AB8SV Certificate
Chad has shared a certificate he earned in the 2023 New England QSO Party. Congrats Chad.
KE8XM Lifetime Club Membership Awarded
Bruce KE8XM was awarded a lifetime membership certificate by president Jamie Hoy KC8PUW and ARES SEC Steve AA8BN in late 2023. Over the years, Bruce has been such a key member and benefactor for ARES and for the Coshocton club. Congratulations Bruce.
N8VV 2023 Achievements
Dan has been operating overtime on these state QSO parties
Impressive Operating throughout 2023
Recognition for longstanding membership
Library Display - November
KC8PUW, AA8BN, KE8WIP set up a cool display at the Coshocton Public Library to increase public knowledge of ham radio and to hopefully encourage interest in becoming a ham radio operator.
There are some that think that a "live" display may be more exciting, but we would have to provide our "stand-in" model with a supply of lobster grilled cheese sandwiches which would be a little beyond our club budget. Thanks Will.
Practice Your CW Skills
Anyone wishing to practice their cw and learn a little bit about traffic handling, can check into the Ohio Slow Net, on weekdays at 2200Z on 3.3535.35MHz
(6PM local time). Check in to enjoy a no pressure traffic net experience. This is a training net. All are welcome and the net runs about 8wpm. I would
like to see you there.
Frank KA8BJA
Great Field Day 2023
Last year the club was at the Brown Farm as our location for the field day and our annual picnic. Field Day was held on June 24th and 25th. Antenna set up was accomplished on Friday morning and on Saturday morning the radio equipment was connected and ready to operate. The weather turned out to be just about perfect for the event.
That year we used Steve's call, AA8BN, as the field day call as our club call of W8CCA was in the process of being renewed by the FCC.
We had a picnic lunch and went to the airways at 2PM. Three stations were used to accumulate points for contacts; phone, cw, and digital. N8MXX set up an additional station on VHF for the relay of radiogram messages which were sent out from our members to relatives, friends, and to our section emergency coordinator via packet radio.
Many contacts were made on all three modes. In addition, N8VV made contacts on CW from his home station, then donating his points for the benefit of the club.
Will was again the master chef for the grilling of our picnic supper and then for breakfast. Thanks to all for the great food.
Below are some pics of the beautiful set up, operators, and guests at this year's CCARA Field Day taken by Steve AA8BN.
Brown Farm Field Day Site
KC8YXY operating the voice station
AB8SV, NF8U, and KA8BJA manning the CW station
KE8WIP and KL7RF at the Digital Station
KC8PUW taking a break, catching up on QST
N8MXX at the VHF station
N8MXX describing Packet Radio to KC8LHF & KB8YUL.
Some of the visitors to the event.
KB8PXM and companion dog with display table in background
Nice portable station belonging to N8MXX
Solar panel for alternate energy source
and a G5RV antenna
Joining or renewing membership in the ARRL?
If you are joining or are renewing your membership in the ARRL please consider joining through our club. The club gets a small percentage of the renewal or joining fees. Please contact Wip (KE8WIP) to find out how to help yourself and the club.
Cyber Security
We might all want to make ourselves aware of potential disruption. During these stressing times we might want to be aware of possible problems online. The article refers to this link for information from the government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. It is a good thing for hams to be aware of tech. vulnerabilities around us.