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November 30, 2008
SKYWARN Recognition Day, 2008
SKYWARN Recognition Day takes place on December 6, 2008. Over 100 NWS offices across the country will participate in the event, including the Raleigh National Weather and Central Carolina SKYWARN.
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November 25, 2008
N4UEX, SK
James (Jim) Rogers N4EUX Area 12 DEC passed away early Sunday morning, November 22, at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. He passed on after having surgery last Wednesday on an aenurism on an artery. The service will be at 3pm Tuesday, November 25 in Lenoir.

September 26, 2008
2008 Statewide SET
The Statewide SET is Saturday, October 4, 2008. Contact your local or district EC for information on participating. The plan for the statewide exercise is attached below.
  2008 SET Plan (Microsoft Word Document)

September 12, 2008
Hurricane Ike
ATTENTION ALL AMATEURS: With Hurricane Ike fast approaching landfall in the Gulf Coast area, Net operations in the upper portions of 80, 40 and 20 meters have been activated. The ARRL asks Amateur Radio operators to be considerate of these Nets -- if you are asked to change frequencies because you're on a Net for Hurricane Ike operations, please cooperate.
--From the September 12 ARRL Letter

September 6, 2008
Hanna Wrap-up
Thanks to all NC ARES members that participated in Tropical Storm Hanna. I'm sure we are all glad this storm was not as bad as it could have been, and the speed at which it went through our state.

This was actually a good drill to see how our systems perform. The Tarheel Emergency Net operated from 1930 hrs edt Friday night until 1230hrs EDT Saturday, with several net controls, and all did an excellent job. During the overnight hours there were lots of standby time, and at one point Dave W4DNA had a station in Ill, doing relays for us, due to the 75mtr band going very long. Also would like to thank those stations for standing by and listening to our net. We all like to thank those out of state stations helping out.

Now lets all keep those people in the path of Ike in our prayers.

September 5, 2008
Help needed on Tarheel Net
As hurricane Hanna approaches our coast, the NC ARES organization is preparing to respond. The state EOC and eastern branch EOC will be staffed throughout the event, but we need help on the Tarheel Emergency Net. The Tarheel net will operate in either active or standby mode, as appropriate, from 7:30pm tonight for as long as needed. Net control operators are needed and others are also needed to stand by on frequency or via telephone in case we need help. You don't have to be in the affected area to help, in fact, it's best to have NCS stations and liason/relay stations who aren't experiencing severe conditions. If you're available, please send an email to our section traffic manager, Dave Roy, W4DNA at w4dna@nc.rr.com. Please include your phone number and availability. Thanks in advance for your help.
  --Tim Slay, N4IB

September 3, 2008
Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna
NC ARES is closely monitoring the development and potential track of Hanna and is in regular contact with North Carolina Emergency Management. Wake County ARES is operating at Activation Level 3 in support of the State EOC (http://wakeares.org/activation_levels.html). ARES members should take note of this and prepare accordingly.

August 9, 2008
NC SET
The North Carolina Section Simulated Emergency Test will be held Saturday morning, October 4 from 8am to 12noon. The Tarheel Emergency Net will be active on 3.923kHz during this time to handle traffic and coordinate the excercise. While local SET's can be scheduled any time during the fall, I encourage you to consider holding your local SET on the same day. Our neighboring sections are holding SET's on October 4 and we are planning a wide-area disaster excercise related to hurricanes. More details will be available soon, but mark your calandars for October 4!
--Tim Slay, N4IB

June 14, 2008
Amateur Radio Week
Governor Mike Easly has proclaimed June 22-June 28 be Amateur Radio Week in North Carolina. Bill, N2COP recommends that a copy of the Governor’s Proclamation be printed and maked it part of each group's official displays at Field Day.
Governor's Proclamation (pdf)

May 15, 2008 Updated June 3, 2008
Notes and Presentations from State ARES Meeting
NC ARES met in Raleigh on Saturday, May 3, 2008.

April 30, 2008
Battleship USS North Carolina Contacts Submarine USS North Carolina via Amateur Radio

Congratulations to members of the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club for orchestrating a successful amateur radio contact between the battleship USS North Carolina and her namesake, docked in Wilmington for a commissioning ceremony this weekend. The director of the museum ship and the Captain of the new attack submarine USS North Carolina made a 2 meter contact yesterday. The event was covered by WWAY TV and video can be seen at the link below:
  http://www.wwaytv3.com/video/sub_battleship_share_historic_radio_call/04
This is the first known conveyance of radio greetings between two namesake military vessels since the cold war era. This weekend the ACARC will be operating a special event station from the radio room of the battleship North Carolina to celebrate the commissioning of the new submarine.

March 20, 2008
Bill Edwards, K4BWC, SK
Bill Edwards, K4BWC became silent key Thursday afternoon, March 20, 2008. Billy has run the Raleigh 146.73 repeater for many years. He is currently an Assistant Director for the ARRL Roanoke Division.

January 16, 2008
TRAFFIC HANDLING CLASS OFFERED

Mark Rappaport, W2EAG, will be leading an on-the-air traffic handling class beginning Sunday, February 5 at 5pm on 3.861MHz. The course is very intensive and will be held every Sunday for about 12 to 14 weeks, with about 30 minute sessions. This is a good refresher course, even for those who have been in traffic handling a long time. It is especially good for those who are ARES and RACES members. Topics covered include NTS Structure, Prosigns/Prowords etc, Message Format, and much much more. A roster will be kept to keep track of stations checking in. Participants who are ARRL members will receive an appointment as an Official Relay Station.

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