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Monthly Summary for April 2008
News last updated: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:38 PM ET
MAY 2008 MISSOURI SECTION NEWS
DALE BAGLEY, KØKY MO SM
The Month of May brings spring flowers, lots of QRM from thunderstorms, lightning, and more importantly the Dayton Hamvention. I was thinking that the "Rebate Check" would make a nice down payment on some new Amateur Radio or accessories. Again this year the Hamvention will run from May 15th to May 18th in Dayton's Hara Arena. If you plan to attend for the first time, don't be surprised by the large number of people you'll know and friendly atmosphere of the event. I plan to attend this year, so if you see me, I would appreciate having an "eyeball" QSO. If you want to know more about the Hamvention, use the link provided. http://www.hamvention.org/
Several years ago some of my local Radio Club members and I decided to attend the Hamvention and that we would "Camp-out" at the Dayton KOA campgrounds in a tent. After setting up the tent next to a small Creek, we were pleased find some of the members of the Mid-MO ARC camped next to us. I'm sure you will not be shocked to learn that it rained for 3 days and the water inside the tent was only about 2 inches deep. The upside to our camping misadventure was the fun we had after Larry, ABØHP, bought a Icom 706 and a tuner that we set-up in the Van. We managed to make a good number of radio contacts from the campsite. The Mid-MO crew strung up a longwire antenna in the trees and using a QRP rig they made a ton of contacts between the rains. We all had a great time but I promised myself that I would never again camp in a tent at Dayton. This year I'll be roughing it at the Double Tree.
2008 HAMFESTS
There are no Hamfest scheduled for May or June. We can look forward to July when the Warrensburg Hamfest and ZeroBeaters Hamfest in Washington, MO are on the calendar. If you missed the Ozark Amateur Radio Society Hamfest in Mt. Vernon or the Ararat Shrine Hamfest in Kansas City, you missed a couple of nice Hamfests. The OARS group and the Shrine ARC did an excellent job and folks had a great Hamfest experience.
AFFILIATED CLUB NEWS KEITH HAYE, WEØG, ACC
The Mississippi Valley DX and Contest Club's May meeting will be hearing a presentation by Roger Volk, KØGOB, on lightning protection. If you are an active Amateur Radio operator you have or know someone that has suffered the significant damage from lightning. Rumor has it that Ward Silver, NØAX, will be a special guest at their next meeting. Ward Silver the QST Contributing Editor and Author of several books has been named the 2008 Amateur of the Year by the Dayton Hamvention.
The NIXA ARC will be operating a special event station at the May 17th Nixa Sucker Days. The local club members will be practicing the set up and operation during an emergency and they will be will be distributing information about how to get a Amateur Radio License. What the heck is Nixa Sucker Days? Sucker Day (actually a two-day celebration) in Nixa, Missouri, started one spring over forty years ago with three or four Missouri men playing hooky from work to go "grabbing" Sucker Fish that were spawning. Today the event draws about 15,000 visitors to Nixa and they eat a lot of fish sandwiches. If you are in the area, you should stop by booth 67 and say hello to the operators.
The St. Charles ARC Newsletter the "Garble" has a report by Keith Little, NØTY about an upcoming "Basic Ham Radio Class". The Basic HAM Radio Operator class will be offered at the Eureka Fire Protection District. This 15-hour introductory course on HAM radio operations will be coordinated by Keith Wilson KØZH. The class will meet on five consecutive Monday evenings beginning June 9th and ending July 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. each night. There will be a limited amount of ARRL license manuals available for $20 each. There is no fee to attend except for the cost of the book. FCC volunteer examiners will administer the license test following the course for Technician class license. The course is made available courtesy of Eureka Fire Protection District, Eureka Police Department and Eureka CERT. Advance registration is required. To register call the Eureka Police Department at 636-938-6600.
The Ararat Shrine ARC recognized those that had worked hard to support Amateur Radio in the Kansas City area. I know that all those receiving the certificate were honored to be recognized for their contributions. The certificates are a great way to promote Amateur Radio and give a pat on the back for a job well done.
The Heart of America ARC in the Kansas City area are assisting with several special events this month. On May 18th the Bike Source Duathlon/Triatholon, will be held at Heritage Park those wishing to assist need to contact Mike Bellinger, K0UAA - 816-363-1118 - mbbelling@aol.com . On May 30th,31st, and Jun 1st the MS Challenge Walk will be conducted those wanting to help with this worthy project need to contact Duane Haverty, WA0BVX - 816-223-5842 - dhaverty@kc.rr.com
SECTION ARES REPORT FOR APRIL 2008 DON MOORE, KMØR SEC
Total # of ARES members: 707
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 86 Man hours: 522
Number of public service events this month: 15 Man hours: 187
Number of emergency operations this month: 10 Man hours: 90
Total number of ARES operations this month: 111 Total Man hours: 799
Comments: 5 of 9 districts reporting
SECTION TRAFFIC REPORTS APRIL 2008 DALE HUFFINGTON, AEØS,
MON-CW Sessions 42 QNI 90 QTC 21 NM K9ZTV
MO Phone Sessions 30 QNI 1113 QTC 141 NM KØRWL
MESN Sessions 4 QNI 174 QTC 4 NM AEØS
Audrain Co AARC Sessions 4 QNI 43 QTC 0 NM KBØKWC
Callaway CARL Sessions 4 QNI 42 QTC 0 NM WBØHKN
Boone Co Sessions 5 QNI 110 QTC 0 NM WMØH
Howell HCARC Sessions 3 QNI 16 QTC 0 NM KØRWL
Jackson Co ARES Sessions 5 QNI 62 QTC 0 NM KØUAA
Macon Co Sessions 4 QNI 32 QTC 0 NM KØKY
Rolla RRARS Sessions 30 QNI 393 QTC 14 NM KB9ZBO
St Louis CO ARC Sessions 8 QNI 93 QTC 10 NM KBØH
Sullivan ARC Sessions 9 QNI 130 QTC 6 NM KBØROX
Taney Co TLARC Sessions 1 QNI 5 QTC 346 NM KBØOFD
WAARCI Sessions 4 QNI 94 QTC 0 NM WBØTOM
10th Reg Sessions 60 QNI QTC 159 MO 92% with W7FB, KCØM, NDØM, K9ZTV, WØSJS NM WØSS
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