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.

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• 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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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

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• + 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
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• + 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