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The Prez Sez

Prez Sez

As Dave, KD8EVN, has said, June was an active and notable month for our club. Starting with the month-long

Amateur Radio display at the Maumee Branch of the Lucas County Library, the operation of Special Event

Station K8E from the S.S. Col. James M. Schoonmaker in the Museum Ships on the Air weekend; the

presentation of a Forum at the Dayton Hamvention by one of our younger members, Lucas, W6LDS; the

decision to make a major purchase to replace our repeater antennas with commercial-grade equipment; and

finally to a new-format Field Day at the Wolcott House Museum that turned out to be somewhat unusual (and

not just the great weather) as we were asked to suspend transmissions for 2½ hours Saturday evening as we

were interfering with a paranormal group’s investigations in the old buildings. That should get us a mention in

QST’s Field Day review! Thanks to all who took part.

As I was elected President again - definitely my last year – we have a vacancy on the Board of Trustees: the

Executive Committee serves as a Nominations Committee when such vacancies occur, and we are nominating

Rich KQ6EF to be elected for a 5-year term to fill that vacancy. Rich is a very active member of the Technical

Committee and runs the satellite station at Field Day.

A reminder that dues for 2107-2018 membership year are now due; for the 70 year-olds and over, dues are now

$5.00 per year and a renewal form needs to be completed and given/sent to Ernie, K8EEE.

TMRA has enrolled as a Non-Profit Organization in the Kroger Community Rewards Program, which returns to

us a percentage (I think about 1%) of money spent on qualifying purchases at Kroger stores by registered

Kroger Plus Card holders who have designated TMRA as their organization. I’ll have details again at our

meeting Wednesday July 12, or email me and I’ll send you details on how to sign-up with Kroger.

If you ordered a digital clock from Chrissy, KC8UFV, and haven’t yet assembled it, we’ll be having a kit-

building session at the July meeting. We’ll have soldering facilities there, or you can bring your own. It is

important to have protection for the plastic tables – if you can bring a small sheet of wood, metal, plastic to

work on, it would be appreciated. Rob, KV8P, plans on opening the building around 6:30 pm for those, and

not just the clock-builders, who can get there earlier than our meeting start at 7:30 pm.

73, Brian, WD8MXR

TMRA Amateur Radio Beacon July 2017

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ARES News From Lucas County EC, Skeet, KD8KXD

A reminder that the LCARES Monthly Meeting will be held Saturday, July

22th, time 9:00 am at St Luke’s Hospital in the basement Private Dining

Room near the cafeteria. Some folks come early to have breakfast.

Thanks to all the operators that helped to provide communications for the

Muddy Mini Half Marathon!

I am still in the process of compiling a list of LCARES members who would

be interested in receiving text messages to their cell phone. This method will be used to alert operators of

important information such as Disaster call-up, where to tune your radio, and other items as needed. What I

need from you is your cell phone number and your carrier. Send me an email to KD8KXD@arrl.net

Congratulations to New Hams and Upgrades! From Chrissy, KC8UFV

We had two upgrades in June: Brian, KE8EBJ, upgraded to Extra and David, KB8NXA, upgraded to Tech. And

two new techs: Tabatha, KE8HEY, and Jonathan, KE8HEZ.

Great Lakes HamCon

TMRA’s own Dave, KD8EVN, will be a presenter at

Great Lakes HamCon in October. Dave will talk about

the special event station, K8E, which TMRA set up

under his leadership. A team of 28 hams set up three

operating stations on the Col. James M. Schoonmaker for

Museum Ships Weekend in early June. Dave will talk

about how it all came together. For more information

about Museum Ships Weekend please see the June 2017

issue of the Beacon.

Great Lakes HamCon will be October 7-8, 2017 at

Michigan International Speedway. Let’s support Dave by being there!

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Field Day – 2017 By Steve, W8TER, Field Day Chair

I would like to thank all of you for your participation in

this year’s field day.

To those on the Green Team, the Pink Team and the

Orange Team: There was much to do and you were right

there to get it done. This is really what makes Field Day a

success. Volunteers receiving a request to help and then

going the extra mile to make the day a success.

If a situation occurred and we were requested to setup a

communication station, I believe we would know what to

do and would do it efficiently. This is what Field day is

supposed to do; help us become familiar with what it takes

to operate in less than ideal situations. Aside from unpredictable delays we scored well and had 1391 contacts.

A special thanks goes out to those who undertook a specific task and made it count. We approached this Field

Day in a professional manner and represented our organization and our hobby well.

Thank you for your participation and your dedication.

73, Steve

Editor’s Note: TMRA hams made almost fourteen hundred

contacts on seven bands including eight satellite contacts.

We contacted 76 sections, which included states, parts of

states and Canadian provinces. In addition to the United

States and Canada, we made contacts in Puerto Rico, U.S.

Virgin Islands, Argentina, Brazil, and Oman. Fine business!

We want to give a special thank you to Channel 11 TV for

sending a reporter, Kelsey, and cameraman, Paul, to do a

feature story on TMRA’s Field Day. You can find links to

the story and the individual interviews at the TMRA

Website.

Nothing tells the story of Field Day more than photos. Here are few thanks to Zack, N8ZAK, and Glenn,

W8MUK.

Channel 11 Team prepares to interview Rob,

KV8P, and Mike, WA8SYD - N8ZAK Photo

Steve, W8TER, hard at work. – w8muk photo

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THE TOLEDO MOBILE RADIO ASSOCIATION P.O. BOX 9673,

TOLEDO, OH 43697-9673

President, Brian, WD8MXR; Vice-President, Rob, KV8P;

Secretary, Zack, N8ZAK; Treasurer, Rich, KD8WCB.

Board Members: Steve, W8TER; Skeet, KD8XKD; Tom, KD8WCD:

Dan, KE8UE; Dave, KD8EVN.

TMRA Home Page

www.tmrahamradio.org Webmasters, Zak, N8ZAK &

Mike, N8ZLW

TMRA W8HHF Repeaters; 147.270+, 224.140-, 442.850+ (TMRA 2 meter, 220, and 440 repeaters operate with a 103.5

"PL", or a touch-tone access code of 1-2-3)

D-Star Repeater: 442.750 APRS: 144.390

The TMRA meets at 7:30 PM on the second Wednesday of every

month in The Electrical Industry Building, Lime City Rd. Rossford, Ohio.

Mobile Fox Hunt By Ron, N8RLH

This month we begin the mobile fox hunts on 2 meters. By “mobile” we mean from cars rather than on foot.

The hunt is a TMRA event and is open to all hams, not just TMRA members. This is an opportunity to involve

your family and friends in one of the more exciting ham radio activities.

On July 22 we will meet in the parking lot at St. Luke’s Hospital in

Maumee, Ohio. The hunt begins right after the ARES Meeting, about

10:30 AM. You will need a 2 meter radio and a direction finding

antenna. We will provide a map, but you may want to bring your own

if you want a large map with more detail. A compass for confirming

the direction of the signal and a protractor and ruler for drawing the

bearings on your map are also helpful.

The rules are simple. The hunter with the lowest odometer mileage

from the starting point to the fox is the winner. As winner you will

receive valuable bragging rights and a mention in the August

newsletter. You also will have the privilege of being the fox and

providing coffee and donuts (or snacks) at the next fox hunt.

If you have questions, I will talk about this at the July TMRA

meeting. See you at the hunt!

Regional Hamfests From Dale’s Tales for July 2017

Jul 8 - GARS Hamfest - Germantown, OH

Jul 9 - 20/9 Tailgate - Austintown, OH

Jul 15 - NARS Fest - Elyria, OH

Jul 16 - Van Wert Hamfest - Van Wert, OH

Jul 22 - Harrison Hamfest - Harrison, MI

Jul 22 - GMARC Tailgate - Shelby Twp, MI

Jul 22 - Big Sandy Hamfest - Louisa, KY

Jul 29 - CMARC Outdoor Hamfest - Lansing, MI

Jul 30 - Portage Hamfest - Ravenna, OH

Aug 5 - Columbus Hamfest - Columbus, OH

Aug 5 - UP hamfest - Escanaba, MI

Aug 12 - Central KY - Lawrenceburg, KY

Aug 12 - Midland Hamfest - Midland, MI

Aug 13 - Seaway Trunk Swap - Port Huron, MI

Aug 19 - Thunder Bay ARC Swap - Alpena, MI

Aug 20 - Warren Tailgate Swap - Cortland, OH

Aug 27 - Cuyahoga Falls Tailgate Swap - Stow, OH

Jul 30 - Portage Hamfest - Ravenna, OH

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The TMRA Amateur Radio Beacon is published monthly by the Toledo Mobile

Radio Association. #302 Editor: Glenn, W8MUK

. Email: W8MUK @ arrl.net

Did You Know?

The Lucas County ARES Informational Net is every Sunday at 7:30 pm on 147.270.

The TMRA Newcomers and Elmers Net is every Sunday at 8:00 pm on 147.270.

The Tech Committee meets the second Monday of each month at Maumee Fire Station #2 on Dussel Drive (in

front of the water tower).

The Fldigi Net meets every Tuesday night at 7:30 PM at 147.27 MHz.

The TMRA general meeting is the second Wednesday of each month at the Electrical Industry

Building, Lime City Rd., Rossford, Ohio.

The Six Meter Net meets every Wednesday and Thursday at 9:00 PM (EST).

The Lucas County Siren Net is the first Friday of each month from 10:30 to 11:30 AM on 147.270 +

W/103.5 PL and 442.850 + W/103.5 PL.

The Lucas County Hospital Net is the first Saturday of every other month at 10:00 AM.

The NORC Net is the first Saturday of each month. This net typically meets at 11:00 AM on

or around +/- 7.200 MHz LSB.

ARES meets the fourth Saturday of each month at St. Luke’s Hospital, 5901 Monclova Road, in Maumee,

Ohio, at 9:00 AM.

VE testing is each month. Contact Steve, KC8TVW at 419-467-3734 or kc8tvw@arrl.net.

Mobile Fox Hunts will begin in July.

CW classes will begin again in September

Great Lakes HamCon @Michigan International Speedway is October 7&8, 2017

The calendar at the TMRA website lists numerous ham radio activities each month.

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TMRA

P.O. BOX 9673

TOLEDO, OH

43697-9673

JULY 2017