Sunday 5/20/2012 KC North ARES Digital net operation changes:

The net operation will move from a Simplex operation (145.750) to a Repeater operation (147.33/93 - open "no tone")

The format will remain the same with the following exceptions. Voice check-in as well as Digital check-in will be accepted.
The net will begin at 8:00 PM CDT (20:00 hrs) Voice check-in requests will be made at 8:00 PM followed with requests for
Digital check-ins shortly. Digital mode will be PSK-31, for those that have FLmsg software downloaded there will be an informational
message sent to those stations with the ability to copy using FLmsg .http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html

During the net, Net control will accept inquires pertaining to digital operation. The Net Control station will be using FLdigi & FLmsg
software. The software is free to download at http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html select the operating system in use and download
the current version.
FLmsg is available at http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html on the download page scroll to FLmsg and download.

Questions pertaining to this change:

Rick K0KEX
816 532 4219
816 392 0952

I just wanted to pass along that Dave Laskowski N8TMN has passed away. Dave had a stroke in April and was on the path to recovery, when Sunday night complications developed and Linda his wife rushed him back to North Kansas City Hospital. By Monday evening Dave had left us.

Dave had been an instrumental part of the Northland ARES, was our Chief Radio Officer for our Clay County Mobile Command and was key in his leadership with the NKC CERT team and will missed by all.

Respectfully

Dennis KA0SXY

Skywarn net has moved to 146.700 at least for this weather situation.  Stay tuned for further info. as to permnant frequency.

Message from Mike O'Neal

Good evening to all,

I am looking for five to six individuals that would help me out at the Price Chopper in Platte City and Parkville.  

Platte City is on April 25, Wednesday (5 pm to 8 pm) April 27, Friday (5 pm to 7 pm) and April 28 Saturday (11 am to 1 pm). 

Parkville is on April 24, Tuesday (5 pm to 8 pm) April 26, Thursday (5 pm to 8 pm) and April 28, Saturday (2 pm to 4 pm).

If you are interested please contact me by e-mail with the dates and times that you would be willing to help out.   I will let everyone know when I have enough for this event.

Thank you very much for your assistance,

Mike

Mike's Email address is: Michael.Oneal@plattesheriff.org

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• + Public Service: Iowa Hams Help Local and NWS Officials Before, After Tornado
• + On the Air: Amateurs Must Protect New Radars in 23 cm Band
• + On the Air: Changes Permit More Field Checking of DXCC Cards
• + Field Day: Register Your ARRL Field Day Site on the Field Day Locator
• Amateur Radio in the Classroom: Attention Teachers: Applications for Teachers Institute and ETP Grant Applications Due Soon
• + Digital QST: Coming Soon to a Computer Near You!
• Minutes from March's ARRL Executive Committee Meeting Now Available
• International News: ITU Telecom World 2012 Conference Seeking Participants for Young Innovators Program
• Solar Update
• + ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Set for Atlanta
• This Week in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:   www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2012-04-19

• FCC Seeks Public Comments on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio and Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications
• North Texas ARES/RACES Ops Respond to Tornados
• ARRL EPM Mike Corey, KI1U: Put Your Emergency Operations Center on the Air
• Amateur Radio in Tsunami Exercise: Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
• Storm Operator Jennifer Melfi, KC2TMA, Receives Special Service Citation
• California Emergency Preparedness Expo Showcases Amateur Radio EmComm
• Letters: More on GPS
• Letters: IS-201
• Malaysia to Host Eighth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference
• Letters: Training -- Too Much of a Good Thing?
• Letters: Best Digital Mode?
• K1CE For a Final

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2012-04-18

On the net last night, 03/15/12, I mentioned that I had contacted Senator Bill Stouffer concerning his SB717, Distracted Driving. SB717 is very vague and all encompasing. ANYTHING that distracts you from watching the road is punishable by fine. I mentioned to Senator Stouffer that in many of his weekly newsletters he has stated that we don't need new laws that are redundant to existing laws. Is this the case with this pending bill? I also asked him to consider public services provided by amatuer radio operators. I included text from ARRL and links to their site.

His reply surprised me on several counts: He replied within an hour of my message. He said there are currently no laws that cover distracted driving. He feels the existing law on careless and imprudent driving does not cover distracted driving. He also said he is aware of ham radio's contributions to Missouri. He finally said that if the bill advances to committee discussions, he will revise the wording to be much more specific, and will keep amatuer radio in consideration.

Senator Stouffer can be reaced at bstouffer@senate.mo.gov.

Wayne Dothage, KC0WEG

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + On the Air: FCC Seeks Public Comments on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio and Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications
• On the Air: ARRL Seeks Comments on Proposed 33 cm Band Plan
• + ARRL Field Day: Be Ready for Field Day in Official Field Day Gear from the ARRL
• + ARRL Field Day: ARRL PR Committee to Host Field Day Webinar
• + Google Declares "Morse Code Is Perfect" with New Gmail Tap Mail Program
• + Stephen Klinefelter Takes Over As New Army MARS Chief
• + Silent Key: Fred Maia, W5YI (SK)
• + On the Air: W1AW Claims 5BDXCC
• On the Air: ARRL Rookie Roundup's Third Year Includes New Categories
• Two New Books and Digital Software Library -- Now Shipping!
• ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?
• ARRL HQ: Two Positions Open at ARRL HQ
• Solar Update
• + ARRL to Close in Observance of Good Friday
• + ARRL Recognizes: Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ, Wins March QST Cover Plaque Award
• New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
• This Week in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2012-04-05

No headline verson of letter available this week.  

For full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2012-03-29

• + New ARRL Membership Benefits Coming in June
• + ARRL Announces New DXCC Fee Structure
• + 2012 National Hurricane Conference to Feature Amateur Radio Activities
• + On the Air: Special Event Stations Planned for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• + Executive Committee to Meet this Weekend in Missouri
• Solar Update
• + TAPR Opens "Interest List" for Hermes SDR
• This Week in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2012-03-22

• Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio Hams Work Tornado Outbreak
• 2012 National Hurricane Conference Amateur Radio Activities
• ARRL's EPM Corey on FEMA Think Tank Call
• Message from ARRL's Emergency Preparedness Manager KI1U: Get On The Air
• Training: ICS Communications Unit
• Letters: Volunteer Management Models
• Training: IS-201 on ICS Forms
• Letters: Maps and GPS Fallibility
• Letters: The Modern EOC
• Formidable Footprint: National Community/Neighborhood Exercise Series
• Changing of the Guard in North Carolina's Orange County
• K1CE For a Final

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2012-03-21

• + Public Service: Hams in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio Provide Support During and After Tornado Outbreak
• + On the Air: Understanding the New 60 Meter Privileges
• + On the Air: Mark Your Calendars: It's Time for the Spring FMT
• + At the Workbench: The ARRL Homebrew Challenge III -- And the Winner Is...
• + FCC News: FCC Seeks to Modify Hawaiian Ham's License
• W1AW Announces Spring Operating Schedule
• On the Air: ARRL Seeks Comments on Proposed 9 cm Band Plan
• Solar Update
• + ARRL Warns Members to Be Aware of Bogus E-mails
• This Week in Radiosport
• + Enter the Seventh Annual ARRL Photo Contest!
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2012-03-15

• + On the Air: ARRL Publishes New Guidelines for 60 Meters
• + W1AW: W1AW Video Tour Available on ARRL Website
• + DXCC News: Malyj Vysotskij Island Added to DXCC Deleted Entities List
• +ARRL Annual Awards: Nominations for ARRL Awards Now Open
• ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up To Lately?
• + W1AW: March Qualifying Runs
• Solar Update
• This Week in Radiosport
• + Silent Key: Former RAC President Earle Smith, VE6NM (SK)
• + ARRL Recognizes: Phil Salas, AD5X , Wins February QST Cover Plaque Award
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2012-03-01

Our Next Northland ARES Meeting will be on March 13th at the Platte County Resource Center, at 11724 NW Plaza Circle, #200. Kansas City, MO 64153. Next to the KCI Expo Center

As thier is a training class going on n the Clay County Detention Center, we will meet for one more month in Patte County.

Clay County has aggreed to provide Cookies for us this month. I hope to see everyine there

Thank You

The Platte County Amateur Radio Group (PCARG <http://www.pcarg.org/>) would like to announce that it will be putting on a digital operations demonstration and training session THIS SATURDAY February 25, 2012 starting at 9am until about 12pm.

All are welcomed to attend. We plan to cover a few basic topics:

- Keyboard to Keyboard modes, FM/VHF and SSB/HF
- APRS Messaging, Tracking, and Objects Creation and Management
- NWSChat Service usage during SkyWarn events and for day-to-day operations planning
- Open/General Discussion for testing/installation/questions

More information on the event is available at:
<http://www.pcarg.org/calendar/february-2012-training/>

The event will be held at the NRAD Training Center in Platte City:
<http://www.pcarg.org/nrad-training-center/>
Easy access from I-29 and HWY-92.

Bring yourself, your questions, and any equipment you'd like to test out or need assistance with.

• + Legislative News: Payroll Tax Bill Includes Provision for Amateur Radio Study
• + On the Air: Republic of South Sudan Assigned Z8 Prefix
• + On the Air: One Down, One to Go: The ARRL International DX Contest Gears Up for SSB
• +Ham Radio in Hollywood: Blockbuster Movie Features Morse Code, Homebrew Equipment -- and Sea Monsters!
• + W1AW: March Qualifying Runs
• + Section Manager Winter Election Results
• Solar Update
• This Week in Radiosport
• Silent Key: Bill Simons, W9BB, Silent Key; Developed Shure Microphones
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:   www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2012-02-23

Greetings

North Kansas City will be hosting their annual Snake Saturday festivities on Saturday, March 10th. As we did last year, the NKC CERT Team will be deployed as additional eyes and ears for the police department. To assist with the communications aspect of this deployment, I am requesting assistance from the Northland ARES Team to shadow our CERT members during this deployment for communications back to the NKC Incident Command.

If you can lend us a hand we will deploy from the NKC Police Department between 8:30 and 9:00 am and the deployment will last until around 2 pm. After your participation we will be feeding you lunch at the NKC Community Center as a thank you!

We could use 2-3 mobile units for this deployment and probably up to six foot units to shadow the CERT Teams. The foot units will need hand held radios and sufficient batteries for up to 5 hours. A yellow vest, ARES ball cap, clothing appropriate for the weather and good foot wear is needed for this deployment.

If you can participate in this event, please contact Dave Laskowski, N8TMN via email at n8tmn@yahoo.com.

Thank you in advance for your participation and support!

73 de Dave, N8TMN

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• ECAC Reports Progress on ARES, NTS Studies
• New Hampshire ARES® Academy to Build on Success
• Lessons Learned: Oregon ARES® SHAKE EX 2011 Solutions
• National Hurricane Conference Next Month in Orlando
• ARRL Digital Technology for Emergency Communications Course
• Letters: Management of Volunteers Modalities
• K1CE For a Final

To read the full letter go to:    www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2012-02-15

This weeks letter contains the following items:

N0VX is cleaning out some of the stuff in his Ham Shack and is giving Northland ARES first shot at the good stuff before it hits Larry's List and will be gone in a flash.

If your intrested please contact N0VX at They can reach me here at michaelkjohnson.nws@gmail.com or n0vx@arrl.net

Items Listed are;

Gen1000 porgable generator $75

Sportsman Series by Buffalo Tools

1000-watts peak, 800-watts continuous, 

Runs 6 hours at 400 watts on 1.1 gal.

1 120-volt AC output

1 12-volt DC output

7 amps

http://www.buffalotools.com/generators/gen1000faq.html

Icom 746 (non-pro) $700

HM-36 hand mic

Radio Shack SWR Tester/Field Strength Meter

Radio Shack 21-549 Speaker

Original box, manual

Cushcraft R8 Vertical, 40,30,20,17,15,12,10,6 meters

        23' tall.                                                             $200

Icom IC-207H 144/440 dual band transceiver $180

Separation kit

DTMF HM-98 Mic

2 144/440 Diamond rooftop whip antennas             $20

       PL-259 mounts

Icom T2H Handheld $50

with BC110A charger

MFJ 8621 5-Watt Data Radio (Transmit Only) $50

145.01 and 144.39 crystals

Earthmate USB GPS receiver (puck style) $10

Works with most PC-based maping software

TFT Color LCD Digital Monitor/TV $40

7" diagnally, perfect for portable use.

12-volt DC powered to run on auto current, 

but also comes with wall wart adapter.  

Includes VGA cable for computer use.

Also has AV-In and AV-Out ports.

MFJ-1118 High Current DC Multi-outlet $40

Power multiple devices from one DC power supply

Retail $85

Pyramid PSV-200 Heavy duty 20-amp switching power supply $70

Front lighted on/off button, rear mounted posts

Retail $199

Radio Shack Discone antenna 144/440 $20

wide-range receive

ARRL Antenna Handbook with CD $10

21st Edition, 2008

Retail, $44.95

ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications, 2010 Edition $10

With CD, ver. 14

Retail, $49.95

Palm 3C color Palm device $5

w/USB charging cable, 

Original books, CD

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + WRC-12: The First Week
• + WRC-12: Agenda Item 1.23 Update
• + FCC News: FCC Sets Date for Medical Devices on 70 cm
• + ARRL HQ: Save the Date! Take a Virtual Tour of W1AW on February 12
• + ARRL HQ: Volunteer Tour Guides Make Your Visit to ARRL Headquarters Pleasant and Informative
• +ARRL Field Day: 2012 Field Day Packet Now Available
• ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?
• + On the Air: 4U1ITU now 4U1WRC During WRC-12
• Solar Update
• This Week in Radiosport
• + ARRL Congratulates: Ralph Taggart, WB8DQT , Wins JanuaryQST Cover Plaque Award
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2012-02-02

This weeks letter contains the following items:

This letter contains the folling items:

In the lead story on Army MARS and Winlink 2000 in the recently released January issue of the ARES E-Letter, there are unfortunate style errors when referring to statements made by Lieutenant General Susan Lawrence. These errors were unintentional, but regrettable, and we apologize for them. Here is the corrected edition of the issue. -- Rick Palm, K1CE, Editor

In This Issue:

• Correction and Apology:
• Army MARS and Winlink Update
• Reminder to ARRL Local Emergency Coordinators and Section Emergency Coordinators
• Nacogdoches (Texas) ARC Assists in Angelina River Bottom Fire
• Operators to Demo EmComms in Michigan
• Michigan EmComm Group Selects One of its Own for Award
• Letters: COML
• ARES Supports Major Extreme Racing Event in Kentucky
• K1CE For a Final

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/?issue=2012-01-18

This weeks letter contains the following items:

This weeks letter contains the following items:

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + BPL Provider IBEC Announces Shutdown
• + On the Air: ARRL Announces Diamond DXCC Challenge
• + Amateur Radio in Space: ARISSat-1 Re-enters Earth's Atmosphere, Falls Silent
• + Ham Radio in Hollywood: Amateur Radio Makes Its Debut on Last Man Standing
• On the Air: Round Up Those Digital QSOs in the 2012 ARRL RTTY Roundup
• DIY: ARRL Launches New DIY Campaign
• + Yaesu's Amateur Radio Division Breaks with Motorola, Changes Name to Yaesu Musen
• + On the Air: ARRL 10 Meter Contest Sets Record
• + DXCC News: 2011 Sees Tremendous Increase in DXCC Applications
• + On the Air: ARRL Requests Feedback for 60 Meter Band Plan
• Ham Radio in Hollywood: Amateur Radio a Plot Point in Major Motion Picture
• Ham Radio in Hollywood: Can I Have "Amateur Radio" for $800, Alex?
• Solar Update
• ARRL Congratulates: Ashraf Abuelhaija and Klaus Solbach, DK3BA, Win December QST Cover Plaque Award
• Dayton Hamvention: Nomination Deadline for Dayton Hamvention Awards Approaching
• This Week in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:   www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2012-01-05

Platte County Storm Spotter Training We have set a date for our 2012 spotter class. If you would mark your calendars for March 21, 2012 from 1900 to 2100. The training will be at Breckon Sports Center at Park University. The center is the located off 6th Street of 9 Highway at the dome buildings. Address is 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO 64152.

Clay County Storm Spotter Training will be February 6th at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church at I-291 and I 35 on the South West Corner from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM