From ki4ofu at arrl.net  Tue Jan  1 16:05:45 2008
From: ki4ofu at arrl.net (KI4OFU - Mike Oliver)
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:05:45 -0000
Subject: Reward Offered Arrest or Capture
Message-ID: <flekgp+2hvc@eGroups.com>

>From George Mann....

------8<------------------

REWARD OFFERED!

A reward of 500 microfarads is offered for information leading to the
arrest of the desperate criminal "Hop-A-Long Capacity".

This unrectified criminal escaped from a western primary cell where he
had been clamped in ions awaiting the gauss chamber.  He was charged
with the induction of an 18 turn coil named millihenry who was found
choked and robbed of valuable joules.  He is armed with a carbon rod
and is a potential killer.  Capacity is also charged with driving DC
motor over a wheatstone bridge and refusing to let the band-pass.

If encountered, he may offer series of resistance.  The electromotive
force spent the night searching for him in a magnetic field, where he
had gone to earth.  They had no success and believed he had returned
Ohm via a short circuit.

He was last seen riding a kilocycle with his friend Eddy Current who
was playing a harmonic.

For those who understand, no explanation is necessary.  For those who
do not understand, no explanation is possible.

------8<------------------

73,
Mike




From billkodak at verizon.net  Tue Jan  1 18:17:40 2008
From: billkodak at verizon.net (William Johnson)
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:17:40 -0000
Subject: Reward Offered Arrest or Capture
In-Reply-To: <flekgp+2hvc@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <fles84+d0fb@eGroups.com>


--- In LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com, "KI4OFU - Mike Oliver" <ki4ofu at ...>
wrote:
>
> From George Mann....
>
> ------8<------------------
>
> REWARD OFFERED!
>
> A reward of 500 microfarads is offered for information leading to the
> arrest of the desperate criminal "Hop-A-Long Capacity".
>
> This unrectified criminal escaped from a western primary cell where he
> had been clamped in ions awaiting the gauss chamber. He was charged
> with the induction of an 18 turn coil named millihenry who was found
> choked and robbed of valuable joules. He is armed with a carbon rod
> and is a potential killer. Capacity is also charged with driving DC
> motor over a wheatstone bridge and refusing to let the band-pass.
>
> If encountered, he may offer series of resistance. The electromotive
> force spent the night searching for him in a magnetic field, where he
> had gone to earth. They had no success and believed he had returned
> Ohm via a short circuit.
>
> He was last seen riding a kilocycle with his friend Eddy Current who
> was playing a harmonic.
>
> For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who
> do not understand, no explanation is possible.
>
> ------8<------------------
>
> 73,
> Mike
>

Ether you are con fused, or way too excited to make or break such a
mountain out of a mho hill. Fact is your desperado was last seen
crossing the wheat stone bridge at the end of town. Siemens like he got
away. Beta luck next time.

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From pwomble at tampabay.rr.com  Wed Jan  2 06:28:29 2008
From: pwomble at tampabay.rr.com (Paul Womble)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:28:29 -0500
Subject: 2008 FYBO (Freeze Your B___ Off)
Message-ID: <028001c84d4b$beb3a7b0$6801a8c0@plw>

FYBO 2008!

----------------- CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT ------------------

 

Here are the rules for the 2008 FYBO (Freeze Your B___ Off) Contest: 

 

FYBO Winter QRP Sprint, sponsored by the Arizona ScQRPions

 

Saturday, February 2, 2008, 1400Z-2400Z

 

QRP HF Only. CW or SSB (5W max). Near QRP calling freqs (no WARC bands).

 

Categories: Single Op       (Home/Field) One Operator/One Station/One Call

Multi-Single(Home/Field) Multiple Operators/One Station/One Call

Multi-Multi (Home/Field) Multiple Stations/Multiple Operators/One Call 

  

Work stations once PER band. Score 1 point per QSO.

 

Exchange RST, State/Province/DXCC Country (SPCs), first name, power out, and


temperature (Fahrenheit) at OPERATOR'S POSITION. Indoor stations must report
INDOOR temperature.

 

         Example:  579 AZ Frosty 2W 40F

 

 Multipliers:

 

         SPCs (each counts once PER band),

 

         Field Location: x4 (Field per ARRL FD definition),

 

         Alternative Power: x2,

 

         QRPp (less than 1W): x2,

 

         Lowest Operating Temp (at OP'S POSITION):

 

                 65+   F = x1;

 

                 50-64 F = x2;

 

                 40-49 F = x3;

 

                 30-39 F = x4;

 

                 20-29 F = x5;

 

                 Below 20 F = x6.

 

For contacts with NQ7RP, add 10,000 points. One contact PER mode PER band
allowed. 

 

Final Score: 

 

[(QSOs x SPCs)](x Temp Multi)(x Field)(x AltPwr)(x QRPp) + (NQ7RP Bonus
Points)

 

 

EXAMPLE:      (Thanks KI0II - Multi-Multi - FYBO 2004)

 

 

      BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   SPC

 _________________________________________________

 

   40CW        6           6          6        5

   40SSB       2           2          2        1

   20CW       56          56         55       26

   20SSB       2           2          2        1

   15CW       13          13         13        9

   15SSB       2           2          2        1

   10SSB       2           2          2        1                        

 _________________________________________________

 

 Totals       83          83         82       44

 

 

    Final Score = 82 QSO Pts X 44 SPC = 3608 X 5 (Temp Multi for 28F lowest

        temp) = 18,040 X 4 (Field Ops) = 72,160 X2 (Alt pwr -Solar) =

        144,320 + NQ7RP bonus = 154,320 Total points

      

Top Entry in each category receives a certificate.  

 

Please include your soapbox comments with your log! We'd like to hear of the
trials of cold-weather operating, and any and all anecdotes are appreciated.

 

Logs are due 30 days after contest.

 

Please mark logs with category, i.e, single, multi-op, multi-multi and home
or field.

 

Use the automated log submittal form link on the Operating Events Page for
score submittal.  Hard copy, if you must, to Mike (K7DD).  Be sure to
INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS for confirmation that we received your logs.

 

Include summary sheet, callsign, operator(s), power, location, and lowest
operating Temp. Please include a mailing address for each entry so we can
mail the certificates out.  QRZ dot COM will be used for addresses unless
you provide a better one.  Logs are always fun to look at and put into
databases to play with, but they are not required.

 

NOTE: This is a fun contest, NOT an episode of Survivor. Be aware of the
temperature and the possibility of cold injury!  PLEASE be careful.



From kd4efm at kd4efm.org  Thu Jan  3 09:58:45 2008
From: kd4efm at kd4efm.org (Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894)
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:58:45 -0500
Subject: FW: Monthly SKYWARN Newsletter from NWS Ruskin, FL
Message-ID: <004201c84e32$4a0e6d90$88b50a46@laptop1>

 

-----Original Message-----
From: daniel.noah at noaa.gov [mailto:daniel.noah at noaa.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:48 AM
Subject: Monthly SKYWARN Newsletter from NWS Ruskin, FL

Reply-To: daniel.noah at noaa.gov
Auth: Yes X-Mailer: PHP/4.3.2
Message-Id: <20080103164855.127D7688AAB at www.nws.noaa.gov>
Return-Path: <Michael.T.Smith at noaa.gov>
X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 7.5.516 [269.17.13/1207]

Dear SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotter,   Happy New Year from your National
Weather Service office in Ruskin, FL.  We wish you a good one.   Below is
the current SKYWARN training schedule.  Remember, all Spotters must be
trained every 3 years.  You can also take the training online at
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/html/tbw/TampaBaySkywarnPage.htm, but that will
not be as much fun as attending in person. As always, feel free to contact
me with comments or questions.   Sincerely,   Daniel Noah Warning
Coordination Meteorologist 813.645.2323 x223 daniel.noah at noaa.gov     <<<
Scheduled SKYWARN Trainings >>> <<< as of January 3, 2008 >>>   Hardee
County SKYWARN Training January 14, 2008 6:30 PM Basic 7:30 PM Advanced
Hardee County Emergency Operations Center 404 W. Orange St, Wauchula, FL
33873  Hillsborough County SKYWARN Training January 14, 2008 National Active
and Retired Federal Employees Association ** all are welcome to the
training, come early and have lunch 1:30 PM Basic SKYWARN  612 N. Dale
Mabry, Tampa, FL  33609 Perkins Restaurant near I-275 & Dale Mabry  Lee
County SKYWARN Training January 19, 2008 Cape Coral Emergency Operations
Center 1115 SE 9th Ave, Cape Coral, 33990 1 PM Basic SKYWARN  2 PM Advanced
SKYWARN Call Mindy Blasetti at 239-573-3022 to register  Lee County SKYWARN
Training January 27, 2008 2 PM Basic  Tweenwaters Inn 15951 Captiva Road -
Captiva Island, FL, 33924  ** Hazardous weather preparedness fair on 26th
and 27th ** Storm Ready ceremony on the 26th  Polk County SKYWARN Training
February 7, 2008 6:30 PM Basic and Advanced FAA Production Studios 4425 Sun
'n Fun Drive Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, FL  33811 **
Available LIVE on the internet at http://www.faaproductionstudios.com  Lee
County SKYWARN Training February 8, 2008 1 PM Basic 2 PM Advanced 6:30 PM
Basic 7:30 PM Advanced Emergency Operations Center 14752 Six Mile Cypress
Pkwy, Fort Myers, FL  33912  Hillsborough County SKYWARN Training Basic and
Advanced Classes February 9, 2008 Time:  To be announced Tampa Amateur Radio
Club 7801 N 22nd St, Tampa, FL  33610  Highlands County SKYWARN Training
February 12, 2008 6 PM Basic 7 PM Advanced Agri-Civic Center 4509 George
Blvd, Sebring, FL  33875 ** 1 mile north of Intersection of Hwy 66 & Hwy 27
on west side of 27  Citrus County SKYWARN February 27, 2008 6 PM Basic 7 PM
Advanced ...More details to follow  Pinellas County SKYWARN March 11, 2008
6:30 PM Basic 7:30 PM Advanced Sunstar Auditorium 12490 Ulmerton Road,
Largo, FL To register for this course, send an email to klt at lealmanfire.com
or contact Captain Thompson at (727) 526-5650, Ext. 548.  Sumter County
SKYWARN March 13, 2008 7 PM Basic 8 PM Advanced Sumter County Government
Annex Wildwood Shopping Center 308 Shopping Center Dr Wildwood, Florida
34785

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From ki4ofu at arrl.net  Mon Jan  7 05:54:37 2008
From: ki4ofu at arrl.net (KI4OFU - Mike Oliver)
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:54:37 -0500
Subject: Lakeland ARC Webpage
In-Reply-To: <114bab0c0801061815s5eb12133i79c373f04356c196@mail.gmail.com>
References: <114bab0c0801061815s5eb12133i79c373f04356c196@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20080107135437.GA9677@gargantuan.com>

On 2008-01-06T20:15:00-0600, Fred Kalt wrote:
> Webmaster,
>  
> We cordially request you to put a link on your "Links" web page for our Amateur Radio Club.
>  
> Katy Amatuer Radio Society
> Katy, TX
> http://www.katyars.com
>  
> Thanks,
> Fred Kalt, W2XN ( ex-member of Lakeland ARC )

Done, thanks for asking Fred!

-- 
Mike Oliver, KI4OFU
[see complete headers for contact information]
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| KI4OFU      When all else fails...AMATEUR RADIO THRIVES!      KI4OFU |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+


From wb4lca at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  7 21:02:50 2008
From: wb4lca at yahoo.com (wb4lca)
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:02:50 -0000
Subject: WB4LCA gives antenna meeting A+...
Message-ID: <flv05q+9jtf@eGroups.com>

 What a great meeting it was like High School shop class-barely enough 
time-barely enough tools-barely enough materials...but loads of fun and 
lots of Hams leaving with finished, tested and working antennas and 
smiles!
 I heard Robin AF1RE trying to make contact well after the meeting 
probably on his new antenna but he wouldn't answer me. I hope those 
antennas receive!-LOL
 Thanks to Ernie,Mike,Kevin and Robin for their many hours of prep from 
aquiring the design,materials,measuring-cutting-drilling-threading a 
lot of materials, bringing tools and the use of Ernie's tooling and 
machine shop.

 P.S. And at $14 that's cheap- I think those fancy rabbit ears at 
BigLots cost more than that!-lol

-73



From ki4nbe at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  7 23:30:13 2008
From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George Gafford Sr)
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:30:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [LakelandARC] WB4LCA gives antenna meeting A+...
In-Reply-To: <flv05q+9jtf@eGroups.com>
Message-ID: <708712.36002.qm@web38611.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I agree with you 100%!
  I yet to try it out on the air, but during the test of those I did see most where at or under 1.5:1 SWR (indoors) 
  Many Thanks are in order for those that made this a great meeting.

wb4lca <wb4lca at yahoo.com> wrote:
          What a great meeting it was like High School shop class-barely enough 
time-barely enough tools-barely enough materials...but loads of fun and 
lots of Hams leaving with finished, tested and working antennas and 
smiles!
I heard Robin AF1RE trying to make contact well after the meeting 
probably on his new antenna but he wouldn't answer me. I hope those 
antennas receive!-LOL
Thanks to Ernie,Mike,Kevin and Robin for their many hours of prep from 
aquiring the design,materials,measuring-cutting-drilling-threading a 
lot of materials, bringing tools and the use of Ernie's tooling and 
machine shop.

P.S. And at $14 that's cheap- I think those fancy rabbit ears at 
BigLots cost more than that!-lol

-73



                         


73 de George/KI4NBE
       
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From k4byf at aol.com  Tue Jan  8 03:42:59 2008
From: k4byf at aol.com (k4byf at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:42:59 EST
Subject: [LakelandARC] WB4LCA gives antenna meeting A+...
Message-ID: <d51.1deb227e.34b4bbc3@aol.com>

What kind of antennas did you build?



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From marvin_johnson_33801 at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  8 14:04:30 2008
From: marvin_johnson_33801 at yahoo.com (marvin_johnson_33801)
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:04:30 -0000
Subject: LARC finance report & ARRL membership renewal information
Message-ID: <fm0s1e+d2vq@eGroups.com>

Beginning balance December 1, 2007     $1,786.27
  Total income for December               250.50
  Total expenses for December              19.25
Ending balance December 31, 2007       $2,017.52
   Designated:
        Education                         790.54
        ECT                               728.16
   Undesignated:                         $498.82

Marvin Johnson KI4CDZ Treasurer
PS For all ARRL members, this is a reminder that renewal dues may be 
paid through the club from which the club will receive a slight 
commission.  To do so please forward a completed membership application 
showing renewal along with a check for the proper dues amount,made out 
to Lakeland Amateur Radio Club (LARC.)  Be sure to allow sufficient 
time before expiration.  
MJ  



From ki4nbe at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  8 21:07:54 2008
From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George Gafford Sr)
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:07:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [LakelandARC] WB4LCA gives antenna meeting A+...
In-Reply-To: <d51.1deb227e.34b4bbc3@aol.com>
Message-ID: <604229.64958.qm@web38605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

We put together 2 element 2 meter beam.
  Was pertty simple and eacy to do and we all had a blast do it.
  Sorry you missed it.

k4byf at aol.com wrote:
            What kind of antennas did you build?



    
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From ki4nbe at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 10 20:51:11 2008
From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George Gafford Sr.)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:51:11 -0000
Subject: Ham Radio Featured in Movie!!!
Message-ID: <fm6sjv+8j65@eGroups.com>

Ham Radio is an integral part of the plot of the movie, "Making 
Waves". Check out the movie trailer on YouTube (below). Looks very 
interesting. 

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=L81DqSpkz7M




From kd4efm at kd4efm.org  Wed Jan 16 15:11:58 2008
From: kd4efm at kd4efm.org (Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:11:58 -0500
Subject: Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.
Message-ID: <013a01c85895$31acd1c0$0a01000a@laptop1>

Greetings to all, included with this email is my letter to all Polk
County Amateur Radio Operators. Feel free to share this with those
who may not get this.



Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894

 
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From n4gd at verizon.net  Wed Jan 16 15:22:15 2008
From: n4gd at verizon.net (N4GD)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:22:15 -0500
Subject: [LakelandARC] Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.
In-Reply-To: <013a01c85895$31acd1c0$0a01000a@laptop1>
Message-ID: <0JUR0019IFL38W70@vms042.mailsrvcs.net>

Evans,

 

Good letter. You know you have Neil and I support Continue making strides in
the county.

 

73 de Dee, N4GD

 

  _____  

From: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com [mailto:LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:12 PM
To: polkares at yahoogroups.com; polkares at yahoogroups.com;
LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com
Cc: 'Paul Womble'
Subject: [LakelandARC] Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.

 

Greetings to all, included with this email is my letter to all Polk
County Amateur Radio Operators. Feel free to share this with those
who may not get this.

Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894

 

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From kd4efm at kd4efm.org  Wed Jan 16 15:24:18 2008
From: kd4efm at kd4efm.org (Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:24:18 -0500
Subject: [LakelandARC] Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.
In-Reply-To: <0JUR0019IFL38W70@vms042.mailsrvcs.net>
References: <013a01c85895$31acd1c0$0a01000a@laptop1> <0JUR0019IFL38W70@vms042.mailsrvcs.net>
Message-ID: <014f01c85896$eb00b550$0a01000a@laptop1>

Thanks Dee!
 

  _____  

From: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com [mailto:LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of N4GD
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:22 PM
To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [LakelandARC] Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.



Evans,

 

Good letter. You know you have Neil and I support Continue making strides in
the county.

 

73 de Dee, N4GD

 

  _____  

From: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com [mailto:LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:12 PM
To: polkares at yahoogroups.com; polkares at yahoogroups.com;
LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com
Cc: 'Paul Womble'
Subject: [LakelandARC] Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.

 

Greetings to all, included with this email is my letter to all Polk
County Amateur Radio Operators. Feel free to share this with those
who may not get this.

Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894

 
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From marvin_johnson_33801 at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 17 12:20:40 2008
From: marvin_johnson_33801 at yahoo.com (marvin_johnson_33801)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:20:40 -0000
Subject: Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.
In-Reply-To: <013a01c85895$31acd1c0$0a01000a@laptop1>
Message-ID: <fmodao+9esj@eGroups.com>

--- In LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com, "Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / 
AFA2TH / WQFK-894" <kd4efm at ...> wrote:
>
> Greetings to all, included with this email is my letter to all Polk
> County Amateur Radio Operators. Feel free to share this with those
> who may not get this.
> 
> 
> 
> Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894
>
Evans
The letter attachment could not be downloaded to my computor. Please 
resend to mjcjohn at juno.com
Thanks
Marvin Johnson, KI4CDZ



From spschultz at aol.com  Thu Jan 17 12:27:37 2008
From: spschultz at aol.com (spschultz at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:27:37 EST
Subject: [LakelandARC] Re: Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.
Message-ID: <c67.269db5f7.34c11439@aol.com>

Evans,
I don't think anyone (like myself), who receives yahoo lists in digest form  
to cut down on the number of emails received every day was able to view your  
attachment.  I went to the LARC yahoo group and looked up your post, but it  
wouldn't let me download the attachment there either.
- Steve Schultz, N7HUQ
 
 
In a message dated 1/17/2008 3:21:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
marvin_johnson_33801 at yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
--- In _LakelandARC at LakelandARC@Lak_ (mailto:LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com) ,  
"Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / 
AFA2TH / WQFK-894" <kd4efm at ...>  wrote:
>
> Greetings to all, included with this email is my letter  to all Polk
> County Amateur Radio Operators. Feel free to share this  with those
> who may not get this.
> 
> 
> 
>  Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/  Eva
>
Evans
The letter  attachment could not be downloaded to my computor. Please 
resend to _mjcjohn at juno.mjc_ (mailto:mjcjohn at juno.com) 
Thanks
Marvin  Johnson, KI4CDZ


 




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From pwomble at tampabay.rr.com  Thu Jan 17 14:11:39 2008
From: pwomble at tampabay.rr.com (Paul Womble)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:11:39 -0500
Subject: [LakelandARC] Re: Letter From The Polk ARES E.C.
In-Reply-To: <c67.269db5f7.34c11439@aol.com>
References: <c67.269db5f7.34c11439@aol.com>
Message-ID: <022e01c85955$ef8210f0$6401a8c0@plw>

Dear Polk ARES Members,

 

            Greetings once again, I hope that you all had a wonderful
Christmas and pleasant New Year. Welcome to 2008. For some of you who might
not know, Thom Scott, KF4I, ended his two year term as Emergency Coordinator
Dec. 31, 2007. Over the two year period as our E.C., many strides were made
and the membership of ARES begin to move

ahead and greet things happened. Today, ARES, there are still items and
goals to met and

projects planned to happen. I will bring you up to date on this in a few.

 

            First thing in order, I would like to thank those who supported
me and continue to

Support me as we move forward with 2008. I want to personally thank Loren,
Pat, Dick, Steve, Thom, and many others who have come to the aid of building
Polk ARES and getting this function back in order. I by far can tell you, it
is too much for just one person to do on their own free will. I want to also
thank Polk County Emergency Management personnel, Paul Womble, and Richard
Sharp. These two gentlemen are the driving force behind the repeaters that
we use on a daily basis, and have used in the past for emergency
communications when POLK ARES was called upon. Thank You.

 

            I would like to take a moment and open this up a little more to
what one goal that still stands, needs some focus on this year. As we are
working diligently on creating a "TRUE" Polk ARES Identification Card, the
County and Polk ARES had cleared up some mis-information about certain
items, and with that, ARES is moving forward with it's current membership to
recruit new and old members back to ARES. It is needed to be said, that with
our current man-power, we are still understaffed in the event Polk County

where to suffer a catastrophe, it would cripple even the strongest agency in
the state. Communications would for the less be unbearable, thou, Amateur
Radio Operators always come through, however, the need for those to lead the
way is short. I only ask this, if you are not involved in ARES, please
consider joining. I would look forward to seeing new faces, and even
enlighten to see our younger hams joining us as well. There is plenty of
room for them to play!

 

            For the 2008 year, the main focus is membership, but more then
that, the focus is also on Shelter Operators. With so many shelters around
the county, we are not super-hero enough to be at all of them at one time.
The primary shelters that are around the county are in need of having a team
of operators to assist in communications, traffic handling, and possibly
assisting other friends of the community while at a shelter. There is such a
calming joy that overcomes me when I help someone else, and I get a smile in
return. I just love that. While you read on, please take a moment to think
about what you can do to help out Polk ARES, and Polk Emergency Management,
when it comes to helping out at a shelter near you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Event Happenings: Meeting on the LAST THURSDAY of each month

 

January, Directions Finding, or what we call FOX HUNTIN'

 

February: Planning for the up-coming Field Day 2008, MS-150 Bike-a-thon info
and sign-up

 

March: MS-150 PRE-BRIEFING, Thom Scott along with Jason KD4ACG, to talk
about the routes and how Polk County has 90 percent of the race in the
county, why communications is important, and any Q & A that race volunteers
may have for them.

Polk ARES will be supplying communications from the Lunch Stop.

 

April: POST MS-150 briefing, planning meeting for Field Day 2008; gear,
class, who, what, and beverages, and food, and more beverages...

 

May: Hurricane Season Preperations, You have a radio you still can not
figure out? Bring it, you have questions for Paul Womble, bring them. You
have a desire to help out, COME SEE US!

 

June: this is a ways down the path but looking to have a presentation of
DIGITAL HF MODES, not D-Star stuff, but PSK-31, MSFK, RTTY, SSTV, and other
modes..

 

July through the end of the year... I am not that far ahead in thought, but
open to suggestions. Let me or any of the staff members know.

 

Closing notes:

            I want to make sure we all know what is going on here with Polk
ARES. There were several months past when it was made known that Thom Scott
would not seek retaining the E.C. position due to uncertain work
constraints. That is for Thom to talk about and not I, however, the ARRL
STAFF of West Central Florida, along with Neil, W4NHL Section Emergency
Coordinator, feel that I should be retained and reassigned to the post of
Emergency Coordinator - Polk County, effective Jan. 1, 2008, based on no one
submitting a request for consideration for the E.C. position. I will say
this aloud now since I only mentioned this to the ARES group personally, I
will fill in as the E.C. till there has been a replacement made, at which
time, I will retain my current role of maintaining the web site, attending
meetings, and providing educational type of programs that are based on
Amateur Radio Operations. Being a father to an inspiring young ham wana-be,
my son, I tend to have my hands full 24 / 7 with him. even when he is
studying for his Tech Ticket.. I to have made the motion to advance to
General Class this year. I only ask that we do our part and help Polk ARES
grow, back in the early 90's when I first got involved with ARES (and Paul
and Darryl were new hams) it was easy to count 30+ check ins on the weekly
ARES nets, and then there was the SkyWARN nets too. I have been asked a few
times if there would be such a net again? I can only say this, if we had a
need to, then there would be THE NEED TO, 2 or 3 people is not a need. I
think it would be nice to have our SkyWARN members come together and start a
net soon. It would be helpful to many to get that back into action. 

Summertime is coming soon, but we are not out of the fire season yet, not by
a long shot, so we all need to be vigilant for these fires as well as the
storms as they roll through the area. I want to thank you for taking some
time to read this letter, please keep in mind, ARES needs some help still,
but with the staff it has now, it is well off  to a grand start.

I look forward to helping the Amateurs of Polk County out during the time of
need, but further more, I hope to help a group of ARES Leaders achieve that
same goal during their time as well.

 

Sincerely Yours,

Evans Mitchell

E.C. Polk County ARES

 

 

 

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From kd4efm at kd4efm.org  Fri Jan 18 05:20:31 2008
From: kd4efm at kd4efm.org (Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894)
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:20:31 -0500
Subject: Letter from the E.C. <UPDATE>
Message-ID: <018001c859d4$e7d2f480$65130a46@laptop1>

Greetings, some members got the email in digest mode,
Thanks to Paul Womble for cutting and pasting it
for others to read, that were not able to download it.

I think I fell asleep while writing it, however, I will
go back through it and "clean it up" and push it over to the
www.polkemcomm.org website for downloading or viewing.
There will also be some changes made on a few other items
which will be posted on the site as well, I plan on doing
some of these things over this weekend...

I also wanted to note, Mike Oliver took some time to fix the
ARES on line application page, that by far was a minor thing to him,
but major help for me, so Mike, THANK YOU.

Have a great weekend.

Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894

 




From ki4ofu at arrl.net  Wed Jan 23 12:57:47 2008
From: ki4ofu at arrl.net (KI4OFU - Mike Oliver)
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:57:47 -0000
Subject: February Club Meeting pushed out one day!!
Message-ID: <fn89ob+oci9@eGroups.com>

Good afternoon folks, just wanted to drop a quick note in here about the
February Club Meeting.  The Westminster Presbyterian Church has a prior
engagement scheduled for our usual meeting date/time (first Monday each
month at 19:00 local) so we are going to push it out one day and meet at
the usual place, just one day later.  The February Club Meeting will be
on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008, at the usual location.

Also, please remember to being anything you want to sell at the Orlando
Hamcation to this meeting!  The Hamcation is running from February 8-10
and more information can be found here <http://www.hamcation.com/>  . 
The LARC will have a table reserved to sell items that are currently in
the club's possession as well as allowing table space to be used for the
sale of YOUR items (with a 10% fee from items sold going to the club for
hosting the table).  Be sure to bring any items that you want the club
to transport to the Hamcation to the February meeting so that they can
be loaded on Bob's (WA4YFN) trailer.  More information will be available
at the February meeting, so be sure to come out.

Thanks to Ernie (KG4YNI) for securing this alternate meeting date/time
from the church.  He spent a lot of energy trying to find another venue
for the usual night but in the end the option to keep the same location
and move out one night was best.

Please tell all of your fellow club members who may not read the Yahoo!
group often that the meeting has moved out one night.

Thanks & 73!
Mike (KI4OFU)

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