike Tour. The tour covered one hundred miles over difficult terrain on a cold rainy day. It was hard on the riders and VHF communications were difficult. Many of the riders either have diabetes, or have family members that suffer from it. However, the majority of the riders persevered, riding the entire 100 miles. The youngest operator (16) Chris Craig, K1MHZ, ran a professional net as alternate NCS.
The route took riders up the Rt. 100 valley from Killington to Waitsfield, and back, with the event organizers trying to use their ten Motorola Satellite phones (SAT’s), local ambulance service radio systems, and cell phones of every variety and provider available. None were of any use for the majority of the route! The only consistently reliable communications for the entire route was provided by Amateur Radio. There was not one quarter mile that the Medical Supervisor was not able to communicate with the various rest stops and overall tour supervisor.
Over $1.3 M was raised by the tour for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (over $4,000 each participant, on average), the most raised for any of their numerous events throughout the country. There were no serious medical incidents. All of the most necessary information for the event was passed via Amateur Radio. Many thanks to all who helped make communications for the event a success. — Tom Long, KB1NGQ, Waterbury Center, Vermont
CVARC’s QFQ Report for October, 2009 has “hit the stands!” Download a copy for yourself from our QFQ Reports page.
