-The next Hamilton County amateur radio testing session is this Saturday, July 8th starting at 10 a.m. Location is at the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 18100 Cumberland Road in Noblesville. If you’re interested in registering please contact Joe March at KJ…@arrl.net
-If you are a Hamilton County EMA volunteer don’t forget to sign-up to help with the 4H Fair from July 20th to the 24th. Assistance is also needed for setup and teardown on July 18th and July 25th. Everything can be found in sign-up genius.
-The next RACES meeting is Saturday, August 5th at 8 a.m. followed by the CIARA monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Location is Firestation 76 in Noblesville. The CIARA presentation will be given by Jeff Hammer, N9NIC and the topic is “getting outside with your radio”. This presentation will not be on POTA but rather hiking, canoeing, kayaking, biking and more and getting a great SWR while you travel. Jeff will be spending the month of July outside traveling with his equipment and plans to share all of his experience!
-Just a reminder to everyone that the 13 colonies annual event is still going on until July 8th 0400 UTC. You only need to contact the 13 colonies stations for the clean sweep, the bonus stations are not required. For more information on the event please visit www.13colonies.us
Sell:
Larry, W9LMR is selling his Icom IC-725. For more information including pricing, please contact Larry at lre…@comcast.net
Reminder:
Tune into the “SSTV Late Nite” net on Monday’s at 9 p.m. This is held on the 443.95 repeater. Don’t have a way to connect your radio to your computer? Download an app and turn your phone into a SSTV decoder! Search for “SSTV Slow Scan TV” for iOS and “DroidSSTV – SSTV for Ham Radio” for Android. It’s as simple as holding your phone next to your HT when the image is transmitting over the repeater.