ARRL TN SECTION PIC NEWS ARRL TN Section Public Information Newsletter MAY 2017 THINGS TO DO IN TN IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THE DAYTON HAMVENTION Many Amateur Radio Enthusiasts look forward to the Ohio State Convention (Dayton Hamvention) every year. If you plan on attending, you can read all about the new location for the event (Xenia, OH), the forums, and of course, the vendors at: http://hamvention.org/ If you are missing the Hamvention this year, there are still many things you can do in Amateur Radio in TN. Practice for Field Day. It s only a bit more than a month away. Pack up your equipment and head out to a National or State Park or Recreation Area (call and then check in with the rangers first), or find a friend with a field to set up your equipment and work out all the bugs before we get to the real Field Day (6/24-25). If you didn t participate in National Parks on the Air (NPOTA) last year, or if you are still going through withdrawal, take a look at the Parks on the Air website for more information. https://wwff-kff.com/ for more information. Again, a great opportunity to practice for field day. Find out more about US National and State Parks in TN at: https://www.nps.gov/state/tn/index.htm Check into a new (for you) Net. See our Weekly Net listing in this newsletter, check in to the TN phone net on 3.980, the 75 Meter Interstate Sideband Net (75M ISBN), or a local ARES net. Attend a local club meeting. We have 52 ARRL Affiliated Clubs in TN visit one of their meetings and make some new friends! Get that upgrade to your license! You ve been studying for a while. Dickson County, Sevierville County ERS and MARC are all offering VE sessions during Hamvention time. (TN VE sessions on p.6 of this edition) C.A.T.S. Annual Tail - Gate Party de John Freed, KX6F, Tail-Gate Coordinator Sponsored by: Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society (C.A.T.S.) Date: Saturday, May 27, 2017 Time: 7:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. CT Location: 250 Old Farmers Road Clarksville, TN 37040 At the picnic pavilion just past the Family Life Center of Hilldale Baptist Church. FREE: Tables with Electrical Hookups, Tailgate Space, Coffee & eyeball QSO s!! Tickets for drawings free!! Lunch will be served for a nominal cost. Donations accepted for Camp Rainbow for children with Disabilities. See all the details at: https://drive.google.com/open? In This Issue Things to do in TN C.A.T.S Annual Tailgate Party Special Event : N4M Marshall County Tech Class More Memories from April Events Armed Forces Day Comm. Test 2017 Upcoming Hamfests & ARRL Events VE Sessions Weekly Nets
SPECIAL EVENT: N4M Oak Ridge Secret City Festival Radio Operations de Darrell Cook, WA4LNX, President Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club Sponsored by: Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club in Cooperation with a local WW II reenactment group The Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club in Cooperation with a local WW II reenactment group will sponsor a special activity on June 2 and 3. This activity consists of setting up and operating WW II vintage radio equipment. There will also be a battle reenactment. Most operations are scheduled for Saturday June 3, but we hope to be on the air in the evening and night of June 2. The club will operate with the their Special Event Call Sign N4M. There will be CW and phone operations. (All phone operations will be a.m.) The Club will also have a public affairs operation on June 3 at the main area of the Festival. Planned frequencies include: For additional Information re: Radio Operations or the Secret City Festival, please check the Oak Ridge Amateur Radio Club website at http://orarc.net/ or contact Darrell Cook WA2LNX at dcook306@comcast.net Memphis FreeFest A beautiful day in Memphis TN meant a LOT of visitors for the Memphis FreeFest! Sponsored by The Mid-South Amateur Radio Association (MARA), this annual event is truly FREE, and all proceeds from the event benefit the LeBonheur Children s Hospital. There was a great turnout for his year s FreeFest on April 8. The raffle ticket area was a lively place to be, since the prized were GREAT and plentiful, as were the vendor offerings both inside the spacious event hall, and in boneyard outside. Some great information was offered during the ARRL Forum, with speakers David Norris, K5UZ, Delta Division Director and Keith Miller, N9DGK, TN Section Manager. Ed Hudgens, WB4RHQ, Vice Director of the Delta Division and James (Jay) Ferguson, N5LKE, AR Section Manager also joined the ARRL staff that the ARRL Table and at the forum. Picture from KU40 Marshall Robilio Picture from WA4OVO Joe Lowenthal
MARSHALL COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY TECHNICIAN CLASS RESULTS de Stephan Anderman K2SMA Sponsored by: Marshall County Amateur Radio Society An exam session held after the Marshall County Amateur Radio Society Technician Class was held on Saturday, April 29. The exams were administered by HAMs from Maury Amateur Radio Club. A total of seven individuals (six from the class) earned their new FCC AMATEUR RADIO licenses. In addition to the new licensees, three licensed amateur radio operators (one from Pikeville, Bledsoe County and two from Lewisburg, passed exams to upgrade their license class. Amateur radio license class members who attended the exam session and passed their FCC Technician class exams are (left to right) David Wexler, John Taylor, Bryan Floyd, Toby Truman, Jeffrey Hurt, and Thom Wilson. Stephan Anderman, K2SMA (kneeling) taught the course. (Photo courtesy of Barbara J. Pembleton, N2BLU) ARMED FORCES DAY COMMUNICATIONS TEST 2017 de Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO Memphis hams helped activate WUG-2 for the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District Office during the Armed Forces Day Communications Test held on May 13th. Memphis was one of 18 military units to be on the air for the communications crossband test with amateur radio operators. The Memphis hams operated from the MARS station at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington. When not operating, the operators enjoyed the Navy Blue Angels and the Canadian Snowbirds at the airshow that happened to be occurring at the same time. See the full article at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0b_3nsepaerzcx1biulfpaenpa0k Pat Lane W4OQG operating on 60 meters Ham Hilliard W4GMM operating on 20 meters Blue Angels at the Canadian Snowbirds at the airshow Photos by Joe WA4OVO
DAVIDSON COUNTY ARES MEETS WITH AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NASHVILLE AREA The ARRL and American Red Cross (ARC) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishes a partnership between the two organizations, to provide assistance in communities impacted by disaster events and the Unites States. Signed in January, 2016 and valid for 5 years, the MOU recognizes the strengths of each organization, and encourages the ARC chapters and local and state ARES groups to engages in discussions to plan for local response or disaster relief operations. Members of the Davidson County Amateur Radio Services (ARES) organization met at the American Red Cross Nashville Area facility for the DCARES monthly meeting. There was a great deal of information presented by the ARC representatives, and the members got to see the radio capabilities at the facility, as well as the drop kits organized for emergency operations. Attendees were provided copies of the MOU, which provides detail about each organization, response activities, mutual support and other pertinent information. The DCARES members spent well beyond Official meeting time to learn and see more from their ARC hosts. Many thanks to the DCARES EC and AECs - Paul Stinson (KJ4WQN), Adam Deland (W8IFG), Jim Bradfield (W4BSL) and David House (N4FPE) - for working with the Nashville Area American Red Cross to organize the on-site meeting. AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES (ARES)... If you are not part of your local Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) group, please consider becoming a member. They offer valuable services their served communities, not just in times of severe conditions, but many also serve the communications needs for local events. As an ARES member, you will learn ways to enhance your Amateur Radio operating skills BEFORE you need them. For more information about ARES in the ARRL TN section, check out web page at http:// tnares.com/. ARES volunteers are licensed amateur radio operators who are organized and trained to provide emergency communications during emergencies and public service events. "When all else fails" is a motto of ARES because in many instances, amateur radio communications are operational when other communications systems have failed or are over burdened. To get involved, simply find the county you wish to serve in on the tnares.com website, and get in contact with the emergency coordinator. ARRL TN Section Public Information Team OUR MISSION: Work throughout Tennessee to show the value of amateur radio as a hobby, a skill, and a means of emergency communications to the general public to generate interest in amateur radio operations. Public Information Coordinator TN Section: Cathy Goodrich W4CMG ARRL Public Information Officers: Stephan Anderman K2SMA, Tom Tate WA4CGF, Keith Gaines KC4YYF,
TN Hamfests C.A.T.S. Tail-Gate Party Sponsored by: Clarksville Amateur Transmitting Society (C.A.T.S.) May 27, 2017 http://kf4l.org Tennessee State Convention (Knoxville Hamfest & Electronics Exhibition) Sponsored by: Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville June 17, 2017 http://www.w4bbb.org McMinn County ARC HamFest Sponsored by: McMinn County Amateur Radio Club July 15, 2017 http://www.mcminnarc.com/fest/fest.html Greater Nashville and TN HamQuest Sponsored by: Wilson County Amateur Radio Club July 29, 2017 http://midtnhamquest.com Greeneville Hamfest Sponsored by: Andrew Johnson Amateur Radio Club October 21, 2017 http://greenevillehamfest.com Hamfest Chattanooga 2017 Sponsored by: Chattanooga Amateur Radio Club October 21, 2017 http://www.hamfestchattanooga.net Upcoming ARRL Events Kids Day, June 18, 2017 Kids Day gives young people on-the-air experience and provides a chance to interest them in getting a license of their own. For more information, see www.arrl.org/kids-day. ARRL Field Day, June 24 25, 2017 Information about this opportunity for public outreach can be found at www.arrl.org/field-day. Did you know Amateur Radio Operators who join ARRL or renew their membership at a Hamfest are eligible to choose one of six publications as a gift when they complete the application and pay their dues at the Hamfest. Stop by the ARRL table at the next HAM- FEST for more details! Be Our Guest Did you know Amateur Radio Operators, or soon to be HAMs, who are undecided about joining ARRL can try it for free by signing up for a 90-Day Guest Account? http://www.arrl.org/membership
VE Testing Sessions Looking for a VE Testing Session so you can bring someone to get their ticket? Taking the next step by upgrading your own? Check out the Exams link on arrl.org to get details on sessions in your area: http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/search Location Zip Date Sponsor Time (Local Time Zone) Walk-ins allowed Bristol 37620-7430 5/4/2017 Bristol ARC 7:00 PM Yes Chattanooga 37406-1101 5/4/2017 Chattanooga ARC 6:00 PM No Jackson 38301-9603 5/6/2017 West Tennessee ARS 9:00 AM Yes Knoxville 37909-1293 5/6/2017 University of TN ARC 12:30 PM Yes Lyles 37098-2836 5/6/2017 Hickman County ARES 1:00 PM Yes Germantown 38138-7702 5/8/2017 Nashoba ARC 5:30 PM Yes Memphis 38133-2631 5/9/2017 Delta ARC VE Team 5:30 PM Yes Chattanooga 37415-2754 5/13/2017 Scenic City ARS 4:00 PM No Chattanooga 37421 5/13/2017 P5 Preparedness 5:00 PM Yes Cleveland 37311-6453 5/13/2017 Cleveland ARC 10:00 AM Yes Smithville 37166-2018 5/13/2017 DCCARC 1:00 PM Yes Smyrna 37167-6810 5/13/2017 Stones River ARC 10:00 AM Yes Atoka 38004-9999 5/15/2017 Tipton Cty Radio Society 6:00 PM Yes Dickson 37055-9501 5/18/2017 Dickson Cty ARC 7:00 PM Yes Sevierville 37862-3534 5/18/2017 Sevierville County ERS 6:00 PM Yes Columbia 38401-5717 5/20/2017 MARC 9:00 AM Yes Cookeville 38501-4299 5/25/2017 Cookeville Repeater VE Team 6:00 PM Yes Henderson 38340-2563 5/27/2017 Chester County ARC 9:00 AM Yes Bristol 37620-7430 6/1/2017 Bristol ARC 7:00 PM Yes Chattanooga 37406-1101 6/1/2017 Chattanooga ARC 6:00 PM No Knoxville 37909-1293 6/3/2017 University of TN ARC 12:30 PM Yes Lyles 37098-2836 6/3/2017 Hickman County ARES 1:00 PM Yes Springfield 37172-3927 6/3/2017 Robertson County ARC 1:00 PM Yes Cleveland 37311-6453 6/10/2017 Cleveland ARC 10:00 AM Yes Nashville 37220-1304 6/10/2017 Nashville VE Team 9:00 AM Yes Woodbury 37190-1344 6/10/2017 DCCARC 1:00 PM Yes Germantown 38138-7702 6/12/2017 Nashoba ARC 5:30 PM Yes Memphis 38133-2631 6/13/2017 Delta ARC VE Team 5:30 PM Yes Woodbury 37190-1344 6/14/2017 DCCARC 1:00 PM Yes Sevierville 37862-3534 6/15/2017 Sevierville County ERS 6:00 PM Yes Atoka 38004-9999 6/19/2017 Tipton Cty Radio Society 6:00 PM Yes Rogersville 37857-2988 6/26/2017 Hancock, Hawkins Amt Radio 4:25 PM Yes Knoxville 37909-1293 7/1/2017 University of TN ARC 12:30 PM Yes GOOD LUCK!!!
WEEKLY NETS Taking a long ride across the TN Section? Why not stop by a weekly club net and check in? County Section Club Name City Scheduled Nets Scheduled Nets Other Nets and Events BEDFORD COUNTY AMA- TEUR RADIO SOCIETY Shelbyville Weekly Monday 7:30 PM BCARS ARES Net South Bedford County Repeater 147.060 Repeater Plus Offset East CARTER COUNTY ARA Elizabethton East CHATTANOOGA ARC Hixson East Cleveland ARC Cleveland Cumberland Plateau ARC West DECATUR COUNTY AMA- TEUR RADIO CLUB Crossville Parsons Every Monday on 145.290, tone 103.5 at 8:00 PM CARC SUNDAY NIGHT NET Sundays at 8:00 EST 146.79 Repeater NT The Bradley County Emergency Services Net is held every Monday night at 8:00 PM local time. The primary repeater for the NET is the W4GZX 146.925 repeater with a offset and Tone of 114.8. The secondary repeater is the KA4ELN 147.375 repeater with a + offset and Tone of 123. Both repeaters are usually linked for the NET. Stations can check in via either repeater when linked. Both repeaters are also on ECHOLINK and stations can connect to either repeater to check in. Area Nets: Sun.-Fri., 7:30 p.m.*, CPARC ARES Nets 146.865-118.8 Tone Mon-Fri, 6:30 p.m.*, TN Emergency Net 3.980 LSB. Mon, 8:00 p.m.*, RACK Tech. METERS Net ** 147.300+ 100.0 Tone Thursday 6:30 Weekly net on the Decaturville repeater. 443.325+ 131.8 PL tone. The Southeast Tennessee Amateur Radio Net (Star Net) is the longest running VHF net in the tri-state area. STAR net meets the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Thursday night at 8:30 PM (01:30 GMT) on the 147.180 WD4DES repeater with a offset and Tone of 118.8. Wed, 8:00 p.m.*, SE [US] Linked Repeater Net 147.255+ No Tone Thu, 6:30 p.m.*, 470 Amateur Radio Group 145.47-118.8 Tone The Cleveland Amateur Radio Club Slow Speed CW Net (CARC SSCW). This net is specialized for the learning and advancement of Morse Code procedures and practices. The net will be held the 1st, 2nd and 4th Thursday nights of every month at 7PM EST/EDT (2300 / 0000 UTC), on a frequency of 3.562 MHz +/- QRM. A preamble of this net is available if required. Please e-mail us at info@carc.cc Local Repeaters: 147.345 on Hinch Mountain linked to E. TN & W. NC repeaters plus EchoLink 146.865- Tone 118.8 (solar mixed Fusion) 146.895- Tone 118.8 443.850+ Tone 118.8 (normal mode Fusion) CPARC owned: 146.865 & 443.850
WEEKLY NETS (cont.) County Section Club Name City Scheduled Nets Scheduled Nets Weekly A.R.E.S. ( Amateur Radio Emergency Services) training net every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. on repeater DEKALB-CANNON COUNTY 145.490 WR3S AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Smithville ( no PL tone) West Delta ARC Memphis East East DICKSON COUNTY AMA- TEUR RADIO CLUB JOHNSON COUNTY ARC LAKEWAY AMATEUR RA- DIO CLUB (LARC) Lincoln County Amateur Radio Association Dickson Mountain City Talbott Fayettevitte Delta Club Daily Nets 146.820-600 pl 107.2 at 8pm central time. DCARC Weekly Tuesday Nights 2 Meter Net at 7:00 p.m. 147.375 + PL 146.2 Monday @ 9:00pm - 146.610 with a tone of 103.5 Tuesday 7:00 PM 147.030 Repeater no pl Weekly net on Monday at 6:30 pm. The net is held on the W4BV repeater (147.03 PL-114.8) YL Net at 8:45pm Saturday; same repeater as the daily net. All YLs and OMs welcome. Local Repeaters: 147.375 + PL 146.2 White Bluff 442.225 + PL 123.0 White Bluff 145.330 - PL 114.8 Cumberland Furnace Packet 145.01 444.475+ PL 114.8 Cumberland Furnace 53.150- PL 91.5 Cumberland Furnace Thursday Night - Voice and Echolink 220 NET @ 8:30pm on 224.280 with a tone of 103.5 Local Repeaters: VHF: 147.030 no pl UHF: 443.450 no pl Monthly meeting on the third Tuesday of each month at the Fayetteville-Lincoln County E911 center located at 414 Jay Street, Fayetteville, TN. Website : http:// www.w4bv.com Other Nets and Events MARSHALL COUNTY AMA- TEUR RADIO SOCIETY Lewisburg Meetings the third Sunday of each month except June (second Sunday) at 2:00 PM Marshall County Hardison Office Annex OEM Conference Room 230 College Street Lewisburg Talk-in on 146.625 (-600 Marshall County ARES Net 1900 (7:00 PM) local time Lewisburg 146.625 MHz repeater (-600 khz, 107.2 Hz) Net Manager: K2SMA
WEEKLY NETS (cont.) Taking a long ride across the TN Section? Why not stop by a weekly club net and check in? County Section Club Name City Scheduled Nets Scheduled Nets Other Nets and Events Maury ARC Columbia Emergency Preparedness Net SUNDAY 8:30 PM CST MARC REPEATER 147.12+ (PL 127.3) MTEARS NETMONDAY 8:00 PM CST UHF REPEAT- ER 443.175+ (PL 100.0) COMMUNITY PREPAR- EDNESS NET THURSDAY NIGHTS BE- FORE MARC NET 6:30 PM EARLY CHECK IN ON 147.54 SIMPLEX 7:00 PM REGULAR net MARC REPEATER 147.12 (TONE 127.3) West MEMPHIS DIGITAL AMA- TEUR RADIO CLUB West Mid South ARA Germantown Memphis The MDARC Club Net is on Friday evenings @ 20:30 Hrs. on the W4LET Node "B" Repeater And on Reflector 58-A. Friday Night Net D-RATS - Chat Room: Memphis Repeaters: 443.9875 145.0600 1297.300 DD Elmer Net on Monday evenings at 9:00 pm on 145.210 (107.2 PL) Two Nets weekly on Thursday and Friday evenings at 20:30 hrs. CDT. Both nets are on D -STAR, on the W4LET node "B" repeater and on Reflector 58A. CERT NET - CERT Net on Thursday evenings at Repeaters 20:30 hrs. CDT and it is 443.9875 open to everyone, not 145.0600 just CERT Members. 1297.300 DD MID TENN AMATEUR RA- DIO SOCIETY Tullahoma HAM JAM VHF NET 146.700 T-114.8 Tuesdays 9:00-9:50 p.m. MTARS VHF NET 146.700 T- 114.8 Thursdays 9:00-9:50 p.m. Weekly Lunch Ham Luncheon at Farmers Old Shoney's Manchester Tuesdays 11:00-1:20 p.m. Shoney's Restaurant, (Farmer's) Skinner Flat Road, Manchester, TN NASHVILLE ARC, INC. Nashville Monday at 7:30 pm 147.015 MHz (no tone)
WEEKLY NETS (CONT.) Almost there! How about one more check in, before you check in to your next stop! County Section Club Name City Scheduled Nets Scheduled Nets Other Nets and Events ROBERTSON COUNTY AMA- TEUR RADIO CLUB Springfield Tuesday nights: Robertson Co. / Cheatham Co. ARES net at 7pm on the 147.345 repeater. The Information net on Tuesday at approximately 7:20 pm follows the ARES Net Short Mtn. Repeater Club, Inc. Murfreesboro East Smoky Mountain Arc Maryville Old Codger s Net 146.910 on Monday nights at 8 pm CST SMARC Net each Thursday at 7:00 pm on 146.655 - backup is 146.625 - tone 118.8. Information Net Tuesday night 146.910 at 8 pm CST Traders Net Thursday nights 146.910 at 8 PM Stones River ARC East UNICOI COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION Smyrna Erwin Tuesday Evening 7:30 CST: 1930 Hrs Local Frequencies: 145.230 (114.8), 145.370, 147.360 (114.8) & 146.955 (114.8) Note: WR3S/W4CAT System EVERY THURSDAY EVENING, EXCEPT FIRST Thursday Club Meeting Night 8:00 p.m. 147.270 MHZ, + OFFSET UP 600 PL TONE; WHEN ACTIVE 88.5; Backup 147.120 MHZ, + OFFSET No Tone VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Nashville Tuesdays at 7:00 pm on the AA4VU 443.800 MHz repeater, tone 123.0 WILSON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Lebanon Thursday Night Wilson ARC & ARES Net Thursdays at 7:00 PM on 147.105 MHz Contact Us Got questions? Need info? Have info to share? Contact: Cathy Goodrich W4CMG TN Section PIC w4cmg@arrl.net The ARRL TN Section Website: tnarrl.org TNARES The TN ARES Homepage : tnares.com ARRL Tennessee Section: LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!!!