From: Steve Hilberg
Subject: [CCARES] ARES of Champaign County QST - November 2005
The November meeting of ARES of Champaign County was held Wednesday, November 2,
2005 at the Fire Service Institute.
ATTENDING
N9XDC, K9SI,K9MLT, KB9KAI, KB9LCJ, N9GKA, WB9HFK, KC9HXY, KC9GIW, AB9FJ, KC9DSS,
N9GPA, N9DN, W9DML, 2 guests
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOC. WALKÊÊ
On October 9th Champaign County ARES provided communications support for this
walk at Crystal Lake Park. Leigh Ann Hale, the ADA coordinator, sent this
message: "Thank you so much. We did have beautiful weather and a great
turnout. This is the best walk ever. We really appreciate ARES help.
It makes things so much easier and safer. "
ARES members participating were N9DN, KC9DEQ, N9GPA, KC9DSS, and KC9HXY.
APRS INFORMATION
Thanks to Al Wolfe, K9SI, for his presentation on APRS at our November meeting.
If you would like more information on APRS, here are some good links:
The "official" APRS web site (Bob Bruninga)
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html
APRS.net - http://www.aprs.net/
Tri-State APRS Working Group: http://www.tawg.org/
UI-VIEW: http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/uiview.htm
NOVEMBER NET CONTROL STATIONS
The weekly ARES net is held each Tuesday, 9:00 p.m., on the 444.100 repeater.
Be sue to download the latest net check-in list
Nov. 8 AB9FJ
Nov. 15 N9XDC
Nov. 22 W9DML
Nov. 29 KC9DSS
Dec. 6 K9MLT
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 7 at 7:00 pm at the Fire Service
Institute. This will be our annual meeting. More info will be coming out
about that soon.
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