April 19, 2021 – General Membership Meeting

Meeting Date: 
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 19:00

All are welcome to attend

Monthly Training Focus – Activate a Station

Meeting program:

• Core skills training – Planning a Field Station

Presented by Team 9:

Joe / KF7UOQ

Overview:

Whether you plan on participating in Field Day, another radio event, or you just want to be prepared for an emergency communications field deployment, there are certain things you will want to have ready to go ahead of time.  This presentation will give you ideas on planning both your communications gear and your personal gear for the outing.

• Briefing – Cyber Exercise   (4/24/21)

Presented by Team 0:

Michael / AE7GQ

Overview:

This session will be a pre-exercise briefing about the upcoming “4th Saturday” exercise on April 24, 2021.

• Advanced skills topic – Packet System Refresher

Presented by Team 0:

Michael / AE7GQ

Overview:

Packet radio remains is a viable digital messaging system in Clark County, and it augments our other digital radio capabilities.  But, when was the last time you used “Handi-Card” channels CLRK 46 and CLRK 47 to practice on that system?  This presentation will be a refresher on how to communicate via our packet system bulletin boards and digipeaters.  It will cover basic TNC commannds and how to use the (optional) Outpost Packet Message Manager application to make packet radio easier.