SC4 Amateur Radio Club

Hi all,
following up to the discussion during Thursday net I put together a list of links to information sites and resources available to our community. You can find it here:

http://www.sc4arc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/covid-19-official-information-links.pdf

If you know other we can add them to the list and post an update. Let me know.
Angelo

Hi Casey,
feel free to distribute it. I asked Peter and he says there should not be bandwidth problems.

Yes the situation in Italy is grave and other European countries are following. Hopefully they will start applying similar measures asap.

Here numbers are smaller but test availability is scarce thus we really don’t know what the real…[Read more]

Hi all,
Peter serviced the repeater this morning. Everything back to normal. Net tonight is back on the usual frequency.
Angelo

Hi Neil,
understood. Note that the club meeting is the 18 on the calendar. If it has changed the calendar should be updated.

It seems like it has to be a no go for WFD then this year.

Angelo

I am available too but I guess we need a quorum of at least 5 people and we need to do a little bit of planning.
Anyone else?

There is a new antenna I would like to try that maybe we can use at summer Field Day but I doubt I can get all parts and build it in two weeks. This might be a project for spring…. It is going to be very big and very tall…….

Hi Jeneen,
yes same here. I just called Linda. Since Peter is away Linda and I will go take a look at it tomorrow.
Can we run the net on the 805 or shall we just go simplex?
Angelo

We will bring a vegetarian lasagna and some almond cheese.
Angelo and Jean

Hi all,
I think these are all great suggestions and we should pursue them. Maybe Irma can draft an article?
I only have one recommendation from the ARES perspective. ARES has strict rules for public relationship.
I am saying this not to discourage but to encourage everybody to take a look at these rules which actually help in getting correct…[Read more]

Hi everyone,
we have good news. Weather conditions have been resolved. Power is up almost everywhere.
The fire department has asked us to terminate DOC operations at 9am.
Every other planned shift is canceled.
Thank you all for helping out the community.
We will have a post activation debrief at the next meeting.
Have a great day.
Angelo

Hi everyone,
apologies if last night messages on radio email and website did not reach everybody. Next time I will make sure that if a message arrives late in the evening it will be repeated several time during the day.
Besides that all planned shifts starting tonight at 10pm are confirmed. The only update is that Eva will substitute Terry…[Read more]

Hi all,
as per Ari’s reccomandation given the weather changes we will delay the opening of the DOC to 10pm. We then cancel the first 3 shifts.
The first shift will be tomorrow at 10pm.
Bob an Brjan will take that shift as per schedule.

Tuesday 29 – 10:00pm – 4:00am Brian, Bob
Wednesday 30 – 4:00am – 10:00am Jeneen, Casey
Wednesday 30 – 10:00am –…[Read more]

New update,
Ari has asked us to close the DOC for the night. We will reopen at 5am. So the first shift is going to be a 5 hours shift not a 6 hours one.

The new schedule is:

Tuesday 29 – 5:00am – 10:00am Linda, Craig
Tuesday 29 – 10:00am – 4:00pm Eva, Neil
Tuesday 29 – 4:00pm – 10:00pm Mike, Kathleen
Tuesday 29 – 10:00pm – 4:00am Brian, Bob
Wedn…[Read more]

Hi again,
here is an updated list please let me know if anyone else can cover the missing shifts.
The outage is now confirmed, Power will go down or stay down sometimes during the night (tentatively 4:30am). The weather event will start at 7am and last until Wednesday at noon. Hopefully power will be restored by Wednesday evening (if it goes into…[Read more]

Update:

Monday 28 – 10:00pm – 4:00am ______, ______
Tuesday 29 – 4:00am – 10:00am Linda, Craig
Tuesday 29 – 10:00am – 4:00pm Eva, Neil
Tuesday 29 – 4:00pm – 10:00pm Mike, Kathleen
Tuesday 29 – 10:00pm – 4:00am Brian, ______
Wednesday 30 – 4:00am – 10:00am Jeneen, Casey
Wednesday 30 – 10:00am – 4:00pm Irma, ______
Wednesday 30 – 4:00p…[Read more]

Hi all,
this is not confirmed yet but there is a high probability we need to continue staffing the DOC until Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.
Depending if we get power back tonight we might cancel tonight shifts. I am collecting avail abilities at this stage for the following shifts:

Monday 28 – 10:00pm – 4:00am ______, ______
Tuesday 29…[Read more]