Minutes of the meeting for 08 10 2010

 The Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts Group held it’s regular monthly meeting on August 10 2010.  The following topics were discussed.

• New 70cm repeater.
  • This new repeater is still waiting on tower work and is still not on the air.  More info will be posted as it comes availabe
• K4ORE Family Day picnic will be held on Saturday September 18 starting at 12 noon at the Creek-Side Pavilion at Destiny Parks and Pavilions on Fort Campbell.
  • Map and details to follow at a later date.
• Race to the Canal�
  • The C.O.R.E. group will once again be supporting the Race to the Canal bicycle race at Land Between the Lakes.
  • John Kee, KI4BWZ will act as net control
  • Volunteers should contact Communications Organizer Howard, K2CEM.
  • Date and times to be posted in the near future.
• 146.925 repeater status.
  • Repeater is functioning well and is tuned and adjusted properly.  
  • Occasionally interference from a repeater on the same pair located in Cleveland TN may be heard.  This is unavoidable and we just have to live with it.
• Repeater etiquette reminder
  • let the carrier drop before keying up.
    • This helps to allow the radio to stay cooler than if it’s transmitting constantly.
    • This is also a courtesy issue as it allows plenty of time for other operators to join the conversation.
• Upcoming presentations
  • September
    • Antenna and Propagation Modeling
      • Eric Gregory KJ4GXU
  • October
    • Weather
      • Mr. Bower
        • Confirmation and Details to follow.
• K4ORE Monthly meet and greet net Thursday August 19 2010
  • 146.925 repeater – 600 offset
    • 110.9 pl tone
  • begins at 7:00 am
  • All amateur radio operators are welcome to check-in

We look forward to seeing you at the next C.O.R.E. Group meeting.

New Communications Tools for K4ORE

The Clarksville Operating Radio Enthusiasts are pleased to announce two new communications options we have for our group and the general public.

For members to keep in touch with one another we have created the K4ORE-Members group on google groups.  Members of C.O.R.E. can join this email reflector by going to http://groups.google.com/group/k4ore-members and requesting membership.

For those who just want to be kept up to date about the goings-on who are not members you can join the K4ORE announcements group at http://groups.google.com/group/k4ore-announcements.

 See you on the Air

KJ4GXU

K4ORE.NET web admin

Emergency Traffic Frequencies for Haiti Earthquake

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The IARU and other organizations have released all amateur frequencies which were being used to coordinate relief efforts for the Haiti Disaster to regular amateur use.

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Attention All Amateurs. In response to the earthquake which resulted in massive destruction and loss of life in Haiti, the IARU Region 2 has requested that certain frequencies be kept clear for emergency traffic. In addition to Organized nets on 7.045 and 3.720 several other frequencies may be used to coordinate health and welfare or other traffic related to the current situation in Haiti.

The list of frequencies that the ARRL recommends keeping clear are 14.265 MHz, 14.300 MHz, 7.045 MHz, 7.265 MHz, 3.977 MHz and 3.720 MHz.

As always regardless of what frequency you may be on if you hear traffic related to this or any emergency please give priority to the emergency traffic, assist if you can or try to put the individual in contact with someone who can assist.

For the ARRL write-up visit http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/13/11288/?nc=1 or for more generalized info CNN and many other news outlets are carrying continuously updated information.