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ARRL North Carolina Section (NC)

Section Manager
Timothy B. Slay, N4IB
141 Queens Cove Rd
Mooresville, NC 28117-9609
704-382-4646
n4ib@arrl.org
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  • Roanoke Division
  • Affiliated Club Coordinator
    Michael J Lewis, WA4KE
    3401 Apple Meadow Dr
    Fuquay Varina, NC 27526-8914
    (919) 552-9118, (919) 549-1561
    mjlewispe@nc.rr.com

    Official Observer Coordinator
    Enrico G La Monica, W4ZRA
    1076 Whichard Cherry Lane Rd
    Greenville, NC 27834-7732
    (919) 752-7115, (919) 752-8327
    w4zra@arrl.net

    Public Information Coordinator
    William C Morine, N2COP
    101 Windlass Dr
    Wilmington, NC 28409-2030
    (910) 799-7800, (910) 452-1770 HOME
    n2cop@arrl.net

    Section Emergency Coordinator
    Bernard Nobles, WA4MOK
    PO Box 574
    Winterville, NC 28590-0574
    (919) 756-0020
    wa4mok@arrl.net

    State Government Liaison
    Robert L Conder Jr, K4RLC
    1812 Spiny Ridge Ct
    Raleigh, NC 27612-1753
    (919) 847-7253, (843) 272-4518
    k4rlc@earthlink.net

    Section Traffic Manager
    David A Roy, W4DNA
    120 Doris Dr
    Goldsboro, NC 27534
    (919) 778-8316
    w4dna@bellsouth.net

    Technical Coordinator
    Wade D Hampton, K4ITL
    5453 Rock Service Station Rd
    Raleigh, NC 27603-9513
    dhampton@ipass.net

    Section News

    Monthly Summaries

    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:

  • April 25-26, Laurenburg
  • May 16-17, Lincolnton
  • June 6-7, Robinsville

    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:

  • Eastern NC Traffic Net, 8:30pm on 146.685MHz (-600kHz)
  • Piedmont Coastal Traffic Net, 9:00pm on 146.88MHz (-600kHz)
  • Central NC Traffic Net, 9:30pm on 146.82MHz (-600kHz)
  • Southeastern NC Traffic Net, 8:00pm on 147.045 (+600kHz)
  • NC Morning Net, 7:45am on 3.926MHz
  • Carolinas Slow Net, 8:00pm on 3.571MHz
  • NC Evening Net, 6:30pm on 3.923MHz
  • Carolinas Net -- Early, 7:00pm on 3.573MHz
  • Carolinas Net -- Late, 10:00pm on 3.573MHz

    UPCOMING EVENTS

  • April 19: Catawba Valley Hamfest, Morganton - cvhamfest.com
  • May 3: State ARES Meeting, Raleigh
  • May 10: Rockingham County Hamfest, Reidsville - www.rcarc.com
  • May 24: DurHAMfest, Durham - www.dfma.org
  • May 25-31: Hurricane Preparedness Week
  • June 14: Winston-Salem Classic Hamfest - www.w4nc.org
  • June 28-29: ARRL Field Day

    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

    NC Section Manager Tim Slay, N4IB


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