Subject: Louisiana Section Managers Newsletter November 2019 HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! SILENT KEYS: William McMullan, KE5L Joan Haro, WA5WGA NEW HAMS: As reported to the ARRL Report for 2019-11-05 Addison J Bute, KI5GTI Kade P Fontenot, KI5GZP Clarence E Ferguson, KI5GSN Ryan J Baiad, KI5GZO Robert Gray, KI5GYO Alicia R Roberts, KI5GZN Jonathan C Sagona, KI5GYR Asa W Judd, KI5GYQ Steven W Chisam, KI5GYN Elliot E Allen, KI5GYM Michael E Schaumburg, KI5GYS Joseph A Wambach, KI5GRA LICENSE UPGRADES: As reported to the ARRL Report for 2019-11-05 Michael O Jackson, KI5GGP Grantham P Frederick, KI5GBD Maurice A Hawley, KG5VRR Neal A Jaber, KG5LWP New/Renewed ARRL Members: As reported to the ARRL Report for 2019-11-05 William E Burke, W5XNO Frank P Boimare, KI5FUH Thomas J Wimprine, KB5LBV Larry D Wilson, KC5OOX Robert Struppeck, AF6UK Jacob A Coreil, KG5UEK William A Hoover, AG5LR Robert G Bishop, N5JMB Jimmy L Miller, N0MSW Randy LeJeune David M Armstrong, WB5VDG David L Armstrong, AA5HY Jerry W Dukes, KI5GLY Glynn A Davis, KD5SII Stephen L Cook, KB0TWL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE ARRL: Hiram Percy Maxim Birthday Celebration Results and Certificates Now Available 10/30/2019 Results and certificates from the Hiram Percy Maxim (HPM) Birthday Celebration August 31 – September 8 are now available. The 9-day operating event commemorated the 150th anniversary of the birth of ARRL cofounder and first president Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW. Amateurs from 57 ARRL/RAC sections and four countries submitted more than 25,000 contacts over the course of the event. Results of the event and downloadable certificates are on the ARRL Contests Page. A special HPM 150 QSL card is available for stations that worked W1AW/150 during the event. To receive a card, send your QSL with an SASE to W1AW, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111. W1AW to Commemorate 98th Anniversary of First Amateur Radio Signals to Span the Atlantic 11/06/2019 December 11 marks the 98th anniversary of the success of ARRL’s Transatlantic Tests in 1921, organized to see if low-power amateur radio stations could be heard across the Atlantic using shortwave frequencies (i.e., above 200 meters). On that day, a message transmitted by a group of Radio Club of America members at 1BCG in Greenwich, Connecticut, was copied by Paul Godley, 2ZE, in Scotland. While the first two-way contact would not take place until 1923, the 1921 transatlantic success marked the beginning of what would become routine communication between US radio amateurs and those in other parts of the world — literally the birth of DX. To commemorate this amateur radio milestone, Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will be on the air through the day on December 11 with volunteer operators. The goal is to encourage contacts between radio amateurs in the US and Europe while showcasing the significance of the transmissions that pioneered global communication and laid the groundwork for technology widely used today. The event will run from 1300 until 0000 UTC. Some details are still being worked out, but operation will focus on 40 and 20 meters (SSB). Contact Clark Burgard, N1BCG, for more information. Dayton Hamvention® Invites 2020 Award Nominations 11/14/2019 Dayton Hamvention® is inviting nominations for its 2020 awards. Nominations are due by February 15, 2020. Awards will be granted for Amateur of the Year, Club of the Year, Technical Achievement, and Special Achievement. The Amateur of the Year Award is given to a radio amateur who has made a long-term commitment to the advancement of amateur radio. This individual will have a history of ham radio contributions and demonstrated dedication to service, professionalism, and the advancement of the avocation of amateur radio. The Club of the Year will be honored for clearly demonstrating its involvement in varied aspects of amateur radio for the greater good of their community and/or nation. The Technical Achievement Award recognizes a radio amateur who has achieved technical excellence in the world of amateur radio. Examples are inventions, processes, discoveries, experiments, and other technical accomplishments or achievements that contributed to amateur radio. The Special Achievement Award recognizes a radio amateur who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the radio art and/or science. This award is usually given to a respected amateur who spearheaded a single significant project. Nomination forms are specific to the award. At a minimum, each form should be completed with the information indicated. Provide contact information for the person making the nomination. Submit forms via email or via USPS to Hamvention, Attention: Awards Committee, Box 964, Dayton, Ohio 45401-0964. The Awards Committee will make its selections and announce the recipients along with details on their accomplishments. An honors convocation and award presentation will be held on the Saturday evening of Hamvention. Award presentations will also take place at Hamvention on Sunday afternoon, prior to the prize award activity. For more information, contact the Dayton Hamvention Awards Committee. Youth on the Air Camp Coming to the Americas 11/14/2019 The Electronic Applications Radio Service has announced that the first Youth On The Air (YOTA) camp in the United States will be taking place next June. Sponsors hope the camp will become an annual event. The inaugural summer camp will take place June 21 – 26 at the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester Township, Ohio. The West Chester Amateur Radio Association (WC8VOA) will host the event. Operating the camp will be Electronic Applications Radio Service, Inc. (EARS), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to wireless technologies and activities. According to the announcement, the camp will focus on building peer and mentor relationships and taking amateur radio “to the next level.†Campers will attend workshops and activities in multiple STEM-related subjects, such as radio contesting, electronic kit building, D-Star, APRS, satellite communication, antenna building, and radio direction finding and orienteering. A high-altitude balloon launch is also being planned. Campers will learn and exercise on-the-air skills at special event station W8Y. Contributors include Icom America, Heil Sound Ltd., X-Tronic, and R&L Electronics. Major financial supporters so far include the ARRL Foundation, the Yasme Foundation, the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation, Orlando HamCation and Orlando Amateur Radio Club, the Northern California DX Foundation, Dayton Hamvention and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, the Huntsville Hamfest, Southwest Ohio DX Association, Radio Amateurs of Canada, and Gary West, K8DEV, and Dee Dee West, KA8DXE. For more information, email Camp Director Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, or call (812) 327-0749. More than 1 Million Contacts Logged during ARRL Field Day 2019 11/14/2019 ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, reports that nearly 1.1 million contacts were made during the 2019 ARRL Field Day — the most popular operating event in North America. Bourque reported the 2019 ARRL Field Day results, which are available starting on page 64 of the digital edition of the December 2019 issue of QST. Bourque says in his article that more than 36,000 radio amateurs took part in ARRL Field Day 2019 across all 83 ARRL/Radio Amateurs of Canada sections, up slightly from the 35,250 reported last year. The total number of contacts was down by about 7% from 2018’s 1.18 million contacts. “This year, 3,113 entries were received from local clubs and emergency operations centers (EOCs), as well as individual portable, mobile, and home stations,†Bourque wrote in QST. Most entries were in Class A — club or non-club groups of three or more. Of the nearly 1.1 million contacts, approximately 46% were made on phone, and 456,000 (42%) of contacts were made on CW. The remaining 138,000+ (12%) of the contacts were made on digital modes, such as FT8 and RTTY. “This is a substantial increase compared to 2018, when total QSOs on the digital modes numbered just over 56,000,†Bourque reported. “With the last 2018 release of WSJT-X (which now supports Field Day exchanges), many participants made use of FT8’s ability to communicate when band conditions weren’t being cooperative.†Top 10 scores ranged between W3AO’s Class 14A entry from Maryland-DC, with 32,356 points, to W1NVT’s 14,876-point Class 2A entry from Vermont. Bourque said that 95% of the 3,113 entries received came through the Field Day web applet. “Not only is ARRL Field Day an opportunity to sharpen operating skills in temporary and portable locations, it’s also an occasion to showcase amateur radio to the local community, with clubs often setting up in publicly accessible locations and interacting with non-hams,†Bourque wrote. Soapbox comments for Field Day 2019 are available on the ARRL website. ARRL Field Day 2020 will take place June 27 – 28. Nominations Invited for CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW 11/18/2019 CWops is now accepting nominations for its Award for Advancing the Art of CW for 2020. The award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communication by Morse code. Candidates for the award may be authors of publications related to CW; CW recruiters, trainers, mentors, coaches, and instructors; public advocates of CW; organizers of CW activities; designers and inventors who advance the art or practice of CW, and other contributors to the art or practice of CW. The award is not limited to radio amateurs or their organizations. Email nominations with a copy to the CWops secretary. To be considered, a nomination must be received by March 18, 2020. It should include name(s) and call sign(s), if applicable, of nominee(s), and complete contact information. A detailed explanation supporting the nomination should be included along with the name, telephone number, email address, and call sign of the person submitting the nomination. An award presentation will take place at the 2020 Dayton Hamvention®. Melissa Stemmer Joins ARRL Headquarters as Development Manager 11/18/2019 Connecticut native Melissa Stemmer has joined the ARRL Headquarters staff as Development Manager. Born and raised in Waterbury, Stemmer earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Connecticut in 1998, and she worked in that field for more than 15 years. After deciding that a career change was in order, Stemmer went back to school, earning a master’s in organizational leadership in 2015 from Quinnipiac University. “I am so excited to be on this journey at ARRL, and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone,†Stemmer said Before coming to ARRL, she was the development director at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury. In September 2015, Stemmer signed on as coordinator of the theatre’s annual High School Halo Awards — the largest high school theatre award program in Connecticut. During her tenure at Seven Angels Theatre, Stemmer was an active member of the Waterbury Regional Chamber and the Waterbury Exchange Club. She served on the executive committee and governing council of the Arts and Culture Collaborative of the Waterbury Region and was a member of the Young Professionals Task Force of the Waterbury Region. ARRL Legislative Advocacy Committee Drafting New Bill Addressing Antenna Restrictions 11/21/2019 The ARRL Board of Directors Legislative Advocacy Committee is in the process of drafting a new bill to address the issue of private land-use restrictions on amateur radio antennas. The proposed legislation would be the successor to the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The Legislative Advocacy Committee, chaired by Pacific Division Director Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT, will report to the Board soon, once plans are fleshed out. Tiemstra told the ARRL Executive Committee (EC) on October 12 in Aurora, Colorado, that Advocacy Committee members have traveled to Washington to meet on multiple occasions with members of Congress and their staffs to inform them of the committee’s plans. ARRL Washington Counsel Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, told the EC last month that he understands the conditional exemption of amateur radio licensees from the RF exposure measurement requirements in the FCC’s Part 97 Amateur Service rules is proposed to be removed. A Report and Order in FCC Docket WT 13-84 is making the rounds that, if adopted, would make amateur licensees subject to the same requirements as all other FCC licensees. The Report and Order is expected to be released before year’s end. Siddall also reported to the EC that the FCC is poised to address the 60-meter band amateur allocation adopted at World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15). The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), on behalf of US government primary users of the band, has insisted that the maximum permitted power for radio amateurs must not exceed that agreed to at WRC-15 — 15 W effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) or 9.1 W ERP — despite the fact that Canada has authorized its amateur licensees to use 100 W, and eliminate the current discrete channels, which ARRL’s petition proposed to retain. NTIA oversees federal government frequency allocations and users. Minutes of the October 12 Executive Committee meeting were posted this week on the ARRL website. ARRL Self-Guided Emergency Communication Course EC-001-S is Now Available On Demand 11/21/2019 ARRL’s EC-001-S online “Introduction to Emergency Communication†course is now available to students in an on-demand format, allowing students to register for the course and begin work at any time. This course is designed to provide basic knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer. In response to the great course demand and to expand access to EC-001, ARRL developed a self-guided version of the course, EC-001-S, which launched in June. This version of the course is designed for those who prefer to work independently and who do not need guidance from an online mentor. EC-001-S was previously offered only during specific sessions along with the traditional mentored version. The course opened for general enrollment on November 6. Visit the ARRL Online Course Registration page for more information and to register. FCC Invites Comments on Digital AM Broadcasting Proposal 11/26/2019 The FCC has invited comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), that would allow AM broadcasters to transmit an all-digital signal using the HD Radio in-band on-channel (IBOC) mode, known as MA3.1 “We tentatively conclude that a voluntary transition to all-digital broadcasting has the potential to benefit AM stations and provide improved AM service to the listening public,†the FCC said. “We seek comments on proposed operating standards for all-digital stations and the impact of such operations on existing analog stations and listeners.†The proceeding was initiated by a March 2019 Petition for Rulemaking (Petition) filed by Bryan Broadcasting Corporation. “This proceeding continues the Commission’s efforts to improve and update the AM radio service to provide a better listening experience for consumers and enhanced service offerings, as part of our continuing effort to revitalize AM broadcasting,†the FCC said in the introduction to the NPRM. Comments are due 60 days after the NPRM appears in The Federal Register. AROUND THE SECTION: Region 2: Check out the latest “Ascension Airwaves†at K5ARC.org. It’s jammed packed with great stuff! Region 3: 4th Quarter 2019 Update The Fourth Quarter of 2019 is shaping up to be a busy time of year. Not only do we nominate and elect officers for the upcoming year this quarter, we also vote on Ham of the Year Award and host our annual Christmas Party. And, this quarter (October) we also finally installed the much awaited 147.330+ (CTCSS 114.8) at its new location at Chabert Hospital in east Houma, LA near the Houma Airbase. A DB-224E antenna was installed at roughly 100 feet HAAT atop a Rohn-25G tower on the roof of the building. Utilizing new 1/2" Rosenberger heliax and fittings, a previously unused Yaesu DR-1X System Fusion repeater was installed by our motley crew. A Job Well Done and Thanks go to all who participated!! This repeater is operating strictly in the analog mode, giving us additional coverage for both daily and emergency amateur radio use. Also in October we received a request from the owners of the tower hosting our Gray repeater, 147.390+ (CTCSS 114.8), to install our own electrical service at the site and begin paying our own utility fees directly with the electric company. Within 3 weeks, we secured the permit, installed the hardware, and facilitated the power company hook-up to begin using our own power. Once again, many Thanks to All who contributed to the cause!! As always, we enjoy the company of fellow Hams and their family and loved oved ones, as well as the great food, at our monthly Dinner Socials in Houma and Thibodaux!! George Tippett, WB5PKK President Thibodaux Amateur Radio Club aka Bayou Region Amateur Radio Society (501c3) http://www.w5yl.org/ Region 4: From: Volume 59, Number 10 ACADIANA AMATEUR RADIO ASSOC., INC. - a 501(c)3 Corporation October 2019 October 4–6, 2019 by Larry KE5KJD and Sandy LeBlanc KE5KJF The Tour du Teche Canoe Race is a 135 mile race from Port Barre, LA, to Berwick, LA. The race has introduced paddlers and eco-tourists to the recreational, cultural, and economic value of the bayou for local residents. The three day race with stops in St. Martinville, Franklin, and finishing in Berwick has turned into a paddling marathon as well as a 3 day party for towns along the route with families along the route cheering for the paddlers. In the past we have had paddlers from Mexico City, Canada. Australia, Thailand, Germany, and others. The boats range from solo paddlers with a single blade paddle, to the Big boats with 3-6 paddlers with single or double paddles. Two years ago a boat with 4 paddlers won the 135 mile race in the Big Boat Division in 17:54:04, with an average of 6.03 mph. Shorter races include: Crawfish – Port Barre to Poche’s – 30 miles; Acadian – Port Barre to St. Martinville – 49 miles; Hot Sauce – St. Martinville to New Iberia – 24 miles; Sugar – St. Martinville to Franklin – 59 miles; Black Bear – New Iberia to Franklin – 35 miles; and the Oil and Gas – Franklin to Berwick – 27 miles. There will be events up and down the bayou in conjunction with the race. There was a band and some vendors and a gumbo cook-off in St. Martinville. The Chitimacha tribe had a lot of festivals and food at their check point. Franklin had vendors, a homemade boat exhibit (wonderful), and a voucher for a meal. Berwick had a carnival along with vendors with food, crafts, and clothing at the finish line. People sit on their wharf and hand out water and cookies along the way. As we have in the last eight years, the AARA ham club provides communications support for the race. The Command Center (Crawfish Hole) is a mobile trailer that was set up in Port Barre, St. Martinville, Franklin, and Berwick. Larry LeBlanc KE5KJD and Sandy LeBlanc KE5KJF are coordinators for the AARA ham club. The club’s task included verifying boat numbers and times, and the status of individual paddlers and canoes along the route from Port Barre to Berwick. Along with tracking canoes, the club uses the event to host HF contacts along the route. The Tour du Teche qualified as a Special Event with the ARRL and was listed in the QST. If you would like to participate in the Special Event, come to any checkpoint, set up your station, and send your log to Chris Ancelet N5MCY for QSL card verification. See W5DDL,org for details. Mr. Ray Pellerin along with Larry KE5KJD and Sandy LeBlanc KE5KJF would like to thank the members of the AARA who have volunteered to help with communications for Tour du Teche X. We have 17 participants this year. They are: Glen Thibodeaux KF5FNP, David McCutchen KG5JHR, Herman Campbell KN5GRK, Tom Dischler W5OHJ, Paula Romero KF5CNS, Nick Pugh K5QXJ, JoAnn Pugh KE5RPI, Danny Daigle KD5JSM, Kathy Daigle KD5TJZ, Galen Wilson KF5BET, Abbi Wilson KF5BEW, Kendra Wilson KF5FYS, Brandon Stelly KG5LQM, Ric Wallace KF5KEL, and Jackie Wallace KF5PCH. If you would like to volunteer, contact Sandy LeBlan KE5KJD (337) 254-1061. Again Larry and I would like to thank everyone for volunteering. See you on the Bayou. Sad to say, this will be our last year to coordinate the communications for the Tour du Teche race. If anyone would like to assume the job let me know. We will help with the transition. Sandy and Larry LeBlanc Communications Coordinators Tour de Teche 135 Race BEEF MEAT BALLS AND GRAVY 1-1/2 Pounds 85/15 Ground Beef 1 Pkg, Onion Soup Mix 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup Water Salt, Pepper, Granulated Onion, Granulated Garlic Vegetable Oil Season the ground meat with salt, pepper, granulated onion and granulated garlic. Make 1†diameter balls of the ground meat. Put 1/2†of oil in a Dutch oven and bring up to temperature. Brown the meatballs, in two batches, turning once, and then put on paper toweling. Pour out all oil, and put 1/2 cup of water in pot. Return to medium heat and “grab-up†all the “goodiesâ€. Put the meat balls, mushroom soup + a can of water, onion soup mix, 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of granulated onion powder and a 1/2 teaspoon salt into the pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve over steamed rice. Update: HERMAN CAMPBELL, KN5GRK On Sept 11, I fell in my yard and broke my right foot and fractured my left collar bone, spent 2 months in hospital for surgery and therapy. I have been home two weeks and just now trying to catch up on my e-mails. I have not been able to run my reflector or answer e-mails. Please bear with me, it may take a while. I am scheduled to have prostrate surgery on December 4. I will try to answer some of my e-mails as soon as possible. Thanks for all the prayers and wishes for Ramona KG5HNO and me Herman KN5GRK. B.E.A.R.S. St. Mary Parish Jim Coleman, Keith Barnes and I were able to attend the B.E.A.R.S meeting recently in Morgan City and make the official presentation to our 2019 LA Section Amateur of the Year, Jackie Price, KA5LMZ. As many of you know Jackie is the leader of her club and the EC for St. Mary ARES. We were treated to a very tasty brunch before the meeting and Jim Coleman gave the group a really nice ARES presentation. Congratulations Jackie and thanks again for the wonderful welcome and hospitality as always! Region 6: THE BRASS KEY December 2019 A Publication of the Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club The BRASS KEY is published monthly as its official journal by the Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club, P. O. Box 8852, Alexandria, LA. 71306. Prez says . . . Final Words from our President, Jim Walters, AE5ZE December 2019 Well, we are almost the end of another year. It's time for our Christmas Dinner on Dec. 3rd, so if you have not made your reservations, please contact Steve Baillio, our treasurer before Friday, November 29th. After making reservations, you can pay at the door. The cost is $12.00 per person. Hope to see you there. We are having the same caterer as last year and everything was great! During our Christmas Dinner we will install our new Board of Directors. Amateur radio is an evolving hobby that has something for everyone. As you make plans for 2020, please consider doing something new in amateur radio. I have several projects to work on. The first is learning CW. I have a TS830S that I am recapping (110 electrolytic capacitors), and have just acquired a Hammarlund HQ110, and a Johnson Viking, both boat anchors that I am going to restore and get on the air. What are you planning to do??? This is my last Pres Says! I want to personally acknowledge the Board Members that have served this past year. They did all of the work to accomplish the tasks at hand and to make our club a success! Please take the time to thank each one of them! See you on the bands! 73, Jim AE5ZE CLARC welcomes new member Chris Wright, KI5HDW! Chris passed his Technician Class license exam at our November meeting! Time to study for that upgraded license! HEALTH AND WELFARE: Mike Canady, N5GJQ - Has been in the hospital for nerve inflammation. Jack Brossette, W5ETL - Jack is having difficulty with several heath issues. Jim Bookter, N5NVP and Mrs. Irma, KE5UPK - continued prayers for Mrs. Irma's needs and safe travels for Jim as he goes back and forth to Lafayette. Prayers for Joseph Notcha and his needs. Mitchel Neil, KG5OIF - Prayers for Jeannie as she recovers from gall bladder surgery. Steve Neesly, KE5IAK - Prayers for Mrs. Glenda as she heals from a broken arm. Prayer this evening was led by Keith, KF5RNF Winter Field Day: Winter Field Day will be January 25 - 26. Jim asked for a show of hands of those interested in participating in the field day this year. Scott KD5DFL reminded the membership that we are still in need of a location for the field day. Kees Park is one possible site, but there are some antenna issues that we will have to work out. If the field day were held at Kees Park, it would have to be limited to a simple one-day event, Saturday only, running from setup at 8:00 AM to take down around 8:00PM on the same day. Only two to three radios would be set up. We would not be allowed use of the Kees Park area overnight. An alternate site would be the LDWF Center in Woodworth, which we used for the Summer Field Day. Region 9: From: The SELARC "Hamster" ________________________________________ *Serving Amateur Radio Since 1974* Published Monthly by the Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club Inc. P.O. Box 1324, Hammond LA 70404 Visit our website: www.selarc.org Vol. 46, No. 11 ................................ November 2019 Happy Birthday Birthday Wishes for November go out to - John Mark Robertson K5JMR, Manny WD5BJR, and Tom W5PGS If we missed your birthday, then please let us know. Get Well Soon — Best wishes for continued recuperation go to SELARC members Tom Simpson N5HAY and Homer Jones KA5TRT. We look forward to hearing you on the air! VE Session Results Congratulations to the following new Technician licensees! Curt Montgomery - Hammond, La. Kevin Jenkins - Covington, La. Ronnie Voorhies - Madisonville, La. Thank you once again, to all the VEs' who show up to make this possible!! Multiple Sclerosis 150-mile "Dat's How We Roll" Bike Tour Over the October 5 & 6 weekend thirty-two amateur radio volunteers from the Southeast LA Amateur Radio Club (SELARC), Southwest MS Amateur Radio Club and southeast LA ARES provided 267 "people-power" hours of public service in support of the annual Multiple Sclerosis bike ride from Hammond (LA) to Percy Quin Park (MS) and back. The hams used the SELARC VHF repeater and the LWARN UHF repeater system to provide communications assistance to the safety, logistics and medical teams spread over the route on the back-country roads of Louisiana and Mississippi. The Multiple Sclerosis staff and friends and families of the cyclists, as well as the bikers themselves, were appreciative of the ham radio volunteers and were impressed with the capabilities of amateur radio. The event was a wonderful display of the ham operators' skills and public service capabilities. Special Events, Other Hamfests & VE Sessions MARA Christmas Hamfest - Minden, LA - Dec 21, 2019 SELARC - 39th Annual Hammond Hamfest Hammond VE Group - ARRL/W5YI tests are scheduled for the last Sunday of each month [with the exception of holiday conflicts] in Room "B" of the North Oaks Medical System Diagnostic Center at 2pm with $15 testing fee. Bring photo ID and any appropriate CSCE. For more information contact n5xes@arrl.net or Find an Amateur Radio License Exam in Your Area. LOUISIANA SECTION NOVEMBER BOOK WINNERS: ARRL Individual Member: Andy Allen, KF5ORM. ARRL Affiliated Club: Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club (CLARC) Congratulations to both! Next drawing is December 1st…..All Active Affiliated Clubs are automatically entered; if you have already sent me your call you need not send again…if you have not yet entered send me our call sign by email, text, Facebook etc….you must be an active ARRL member in the Louisiana Section to enter and win….73 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION TRAFFIC MANAGERS REPORT: Sessions QNI QTC QTR 15. 414 32. 224 73, Jimmy Lewis/AB5YS Louisiana Section Traffic Manager --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARES: ARES Monthly Section Emergency Coordinators Report 1. ARRL Section: Louisiana 2. Month: October 3. Year: 2019 4. Total number of ARES members: 435 5. Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 9 6. Number of ARES nets active: 60 7. Number of nets with NTS liaison: 3 8. Calls of DECs/EC reporting: W4NDF, KD5MLD, KG5BNH, KE5BMS, AG5LR, KD5DFL, W5GAS, KD5IGZ, KE5GMN 9a. Number of exercises & training sessions this month: 32 9b. Person hours : 551 10a. Number of public service events this month : 1 10b. Person hours : 276 11a. Number of emergency operations this month : 0 11b. Person hours : 0 12a. Number of SKYWARN operations this month: 1 12b. Person hours : 40 13a. Auto Sum 9a, 10a, 11a, 12a : 34 13b. Auto Sum 9b, 10b, 11b, 12b: 867 Submitted by: James Coleman, AI5B Louisiana Section Emergency Coordinator “CONGRATULATIONS†to ASEC Corey McCrary (W5MMC) and his wife Dr. Liz McCrary on the birth of their first child, a boy GRAHAM ELDON McCRARY on October 29th.** If you have not registered for ARES CONNECT please do so at the following link: https://arrl.volunteerhub.com/lp/la Please remember that your username must be your Call Sign! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING HAMFESTS: 12/21/2019 | MARA Christmas Hamfest Location: Minden, LA Sponsor: Minden Amateur Radio Assoc Website: http://n5rd.org 01/18/2020 | 39th Annual Hammond Hamfest Location: Hammond, LA Sponsor: Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club, Inc. Website: http://www.selarc.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***ARRL COUPONS: November 1-30 2019 $10 off When you spend $25 or more at www.arrl.org/shop Use code: THANKS December 1-31 2019 $5 shipping when you spend $20 or more at www.arrl.org/shop Use Code GIFT ***I had an excellent response to my recent email regarding Section PIO’s…..3 people have expressed an interest in the position and each are very qualified and motivated ARRL members. We still need PIO’s in the following Regions: 3 5 6 9 Please contact our Section PIC Joe Holland at kb5vjy@gmail.ooc if you are interested. 73 and see you next month, -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL Louisiana Section Section Manager: John Mark Robertson, K5JMR k5jmr@arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------