ARCS Thursday Night Net, 17 July 2008

I was net control for the Amateur Radio Club of Savannah Thursday Night Net on the 146.970 repeater, here is a report on tonight's net:

Check-Ins
KF4LMT - NCS
WD4AFY
W4WTO
NC5S
AF4KL
KD4PDX
KF4RFF
K4GTM
KF4MND
KC5VCF
W4SGA
KA4KOE
WD8LUL
VE2HFX/W4


Traffic
KD4PDX passed 1 piece of routine traffic to WD4AFY


Announcements
Net Control:
CEMA News Release on low pressure weather system in the Coastal Georgia Area. It is expected to remain in the area through Saturday or Sunday, eastern islands of Chatham County and coastal areas can anticipate local flooding due to high spring tides and saturated ground.

ARRL announcement on phishing emails. If you have an arrl.net email address and receive an email that appears to be from the ARRL requesting user names and passwords, delete the email. It is a fraudulent phishing attempt. The ARRL will never send out emails requesting this info.

If anyone has anything for Key Klix, please submit to KF4LMT at kf4lmt@comcast.net

K4GTM:
Two ARES served agency stations were tested last weekend. ARES volunteers did VHF/HF tests on equipment at the Memorial Health University Hospital station, K4MUM and the CEMA EOC station, N4CEM.

If anyone would like to volunteer for ARES, please contact K4GTM at k4gtm@arrl.net

KF4MND
http://www.severestudios.com/ is a website for storm spotter use. It includes video from storm spotters and weather warning/watch information.

www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php is a good site for checking VHF DX conditions. 30.450 FM, the Fort Hood (Texas) Range Control net is also a good E-Skip indicator.

The 147.105 STARS repeater in Pembroke is now active on echolink.


The Amateur Radio Club of Savannah Thursday Night Net meets each Thursday at 9 p.m. on the 146.970 repeater. Please check in with us.

Mac McCormick, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net