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Licensing / Re: FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making on a complete rewrite of Part 95 Rules
« Last post by KF7EEC on August 17, 2010, 11:07:14 PM »
FCC is still accepting comments on the Part 95 rule change.  It will be closing soon...
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Ham Nets / Re: Las Vegas Net
« Last post by KF7EEC on August 17, 2010, 11:01:10 PM »
Southern Nevada MARA Website: http://NV.MARA.net
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General Discussion / Re: South Texas
« Last post by wb7sgl on August 17, 2010, 07:22:49 PM »
I see a few on the Google map http://www.ldshams.com/index.php?action=googlemap :

Ranging from Austin to Beaumont:
KF5CFZ, W5SV, KD5JCY, AF8D, WL7AS
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General Discussion / South Texas
« Last post by KF5FDO on August 17, 2010, 02:50:46 PM »
are there any hams on this site in South Texas/Houston/San Antonio area?
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Ham Nets / Re: What are the details of your area nets?
« Last post by AJ5BS on August 14, 2010, 07:38:38 PM »
It was interesting to note that the Cheyenne, WY Stake uses a simplex frequency for its Emergency Communications Net when they have units over 100 miles (by road) from the stake center.
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Ham Nets / Re: What are the details of your area nets?
« Last post by KF7ATL on July 25, 2010, 03:33:37 PM »
Title: Logan, Utah Bishop's Storehouse ERC Net

Time: Every 1st and 3rd Sunday at 8:30pm local time.

Frequency: 146.420 MHz simplex

For: All ward and stake ERC specialists in the Cache Valley area, including Logan, Hyrum, Wellsville, Mendon, North Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield, Providence, River Heights, Benson, Richmond, Franklin Idaho, Preston Idaho.

The Net Control Station gives a training topic and calls those on the net roster.
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General Discussion / Re: Learning CW
« Last post by KF7ATL on July 20, 2010, 04:25:40 PM »
No one method works for everyone.  Having said that, there are lots of places online to practice. Try a few and find one that you are comfortable with. I used aa9pw.com because I could use it online and didn't have to buy or download anything. Progress at your own speed. When you can copy 70-80% at your  current speed, move up to a faster speed. I find that listening at a speed that is slightly higher than my comfort level helps me the most. Try to practice a little every day. Even if you can only spare 10 minutes a day, that's okay.

Once I got to about 5-6 wpm I decided it was time to fish or cut bait, and I got on the air. I've never regretted that decision.  My first on-the-air contact was scary, and I only copied about half, but he was very patient with me. From that moment on I was hooked! It is great fun, and nothing makes you improve faster than on-the-air contacts. CW ops are great, and they are usually willing to go out of their way to help newbies. I don't know what band(s) you will be working, but go to SKCC and FISTS websites and find their suggested frequencies. There are always lots of slow-speed ops there.

73
Garth, KF7ATL
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Emergency Communications / Re: Emergency Communications Presentation
« Last post by KF7ATL on July 19, 2010, 03:21:52 PM »
Rob,

Thanks for the link. I'll use it to do some educating about emcomm in my ward.

73, Garth
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Emergency Communications / Re: Emergency Communications Presentation
« Last post by wb7sgl on July 19, 2010, 09:53:31 AM »
Quote from: KF7ATL on July 19, 2010, 06:24:15 AM
Rob,

I thought it was a nice presentation. No need to be embarrassed, your disclaimer notwithstanding!

I'm the acting ERC specialist for my ward. Emcomm is something that doesn't seem to have occurred to our Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. Not being as computer savvy as I would like, I have to ask: is there a way that I could download this for use in my ward/stake?

Garth, KF7ATL

Yeah, here's the link: http://www.ldshams.com/EmCommPresentation/EmCommPresentation.ppt

Have fun with it and welcome to the site!

73, WB7SGL - Rob
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Emergency Communications / Re: Emergency Communications Presentation
« Last post by KF7ATL on July 19, 2010, 06:24:15 AM »
Rob,

I thought it was a nice presentation. No need to be embarrassed, your disclaimer notwithstanding!

I'm the acting ERC specialist for my ward. Emcomm is something that doesn't seem to have occurred to our Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. Not being as computer savvy as I would like, I have to ask: is there a way that I could download this for use in my ward/stake?

Garth, KF7ATL
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