Club News

Thanks Ron N8XZ for sending us this info on the JOTA event happening this Saturday.  If you have the time tune in and help the Scouts make some contacts.  Then let let us know on the next Tuesday night net how many contacts you made.  

Help get kids excited about ham radio.

Operating Frequencies

The following frequencies are those established by the World Scout Bureau for use during the JOTA weekend.

Amateur Band   SSB/Phone          CW
 
80 meters         3.69 & 3.94 MHz    3.57 MHz
40 meters         7.19 & 7.27 MHz    7.03 MHz
20 meters        14.29 MHz            14.06 MHz
17 meters        18.14 MHz            18.08 MHz
15 meters        21.36 MHz            21.14 MHz
12 meters        24.96 MHz            24.91 MHz
10 meters        28.39 MHz            28.18 MHz
 

These are "calling frequencies". After contact has been made, you should move off that frequency (either above or below) to continue your contact and allow others to use the calling frequency.

Note: D-STAR reflectors REF019A and REF019C will also be active for JOTA weekend.

Glenn tells me to check DStar REF014C as well.

I found websites for it too:

http://scout.org/information_events/events/jota/the_54th_jota_2011

http://www.arrl.org/jamboree-on-the-air-jota

Best,

Ron

N8XZ

At 8 AM on Monday, August 22, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) activated for Hurricane Irene -- the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season -- currently a Category 1 storm. HWN members are monitoring 14.325 MHz in support of WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC). In advance of the storm’s approach, the Bahamian government has issued a hurricane warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Southeastern Bahamas. 

As of 11 AM (EDT) on Monday, August 22, Irene is located about 105 miles west-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico and about 70 miles east-northeast of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; it is moving west-northwest at 13 MPH, with maximum sustained winds near 80 MPH with higher gusts. According to the NHC, Hurricane Irene is expected to strengthen in the next 48 hours.

As the storm approached Puerto Rico on Sunday, the NHC issued a hurricane warning for the area, now downgraded to a tropical storm warning. Hurricane Irene hit Puerto Rico, causing power outages throughout the island. More than 1 million are still without power on Monday morning. As of 11 AM (EDT) Monday, August 22, hurricane warnings are in effect for the north coast of the Dominican Republic, from the Haiti border eastward to Cabo Engano. A hurricane watch is in effect for the Central Bahamas and the north coast of Haiti from Le Mole St Nicholas eastward to the Dominican Republic border. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Haiti, Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra, and the south coast of the Dominican Republic, from south of Cabo Engano westward to the Haiti border. 

Hurricane Irene could cause heavy rain, flooding and mudslides in the Caribbean, hitting Puerto Rico on Monday and moving on to Hispanola later that day or Tuesday, August 23. The storm is expected to then track through parts of the Bahamas from late Tuesday night through early Friday morning. Forecasters are calling for the hurricane to reach South Florida as soon as Thursday, August 25 and move up the coast into Georgia and the Carolinas by Friday or Saturday.