N7BSA

It’s that time again!

We have some special guests coming to the post meeting this month (Sept 13, 2011); we will have a scout troop visiting with 10-15 boys who want to learn what Ham Radio is, so please everyone (particularly youth) come if you can!  We have also invited some other youth to come and learn.

We will be running a mock event to show the boys what sorts of things we normally do at an event and we need radio operators and radios so that the boys can have a chance to operate third party and see what Ham Radio is all about. It will be a lot of fun and it will be a great opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about what we’re doing. Existing operators will be paired with those who don’t have a license so that they have a chance to operate third-party. Please let me know ASAP (kd7bbc@n7bsa.org) if you will be able to be there so we can plan refreshments and make sure our scenario can handle the group.

Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the August 11, 2010 explorer post meeting will be postponed until September.  Most of the leadership has had things come up and won’t be able to make it, and frankly we’d rather cancel the meeting than have people come and not have anything worthwhile there for them.

The annual UCARES picnic will be September 7, and we invite all members of the explorer post to come and support the UCARES group.  The explorer post will be donating a couple of antennas to UCARES for the drawing.  The picnic will start at 1800 hours.  The next explorer post meeting will be the following day, September 7.

See you all there!

This August post meeting is the second month of our three month series on event kits. In July, we saw some examples of what elements should be included in the kit. This month we will start to assemble the event kits, and we will also be learning about proper radio procedures in events.

Evey Post member should bring their radio this month with their manual. We also ask that every member composes a radio “cheat sheet,” which should include how to change frequencies, how to set pl tones, how to turn off power saving modes, etc.

The meeting is August 11, 2010 in the computer science building at UVU at 7pm.

Over the next three months, post members will see examples of event kits, make them, and test them out. For the July post meeting, we will demonstrate a few examples of what should be in an event kit. An event kit is going to be sort of like a jump kit from ARES, but will only have the basics that post members need for what we do, (eg parades, races, etc.)

Also as a side note, we will be limiting the post meeting to 50 minutes, and after the meeting talkative and confused people can socialize.

The meeting is July 14, 2010 in the computer science building at UVU at 7pm.

Hey everyone, sorry for the late notice on what is going on in June.  We’ll try to inform you earlier of the July activity (at the June one, in fact).

We are starting a series of meetings on event preparedness.  Some of the specifics haven’t been nailed down, but the June meeting will be focussed on:

• Demonstrating common types of cables used in ham radio and on events
• Demonstrating common types of antennas and briefly discussing their advantages and disadvantages
• Discussion of what should be in your even preparedness kit (similar to what is often called a “Jump Kit”)
• Demonstration of how cable connectors are installed
• Brief discussion of what it takes to get a ham radio license for those interested

Please come with the radio that you most commonly use for events so that we can plan for what types of connectors we may need for future meetings as we build our kits.  If you don’t have a radio, no worries!  We’ll talk about that too.

The meeting is (today) June 9, 2010 in the computer science building at UVU at 7pm.  There will be a presidency meeting at 6:15 (or as soon thereafter as you can get there) for those on the committee and in the presidency.

On May 12, Explorer Post 1973 will have a Fox Hunt starting 6:00 pm at UVU Computer Science Building (room 714). At a remote location, Terry will prepare a BBQ and be the fox.  Friends are welcome.