A message from Daron N7HQR:

I’d like to have a Tuesday night planning meeting at 6pm every Tuesday (except for regular meeting nights) between now and through Cascadia Rising.  I’m hoping this weekly update will help get folks prepared for the exercise, dial in our staffing and planning, and give us time to work through the forms to be transmitted.  I know… yet another meeting, but I don’t know how else to share ideas and practice without something structured like this.

I’ll do my best to send out a reminder 24 hours before and maybe 8 hours before each week so it is fresh in everyone’s mind.  The 8 hours before reminder should have some agenda type information so you know what we’ll be discussing and working on.

Yes… It is a different meeting number than the regular meetings, I’ll send it out with every single email reminder to it should be easy to open the email reminder and select the link.

Tuesday May 3 – 6pm-7pm – Cascadia Rising Planning – still refining scheduling, assignments.  Working towards one location to go to retrieve all the documents when we get closer so you can download the stuff you need prior to the event. (and we’ll take some feedback and ideas on the previous weekend’s events, what worked and what didn’t, how we could make it work better, etc.)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89351387703?pwd=Q1dFLzVKbGdRK2ZuWGtsU3JXdElmZz09

Meeting ID: 893 5138 7703

Passcode: 383741

Phone in: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

The new Net Preamble, Sitrep form, and Sitrep Logging form have been uploaded, and should be downloadable from links on the Documents page of this website.

We have a new weekly net preamble which we will be using for a
single net on 145.370 at 1900 hrs.  There will not be two separate nets
in other words.   Read the preamble carefully and you will see will be
doing a sitrep every week and so you are familiar with how it it will go. 

In sum, we will use a new version of the preamble to take us into the
sitrep.  Thus you will report your call, first name and color status
when we do the regular net process by call sign sufix.   After everyone
has checked in net control will go back and call stations according to
color status (black first).

Further, there is a revised Radio Operator Sitrep form and Net
logging form.  You should for now consider printing these and keeping
them near your radio for the upcoming Tuesday net

The Technician license class originally scheduled for this month has been cancelled for now. It is “Parked” on two Saturdays, May 16 & 23. Depending on how the coronavirus outbreak goes, it will settle on a pair of dates. Feel free to sign up, even if it puts you on a waiting list.

Lincoln County ACS will not meet this month on our usual 2nd Tuesday date. Instead, we will join Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club for a picnic at Big Creek Park on the 3rd Tuesday, August 20. It’s a semi-potluck, with ribs provided. Dinner is at 6:00 pm.

We are back to our usual 2nd Tuesday meeting day for a while. See you all …

May 14 – SECOND Tuesday

Samaritan Center for Health Education

740 SW 9th, in Newport

6pm ACS, 7pm Club meeting

The meeting this month will.be on the 3rd Tuesday, April 16, rather than the second. ACS meeting at 1800, Club meeting at 1900. Samaritan Center for Health Education, 740 SW 9th in Newport.

Group Photo!

Be at the conference room at 5:30, in ACS shirt and blue jeans.

If you don’t have a uniform shirt, contact Jenny 541-265-4199.

Here’s an update on the net control dates filled and not filled. As you
can see, many opportunities exist for those who have not yet taken
advantage of this experience. Our hope is to get everyone to do this
more than once, even regularly, not only to share the work, but to gain
experience and confidence on the air in a fairly low pressure
situation. Experienced operators are necessary to handle these nets
too, as they provide good examples of how others might handle the net.
And you never know when you might be in the position of having to be a
net control because no one else is around, licensed and trained.

May 15 – South N7ONP Micheal
North K7RVW Barb

May 22 South W7BL John
North N7KNK Doug

May 29

June 5

June 12

June 19

June 26

July 3 North KF7JNH Madelyn

If you are scheduled to handle one of the ACS net control sessions please read over these documentation instructions.

1.  If you have forgotten which day you are acting net control, you may always check the calendar at the ACS website.  If you need someone to handle your scheduled night for any reason, just let me know.

2. We would like to start keeping electronic records of net participation.  To that end, you may download an Excel file at www.lincolncountyacs.org at the “Documents” tab. The file is named “Net Roster Excel Format.”

If you don’t have Microsoft’s Excel software, you can save the file, and open it using the OpenOffice software (available for free at www.openoffice.org).

3.  You may enter check-ins directly onto the spreadsheet or transfer your handwritten notes to the spreadsheet if you prefer.   Once completed, if you would then please convert the file to an Adobe PDF saving it using the naming convention of YYMMDD North Net (or South Net).  For example the south net on March 27, 2012 would be named 120327 North Net.pdf or 120327 South Net.pdf.   If you cannot convert the file, you can send the spreadsheet file to Doug Holbrook and he will happily convert it for the records.

In any event, once you have created the file, please send it to Doug, who will be archiving for the Lincoln County EOC records.

If you have any difficulties, questions, or need assistance with any of this, please let Doug know, and thank you in advance for your help and continued volunteer efforts.

Doug Holbrook
N7KNK
doug@holbrooks.org
541-270-3287 cell