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MGRC White Noise Newsletter
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Maple Grove Radio Club
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Midwinter Madness 2023 - Huge Success!
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If you are having trouble reading this newsletter in your email client try turning off "Dark Mode." Also, you can always read it online from the newsletter archives.
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MGRC Mission Statement
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Maple Grove Radio Club provides education to current and future amateur radio operators, with the goal of serving the public. We are a reliable communications resource for events and emergencies in Maple Grove and surrounding communities.
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President’s Message April 2023
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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.
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MN Section Manager Bill Mitchell, AE0EE, will be our guest speaker at this month’s meeting. He will talk about VOTA- Volunteers On The Air, and operating as W1AW/0. I expect he will also give us an ARRL update.
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I look forward to participating in all our summer volunteer opportunities this year. The Multiple Sclerosis Society bike rides are always looking for volunteers, with the first one being the Twin Cities bike ride coming up on May 13th. They need SAG drivers and navigators, and rest stop communicators. You should all know by now that this is a chance show the community our dedication as a communications resource, as well as keeping our skills fresh. I’ve already started making plans to help with the MS-150 on June 10th & 11th.
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It’s also storm season, despite that new layer of white stuff on the ground. A great way to use your Ham license is to report storms, and to do this properly you need spotter training. Metro Skywarn still has spotter classes left this spring, both in-person and on zoom. We also need net control operators, and will provide training.
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Maple Grove Radio Club in-person meetings!
In-Person meetings are on the first Tuesday each month.
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The meeting starts at 1900 hrs (7:00pm CDT) at the Chester Bird American Legion Post 523 located at 200 Lilac Drive N Golden Valley, MN 55422. Here is a link for directions.
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THIS MONTH:
AE0EE VOTA and W1AW/0,
joint with Bloomington
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Meeting ID: 948 0429 0777
Password: 674964
Phone: 1-312-626-6799
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MGRC Weekly Practice Net
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Our weekly Net is on Wednesdays at 20:200 UTC (8pm), on 147.000, positive offset, tone 114.8. We use directed Net protocol and will have a new question for discussion every week. Please call in if you can reach the K0LTC repeater.
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We can always use more Net operators. If you'd like to receive Net operator training please contact President@k0ltc.org.
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TALARC The American Legion Amateur Radio Club
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TALARC has approved MGRC members in good standing to be honorary TALARC members. If you are interested contact Stephen Cullen, KF0AED at kf0ade9@gmail.com. Please include your Name, Callsign, Email, and when you joined MGRC, if known.
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Technician License Study Class
- Mon, April 3, 6:45pm – 9:15pm
- Mon, April 10, 6:45pm – 9:15pm
Next class
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Online Test Sessions
- Session 100: Thu, April 13, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
- Session 101: Fri, April 14, 10:00am – 12:30pm
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MGRC COMMITTEES AT WORK
BUILDING COMMITTEE
Chair: Jerry Dorf – N0FWG
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- Next meeting April 6th, if necessary
- Legion has taken over project, looking to see what plans city will approve.
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Club Calendar of Events
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ARRL News
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ARRL Board of Directors approve plan to improve Logbook of The World (LoTW)
At the annual meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors in Windsor Connecticut on January 20 - 21, 2023, the board resolved the ARRL will “create an ad hoc working group...to develop functional specifications, an application architecture, and an infrastructure design, preferably in a resilient Cloud environment that meets the needs of the current LoTW in terms of function and security, as well as extensibility, scalability and ease of change to meet needs for at least 10 calendar years after go-live. And Further, the board hereby authorizes the CEO to recruit and hire an IT Project Manager who will be assigned responsibility for this undertaking as a primary responsibility...to deliver to members the next generation of an Internet based Radiosport solution to perform all functions currently done by Logbook of the World, with the ability to handle real-time contest workload with interactive response.”
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Additional Board Actions
"Develop a program to promote the use of the 10m and 6m bands with a particular focus on encouraging newly licensed Hams to utilize these bands. As part of this program, provide interactive, online video training covering antennas, equipment, and software that can be utilized to assemble a first station for use on the 10m and 6m bands.
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Amateur Radio Included in FEMA Guide for National Emergency Preparedness
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a final version (March 2023) of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Functional Guidance. The guidance, which provides a framework for communications resources within incident management, officially includes support from amateur radio operators. The expanded Communications Unit (COMU) structure now includes the Auxiliary Communicator (AUXC) role, which covers personnel from services that provide communications support to emergency management, public safety, and other government agencies. This includes amateur radio.
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NIMS guides government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to work together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and other emergencies. "This is a major step in the recognition of the need and usefulness of amateur radio and other communications services in our national preparedness," said Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, Director of Emergency Management for ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®. "It also gives official guidance to pave the way for future training and education of volunteers in ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®)," Johnston added.
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The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications
100th Edition
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The 100th Edition of the ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications is now available and can be ordered online at https://handbook.arrl.org/. To celebrate the 100th edition, the ARRL has filled the Handbook with the most up-to-date knowledge representing the wide ranging interests of radio amateurs.
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Local Radio News
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Morse Operators Wanted!
The Forest City Museum is building an Open Wire Telegraph and Telephone aerial plant.
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The goal of this open air exhibit is to have working Morse circuits and working local battery magneto signaling telephone circuits. The Telegraph circuits will link Red Depot Restoration with other buildings on site. Initially, these two open wire ground return railroad sysle Morse circuits.
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We need MORSE OPERATORS! Nothing fancy or difficult, this is a two-day show in August at the Forest City Threshers location near Litchfield MN. The format is Railroad and Western Union American Morse telegraphy. Working instruments are installed at the Red Depot agent office and at Lumber Yard building and are linked by overhead leads. All skills are needed; proof readers, operators, linemen, builders, instrument repairmen.
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If you would like to join us contact me soon (Bob Bohrer) so that training can be arranged. I have instructo-graph machines and tapes, as well as computer-based training with Morse sounders.
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If you are already good in American Morse you could help us all learn! Please join the fun!
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Board Members
• President: Benton Jackson – K0BHJ (2018)
• Vice President: Zack Whitney – K0ZTW (2021)
• Secretary: William Oliver – KF0ADU (2022)
• Treasurer: Paul Odens – K0AID (2023)
• Trustee K0LTC: Jerry Dorf – N0FWG
• Board Member: Tim Georgi – KD0SFH (2018)
• Board Member: Kelly Murphy – KB0LTY (2019)
• Board Member: Clay Bartholow – W0LED (2021)
• Board Member: David Englund – K0NOC (2022)
• Board Member: Gordon Patenaude – WA0WSR (2023)
• Board Member: Stephen Cullen – KF0AED (2023)
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