Monthly Section News Summaries
Monthly Summary for October 2009
Hello, Iowa!
Here is your Section Monthly Summary for October 2009
Affiliated Club Activities:
The Cyclone Amateur Radio Club participated in the Iowa QSO Party and the
School Club Roundup. They made 32 contacts in the QSO party, and in the
School Club Roundup they had a score of 810, including DX contacts from Spain
and England. Earlier in the month they went with the Story County Amateur
Radio club to tour the N0NI super-station.
Central Iowa Radio Amateur Society members participated in a drill this
October with the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) in Marshalltown. Marshall
County is a host county for the Palo nuclear plant in case of an accident.
There is a drill every year that the club helps with.
Clinton Amateur Radio Club held their regular October meeting and a special
repeater committee was chosen to investigate some intermod issues on the
145.430 MHz machine.
W0IW Contest Station participated in Kentucky QSO Party November 14 and 15.
Reported by Iowa ACC Joe Hoepfner, KE0J (If your club is affiliated with ARRL,
please send monthly updates, reports, newsletters or meeting minutes to our
Affiliated Club Coordinator, Joe Hoepfner, KE0J via USPS or ke0j@arrl.net.)
ARES Summary: # of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 24. # of ARES nets active:
14 # with NTS liaison: 9
Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: KB0MGQ, KB0TLC, N2ZHK, WD0FIA, KB0NBE, WA0GUD,
N0EJD, W9UPK, KC0VTT, AB0VX, K0YL, K0IO, AC0HR, WB0VYG, N0GUD, K0OTP, N0MXK,
KC0YKO, KC0RJL, AC0OF, KC0JUO, N0HCV, NF0T, AC0LM
Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 13 Person hours 141
Number of public service events this month: 4 Person hours 409.5
Number of emergency operations this month: 0 Person hours 0
Total number of ARES operations this month: 17 Total Person hours 550.5
Reported by Iowa SEC Dan Miller, AC0OF
National Traffic System Regional Net Reports:
Tenth Region Net "TEN" sessions:61 messages:139 Section participation: IA 97%
Dave Hallock W0SS
Daytime Tenth Region Net "DTRN" sessions:62 messages:24 Section participation:
IA 100% check-ins:71 Jerry Clark KC0VTT
Iowa 75 meter phone net (eve) sessions:27 messages:35 check-Ins:1681 Dean
Striley K0RN
Iowa 75 Meter Phone Net (day) sessions:27 messages:30 check-Ins:1113 Mary
Keener K0YL
Iowa Traffic & Emergency Net sessions:4 check-Ins:166 Dan Miller AC0OF
Iowa Tall Corn Net "TLCN" sessions:62 messages:58 check-Ins:219 Les Entringer
W0YLS
Central Iowa ARES sessions:4 check-Ins:118 Dan Miller AC0OF
Estherville ARES Net sessions:4 check-Ins:55 Melvin Breyfogle W0MDM
Humboldt Area Amateur Net sessions:4 check-Ins:43 Robert Solbeck N0GIV
Iowa County Amateur Net "ICAN" sessions:4 check-Ins:25 Bruce Kelsey KD0DJF
Kossuth Amateur Radio Operators "KARO" sessions:4 messages:2 check-Ins:48
Scott Walker AC0HR
Johnson County Sunday Evening Net sessions:4 check-Ins:89 Jeff Dodd KI0JP
Jones County ARES Net sessions:4 check-Ins:137 Gordon Wherry WB0WIV
Linn County ARES Net sessions:4 messages:1 check-Ins:194 Doug Beard KF0VF
Maquoketa Amateur Weather Net sessions:31 check-Ins:108 Harlan Wilslef KC0EII
North Central Iowa two-meter Net sessions:4 check-Ins:24 Tom Sawyer KT0M
Polk County ARES sessions:4 check-Ins:63 Dan Miller AC0OF
Pottawattamie County ARES sessions:4 messages:1 check-Ins:56 Greg Ross N0GR
Sioux, O'Brien, Lyon, Oceola traffic and emergency net "SOLO" sessions:3
check-Ins:41 Bernie Boone W0ISX
NTS Station Activity Report
N0JL Sent:11 Received:11 Jim Lasley
W0SS Sent:34 Received:54 Delivered:5 Dave Hallock
KC0VTT Sent:79 Received:105 Delivered:23 Jerry Clark
K0YL Sent:2 Received:15 Mary Keener
Reported by Iowa STM Mary Keener, K0YL
Official Observer Summary:
Total hours monitored 45 Advisory Notices Sent 1 Good Operator Reports Sent 1
Reported by Iowa OOC Tom Brehmer, N0LOH
Public Information Coordinator's Corner:
If you're interested in becoming a Public Information Officer contact
n0loh@arrl.org.
Reported by Iowa PIC Grant Olsen, KC0VTY
Technical Coordinators Corner:
N0JG, Joe Goudy has discussed Amateur Radio with the Renewable Energy Student
Club of Indian Hills Community College at their Ottumwa campus. He will also
be involved with discussions on the construction of the Ottumwa Area
Translator Television Tower.
Want to be at Technical Specialist? Contact n0loh@arrl.org
Reported by Iowa TC Don Davison, KB0CAQ
Let's take a look at some great upcoming events:
K4M DX-pedition! - Craig Thompson, K9CT, will give a presentation about the
very successful Midway Island Dx-pedition that took place in October, on
Tuesday, December 1st, in the American Red Cross building, 1100 River Drive,
in Moline, IL. Doors open at 6:00PM and the presentation will start at 7:00.
There will be snacks and beverages available! It's free and brought to you by
the members of the Green River Valley Amateur Radio Society. * Please use the
west side parking lot. *
A joke? OK, here goes:
Q: Why don't fuses ever go steady?
A: Because they only go out once!
73!
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