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New Board Members Elected

Welcome new board members Chris NY9X, Mike KC9VGJ, and Jim K9QF, who were elected to the Lake County RACES/ARES Board at the annual meeting on February 3rd, 2014.

In addition, after the General Meeting, the Board held a special meeting to elect officer positions within the board. The new club officers are:

President - Len K9BZZ (New Callsign formerly KB9FRT)
Vice President - Chris NY9X
Secretary - Dave K9DRH
Treasurer - John N9NLC

Lake County RACES Happenings

Check out the new issue of Happenings from Chris NY9X here

Discovering Amateur Radio

This is a great introduction into Amateur Radio. Written and Narrated by K1AN Well worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivUMIADFSDw&feature=youtu.be

New Feature

Chris, NY9X is joining the RACES Web staff as a contributor. He has created a new feature called LC Races Happenings. You can view the initial issue here. You will find future issues by clicking on the 'Happenings' link on the bottom of the left column menu on the homepage. Welcome to Chris, and enjoy.

Buy a Weather Radio

According to our EC Don K9DRW, if you don't have a weather radio, you REALLY should buy one.

Read the article

Reprinted from November 2008 Public Safety Communications with permission of APCO International. For membership and subscription information, visit http://www.apcointl.org.

LAKE COUNTY RACES/ARES® WAYBACK Machine

Here's a "Time Machine" for you to try. It is an archive of old web pages that is fully searchable (by URL). This link takes you to the original RACES.ORG web pages allowing you to view monthly activities and our original newsletters. It is a nostalgic walk through memory lane.

Go to: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://races.org

How about this: http://web.archive.org/web/19980508003742/races.org/newsaug.htm and read the August 1998 newsletter?

Consider another use. Use it to search out old user manuals, documentation, or spec sheets. Just go to: http://web.archive.org/web/ and add the URL of the site you are looking for. How cool is that!!

Go Kits

Anyone serious about Emergency Support should have a go-kit, or maybe more than one. It may be something you keep in the car or something mostly packed and ready to go at home. Even if you don't have one, you should think about what you might need to have in case of an emergency.

This is a presentation that Dan O’Connor, KE7HLR made at EMCOMMWEST in 2008. It's a rather large PDF file (about 3Meg). If you don't have a high speed connection, I suggest downloading it, and reading it off line. It's great 'food for thought' and well worth the read. I found myself mentally comparing Dan's ideas to what I have assembled and thinking about what I might want to add.

PERSONAL GO-KIT FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

General Meeting

Monday - Mar 3rd
7:00 PM

VE Testing

Monday - Mar 10th
7:00 PM

Board Meeting

Monday - Mzr 17th
7:00 PM

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