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Fresno ARES/RACES
by: Dan Pruitt
December 26, 2009

FRESNO EMCOMM – ARES/RACES Jan 2010

December 26, 2009-  Well I hope everyone had Happy Holidays and are looking forward to a prosperous New Year!  As is usual for the November/December Season, we only managed 1 meeting on 10 December, however we made a good head start on the next year.  First we discussed our varied accomplishments and mused on those that did not quite hit the mark.  Then we began to set our preliminary goals for 2010.

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ARRL.org
December 24, 2009

MARS Gets New Name As It Fine Tunes Mission

On Wednesday, December 23, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an Instruction concerning MARS, effective immediately. This Instruction gives the three MARS services — Army, Air Force and Navy/Marine Corps — a new focus on homeland security and a new name: Military Auxiliary Radio System. The Instruction is the first major revision to MARS since January 26, 1988 — as such, the first revision since the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, two major events that changed the way Amateur Radio dealt with emergency communications.

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HJNews.com – The Herald Journal
by Matthew K. Jensen
December 6, 2009

Ham radio fills cell phone signal gap in canyon crash

When a semi truck and trailer rolled and crashed in Logan Canyon Wednesday morning, a passing motorist stopped to help when the rig’s wheels were still spinning and managed to notify emergency dispatchers in an area of national forest where cell phone reception is nonexistent.

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ARRL.org
By David Sumner, K1ZZ, ARRL Chief Executive Officer
December 01, 2009

It Seems to Us: Appropriate Use: Guidelines and Waivers

For the final time this year, we again take up the issue of the appropriate use of Amateur Radio: the extent to which radio amateurs may (and should) provide communications on behalf of others, particularly their employers.

The Amateur Radio Service has a well-deserved reputation for taking the FCC rules seriously, so it is not surprising that the subject of “pecuniary interest” has attracted a lot of attention and discussion. The relevant rules have not changed since 1993, but recent years have seen growing interest in the use of Amateur Radio as an alternative, supplemental, or backup communications medium by commercial, non-profit and government entities. When those rules changes were adopted, that was not the expectation. Continue Reading »

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SKYWARN Recognition Day 2009 – Hanford, CA

SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. It celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN radio operators make to the National Weather Service. During the day SKYWARN operators visit NWS offices and contact other radio operators across the world.

Additional information on SRD can be found in the ARRL Web Article.

Time/Date:
Friday December 4th, 4:00pm to Saturday December 5th 4:00pm (local time)

Location:
National Weather Service
San Joaquin Valley Weather Forecast Office
900 Foggy Bottom Road
Hanford, CA 93230-5236

Contact:
Bruce C Buhler
buhler50@hotmail.com

Website:
http://hamradio.noaa.gov/

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CARP Christmas Party

Please join us for our annual Clovis Amateur Radio Pioneers Christmas Party! There will be great food, drawings, prizes and fun. The club will be providing the main dishes, turkey, ham and beef, dessert and coffee and punch.

Admission is free, this is a pot-luck style dinner so please bring a side-dish.

The main prize drawing will be the CARP “Pick Your Own Prize” Reverse style drawing. Tickets are $10.00 each and the Grand Prize is $500.00 cash. See any board member or email info@k6arp.org for tickets.

Time/Date:
Friday December 4th, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Location:
Clovis Senior Center – Classroom
850 Fourth Street
Clovis, CA

Contact:
info@k6arp.org

Website:
http://www.k6arp.org

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By popular demand, the CARP “Pick Your Own Prize” Reverse Style Drawing is back.

In this reverse style drawing you do not want to be the first ticket picked, but the last. At the beginning of the drawing we will start drawing tickets and the last ticket left will be the Grand Prize winner.

Tickets for the drawing are $10.00 each and the Grand Prize is $500.00 cash. You do not need to be present to win.

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Join fellow hams for Breakfast! Questions, information, plans or just, “Hi, how’s the family”.

Local amateurs meet every third (3rd) Friday of the month as an open forum on emergency communications and how Amateur Radio may help the community.

All individuals, clubs, organizations or associations are welcome and encouraged to participate

For more info: EmComm and Coffee PDF

Time/Date:
Third Friday of the Month at 8:30am

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