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Severe Weather Awareness Week
for the state of Georgia will be February 6-10, 2012. This year,
the topics to be covered include:
· Monday, February 6 - Family Preparedness
· Tuesday, February 7 - Thunderstorm and Lightning Safety
· Wednesday, February 8 - Tornado Safety (Tornado Drill)
· Thursday, February 9 - Flooding
· Friday, February 10 - After the Storm
In addition, the statewide tornado drill will be held on Wednesday,
Feburary 8 at 9am. If it needs to be rescheduled due to severe
weather, the backup date is Friday, February 10 at 9am.
Learn
more here.
A Word From the Georgia QSO Party Coordinator, WA4ZXV:
Hello All;
Norm Schklar, WA4ZXV, here, I’m the new Georgia QSO Party
Coordinator. I live in Norcross and I’m active in Gwinnett
Amateur Radio Society (GARS), Southeastern DX Club (SEDXC), North
Georgia QRP, SECC, QRP-ARCI and a lot of what goes on in North
Georgia. Mike, N4ES, after several years of coordinating the GQP
has asked for some relief, and I’m it. I’m coming in
after a good 2011 where we had reported contacts with all 159
counties. Way to go GEORGIA!
Now, the challenge is to keep the momentum. And that’s where
you come in. We need support from every club in the state. I’ll
be visiting several cubs over the next few months, but needless
to say there is just not enough time to visit all. And some are
a good distance away. So I need you to be the GQP representative
in your geographic area. I don’t say club, because there
much more to the Armature Radio Community than the clubs. Sure,
I’m a big believer in Amateur Radio clubs, but being realistic
I know we’ll never get everyone that’s active in our
hobby to join, so help spread the word in your community. We have
some business card to hand out at club meetings as a reminder
of the date. We also have a couple different brochures which are
available from the web site. If you would like 50 or so cards
to hand out at a meeting just send me your street address and
I’ll send some.
It’s time to start identifying territories for ROVERS. We
need several and we need them to cover a large geographic area.
Last year we had 21 rovers that covered much of the state. With
159 counties, that’s a lot of mileage. QSOs ranged from 2900
down to 19, and they all helped make Georgia counties available
for the GQP. If you are interested, or have friends that may be
interested in roving, there’s information on the web site,
or they can contact me directly. I’ve not been a rover, but
I know folks that can help. Sounds like fun and I may try it this
year. If an area overlaps, don’t worry. Better safe than
sorry. I’ll try to keep the map on the web site up to date
at least on a weekly bases.
Up here in Gwinnett County, our club found a county that seemed
to need better representation and the last two years intruded
on one of our members with a weekend home in Greene County to
set up for the two days of the GQP. It’s better than an hour’s
ride, so some of us spent the night. It was a true party! Set
up 3 wire antennas, three stations, and cooked dinner on the grill
and breakfast on the range. We even shared a little string music
after closing down the stations for Saturday evening. We probably
had 20 members involved and we all had a great time. And we’re
going back this year!
The Georgia QSO Party is also a great place to begin practice
for Field Day. It gives new operators a relatively calm working
environment to experience the joys of contesting and get accustomed
to some of the mannerisms of other operators. In many cases, it’s
the first experience at HF radio. CW contacts reported ran from
2900 down to 1. The CW category also includes digital and RTTY.
We don’t separate out the different modes, but what a great
place to try your hand at digital in a contest.
Want to be a rover? Just pick some counties and get us a list.
What county in order first day, second day. Ok to repeat the first
day on the second day, or go out spend the night and reverse the
second day. We’ll compile a list of who’s going where
so folks know who to listen for. It’s ok to double up, just
as long as you cover two or more counties. Want to announce which
county or counties your club or group will be covering as portable
or fixed? Just send us a note and we’ll get you listed. Learn
more here!
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