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News last updated: Wed, April 23, 2008 at 10:02 AM ET
MARCH NORTH CAROLINA SECTION NEWS
USS NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSIONING
On May 3, from 1200Z-2000Z, the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club, NI4BK, is sponsoring a special event station celebrating the commissioning of the Navy's newest Virginia class attack submarine, USS North Carolina. The commissioning ceremony will occur in Wilmington near the submarine's historic predecessor, the Battleship USS North Carolina. Efforts are underway to arrange a ham radio contact between the Battleship USS North Carolina and her new namesake as part of the commissioning ceremony! In addition, a special event station, NI4BK, will be operating SSB and CW in the 20 and 40 m General bands. They will also operate on EchoLink 353118 KI4RMZ-L IRLP 9120 N4JDW VHF/UHF and HF. QSL to the Azalea Coast ARC, PO Box 4044, Wilmington, NC 28406.
NEW HAM RECUIRTING AND ELMERING
At a recent meeting of the ARRL Executive Committee, HQ staff learned that there was a discussion of the important role played by local clubs in recruiting, training and mentoring new licensees. Some clubs are very successful. A part of ARRL's effort to increase the number of new radio amateurs should be to help recognize the clubs that are doing a good job, and to educate and encourage other clubs to follow their example. Is your club doing a particularly good job with new hams? Is so, let me hear about it and I'll pass the info on to headquarters!
NCBEARS
I recently checked-in to the North Carolina Baptist Emergency Amateur Radio Service net and wa happy to learn more about this active group. The NCBEARS net meets each week on 3.923 Sunday afternoon at 3:15 for check-ins and announcements and on Thursday nights at 8:00 for check-ins, announcements, and rag-chew. The nets help keep the group prepared to respond during disasters. NCBEARS is one part of the North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief Ministry. They support the disaster relief units deployed by NCBM with communications assistance as needed. Working with the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army, NCBM sends out its three large mobile kitchens with trained volunteers in response to disasters. They may be involved in mass feeding, recovery, chainsaw, house repairs, mud-out, chaplains, showers, laundry, and communications. They also work in cooperation with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Ministries and SouthBEARS, the Southern Baptist Emergency Amateur Radio Service. SouthBEARS has a regional net on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 ET on 7.260.
Every year NCBEARS has a series of training meetings in the spring in preparation for hurricane season. Each meeting will have training in the various disaster relief ministries with which they are involved, including Emergency Communications. Upcoming training dates include:
Any interested hams may call Gaylon Moss at 800-395-5102 for more information.
NTS NEEDS YOU!
Mark Rappaport, W2EAG, has wrapped up his outstanding traffic handling course and not it's time for you to put your new skills to work. The National Traffic System needs you! We need not only skilled traffic handlers, but also net control stations and some net managers. If we don't exercise the system regularly using routine traffic, it won't be ready to serve the public after the next disaster! So please consider contacting our Section Traffic Manager Dave Roy, W4DNA and volunteer for one of his open positions (w4dna@arrl.net). Our section and local NTS nets include the following:
UPCOMING EVENTS
MARCH TRAFFIC
N3BW 261, W2EAG 228, K4IWW 206, KI4YV 187, W4DNA 117, WA4OBR 72, W3HL 66, WA2YBM 57, W4TTO 46, W4FAL 45, W4EHF 26, KE4AHC 33, KD4WAX 25, KG4YNM 22, KC4PGN 19, K8SKX 18, WX4MMM 11, KJ4WY 10, KI4PNL 6, KD4ZPS 2.
MARCH PSHR
W2EAG 140, W4DNA 140, W4FAL 130, K4IWW 120, W4TTO 115, KI4YV 100, WA2YBM 95.
MARCH ARES MEMBERS: 1,802
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