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SCHH ARC “This & That” — March 18, 2025

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Emergency Preparedness Task Force Update

The updated Emergency Communications Diagram that is shown below was created after the March 4th Zoom Meeting of the Task Force. It is being reviewed by all members of the group.

If any member of our ARC has software and capability to “polish up” this diagram from its current “hand drawn” presentation, please let Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW know of your interest and ability to help.

The next steps/goals of the Task Force are:

  • Test of internal communications and conduct an emergency drill.
  • Establish methods and means for residents to contact the task force in the aftermath of emergencies so that outgoing health and welfare information can be provided to residents’ families.
  • Present our SCHH ARC plan for 2025 to the SCHH ARC members at the June 2025 meeting.
  • Submit our SCHH ARC plan to the SCHH CA in mid-June 2025.
  • Publicize our plan within SCHH.

A follow-up meeting is planned for April 1st.

Just In Case You Are Itching for a CW QSO

Here’s a site that you can use 24/7 to see if there are some other station out there looking as well: QSOFinder.

QSL from Punxsutawney Phil

Courtesy of Jack, K2ITZ! Thanks, Jack!

Anyone else have a GOTA (Groundhogs On The Air) contact?

To all: Please continue to send these kinds of things in for inclusion in upcoming issues of “This & That”.

What’s Coming Up

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 — SCHH ARC Emergency Preparedness Task Force Zoom Meeting at 11 AM.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 — SCHH ARC 10m SSB Net. 28.450 MHz at 8 PM local time

Thursday, April 3, 2025 — Program (RFI by Mike Martin, K3RFI) via Zoom and General Membership Meeting, Bayside Room at the Lakehouse. More details later this month in This & That.

Saturday, April 5, 2025 — Civil Air Patrol SAREX at Jasper County Airport. More info in next week’s This & That!

Thursday, May 1, 2025 — May Membership Meeting in the Bayside Room at the Lakehouse. Presentation by Jim Boehner, N2ZZ and Bill Morine, N2COP (ARRL Roanoke Division Director and Vice Director).

Thursday, June 5, 2025 — June Membership Meeting and ARRL Field Day Planning Meeting at the Lakehouse.

Saturday, June 28, 2025 — ARRL Field Day at Lake Somerset.

Saturday, August 9, 2025 — KE4HAM Parks on the Air Activation at Lake Warren State Park.

SCHH ARC Nets

Net News

Please keep our nets alive and well by checking in when you can.

Thanks to all who participate.

Wednesday night’s 2m Repeater Net will have Rick Garan, WA8NLX as net control. Let’s have a lot of check-ins for Rick’s first time as net control of our net…8 PM, Wednesday, 3/19/2025.

If you’d like to join the net control team, please reach out to Harve, KB3FW.

Weekly SCHH ARC Nets

Sunday’s Net (8 PM) operates on 147.550 MHz simplex on the last two Sundays of the calendar month. The Sunday net will be on the KE4HAM repeater (147.135 + with a tone of 91.5 on both the input and the output) on all other Sundays of the calendar month. Check-in can be done even if you don’t have a radio up and running via EchoLink by using the link KE4HAM-L when the net is on SIMPLEX and KE4HAM-R when the net is on the SCHH Okatie Repeater.

Wednesday‘s Net (8 PM) operates through the KK4ONF/Jasper repeater, 147.060+. The net can be accessed via EchoLink using the link KE4HAM-R.

Next 10m SSB Net: Currently set for Tuesday, April 1 at 8 PM on 28.450 Upper Sideband. Net Control will be K2OS, Frank Pollino.

Net Control Stations and EchoLink Coordinator

Thanks to our regular 2m Net Controls: Frank Pollino, K2OS; and Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW. Rick Garan, WA8NLX, will be a net control station on tomorrow’s net (3/19/2025).

Thanks to Bob, WA6WAY, for being an alternate Net Control Station and overseer of our KE4HAM repeater.

Thanks to Ron Frick, AI4HH, for working diligently to keep EchoLink up and running for our nets.

Net Control Schedule:

— Wednesday, March 19, 2025 @ 8 PM: Rick Garan, WA8NLX (KK4ONF Jasper County Repeater).

— Sunday, March 23, 2025 @ 8 PM: Frank Pollino, K2OS (SIMPLEX).

SCHH ARC Net Reports:

Thanks to ALL who checked in to our SCHH ARC nets last week.

Last week’s check-ins and traffic:

— Wednesday, March 12 2m KK4ONF Repeater Net: KE4HAM/K2OS, AI4HH, AA4KK, K2ITZ, W1ZZ, KB3FW, WA8NLX, KQ4JKI, WB1DXN, KQ4TAY (Jarrod/Port Royal). QNI=10, QTC=0.

— Sunday, March 16 2m KE4HAM Repeater Net: KE4HAM/K2OS, AI4HH, KJ4BSM, WB1DXN, K2ITZ, WB4KSG, KB3FW, K3WPA, W8NCA, WA6WAY, AD5EN . QNI=11, QTC=0.

Note: QNI = Number of Check-ins to the net, including Net Control; QTC = Traffic handled (Radiograms).

Other Operating

Daily —  Monitor the new KE4HAM Repeater: 147.135 MHz + with a tone of 91.5. You may get some good DX spots from time to time and other members may be there if you want to connect/chat.