This is my last newsletter message in my term as President of MGRC. It has been an honor and a privilege serving as your leader for the past 5 years, but I’ve reached our term limit as a board member. The board has elected Zach Whitney, K0ZTW, as your new President. I hope you give…
The building committee has decided a good option for a better shack at the Legion post is to get an office trailer, the kind you see at construction sites. With a 10’x40’ foot trailer, we would be able to have a training room that can fit 15 people, and a generous 10’x10’ shack. These units…
Thanks everybody who volunteered for the Twin Cities Marathon. This is the biggest ham radio public service event of the year in the metro. Although it was cancelled, we were ready to go. I would like to give a big shoutout to Stephen Cullen, KF0AED. He volunteered to assist organizing Net 1, but we didn’t…
Wow, it’s September already? Where did the summer go. Thanks everybody who helped at the W1AW/0 activation, the antique car run, and the Ojibwe forest rally last month. We still have a couple events left to go for this season. We always need more people to help at the Osseo Lions Roar Parade next Saturday,…
MN-ECN COMMEX 2023 “NorthStar” Benton Jackson, K0BHJ, AUXC, COMT MN ARES Section Emergency Coordinator The MN Emergency Communications Network (MN-ECN) held a communications exercise at the Camp Ripley national guard base August 21st-24th. This was the third time this exercise has been held, and the first where amateur radio was included in the plan from…
A lot of great events are coming up, make sure they are on your calendar so you can volunteer for them. Coming up soon is our activation of W1AW/0 on Aug 4th, from 17:00 to 19:00. Aaron Lewis, W0ADL, is leading the charge on this. If you’d like to get on the air from our…
Another great Field Day is in the books. I don’t have the scores yet, but by any accounts we had fun, met with friends, and got on the air, so it was successful! Big thanks to Roy and Carolyn for their leadership and technical knowledge. Thanks everyone who made the MS-150 bike ride another great…
We’re all looking forward to Field Day, which is June 24th and 25th, with setup on the afternoon of the 23rd. I’m always impressed by how we all pull together to make this happen, especially takedown! As last year, Roy Wood and Carolyn Maristany are in charge, and we’ll be doing it in the field…
It’s not too late to get into the AERO 101 and 102 classes, “Intro to Emergency Communications” and “Advanced Emergency Communications”, offered on the evenings of May 1st, 3rd, 8th, and 10th. You will have to take the FEMA ICS classes 100 and 700 before Monday evening, and 200 and 800 before next week. These…
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Midwinter Madness hamfest. It was a great success! I would like to thank the MWM committee in particular, they put a lot of effort into it, and it shows. MN Section Manager Bill Mitchell, AE0EE, will be our guest speaker at this month’s meeting. He will talk…