The St Aloysius Shepherdsville Radio Club spent the first two weeks of school studying the Technician license manual. After spending two weeks of classroom time the kids got a real taste of radio, looking for the FOX. Last years fox hunt winner had the opportunity to hide the fox and it was hidden well. . . . → Read More: St Aloysius Radiokids find the FOX
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Info provided by Keith AJ4KI Yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport’s triennial disaster drill. The Queen City Emergency Net (QCEN) organized amateur radio operations in support of the Cincinnati Regional Red Cross Medical Assistance Team. Amateur Radio’s mission was two-fold. 1) Provide on-scene communications technical support and backup. 2) Provide . . . → Read More: Cincinatti EMCOMM Exercise a success Don’t forget to join us this next Saturday for the Louisville Hamfest located at the Paraquet Springs Conference Center in Shepherdsville. It’s an early one this year due to a scheduling mishap. The inside vendors will be available from 630AM until 1130AM and tailgating in the parking lot will be open until 2PM. . . . → Read More: Louisville Hamfest and Kentucky QSO party by Mike Stone, N1VE Early this spring we had a power outage, so I dragged our portable generator outside to provide the house with electric power. Normally starting the generator is as simple as turning on the fuel, closing the choke, and pulling the starting rope once. However, after several brisk pulls, the generator refused . . . → Read More: Use That Generator! Derrick Garrigus, KJ4VHZ, Grayson County EC, reports that hams in Grayson County are well on their way with organizing a new repeater group for the county. After an initial informal meeting, several area hams expressed interest in forming a club and re-activating the local repeater, which has been dormant for some time. Grayson County is prone to . . . → Read More: Grayson County Repeater Group Now Forming Hardin County ARES is planning a Workshop on Saturday, September 24, at Radcliff Fire Station #1, located at 604 South Wilson Rd, Radcliff, Ky. This will run 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET with a break for lunch, and will be open to anyone who wants to increase his or her soldering, antenna-building, testing, and troubleshooting . . . → Read More: Antenna and Soldering Workshop in Radcliff Hello, For those curious, Kentucky Region 5 contains Districts 11, 12, and 13 and is made up of the following counties: (D11)Bell, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Rockcastle and Whitley . . . → Read More: Region 5 News Editor If you know someone who’s ready to get that first ticket, Hardin County Testers and the Lincoln Trail Amateur Radio Club are making an offer that’s hard to pass up! According to Archie Mack, AF4EB, Volunteer Examiner and President of the LTARC, any person who tests and successfully passes the Technician license exam . . . → Read More: LTARC Offering Free Membership to Testers Region 3 ASEC Kenny Heavrin, KY4COP reports: Saturday, August 20th, 10:00 am at the Oldham County Public Library in LaGrange, Doug House, KF4REN, of the W4DSI repeater group in Lexington will be the speaker. The presentation will focus on the D-STAR technology and how it can be beneficial for emergency communications. The meeting . . . → Read More: Oldham County to Sponsor D-STAR Presentation Hello, and welcome to the initial contribution of one of the “greenest” editors you’ll meet! I’m Doug Lamb, K4EK, and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as your new Region 2 KYHAM News Editor. For those curious, Kentucky Region 2 contains Districts 4 and 5, and is made up of the following counties: (D4) Allen, . . . → Read More: Hello From Region Two |
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