This morning a new Northland ARES web feature went into effect.  Each month on the 28th, the Northland ARES web server will send an update to every member of the group who chooses to receive the message.  The email message will contain information on upcoming events for the following month as well as information on the group's nets and web site.  There will also be a reminder about the member's user profile and the last date the profile was updated.  We hope this will be a valuable information tool for our membership.  If however anyone wants to opt out of this notification, a checkbox on the bottom of the member's first user profile tab can be deselected and no monthly message will be forwarded. 

Northland ARES

The September monthly ARES meeting will be held on Tuesday, 9/14 at 7:00 pm.  The location will be the Clay County EOC Training Center.  Members should bring an HT to participate in an exercise during the meeting.  Further details available on the Thursday evening net on 146.79 at 7:00 pm.

NBEMS is a suite of amateur radio software for digital communications.  The ARRL has endorsed NBEMS as a digital standard for emergency communications support.  NBEMS is also a great software suite for personal use.  The software includes FLDigi, an interface for keyboard communications, FLARQ used for file transfer, FLWrap, a check-digit program which helps insure complete file transfer, and now FLMsg, an interface for creating ICS-213 and NTS traffic forms. 

NBEMS is developed for Windows and Linux platforms.  New versions of FLDigi and FLMsg have been released as of 8/27.  The entire suite of software can be found on the NBEMS website at www.w1hkj.com/

Northland ARES operates a PSK net every Sunday evening at 8:00 pm on 145.75, 1000hz waterfall. 

This weeks letter contains the following items:

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2010-08-26

Test:  Technician, General, and Extra

Location:  Kearney Missouri Public Library

100 South Platte Clay Way 64060 

Time: 9:00-11:00 A.M.. 

Bring to the Test your Legal Photo ID, SSN,

a copy of current Amateur License held and $15.00 cash.

Please Preregister   

Contact:  Bill Gerle N0JJA at email bill.n0jja@gmail.com or phone 816-289-6301.

Receive Instant ARRL VEC certification If you are a certified a VE by other than ARRL VEC

bring a copy of the following your VE certification, Photo ID and General, through Extra license.

I would like to gauge your interest in ordering additional KC Northland ARES flags.  There have been a couple of people who have requested them, and i am wondering if we can get enough ordered to make it worthwhile.  They are great for marking your vehicle when doing support for community events.  

The original cost was $12 per flag, which included the setup costs and double printing, front and back.  We have discovered the double weight version makes it too heavy and it tends to fall off the window too easily if you drive very fast.  I suspect the cost will be less this time around, as we should not have to pay again for the print setup.  

If you are interested, please email me at dlkaiser@kc.rr.com and i will update here if there is enough interest to order.  

Thanks!

Deb, W0DLK

Subject: New CPR Method - EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW.

NEW BETTER CPR TECHNIQUE

  
Certification is not  required.

 
If you haven't seen  this, you should. If you have seen it, it won't hurt to see it  again.  

 This is a new CPR technique which is much  simpler.
 
 This is a very important video regarding  the latest CPR procedure.   Please watch and forward to your friends and family if you haven't already done so.  You never know, a life  may be saved utilizing this new  procedure.

http://tinyurl.com/2fx8r59

This weeks letter contains the following items:

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2010-08-19

METEOR ECHOES : The Air Force Space Surveillance Radar is scanning the skies above Texas. When a meteor or satellite passes over the facility--ping!--there is an echo. If you go to:

www.spaceweatherradio.com you can monitor the pings and have some fun!

73 de Dave, N8TMN

This weeks letter contains the following items:

To read the full letter go to:         www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2010-08-12

KC Northland ARES will conduct a Winmor install and configuration session on Saturday, August 14th from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at the Clay County EOC Training Center in Liberty.  Those seeking assistance with the installation and/or configuration of RMS Express or other Winlink interface should bring their netbook, laptop, or other PC along with their sound card interface to the Training Center.  Those with desktop computers need not bring a monitor, keyboard, or mouse.  Those devices will be provided at the session.  To operate RMS Express requires a computer running Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, XP, Vista, or Seven, and .NET 3.5 SP1.  These operating systems typically have .NET installed but the software will be available if it isn't available on your OS. 

For information about this event please contact:

Michael Johnson, N0VX at n0vx (at) winlink.org or use the "Ask A Ham" link on the main page of this website.

APRSPoint 4.5.6 download at www.aprspoint.com

To save all your personal data & not have to start from scratch:

 Use MS uninstall

Be sure you know where the old version WAS and install 4.5.6 in the exact same folder.

It’ll start the first time and run like it was always there.

Good luck!

The Northland ARES August Monthly Meeting will be held at the Platte County Resource Center, 118th and N. Ambassador Drive, Platte County, MO, on Tuesday, August 10th, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.  Group business, upcoming events will be discussed.  The evening's topic will be:

Winlink and Winmor, Internet Email via RF.

Discussion on the Winlink Email System, what it does, how it operates, personal and ARES uses, followed by videos and live demonstrations and an open discussion on the benefits, merits, and possible uses within Northland ARES.

This weeks letter contains the following items:

To view the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2010-08-05

Public Service: FCC to Allow Government Drills Without a Waiver as of September 3

In July, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O) that amended Part 97 -- more specifically Section 97.113 -- stating that government entities sponsoring disaster and emergency drills will no longer need to apply for a waiver to hold these drills. Additionally, employees who wish to participate in non-government-sponsored drills and exercises may do so under certain conditions. Part 97 is the portion of the Commission's rules that govern the Amateur Radio Service. In the August 4 edition of the Federal Register, the FCC issued a summary of the R&O entitled Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding Amateur Radio Service Communications During Government Disaster Drills --noting that the effective date of these new rules will be September 3, 2010.