Fall 2011 Greene County License Courses

The Greene County Amateur Radio License Courses, jointly sponsored by the three Greene County amateur radio clubs (Bellbrook, Fairborn and Xenia) and Greene County ARES, will be held concurrently on Sunday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 PM beginning September 11 and continuing through November 6.

An exam session is scheduled for Sunday, November 13, at 6:00 PM. There is no charge for the courses or the test session but all students are encouraged to have a copy of the respective ARRL License Manual. 

Current editions of each license manual will be available the first two weeks of the ourses at a discounted price of $26 including sales tax.

For Questions and Details or to register for one of the courses, please contact Mike Crawford KC8GLE by email at KC8GLE@earthlink.com or by phone (between 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM) at 426-2721.

Upcoming Public Service Events

2011 USAF Marathon Volunteer Sign-Ups!

Now is the time to sign up to help out on the 2011 USAF Marathon on September 17. They rely on our expertise and really appreciate the job we do. This year we need at least 55 individuals to provide logistics and emergency communications from the Hydration Stations to the Race Officials.

Go to the USAF Marathon web site click on the volunteer at banner at the top of page and register. Ensure you pick race day activities and you will find Amateur Radio operator under "Race Day Activities". Please ensure you put your call sign in the comments section. If you have base privileges please list that in the comments section and mark the appropriate block. If you had an assignment you liked last year please contact the team via email to reserve your spot. All volunteers will receive a special Air Force Marathon Volunteer t-shirt, goody bag, and volunteer certificate.

Amateur Radio management team are:

Dave Crawford KF4KWW@SBCGLOBAL.NET
Mike Crawford KC8GLE@EARTHLINK.NET
Bob Simmons BSIMMONS@RAINBOWDATA.COM
Jerry Bodey jerrybodey@sbcglobal.net

We will need APRS units this year. If you have a unit please that we can use, please let us know. Every September we rely on the hard work of approximately two thousand volunteers like you to assist us in nearly every aspect of the marathon.

Kettering Holiday at Home Parade and 5K Run

Coming up September 5th, 2011 is the Kettering Holiday At Home Parade and 5k run. This is the 53rd year for the Miami Valleys Largest Parade and Amateur Radio has been helping out with it for 25 or more years! We perform multiple tasks with the parade and 5k run from helping to stage the parade, to patroling the route on bicycle mobiles, and more! 25 or more volunteers are needed for this event! Volunteers are asked to be at the Shell Gas Station at the corner of Stroop Road and Far Hills Avenue by 7am for placement. At 8am there will be a 5k race which we support and then the Parade begins at 9:55am and should be over around noon. Primary Net operations will be on the Kettering 147.075 Repeater and backup operations will be on 146.940 (123 tone).

If you are able to help out or have questions, please email Shawna Collins at sjcollins@woh.rr.com or 937-299-9695