[W8lrc] LARC November meeting, Radio Rally, MARS interoperability exercise, Skywarn Recognition Day

[Jack Amelar]

Lowell Amateur Radio Club (LARC-W8LRC) monthly meeting, third Thursday, November 21, 6:30 PM social, 7PM meeting. All are welcome. Pizza provided.
At the “Shack” in the Flat River Outreach Ministries (F.R.O..M) Building, 11535 Fulton St E (Hwy M-21), Lowell, just west of the Lowell Meijer. Open Radio Room on the other Thursdays, 7PM (NOT on Thanksgiving).
http://www.w8lrc.org https://www.facebook.com/w8lrc/ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/9e7G2FVkriJ2 145.27-(94.8Hz) 

RADIO RALLY! Saturday November 16, 2019, 1PM-4PM 
SEE ATTACHED .PDF
A Road Rally and Scavenger Hunt using Ham Radio Brought to you by Jay & Liz McClellan, K8DC & K8DCL
Teams of 2 or 3 drive to checkpoints and compete to solve puzzles, find items and answer questions while communicating with a Net Control Station.
$100 cash prize will be awarded to a charity chosen by the winning team.
No experience? No radio? No license? No problem! Non-hams are welcome to team up with licensed operators and get on the air. Teams get a bonus for having any non-licensed person talk on the radio.
If you don’t have a team that’s fine, we’ll pair folks up before the event starts. Each team needs only a vehicle and a mobile or handheld radio. It’s not a race so any vehicle is fine and no special driving skills are needed.
Starting & Ending Location: 5475 Darby Rd, Saranac MI 48881
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/WPt6JhdgAH72JWAm6
Snacks and refreshments will be served afterward.
Event repeater: WA8RRA 444.725MHz +, PL 94.8 Hz
To register or for more info, just email your name and call sign (if any) to K8DC at ARRL.NET. Walk-ins are welcome but by registering you’ll get updates and important details ahead of time.
Map: http://www.wa8rra.org https://www.facebook.com/Riverside.Radio.Amateurs/ 

>From http://www.arrl.org/news/mars-members-to-work-with-radio-amateurs-during-set-and-dod-comex-19-4
MARS Members to Work with Radio Amateurs during SET and DOD COMEX 19-4
During October and corresponding with the ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET), Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) members will be reaching out to the amateur radio community to continue building working relationships and improving interoperability. As part of this effort, MARS will be promoting the use of a serial phase-shift keying protocol, Military Standard 188-110 (M110), on the 60-meter interoperability channels. Radio amateurs are authorized to use this digital mode on the five 60-meter interop channels, although M110 exceeds the allowable symbol rate that radio amateurs may use on all other HF bands.
Starting on November 2 and continuing until November 17, the MARS community will be executing Department of Defense (DOD) Communications Exercise (COMEX) 19-4. MARS members will use the exercise to continue training and refining their operator skills to provide situational awareness information, such as county status reports and weather observations.
To announce the kickoff of the exercise, WWV and WWVH will broadcast voice announcements starting on or about October 31. WWV will transmit the announcements at 10 minutes past the hour, while WWVH will transmit them at 10 minutes before the hour.
The communication exercise will culminate on the evening of November 16 with military stations sending M110 messages to the amateur community on 60-meter channel 1 (5330.5 kHz USB). All DOD communication exercises simulate scenarios and do not affect any public or private communications.

2019 Grand Rapids SKYWARN Recognition Day
The National Weather Service Grand Rapids Forecast Office is hosting the local SKYWARN recognition day on Friday December 6th from 7pm to 7pm Saturday December 7th.
We are looking for amateur radio operators to pick a 3 hour time slot to come down and operate radios from the NWS.
Pick a time slot and sign up today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-grand-rapids-skywarn-recognition-day-registration-80121651015
Note: More information will be provided at a later time about equipment that will need to be supplied.
For anyone interested in joining us at SKYWARN Recognition Day on Dec 6th and 7th at the NWS Grand Rapids, here is the link to sign up for a time slot. Please join us. All are welcome. We will be operating as WX8GRR.
Those wanting to do a stop by visit may do so during daylight hours. Bring ID.
SKYWARN Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. It celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN radio operators make to the National Weather Service. During the day SKYWARN operators visit NWS offices and contact other radio operators across the world.
For more information about SKYWARN Recognition Day visit noaa.gov
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