Pickaway County ARES

440 Repeater

Monday, 03 November 2008 03:29 scott hixon

The Pickaway ARES 440 mhz. repeater is now on the air. The frequency is 442.700 (+).

The repeater is located in the Circleville Police Department on Franklin Street. All hams are welcome to use the repeater.

Holiday Meeting Schedule

Wednesday, 29 October 2008 15:12 scott hixon

The November and December in-person meetings will be on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. This is being done because of Thanksgiving and Christmas falling on the fourth week of the month. As of the January 2009 meeting, the meetings will go back to the 4th Tuesday of the month.

COTN

Sunday, 03 August 2008 15:49 scott hixon

For those interested in traffic handling, the Central Ohio Traffic Net (COTN) has moved to the 146.970 Mhz.( PL of 123.0 ) repeater until further notice. The traffic net meets at 7:15 p.m. each evening. It is a training net so you don't have to be an expert in traffic handling to check in and be active. There are plenty of good people on the net that are more than willing to help you along in your traffic handling journey. So please check in and check it out!!

SEC RESIGNS

Tuesday, 05 August 2008 15:08 scott hixon

He will leave the Ohio ARES program in excellent shape but his company has asked he return to school and his Knights of Columbus council recently elevated him to the role of Grand Knight.

Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Frank Piper, KI8GW, of Pickerington, announced this week he wishes to resign the head of Ohio's ARES program. The resignation is effective the day his successor is appointed. Frank's official letter of resignation follows this article.

He has held the post for more than two years and in that time restructured the district emergency coordinator (DECs) responsibilities and established a recruiting program which upgraded the administrative talent. At the 2008 Dayton Hamvention ARES forum, Frank was one of two Ohio ARES administrators to receive the Commendation of Merit from ARRL Headquarters.

Ohio Section Manger, Joe Phillips, K8QOE, said, "Frank told me he will miss being SEC very much but his company has required Frank to go back to school and he wishes to spend more time with the Knights of Columbus
since he was elected Grand Knight." Phillips added that Frank has left the ARES of Ohio in great shape by recruiting and maintaining a great feeder system of talent. (article taken from Ohio ARES website)