Marion County Ham Radio Announcements October 8, 2014 Wednesday’s 7:30PM 146.700 repeater NCS for Aug 3 is Sam – WA9VBG, NCS for Aug 10 is Brent – K9CFEN17 is Mike – FOR A COPY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS READ ON THIS NET, GO TO WWW.MCINARES.ORG and click NET INFO on the main page Holding the ARES net on the 146.700 repeater is made possible thru the courtesy of the Indianapolis Repeater Association. If you enjoy using this repeater and are not a member, please consider joining. For more information, log on to www.w9ira.org. Feeding Frenzies The Amateur Radio Lunch Bunch will meet on Friday October 10th at 11:30 AM at the Keystone China Buffett located at 73rd Street and Keystone Avenue in the Wal-Mart Plaza. The W9ICE Lunch Group will meet on Friday October 10th at 11:15 AM at the Garrison located 6002 N. Post Road. The Amateur Radio Lunch Bunch will meet on Monday October 13th at 11:30 AM at Ryan’s located at 600 N. Shadeland Ave. Local VE Testing In Marion County on Saturday October 11th at 12 PM at the Salvation Army EDS Training Facility located at 4020 Georgetown Road. Walk-ins are welcome and the testing fee is $15. For more information contact Jim Rinehart by email at k9ru@arrl.net In Johnson County on Saturday October 18th at 9 AM at the Johnson County EMA office located at 1101 Hospital Road in Franklin. Walk-ins are welcome and the testing fee is $15. For more information contact Rhonda Curtis by email at WS9H@arrl.net You can find more testing sessions near you on the ARRL website at www.arrl.org MC ARES Volunteer Opportunities The Marion County ARES Team is still in need of a planning coordinator. If you are interested in serving in the role of planning coordinator, please review the responsibilities of the position atwww.mcinares.org/staffresponsibilites. You can contact Brent Walls K9CFE by e-mail atk9cfe@arrl.net for more information about the planning coordinator position or to volunteer. Local Club Meetings The Indianapolis Radio Club will meet on Friday October 10th at 7:30 PM at Ivy Tech Community College in the IFC Building in Room 101-2. More information can be found at www.indyradioclub.org. The topic for this meeting will be Emergency Communications in Marion County present by Marion County ARES Emergency Coordinator Brent Walls, K9CFE. The Mid-State Amateur Radio Club will meet on Saturday October 18th at 8:00 AM at the Johnson County EMA office located at 1101 Hospital Road in Franklin. More information can be found at www.midstatehams.org Jamboree on the Air WW2IND, the USS Indianapolis Radio Room at the Indiana War Memorial will be hosting three Boy Scout Troops for the Jamboree on the Air Event on Sunday October 19th from 12 to 3 PM. We are looking for Amateurs to fire up those 2 meter radios and talk to the scouts, they will be using the 146.625 repeater. We hope to hear lots of local Hams on the air helping out the Scouts! STATE AND LOCAL NETS IN SECTION ARES HF VOICE NET This net is held EVERY Sunday at 5pm ET. It is held on or about 3.900 LSB. All ARES members are welcome to check in. INDIANA TRAFFIC NET The morning session of the Indiana Traffic Net is held on 3.910 at 8:30 AM Eastern time. The evening net is held on 3.940 at 6:00 PM Eastern time. All amateurs are welcome. If you have an interest in traffic handling, tune in as they are always looking for traffic handlers and net control stations. The Shelby County Net is held every Monday at 7:30 PM on the 145.480 repeater. The Hendricks County Net is held every Tuesday at 7:30 PM on the 147.015 repeater. The Hancock County Net is held every Tuesday at 7:30 PM on the 145.330 repeater. The Morgan County Net is held every Wednesday at 8:00 PM on the 147.060 repeater with an 88.5 PL tone. The Rush County Net is held every Thursday at 7:30 PM on the 147.000 repeater with a 127.3 PL tone. The Boone County Net is held every Thursday at 8:00 PM on the 147.105 repeater with a 77.0 PL tone. The Johnson County Net is held every Sunday at 7:00 PM on the 146.835 repeater with a 151.4 PL tone. The Hamilton County Net is held every Sunday at 8:00 PM on the 145.170 repeater with a 77.0 PL tone. The Indianapolis Radio Club 220 net is held every Tuesday at 8:00 PM on the 224.800 repeater with an 88.5 PL with the 2 meter portion temporarily held immediately following on the 146.880 repeater. The Indiana State D-Star net is held the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM on reflector 24 Bravo. The Marion County ARES Packet Net is held on the first and third Wednesday’s of the month, immediately following the voice net. For more information on this net go to www.mcinares.org and select the Net Info tab on the main page. The 6meter FM Experimental Net is still on the air using the 53.010 repeater. It is held every Thursday at 7:30pm.